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Ed Cotton's avatar

The smartest take on the state of social I have read in while.

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Rachel Karten's avatar

thank you ed!

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Jakub Prószyński's avatar

Oh my god. I am working on some deck about role of social media in today's comms ecosystem + some explainers for non-marketing people on client side. And this post is something like a projection from my mind but simplified! I will use some examples for sure, of course with links and credits for you!

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Rachel Karten's avatar

Glad it was helpful!

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KCG's avatar

@Samantha B you are probably way ahead of the curve, but perhaps you will find this to be helpful for you

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Will Helliwell's avatar

The FYP also gives small creators a chance to grow fast. As long as the platform has a Following page, I think that's a good balance. Like on YouTube, I live in the subscriptions page. On 𝕏 I live on the following feed.

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Rachel Karten's avatar

I agree!

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Simona Listvanaite's avatar

Thanks for the take! Loved learning about these three new approaches in such a comprehensive way.

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David Zucker's avatar

This was a great read, Rachel! I'd like to echo that I'm also noticing a big comeback for IG carousel posts, particularly in the comedian space. Check out recent posts from Conor Janda (@conorjanda) or Jonathan Van Halem (@jonathan_vanhalem), for instance. They're reaching 20x as many people with still images of jokes that they'd already posted as videos.

I think another underrated element for Instagram virality is that Reels can sometimes take weeks, even months, before they start appearing en masse in other people's feeds.

P.S. I actually analyzed the TikTok accounts of the top of the S&P 500 about a year ago in a piece I called, "Why Does Every Company Suck at TikTok". I'll link it here for the mildly curious: https://davidzucker.substack.com/p/why-does-every-company-suck-at-tiktok

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Rachel Karten's avatar

Oh I love all of this! Going to check out those comedians. Bullish on carousels.

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Kelton Wright's avatar

This was a balm for posting (what feels like) into the void

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Rick Curtis's avatar

Social media is the tv. Your thumb is quicker to decide on what's worth your time than the up arrow on your remote.

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Musa Khan's avatar

That’s a great breakdown of what type of strategy to use to get your content out

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Sam Broadway's avatar

“The FYP ate the follower” = the new “TV killed the radio star”

Nice piece. Thanks for the information.

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Rachel Karten's avatar

you get it

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Faherah Begam's avatar

I love this!! So interesting and a VERY HELPFUL read!!

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Rachel Karten's avatar

I am so glad!

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Max Peterson's avatar

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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carla lalli music's avatar

this is very important!

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Rachel Karten's avatar

it really is

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Katya Kotlyar's avatar

How do you call subtweeting in LinkedIn? Sublinking? Really roughed some feathers there with this one :)

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Rachel Karten's avatar

Lol wait send me a link

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Katya Kotlyar's avatar

also, thank you! this is just awesome.

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Katya Kotlyar's avatar

Sadly my brain doesn't register the names of haters but I will if I see any fresh ones

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Daniela Diaz Martinez's avatar

This is…wow. Will def share with my game changers class at SC

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Rachel Karten's avatar

thank you!

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Samantha P.'s avatar

It’s interesting how this strategy mimics what traditional media is doing right now too - stories can’t just appeal to an outlet’s readers, they have to be discoverable in the feeds where potential future readers are scrolling.

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