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About Social Pros Podcast:
Social Pros is one of the longest-running marketing podcasts in existence (10 YEARS and counting), and was recently recognized as the #1 Audio/Podcast Series by the Content Marketing Awards.
Our purpose? Making sure that we speak to real people doing real work in social media.
Listeners get inside stories and behind-the-scenes secrets about how teams at companies like Google, Reddit, Glossier, Zillow, Lyft, Marvel, and dozens more, staff, operate, and measure their social media programs. With 600+ episodes, the Social Pros Podcast brings the humanity of social media to the forefront, while providing incredibly useful marketing strategies that listeners can immediately implement.
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We welcome Anthony Yepez and Mariya Spektor onto our second episode of Social Pros Unfiltered to discuss the hottest topics on social. Hear their thoughts on working with influencers, jumping on trends and how social pros should respond to cancel culture.
Why Brands Should Avoid Trend-Hopping
Trend-hopping is super common on social, but is jumping on trending content the best way to provide value to your audience? Anthony and Mariya share how it can bring in the big numbers chased by management, but often fails to drive meaningful engagement and resonate with your community.
Also in this episode, Mariya tells us why we should think of influencers as “advocates for our brand” and choose wisely when we work with creators.
Plus, Anthony shares why social media managers should be the “eyes and ears for your brand on social” and explains how they can build strong relationships with marketing departments to craft the content that will help you reach your business goals.
In This Episode:
- 3:23 – What mistakes brands are making when working with creators
- 9:35 – Why should brands not hop on trends?
- 17:03 – Balancing authentic trend-hopping with regular content
- 18:42 – The impact of going viral in your own community
- 25:16 – How should brands respond to cancel culture?
- 34:06 – What is a social media manager? And what does the role mean?
Quotes From This Episode:
Think of influencers as advocates for your brand. They drive engagement, they drive sales and they drive marketing strategies. Click To Tweet
“I think where a lot of brands fail is when knowing what trends to jump on that makes sense for their brand.” @AnthonyYepez
“Virality doesn’t equal results. It will just get you vanity metrics at the end of the day.” Mariya Spektor
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