NAIL.social Office Hours
Media & Entertainment Podcasts
Jess and Rachyl, lead scientists at social media R&D agency, NAIL.social talk shop about the latest topics in organic and paid social media on a weekly basis. In addition to their industry knowledge (rants) on social strategy, management, and experimentation, they also teach the best practices fresh from the NAIL.social Academy. The show is 20-30 minutes but the spicy and rambling after show might push it to an hour, sorry!
Location:
United States
Description:
Jess and Rachyl, lead scientists at social media R&D agency, NAIL.social talk shop about the latest topics in organic and paid social media on a weekly basis. In addition to their industry knowledge (rants) on social strategy, management, and experimentation, they also teach the best practices fresh from the NAIL.social Academy. The show is 20-30 minutes but the spicy and rambling after show might push it to an hour, sorry!
Twitter:
@NAILsocial
Language:
English
Contact:
401.331.6245
Website:
https://www.nail.social/
Email:
coffee@nail.social
Episodes
47 - Should brands boycott Facebook? lol, no.
7/9/2020
Here is our official take on the boycott and whether you as a brand should participate.
Small business vs big business
The narrative that advertisers can put pressure on Fb to change (like Fox news), LOL.FB relies on small businesses. Annually, Facebook generates US$70 billion in advertising sales and about a quarter of it comes from big companies such as UnileverNot fair to smaller companies that can’t afford expensive advertisingShifting to google and twitter. These aren’t any...
Duration:00:20:22
46 - And they're just data privileged
5/13/2020
This Week in Paid - Delayed Gratification
This Week in Organic- So You’ve Been Audited
Data Privilege
Rant Wheel
Duration:00:28:33
45 - Alexa, but as a nine year old...
4/29/2020
This Week in Paid - Taking out the trash
This Week in Organic
Long Form Social Video
Duration:00:33:51
44 - A french trench, a tranche
4/20/2020
We tackle how Facebook has changed with the... Coronavirus. Support times, prices, buyer behavior, etc.
On "Explain that tweet" we dissect another Ecomm-bro comment and how it's not very helpful.
New segment, Restaurant Rescue, we talk about what restaurants can do to survive in these times from a social perspective.
And a tasty rant wheel too!
Duration:00:31:53
43 - Tag the same pickles!
4/10/2020
This podcast is only 37% COVID19 related. The maximum allowed to maintain sanity.
Special guest today, creative director, Alec Beckett!
This Week in Paid
12:00 Community Creation (Update)
Alec Brings his very own Segment, and we rant about.... Masks!
Duration:00:33:26
41 - Coronavirus: The New Normalicy
3/20/2020
It's the topic you don't want to talk about but also want to talk about.... Coronavirus! We try to keep it positive tho!
This Week in Organic - COVID19
This Week in Paid - Corona Virus
12:00 Window of Opportunity
Charging airpods every night - example of how we’re all experiencing new behaviors
And an ANTI-rant wheel for you.
Duration:00:33:00
40 - Are you right for ecommerce/DTC?
3/6/2020
We are talking about all things ecommerce and DTC today. Does it make sense for you? What hurdlers or barriers will you face and how to get around them? Talking about Margins, Prices, Lifetime value, budgets, creative, and the problems of scaling too fast. Stop reading this and dive right in!
Duration:00:42:32
39 - We should start a band
2/27/2020
+You know that ad campaign that has 5 billion views? No not the Super Bowl one, the TikTok one... oh.. I guess it was also on the Super Bowl too. Little Ceasars has updated the TikTok brand playbook with some great tactics and we dig in.
+ Choosing the right platform and ad unit is JUST
+ Cue Masterpiece Theatre music. Rachyl, a media buyer by day, and super sleuth by night, has uncovering something very off about a fun little band on TikTok. I guess you will just have to listen to find...
Duration:00:33:08
38 - Renegade, Renegade, Renegade...
2/21/2020
+TikTok updates are coming in hot. We talk about Jalaiah and the renegade dance, parental and safety features, the weird @TikTokTips account, and dun dun dun... link in bio is now a thing!
+CBO strategies you probably haven't heard yet, like "single lane optimization". I just made that up, but listen anways, it's good stuff.
+We go through BudLights instagram like geologist looking at the many layers of a canyon wall. It's memes all the way down... until... September, 2019.
+Has social...
Duration:00:34:56
37 - Mike Bloomberg, Meme Lord.
2/13/2020
Full episode, take a listen, or just keep reading, like you are now, but trust me, the audio version doesn' t have nearly as many, you know, commas.
+ Have you ever request access to FB Business or Ads Manager from a client. It's our living nightmare. And a huge time suck. No worries, we let you know how to do it right, but also how to do it wrong, if you're looking for that too.
+Mike Bloomberg is meme'ing his way to the Whitehouse. How do we get off this ride??? If you have seen the...
Duration:00:33:30
36 - Inside Reddit's most successful ad campaign
1/30/2020
Want to know what it's like to go from zero experience to the most successful ad campaign on the Reddit platform in three months? We got you!
Show notes:
-> Why are we in in Times Square talking about Reddit Ads.
----> Reddit Ads helpful guides, there are none.
->Why Reddit and client buy-in
----> What is Reddit good for?
----> Convincing the client
-> How we structured the campaign.
----> Being fluid with planning
----> planning backwards from an end goal
-> Ad Platform deep...
Duration:00:49:04
35 - Twizzlers are a collapsed artery
1/16/2020
CBO, in theaters February! We talk about the upcoming CBO changes and what ads manager should do about it.
Chewy.com has a brilliant tactic which is generating the best possible social testimonials. What is it? You will just have to listen.
The Nail Social Media Awards were just yesterday, we talk broadly about what it takes to win such a prestigious award like this. And how to deal with creatives who.... are having trouble operating in a social world.
Trolls are a special breed of...
Duration:00:43:11
34 - A huge increase in crisis
1/10/2020
We're baaaaaaack with that big podcast energy!
What are those top Social media trends for 2020? Well we give our take on which are legit and which are just lazy content writers doing their thing. We chat Facebook ad prices, AI, automation, and CBO, mobile, video, IG, stories, and we make a prediction that came true as soon as we were done recording. Count it!
On the organic side we debit the merits of Baby Yoda as meme fodder and why it's had more longevity than OK Boomer. We also chat...
Duration:00:34:24
The Woah: You need to toss it up first.
12/12/2019
This week in Paid
How to talk to Facebook Ads Support (or really any support tech) to get them to do what you want. Rachyl has some secret key phrases that unlock the doors of permission. It's "sure thing chicken wing"
This week in Organic
The TikTok 100 just dropped. We go through the best memes, dances, and videos of the year and give our take on what belongs on the list or not. Rachyl clarifies how to "woah".
Rachyl Reacts
In this new segment, Rachyl gives her cold take on...
Duration:00:36:37
32 - 85,000 swimming pools to the moon!
12/5/2019
Rachyl and Jess are on FIRE today, to the moon I tell you!
This Week in Paid
Facebook's Power 5. You know, you love it. Or you don't know it, or you know it and hate it. Either way, we got you covered as we talk about how this is turning into a weird religion and why you probably shouldn't give total control over to Mark Zuckerberg.
This Week in Organic - Brand Spotlight
We've got our eye on one brand that is killing it on multiple platforms. Drum rolllllll - it's Kiwi Botanicals! Their...
Duration:00:06:00
31 - YouTooz what's YouTooz?!
11/27/2019
Happy Thanksgiving listeners! Today we get into some last minute Black Friday Cyber Monday tactics and some mental health issues too. In This Week in Organic we tackle how data can cut through your biases. We discuss how UGC and "well produced" content has sort of traded places, freaky friday style. We bring you a new opportunity to work with influencers curtesy of @YouTooz. What's YouTooz? Thats what we said. They are only the most engaged account on Instagram. Then we rant about -------...
Duration:00:29:19
30 - "We're on meth."
11/21/2019
Meth. We're on it, and other topics like Pete Butigieg's dance memes, Twitter's new anti-political ad policy (will it even be enforced). Also we give out some advice to clients about removing old agencies from their accounts THEY NEVER DO THIS AND ITS IMPORTANT. Of course we have to talk about the virality of South Dakota's On Meth campaign and how its backfiring for their tourism. Then we have a rapid fire update on the T-Mobile CEO and what his new deal is, Instagram hiding likes, and the...
Duration:00:35:22
29 - "I Have Cracked the Code"
11/14/2019
What is going on everybody?! Jess and Rachyl here and we’re back with another episode of The NAIL.social Office Hours cast. This week we’re kicking things off with an explain that tweet about the potential value organic posts can accumulate. Remember the whole Instagram removing likes thing? Well, its finally here. We talk about some of the things we think might happen and how we may have to switch the way we analyze data. WARNING, brand awareness campaigns are super fuzzy and can not be...
Duration:00:43:07
28 - "OK Boomer"
11/7/2019
It's the official Ok Boomer episode! We're so sorry. Before we explain that meme, we dive into Influencers and how to handle them and WHO should handle them, marketing, media, or PR? In this Organic news we tackle.. oh god... the Warren's Meme Team and all it's cringey and short lived glory. Next up, IANAL, but we really don't think you should be allowing lawyers to run your marketing. This is the case with CocaCola and others, but it doesn't have to be that way. Take heed our WARNING! After...
Duration:00:44:30
27 - "Fancy Loose Pants"
10/31/2019
The best treat you'll be gettin this Halloween is this episode of NSOH. This week we are sharing our very passionate opinions about Jack Dorsey's decision to cut all political ads on Twitter. We do though, see another opportunity on Twitter for brands to promote tweets without any visual content attached. Mixology plays a huge role in our jobs but in a like, media mix kind of way. Being that we are an R&D agency, we're always trying new things--this time with drafting off of other peoples...
Duration:00:38:57