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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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Marissa Sharpless, Sr. Manager, PR and Social Media at Cinnabon, discusses the power of storytelling on social media.
Storytelling on Social
People have been telling stories since the dawn of time. A great story has the power to bring people together and foster meaningful relationships between brands and customers. But with no recipe to follow, how can you use social for storytelling?
The good news is that you don’t need a massive following to start connecting with your audience via storytelling. Even if you only have a handful of followers, knowing how to tell a good story on social can make waves that resonate outside of your community.
As Marissa Sharpless, Sr. Manager, PR and Social Media at Cinnabon rightly says, your storytelling ability is what will help you transform your fans into brand advocates. You don’t need to turn yourself into the next George R.R. Martin to be able to tell a story people will connect with. Your story could be something ‘small’ or as big as changing the world one Cinnabon at a time.
In This Episode:
- 04:23 – How Marissa went from being a reality TV star to the Sr. Manager of PR and Social Media at Cinnabon
- 09:39 – How Marissa’s background in broadcast journalism has helped her fuel Cinnabon’s success on social
- 11:00 – What it’s like working with multiple franchise owners
- 16:05 – How Cinnabon views paid social and use it to boost customer advocacy
- 19:03 – How to incorporate UGC in your brand storytelling
- 23:33 – How to use Twitter Chats and social listening to bond with your community
- 34:18 – How Cinnabon utilizes data when it comes to sales attribution
Quotes From This Episode:
“We use social listening and analytics platforms to see what our audience cares about…and we craft a weekly one hour Twitter chat that gets our fans talking about the things that they love.” – @MarissajustMay
When we really hit on topics that buzz within our community, we start seeing that little stair step increase within our overall engagement rates and any KPIs we're looking at. Click To Tweet
Resources:
- Get the new State of Marketing report for free from Salesforce
- Find out more about the community at SocialMedia.org with a special form for Social Pros listeners
- Learn more about how emma can help you take your email marketing strategy to the next level
- Find out more about Cinnabon Bakery and their tasty treats!
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