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How to Level Up as a Marketer and Become Indispensable
Instructor: Michael Stelzner; Topic: AI and Marketing

Michael is passionate about helping marketers and creators navigate change. He’s he founder of Social Media Examiner, Social Media Marketing World, and the AI Business Society. Michael hosts the Social Media Marketing Podcast and the AI Explored podcast.

Social Marketing Track

Want to master marketing across the social platforms? Let our expert trainers show you precisely how to get more exposure, leads, engagement, and sales.

From Fans to Buyers: How to Use Facebook for Maximum Impact
Instructor: Mari Smith; Topic: Facebook Marketing

The undisputed “Queen of Facebook” and the world’s foremost expert on organic Facebook, Mari shows marketers exactly how to develop winning strategies—without running ads—on Facebook.

The Insider Era: How to Make People Feel Like They Know You, So They Choose You
Instructor: Shannon McKinstrie; Topic: Instagram Marketing

Shannon is an engaging social media strategist, trainer, and mentor. She guides small business owners into making a big splash online and growing their accounts through proven, organic, and sustainable strategies. She’s host of the Good Content podcast, and her membership is The Reels Lab.

7 New Winning Strategies for Facebook and Instagram Ads
Instructor: Tara Zirker; Topic: Facebook and Instagram Ads

Tara helps marketers achieve massive returns on their advertising, even with a small budget. She’s built a successful online program, Successful Ads, that helps marketers and business owners take the pain out of online advertising with play-by-play training, no matter their experience level.

Stop Guessing What to Post: Use AI to Turn Instagram Insights Into High-Performing Content
Instructor: Nicky Saunders; Topic: Instagram Marketing

Nicky is a personal branding specialist with a unique focus on video editing and live performance. She is best known for her work with motivational speaker Eric Thomas, but is an agency owner and considers her agency the one-stop shop for building an online presence for personal brands.

Your Next Million Views: 10 Instagram Reels Techniques That Will Make You Go Viral
Instructor: Michelle Gifford; Topic: Instagram Marketing

Michelle is an Instagram expert, social strategist, and podcaster. She is the CEO of a marketing agency specializing in women-owned, personality-led businesses. She is passionate about using her expertise to teach her community strategies and tactics for succeeding on social media. Her podcast is called The Social Strategist podcast.

LinkedIn Company Page Campaigns: A 90-Day Plan for B2B Results
Instructor: Michelle J Raymond; Topic: LinkedIn Marketing

Michelle coaches B2B organizations to achieve growth with LinkedIn. A Company Pages specialist, she’s host of the Social Media for B2B Growth podcast, co-author of The LinkedIn Branding Book and Business Gold. Her company B2B Growth Co offers multiple LinkedIn courses to empower teams.

Post More, Work Less: How to Turn One Instagram Reel Into Five Posts
Instructor: Brock Johnson; Topic: Instagram Marketing

Brock is an Instagram strategist who helps creators and small businesses succeed with Instagram. His InstaClubHub is a membership that helps marketers and creators grow and monetize on Instagram. He’s host of the Build Your Tribe podcast.

How to Sell More on TikTok: Livestreams, AI, and the Algorithm
Instructor: Keenya Kelly; Topic: TikTok Marketing

Keenya is a social media and video marketing expert who helps entrepreneurs grow their businesses online. As an accomplished entrepreneur with multiple six-figure businesses under her belt, she has a gift for helping people find their voice in video.

LinkedIn Ads: How to Get Better Results at Half the Cost
Instructor: AJ Wilcox; Topic: LinkedIn Ads

The world’s leading LinkedIn ads expert, AJ teaches businesses to drive high-quality B2B leads at scale. He’s a self-diagnosed LinkedIn ads fanatic, the founder and CEO of B2Linked and host of the LinkedIn Ads Show podcast.

The New Rules of LinkedIn: AI, Algorithms & Content That Converts
Instructor: Mandy McEwen; Topic: LinkedIn Marketing

Mandy is a LinkedIn expert and founder of Mod Girl Marketing, a consultancy that helps marketing teams increase their exposure on LinkedIn. Her LinkedIn live show is called Ambitious Outcomes, and she’s the top B2B marketer according to LinkedIn.

Maximize Your Instagram Growth: Getting More of the Right Followers
Instructor: Lucas O’Keefe; Topic: Instagram Marketing

Lucas masterfully blends his passion for creativity and community to inspire and engage an audience of over 400k online followers. As a full-time content creator, he draws on his diverse experiences to produce enriching and captivating content to inspire the creative entrepreneurs of today.

Recognition Over Reach: How to Turn a Small LinkedIn Audience Into Real Revenue
Instructor: Kasey Brown; Topic: LinkedIn Marketing

Kasey is a LinkedIn growth strategist and founder of Digital Kairos, an agency that helps executives, founders, speakers, coaches, and consultants build organic content systems on LinkedIn.

How to Crush eCommerce Sales With Facebook Ads
Instructor: Sam Piliero; Topic: Facebook Ads

Sam is founder of The Moonlighters, a paid ads agency specializing in direct-to-consumer eCommerce brands. He runs the Facebook Ads Blueprint course.

How to Grow Your Business With $5-a-Day Facebook and Instagram Ads
Instructor: Laurel Portié; Topic: Facebook & Instagram Ads

Laurel, known as the Queen of $5 Ads, helps coaches and service providers create ads that work without an agency or complicated funnel. She spent 20 years as a producer for CBS, Fox, and Scripps before bringing her TV skills to online marketing. Her podcast is Be Everywhere With Ads, and her program is the $7 Ads Program.

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Watch the keynote that opened Social Media Marketing World 2026, “The Future of Marketing: How to Thrive When AI Changes Everything,” and see what you’ll experience in Anaheim.

Creator Track

Want to turn your following into a career? Let creators who’ve built massive audiences show you exactly how they grew them, and how they keep them paying off.

How The Biggest Video Creators Are Building Careers on YouTube
Instructor: Derral Eves; Topic: YouTube Creators

Derral has advised hundreds of top YouTubers, including MrBeast and Airrack, and has driven more than 110 billion views. He founded VidSummit, co-founded The Chosen, and wrote the bestseller The YouTube Formula.

Unignorable: How to 10x Your Reach With Short-Form Video
Instructor: Adley Kinsman; Topic: Short-Form Creators

Adley’s channels average over a billion organic views every month, and her own Instagram has grown to more than a million followers. She’s the founder of Viralish, which engineers viral reach for creators and brands like Land Rover and HP, and her course is The Double Your Reach Challenge.

How YouTube’s AI Algorithm Works and How to Grow Your Channel
Instructor: Sean Cannell; Topic: YouTube Creators

Sean is CEO of Think Media, whose channels have earned more than 500 million views, and his students have generated more than 25 billion more. He’s the author of the best-selling YouTube Secrets.

Instructor: Maria Wendt; Topic: Instagram Creators

Maria has grown an Instagram following of more than a million and sold over $24 million in digital products. Her courses, including Leveraged Income With Instagram, teach creators how to turn their following into income.

Instructor: Roberto Blake; Topic: YouTube Creators

Roberto is the founder and owner of Create Awesome Media, a digital agency focused on video marketing and content strategy, and the Awesome Creator Academy. He has over 600k subscribers, also hosts the Create Something Awesome Today Podcast, and wrote the book Create Something Awesome: How Creators Are Profiting From Their Passion in the Creator Economy.

The Creator Revenue Stack: How to Monetize Beyond Brand Deals
Instructor: Katelyn Rhoades; Topic: Becoming a Creator

Katelyn is the founder of Enfluence Marketing Studio, a full-service social media agency that helps female founders grow and sell with Instagram. She hosts the Call Her Creator podcast.

How to Attract, Price, and Execute Your Dream Brand Partnerships
Instructor: Justin Moore; Topic: Sponsorships

Justin is the founder of Creator Wizard, a school and community that helps creators develop strong brand partnerships. He’s the author of Sponsor Magnet and host of the Creator Wizard Podcast.

AI Track

Want to stop experimenting with AI and start implementing it? Let practitioners who’ve built it into their own businesses show you exactly how.

Here’s a sampling of the tactical sessions you’ll experience:

Buy It or Build It: 15 AI Marketing Tools and How to Put Them to Work
Instructor: Dan Sanchez; Topic: AI Tools

Dan is an AI strategist who helps marketers prepare for the future. He breaks down complex ideas into practical strategies. His podcast is The AI-Driven Marketer, where he shares real-world experiments and honest conversations about marketing in the age of AI.

Lights, Camera, Claude: Turn Your Stories Into Scroll-Stopping Visuals and Videos That Sell
Instructor: Molly Mahoney; Topic: AI Agents

Molly is the author of Performance Power and Choose Confidence. She’s also the founder of the AI Content Club, a membership that helps coaches, course creators, and creative entrepreneurs use AI in their content to generate qualified leads. Her podcast is called Authentically Awesome.

How to Build AI Automations With Claude Cowork
Instructor: Isar Meitis; Topic: AI Agents

Isar is the founder of Multiplai, a consultancy and training company specializing in helping businesses implement AI strategies. His podcast is Leveraging AI, and his course is Multi-Agent Orchestration.

How to Build AI Employees to Get Work Off Your Plate
Instructor: Callan Faulkner; Topic: AI Agents

Callan is an AI coach and founder of The Uncommon Business, an AI education company that helps small business owners and enterprise teams use AI to build businesses that run without them. Her course is Automate to Accelerate.

How to Create Your AI Chief of Staff
Instructor: Michael Hyatt; Topic: AI Agents

Michael is the founder of Full Focus, a business focused on helping people win at work and succeed at life. He’s the author of numerous books, including Your Best Year Ever, Free to Focus, and Platform. His latest project is the AI Business Lab, a mastermind program that helps business owners leverage artificial intelligence to grow their companies.

Stop Prompting, Start Delegating: How to Build AI Workflows That Run Without Babysitting
Instructor: Rachel Woods; Topic: AI Operations

Rachel is an AI strategist and founder of DiviUp, an agency that helps agencies develop their AI operations. She’s the founder of The AI Exchange, a membership for AI ops professionals and consultants. Her courses are Prompting for AI Operations and Intro to AI Operations.

How to Create Persistent AI Agents That Work for You
Instructor: Jonathan Mast; Topic: AI Agents

Jonathan is an AI coach and founder of White Beard Strategies, a consultancy that uses AI to help businesses save time, deliver more value, and become more profitable. His membership is AI Insiders, and his newsletter is the AI Whisperer.

Building an AI Operating System That Knows Your Business and Does the Work
Instructor: Kate vanderVoort; Topic: AI Agents

Kate is the founder of the AI Success Lab and host of the AI Grapple podcast. She specializes in helping businesses implement AI effectively through hands-on coaching and consulting.

Build Your AI Video Crew: A Month of Work in an Hour (No Tech Skills Required)
Instructor: Eve Whitaker; Topic: AI Video

Eve is a strategic storyteller and former Hollywood producer who helps businesses scale through the intersection of story and technology. As founder of VEI Creative, she builds custom AI tools that preserve brand authenticity while optimizing content strategy. Eve leverages 25+ years of media experience to turn messaging into growth.

How to Make AI Images That Look Like Your Brand, Not Like AI
Instructor: Lauren deVane; Topic: AI Images

Lauren, known online as Your AI Auntie, is an AI creative futurist and former creative director who helps marketers and entrepreneurs build brands with creative design strategy and AI. Explore her Foundations in Fauxtography course, Prompty Poppins custom GPT, and The Launchpad community.

How to Turn AI Assistants Into a Digital Workforce
Instructor: Gemma Bonham-Carter; Topic: AI Assistants

Gemma is the founder of AI All Stars and an AI business expert who helps entrepreneurs grow with AI marketing strategies. Her podcast is The Course Creator Show.

Same Look, Every Time: A Workflow for Consistent Characters, Products, and Scenes in AI Images and Video
Instructor: Jerrod Lew; Topic: AI Video

Jerrod is an AI educator and content creator who trains marketing teams across the globe in practical AI creative applications. He specializes in AI images and AI video.

How to Build Your Own AI Apps (No Coding Required)
Instructor: Erika Stanley; Topic: AI App Building

Erika, founder of AI Queens and Mile End Digital, is an AI strategist and educator who helps women turn AI confusion and hesitation into business growth.

AI and Brand Voice: Your Secret to Quality Scalable Content
Instructor: Kinsey Soderberg; Topic: Content Creation

Kinsey is the founder of Authentic AI, a company designed to help women entrepreneurs put AI to work. Her course is called AI Brand Blueprint, and she hosts the Authentic AI podcast.

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Marketing Strategy Workshops

Want to go a bit deeper? With your All-Access ticket, you get access to these professional development workshops.

15 Behavioral Science Tactics to Improve Your Results
Instructor: Nancy Harhut; Topic: Behavioral Science

Nancy is an award-winning author, international keynote speaker, and co-founder of HBT Marketing. Known for her interesting and actionable insights that focus on improving marketing through brain science, she’s the author of the award-winning book, Using Behavioral Science in Marketing: Drive Customer Action and Loyalty by Prompting Instinctive Responses.

If You Confuse, You Lose: How to Create a Clear Message That Attracts the Right Customers
Instructor: Dr. J.J. Peterson; Topic: Storytelling

J.J. is the author of Marketing Made Simple: A Step-by-Step StoryBrand Guide for Any Business. He helps businesses clarify their stories. J.J. hosts the Marketing Made Simple podcast. He also teaches the Master of Marketing program at Vanderbilt University.

Revenue Is in the Comments: How to Find It, Track It, and Prove It
Instructor: Brooke Sellas; Topic: Social Listening

Brooke is the CEO and founder of B Squared Media, a digital marketing agency focusing on social media customer service. She’s the author of Conversations That Connect. She also teaches two Digital Marketing courses at University of California, Irvine.

The Science of Attention: How to Create Short-Form Videos That Convert
Instructor: Hilary Billings; Topic: Science of Attention

Hilary is a content strategist and the founder of Attentioneers, an agency that helps creators, entrepreneurs, and brands turn their reach into revenue. She has served on TikTok’s agency advisory board. Explore her Viral Authority Framework course and the Rank My Reel tool.

Social Proof That Converts: A Psychology-Backed Framework for Building Trust
Instructor: Talia Wolf; Topic: Conversion Optimization

Talia is a conversion rate optimization strategist who helps marketers drive more leads and sales, and the founder of GetUplift, an agency that specializes in CRO for websites and landing pages. She is the author of Emotional Targeting: Win Hearts. Boost Sales. Own the Market.

How to Become the Obvious Expert in Your Market
Instructor: Katelyn Bourgoin; Topic: Authority Building

Katelyn is a buyer psychologist and founder of Why We Buy, a company designed to help businesses grow by embracing behavioral science. Her main products include the Painkiller messaging system and Wallet Opening Words.

Instructor: Liz Wilcox; Topic: Email Marketing

Liz is an email strategist and keynote speaker who helps small businesses build relationships and make money with email. She’s best known for her Email Staircase framework and her 20-Minute Newsletter technique. Her membership is the Email Marketing Membership.