Welcome to The Social Media Manager – the podcast for entrepreneurs looking to grow their brand on social media and for social media managers looking to grow in their field. I’m your host Dakota Jeane – I started out in social media as a career by accident. I was working for the Kardashian sisters as their Retail Director for DASH in 2013 and had some aggressive goals to make the stores successful. I needed to bootstrap and do some marketing. Little did I know that my days of MySpace,...

HAPPY NEW YEAR CREW! Love languages for Instagram growth? Sounds crazy... But, hear me out. This formula for using Physical Touch, Words of Affirmation, and Quality Time for your social strategy will help your brand grow on Instagram. If you're looking for Instagram followers, to beat the Instagram Algorithm, and to get noticed, this episode will lay the foundation for you to help you navigate and grow your Instagram account. I also dig into hashtags and whether or not they're still...

In this week's episode I reveal all my secrets on how I was able to get new clients without cold calling or messaging. As a social media manager, it was essential that I find clients that would not only sustain me financially, but that would also fuel my fiery ambitions and allow me to work remotely. If you're an entrepreneur, or thinking about quitting your job and working for yourself, this episode will help you with three essential ways to get new clients! You won't find cold calling as...

Dakota Jeane, host of The Social Media Manager, speaks with Public Speaker and Business Coach, Amanda Wagner about using envy as a superpower and the three ways Social Media Managers can support their very ambitious clients including: finding out their client's priorities, choosing the right social platforms, and discovering what metrics matter for optimal success. Find Amanda Wagner here on Instagram. Find Dakota Jeane here on Instagram.

The first of the Social Hour Series with Courtney Robinson,  we get into all the nitty gritty behind some very important work topics: like how to communicate in the work environment, how to leverage being seen in a large workplace, tips on how to stay organized and sane while working from home, why she changed her habits on social media, and more. During the Great Resignation or Great Reshuffle, Courtney Robinson explains why she has no plans on leaving her awesome corporate job. We even...

Hear what Head of Social Media and Community at BodyBuilding.com, Anthony Yepez, has to say about being in the Social Media profession. We cover everything from his posting strategy to how he goes about seeking content creators and influencers to the stigma behind social media managers. Follow Anthony on Twitter Follow Anthony on LinkedIn Follow The Social Media Manager on Instagram Follow The Social Media Manager on Twitter Join The Social Media Manager Facebook Group Subscribe to our...

This episode covers a hard topic: social media and the effects it has on your mental health, particularly for young girls. Each generation is navigating social media differently and has different experiences with it over the last two decades.  Included in this episode are this week's social media news highlights that cover NFTs, Britney Spears being freed from the conservatorship, YouTube axing the thumbs down function, Snapchat and AR (augmented reality), Instagram's new digital wallet,...

Join the conversation between The Social Media Manager Podcast host Dakota Jeane and Cryptocurrency Trader & Developer, Justin Greene. In this episode we get down to the nitty gritty on what NFTs are, why they're important for social media managers to understand, and how they can potentially help digital artists and small business owners generate income. Are SMMs and small business owners who do their own social media ready for web 3.0? The short answer is no. Do we need to be? The...

The Social Media Manager host, Dakota Jeane, talks about one of the worst (and weirdest) days in social media history - the day Instagram, Facebook, and Whatsapp were completely shut down for over six hours. This episode includes what you should do as an entrepreneur or small business to prepare for when this may inevitably happen again and why this even happened in the first place.  Get 10% off flower subscriptions! Shop Buckaroo Flower Co. here with code...

What is the history with social media marketing and what is a Social Media Manager? In this episode we talk everything from the important role social media played during the beginning of the pandemic, to the tolls that social media can have on your mental health, to the awesome career path that SMMs have.  If you want to chat with Dakota Jeane and pick her brain on what it's like to be a Social Media Manager or ask any questions, you can put time on her calendar here:...

Dakota Jeane tells her story and how she accidentally became a SMM while working for the Kardashians.  www.thesocialmediamanager.com www.instagram.com/dakotajeane