How to Become a Human Social Media Swiss Army Knife

Jay Maldonado, Director of Social Media at SurveyMonkey, joins the Social Pros Podcast to discuss how brands can create an agile social media plan that is also socially conscious. Huge thanks to our amazing sponsors for helping us make this happen. Please support them; we couldn't do it without their help! This week: Salesforce Marketing Cloud Upfluence Supermetrics Full Episode Details The very nature of social media is flexible and can change at any moment. That's why it's so important to have many tricks up your sleeve when creating a social media strategy. Jay Maldonado, Director of Social Media at SurveyMonkey, says that flexibility and wearing many hats are the keys to becoming a top social pro. In this episode of Social Pros, Jay discusses why all social media teams should have a "living doc" for their strategy that you can change when needed. He talks about why it's important to have great leadership and a team that really believes in the power of social media. Jay also discusses why you need to be sensitive and open to learning to have genuine and authentic conversations over social media. In This Episode: 7:52 – How sometimes social pros don't leverage social media for themselves 9:14 – How Jay manages marketing to a broad SurveyMonkey audience 11:47 – How social comes to life at SurveyMonkey 13:15 – Why all social media strategies should have a "living doc" 15:28 – How to create an agile social strategy 20:38 – How to ask the right questions in social media 22:45 – Jay's advice for social pros to navigate important social issues 26:15 – Jay's tips for social pros to use data better 30:33 – SurveyMonkey's recent study into mental wellness in the workplace 33:25 – Choosing the best social media channels to market your brand 35:54 – The importance of leadership and a great team 38:32 – Jay's one tip for becoming a social pro Resources Get the new State of Marketing report for free from Salesforce Find out more about the community at SocialMedia.org with a special form for Social Pros listeners Download Upfluence's Brand Influence Ranking Report Download the Social Media Metrics template from Supermetrics Visit SocialPros.com for more insights from your favorite social media marketers.