Brandi Mowles - Facebook and Instagram Marketing for Photographers

Welcome to Episode 115 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast. 

This week's guest is Brandi Mowles. Brandi is a Facebook and Instagram Advertising Strategist who works directly with a lot of photographers to help improve their advertising results on social media. 

Brandi teaches us all about the essentials of Facebook and Instagram marketing and gives away some of her best secrets which will help you grow your business thoughtfully and successfully. Topics include:

• How to get started with Facebook and Instagram advertising
• Audiences and how to leverage them
• The Facebook "Pixel"
• Facebook Business Manager and its hidden secrets
• How to measure success in social media advertising
• Success stories and the strategies behind them

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Links mentioned in the show: 

Facebook Ads Blueprint

Brandi's website

Brandi on Instagram

The Art of Paid Traffic from Rick Mulready

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OK let's talk about who is coming up on the podcast: 

• Weihao Pan - a landscape photographer living in China (our first on the show);
• Taylor Gray - a travel and landscape photographer living in the Pacific Northwest;
• We also have David Cobb from Photo Cascadia joining us on the podcast and; 
• Lastly we have a panel conversation with Aaron Reed and Colby Brown about marketing and business.