If you're in the market for career advice, this is the episode of Social Pros you need. We speak to Eric Stark, co-founder and President at Slate who provides some excellent reminders on how to be a decent human being, a great colleague and ultimately progress in your career.
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This week’s guest is Eric Stark, Co-founder and President at Slate, and previously with the NFL in several different capacities. He joins this episode to tell us about his transition from working in social for a massive organization like the NFL to launching and running his own successful start-up.
He opens up about his own career progression and how he believes social pros, wherever they are in their career, can set themselves up for success. Eric has a deep understanding of what it’s like to manage the expectations of multiple teams when it comes to social and provides his thoughts on how to get your wins acknowledged and appreciated by your organization. Plus, why it’s important not to be too precious about what goes out on the channels you manage.
Eric also chats about how some of the best people he knows in social don’t maintain a personal brand and why that is often a good thing…
In This Episode:
1:35 - Eric explains what Slade is and what it does
4:46 - Why they expanded beyond sports and some new power users
9:23 - How social media is the centrepiece of the marketing team
10:31 - The best ways to grow and be promoted when you’re in social
12:20 - What Eric would tell his younger self
14:20 - Eric’s advice for social media managers who feel undervalued by their organization
16:23 - Why you shouldn’t wait to share your exciting wins with the organization as a whole
21:36 - Thoughts on whether having a personal brand is vital for those in social
23:56 - The benefits of having a strong personal brand
28:14 - What it’s like running a company like Slate now
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