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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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Ted Fay, VP of Digital Marketing at ACCO Brands, joins the Social Pros Podcast to discuss how a century-old brand builds a social presence in 2018.
It’s All About the Story
Is a social presence really that important, even if you work for a business that already has a long, established history? Spoiler alert: The answer is yes, and Ted Fay from ACCO Brands has a lot of insight into how engaging through social channels can improve a business that has been around for over a hundred years.
Traditional marketing is still effective at notifying and reminding customers about your products. However, as businesses are becoming more and more aware, consumers care far more about things like story, values, and even the personality of brands. Whether through blogs, videos, or photos, social media is an invaluable tool for storytelling and connecting with your audience.
According to Ted Fay, this is ACCO Brand’s whole approach to having a social presence. The goal is not direct sales, or even to convince their audience to buy a product. Simply engaging, telling stories about their product, and allowing their customers to tell their own stories has helped them evolve and continue to be relevant in today’s market.
In This Episode
- How to build loyalty for multiple brands under the same company.
- The key to building a social presence as a historic brand.
- How to gauge “return on influence.”
- How social can augment other forms of direct marketing.
Quotes From This Episode
“Our digital strategy is to be able to reach out to consumers and articulate what our brand stands for—why they should care about the brand.” — Ted Fay
“As the world has shifted to an online environment, the opportunity to drive the retail shelf or the salesperson as your primary consumer experience has started to disappear.” — Ted Fay
“If we can drive our categories well, and drive growth with our channel partners, it’s a win-win situation for everybody.” — Ted Fay
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