Should’ve gone to Specsavers. The proposition is well-known, but most only associate it with witty (and brilliant) ads. Today's guest Lisa Hale - Specsavers' head of consumer PR, brand activation & social media - says they’re laser-focused on evolving that line to show younger audiences the more meaningful reasons Specsavers is the superior choice. In this episode we discuss the problems with how brands are currently sold media by social platforms, whether it’s a myth or not that Gen Z prefers humour to humility, and what happened when the brand gave free eye tests to the worst football team in Britain.  Got a question or a suggestion for the Social Minds podcast? Get in touch at social.minds@socialchain.com.

Ep. 222 - Specsavers: Giving Your Social Media Strategy 2023 Vision | Lisa Hale, Specsavers

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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

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   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. 222 - Specsavers: Giving Your Social Media Strategy 2023 Vision | Lisa Hale, Specsavers

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