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How Universal Parks & Resorts Creates In-Park Social Moments

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Jennifer Harmon

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10XMarketing

Sunny Hunt

Convince & Convert
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Jason Keath

Convince & Convert and Social Fresh
10XMarketing

Zontee Hou

Convince & Convert

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@MissTriathlon

Even if a brand’s social approach looks like it’s all fun and games, there’s a lot of hard work, thought and strategizing going on behind the scenes. And, this week’s Social Pros guest gets to experience both!

Creating Awe and Wonder on Social

Here at Social Pros, we were so excited to have Eric Gray, Senior Director of Content & Engagement at Universal Parks & Resorts, on the podcast. Not just because we love theme parks, but because his social approach is superb!

Eric preaches the power of user-generated content and explains how he leverages it at Universal. He explores the challenges he faces, where he looks for inspiration and details their Instagram and Twitter strategies.

Plus, Eric tells us how he looks to engage communities through content and so much more. It’s a fun episode with some excellent insight from a true social pro.

In This Episode:

  • 5:12 – Introducing Eric Gray
  • 6:16 – Eric’s day-to-day
  • 9:46 – Typical challenges Eric faces
  • 14:35 – Social for a theme park during COVID
  • 17:09 – What role does a theme park play in virtual spaces?
  • 20:26 – Seeking social inspiration in a theme park
  • 24:35 – How Universal Parks & Resorts use UGC
  • 31:48 – How their Twitter creates awe and wonder
  • 38:07 – Eric gives advice for social pros

Quotes From This Episode:

“Social doesn’t get the credit for the role it plays in building a brand.” Share on X

“When you spend so much time creating a relationship with your customers, guests and followers, you have the right to show up in those hard moments.” @TheEricGray

“I think that the best thing about social media professionals is they’re just fantastic content strategists.” @TheEricGray

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