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Does your audience care about your brand account? Someone sent us this recently and it brings up something really important. And we actually kinda agree, but we have a slightly different take: posting like a brand account is dead. Compare brand accounts to creator accounts (or founder accounts, like the Reel references). Brand accounts are usually (but not always): Stuffy Rigid Sales-oriented Not fun Not entertaining Bleh Creator accounts are usually (but not always): Interesting Personal...
Do holiday, birthday, and anniversary posts belong on corporate social accounts? Do holiday, birthday, and anniversary posts belong on corporate social accounts? Our opinion: It depends on the purpose. A good purpose is if you’re following a thoughtful strategy. Maybe your company and your team has a lot of face time with current/prospective clients or customers. It’s a good idea to get their names and faces out there, so your audience doesn’t feel like they’re meeting a stranger. Maybe...
Selling on social This statement is one of the trickiest contradictions in marketing today. Here’s why: people don’t want to be sold to on social, but they still want to buy here. Organic social content is an arms race right now. Volume is the goal—can we be everywhere in front of everyone all the time? This extreme thought process isn’t just a poor approach, it’s impossible for most brands to achieve. The result of this posting frenzy is convoluted social channels. A ton of white noise. And...