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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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Nick Dimichino, the Social Media Lead at Square, is our guest on this episode of the Social Pros Podcast, where we talk about how brands can use simple technology to capture and share customer stories on social media.
Tell Customer Stories on Social
Everyone has a story to tell and sharing customer stories with the world is one of the most effective and cost-efficient ways to market your brand on social media. But how can you share customer stories in a world where it’s becoming increasingly difficult to interview customers?
Nick Dimichino, the Social Media Lead at Square, has found new and innovative ways to share customer stories. He has created a unique voicemail line that sellers can call and leave their stories, many of which are incredibly powerful and moving to listen to. Square has helped revolutionize businesses and because of this, they have no issue finding new storytelling opportunities.
Nick shares how he and his team find new stories to share on social, which has helped the company build an unbreakable reputation, gain recognition and win national awards.
In This Episode:
- 03:26 – How the Square social media team is structured
- 05:54 – Nick shares his thoughts on how Square implemented social in the earlier days
- 13:25 – How Square conveys customer stories on social media
- 17:41 – How to find new customer stories during the pandemic
- 25:54 – How the way that Square communicates with their audience has pivoted since COVID-19
- 31:24 – Nick discusses the campaign around businesses in Flint
- 37:55 – How Nick got his senior leaders on board for the campaign
Quotes From This Episode:
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“We interviewed sellers over the phone, recorded those interviews and then cut them into short snippets for social” – @ndimichino
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