WE RISE NETWORKING – KNOX, VIC

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Clear your calendar, bring your notebook, and join me for a morning of insight, connection, and practical strategy you can put to work straight away.

I’m Marina Garbuio – Digital and Social Media Marketing Strategist, founder of Motivating Marketing, and Marketing Lecturer at RMIT University. With over 30 years of real-world experience, I’ve helped everyone from solo start-ups to global corporations show up with purpose, communicate their value, and attract the right audience. As a proud mum of two, I’m living proof that success in business and life can coexist with purpose, passion, and impact.

At this event, I’ll be unpacking Instagram Interrupted: The Algorithm Shifts You Can’t Ignore – including Instagram’s biggest update yet: your posts can now appear in Google search results. I’ll walk you through:

  1. How Google indexing works and what it means for your visibility
  2. Writing captions that rank in search results
  3. Using alt text, geo tags, and hashtags effectively in 2025
  4. Which old posts to archive
  5. How to integrate Instagram into your wider SEO

You’ll leave with clear, actionable steps to boost your reach, attract the right audience, and stay ahead of the curve in 2025.