Often referred to as "the Queen of Facebook", Mari Smith is considered one of the world's foremost experts on Facebook marketing and social media. She is author of The New Relationship Marketing and coauthor of Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day.

Fast Company describes Mari as, “A veritable engine of personal branding, a relationship marketing whiz and the Pied Piper of the Online World.” Forbes named Mari one of the Top Ten Power Influencers in Social Media several years in a row. Dun & Bradstreet Credibility named Mari one of The Most Influential Small Business People on Twitter.

Mari consults with businesses of all sizes around the world to help accelerate their profits by integrating proven social media marketing strategies. She regularly appears in media locally and nationally in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Inc., Forbes, Fortune, The Chicago Tribune, and Success Magazine.

Mari's name rhymes with "Ferrari".