Last updated: TUES June 14 2016  9:50 PM Toronto ON Canada
By: Glenda MacDonald, MBA, Freelance Writer, Social Media Strategist and Marketing Professional
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Event Name: Instagram Success Summit Virtual Educational Event
Dates: TUES June 7 to Friday June 10 2016 (24 hour free access for each day’s online presentations with optional upgrade to a twelve month All Access Pass)
Event hashtag: #InstagramSummit
My Affiliation: I’m an affiliate of Small Today for the Instagram Success Summit as well as the previous Email Success Summit in March 2016 and LinkedIn Success Summit in December 2015. The opinions stated here are my own. Many people attend part or all of these event for free. Those who choose to upgrade to the All Access Pass using my affiliate link assist me in defraying the costs of my time reviewing the event so thank you!
Location: online
Time Zone: EST 24/7
Price: each day’s expert interviews were free for 24 hours but are now closed. You have the option to upgrade to a twelve month All Access pass (affiliate link above) which includes access to a private Facebook Group.
Registration through my Affiliate Link: Register for a Lifetime All Access Pass including participation in a Private Facebook Group.
Event Presenter: Small Today
Host: Liam Austin, Founder, of Small Today. Summit Host and Interviewer.
Speakers: 30 international Instagram experts (one-on-one prerecorded interviews were released daily). See the full agenda by clicking the registration link.

Overview

Thirty of the world’s top experts in Instagram contributed to this virtual summit presented by Small Today . Liam Austin is the Founder of Small Today, an organization which focuses on the needs of small and medium-sized businesses including solopreneurs and startups. (I’m both a solopreneur and a startup! ) Liam personally live-interviewed each of the amazing experts from around the world via Skype.The interviews were recorded and curated over the months in preparation for sharing with us through this Summit. The experts were so generous, sharing what they’ve learned, including mistakes they’ve made and hacks they’ve discovered to shorten our learning curve in applying ideas to our own businesses.

As I watched each interview from the comfort of my home office using my laptop, an external monitor, and my cushy headphones, I found that this format created a very intimate experience… as if you’re alone in a room with Liam and the presenter! Liam is engaging and professional. He has an excellent rapport with the experts which makes for lively unscripted interviews and unpredictable segues! I thoroughly enjoyed watching and learning at my own pace and am glad I upgraded to the lifetime All Access Pass which includes participation in a private Facebook Group set up for the All Access Pass holders.  I pop in there to meet virtually with other attendees where we  become friends and help each other apply the concepts to our own businesses with the moderation of Liam and his equally delightful co-founder partner Sarah Thorslund.

I’m deep-dove into the content-rich interviews as I reviewed them and took extensive notes as I  live-tweeted my reviews and further insights. This Summit is not only for those beginning to look at Instagram. Even though I have decades of experience as a marketing professional who is now a freelancer, I learned so much more. While I’m trained as a Social Media Manager my personal preferences for social media platforms have been Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. I have an Instagram account but I am just starting to be active on it, implementing the lessons I learned from the Summit as I plan to  use Instagram to monetize my business which includes both B2B and B2C products and services.

Liam curated the interviews in a specific order with a different theme for each day so I reviewed them chronologically.  Click my affiliate link for info on the All Access Pass.

My Twitter Reviews

The interviews were intensive, content-rich and often fast-paced. It was challenging and exhausting to watch and absorb them all live continuously. I reviewed them and and took notes on each interview at my own pace, gleaning some fabulous tips and insights from Liam and the other experts. As a solopreneur I wanted to learn from these speakers and think about how I can apply their ideas and tools to my own evolution of growing my Instagram account. I hope you find my tweets helpful.  Please let me know in the comments below if you find them helpful. Any questions? Chat with me on Twitter, comment below, or reach me via my Contact form.

Twitter Reviews

DAY ONE Phase 1 – A Visual Approach: The Foundation of Instagram for Your Business

DAY TWO Phase 2 – The Science of Growing A Valuable Following

DAY THREE Phase 3 – Scale Your Instagram Marketing

DAY FOUR Phase 4 – Making Money on Instagram: Automate and Monetize

Enjoy!

Glenda