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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, Oracle, and dozens more, staff, operate, and measure their social media programs. With 500+ 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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It’s remarkable that this guest hasn’t been on Social Pros before…he’s made for it! On this episode, we welcome Tyler Lessard, VP of Marketing and Chief Video Strategist at Vidyard.
Why It’s Time to Adopt a Creator Mindset
We’re living in the age of the content creator. YouTubers and TikTok stars dominate the minds of the youth and fans gravitate towards their content like nothing else!
So, is it time social media teams took a leaf out of their book?
He preaches the power of vertical video, explains how Vidyard keep their conversations fluid across platforms, and shares his thoughts on whether B2B brands can actually generate leads on TikTok.
Plus, Tyler reveals all about how he got started at Vidyard and how they work their magic on social.
In This Episode:
- 4:39 – Introducing Tyler
- 7:13 – Background on Vidyard
- 8:52 – Tyler’s journey to social
- 11:20 – Keeping conversation fluid across platforms
- 15:20 – Why social media is a creator game
- 19:10 – Cultivating creator curiosity in a B2B team
- 27:27 – B2B brands – can they generate leads on TikTok?
- 32:08 – Media brand vs company brand
- 37:47 – Final advice from Tyler Lessard
Quotes From This Episode:
Social platforms are now content platforms. Lean into that ‘creator mentality’ coming out of the worlds of TikTok, Reels and YouTube. I encourage you to lean in and think about how to involve it in your long-term strategy. Click To Tweet“It’s all about the talent you have in your team and having folks you can trust to create this kind of rhythm and do it successfully.” @tylerlessard
“I really do think about the social media platforms now as content platforms. As great places to engage this audience and to build communities, but to do so through incredible content.” @tylerlessard
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