This week on Social in Six, we’re talking about Reddit enabling anonymous native sharing cross-platform, three new TikTok ad solutions, and Twitter possibly replacing Pinned tweets with an Instagram Highlights dupe. We also discuss Instagram’s new Shops feature that puts UGC on the product page, AI-powered ad tools coming to Meta, and YouTube Music’s new plan to help you reach Gen Z. Got a question or a suggestion for the Social Minds podcast? Get in touch at social.minds@socialchain.com.

Ep. 221 - SOCIAL IN SIX [070]

SocialMinds sets out to make social media second nature for any marketer. Be a fly on the wall as our host, Eve, goes behind the scenes of the best global brands in the game, and extracts actionable insight from their experts, for you. Including bi-weekly interviews with guests like Ryanair, Formula 1, Innocent Drinks, as well as fluff-free bulletins on important platform updates, this top-rated podcast is designed to provide unfiltered access to the most coveted names in the industry, wherever they are in the world.

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Join us from the SocialMinds stage in London, as we go behind the scenes of the ODMC (the Oatly Department of Mind Control) to find out what makes a distinctive brand on social. Hear from Sarah Sutton, global media director for the illustrious Oatly, as we learn how vowing to be consistently inconsistent has enabled everyone’s favourite oat drink to build reams of brand equity. Plus, listen as your questions get answered in our Q&A; section. Got a question or a suggestion for the SocialMinds podcast? Get in touch at socialminds@socialchain.com.

Ep. 246 - Building a Brand Worth Talking About: With Oatly’s Sarah Sutton | SocialMinds LIVE 2024

 This week on Social in Six, we’re talking about Instagram’s latest move into collaborative social, with Blend, TikTok’s push into shopping ads and search, and YouTube’s focus on creator-led shopping. Elsewhere, Facebook’s rules for video uploads have changed, while Reddit and LinkedIn both have exciting updates to their ads offering, branching into generative AI, live events, and Connected TV or CTV.   Got a question or suggestion for the Social Minds podcast? Get in touch at socialminds@socialchain.com.

Ep. 245 - SOCIAL IN SIX [082]

 This episode is proudly sponsored by Riverside.fm. Click here to try it for yourself, and use the code socialminds to get 15% off any available plan.  What we learned this episode: saying people don’t care about product-focused posts isn’t true. What today’s guest says, is they don’t care by default. Doesn’t mean you can’t make them. That guest is John Thornton, senior creative at Surreal and ex-SMM & copywriter at Innocent Drinks. Surreal’s product posts and ads make people care - as do Innocent’s. So in this episode, we’re on a mission to find out how the hell John does it. Why do some brands just *get* how to make their product pop, while other brands are in the trenches? Expect to learn where self-awareness trumps ‘story’, why “soft outrage” often equals success, and how you’re probably breaking that promise you made to humanise your brand.   Got a question or a suggestion for the SocialMinds podcast? Get in touch at social.minds@socialchain.com    https://creators.riverside.fm/SocialMindsPodcast 

Ep. 244 - Surreal: How To Make People Care About Product | John Thornton

 SocialMinds Live is back, and we’re heading to London!  Listen to this quick update to get the lowdown, and be among the first to register your interest to hear Oatly, SharkNinja, American Express and more, in the flesh.  To find out more, visit https://www.socialchain.com/event/

SocialMinds Live is back, and we’re heading to London!

   This episode is proudly sponsored by Riverside.fm. Click here  to try it for yourself, and use the code socialminds to get 15% off any available plan.   Today’s Social in Six covers several strategy-changing updates – including a new LinkedIn algorithm that doesn’t care when you published your post, only what you’re talking about; a direct Instagram competitor app from TikTok called TikTok Photos (

Ep. 221 - SOCIAL IN SIX [070]

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