(16:20) The 3 biggest drives in digital marketing right now (you’ll notice they’re all based on human impression).(15:45) Huge opportunity on the platform, especially as room for advertising declines on FB.(15:15) Research shows that people who follow brands on Twitter are more loyal to brands on social media than other platforms.
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(14:30) How to engage with Twitter as a human-driven platform rather than a place to broadcast ads.(12:00) Why Twitter works so well for Shaefer and how he uses it so effectively.Hashtags and other innovations have been created directly by its users (09:40) The value of Twitter as the “most human-powered platform.” i.e.(08:00) Why Twitter getting a lot of pressure to make the platform easier, more intuitive, and more accessible (see: 280 characters).(06:35) The obstacles Twitter faces and why it’s more like a quirky club that’s not for everyone.(04:05) Shaefer’s book The Tao of Twitter.In this rather passionate podcast, you’ll hear more about why human presence is the future and why Twitter is one of the best platforms for this new age of “advertising.” Did you scoff at seeing Twitter being exalted too? We know, but Mark Shaefer is changing perspectives left and right in this one.
Why? Because branding is becoming more an accumulation of human impressions, not advertising impressions like the brands of yesteryear. Social Pros’ Jay Baer sat down with social media expert Mark Shaefer to talk about a necessary shift in mindset and strategy-to stop using social media as a place to recycle ads, but to use it as “a window into the humanity of your business” instead. We’re usually waxing poetics about social media ads, sending out the latest tactics and tips ad nauseam.īut that’s the kind of marketing strategy flooding the web right now.
Today’s Listen really caught our eye, though. Listen Humanity is More Important than Data in Social Mediaĭon’t tell Mark that-he’s obsessed with data.