Lauren Teague on How to Cultivate Fan Engagement on Social Media
Oct 24, 2023
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Lauren Teague, social media expert and founder of FANWAGN, explores the evolution of fan engagement on social media, the power of harnessing customer's voices in content, and the ways AI can boost social assets and business efficiency. The conversation also delves into the importance of engaging multiple audiences, intentional experience design, and building a sustainable solution to textile waste.
Brands should focus on building super fans among customers, partners, and employees through emotional connections and understanding their journey.
Intentional experience design and breaking down silos are crucial for creating cohesive digital customer experiences.
Deep dives
The Importance of Turning Customers into Super Fans
In today's podcast episode, the host discusses the crucial aspect of turning customers into super fans. It emphasizes that in the experience economy, simply being great is no longer enough, and businesses need to aim for super status to thrive. The guest, Laurenti, shares her extensive experience in optimizing fan engagement across various industries, including sports, B2B, B2C, healthcare, and more. The episode explores the evolution of fan engagement on social media and how businesses can harness their customers' voices through content. It also delves into the power of AI in amplifying social assets and improving overall business efficiency.
The Significance of Harnessing Fandom for Brands
Laurenti, as a guest, shares the importance of harnessing the power of fandom for brands. Drawing from her background in sports and communications, she explains how she realized the value of building fans not only among customers but also business partners and employees. Laurenti highlights the need for brands to consider their audience's journeys, engage with them at different stages, and understand the emotional connections fans have. She also discusses her 'brand to fan' approach and its versatility in both B2B and B2C contexts, and its application across various organizations.
The Role of Intentionality in Digital Customer Experience
The podcast delves into the importance of intentional experience design and highlights the challenges faced by businesses in creating cohesive digital customer experiences. Laurenti shares her insights and role at the PGA tour in defining and building intentional digital experiences for fans. She emphasizes the need for organizations to break down silos and think from the perspective of the customer, ensuring a seamless experience across all touchpoints. The discussion also touches on the impact of AI in optimizing digital customer experiences, allowing businesses to allocate more time to engage with customers and be present on social media.
Content Multiplication and the Future of Sustainable Fashion
Laurenti introduces the concept of content multiplication magic, which revolves around maximizing the potential of content through AI tools. She discusses how AI can extract key elements from a podcast episode and repurpose them into various forms of content, saving time and increasing productivity. Additionally, she highlights her venture, FanWagon, an online marketplace for sports and college fans to buy and resell beloved apparel. Laurenti emphasizes the importance of sustainability in a circular economy, where fan merchandise can be passed on to new owners, reducing textile waste and introducing a new way of storytelling through shared memories.
Like me, Lauren Teague is obsessed with fandom and how it can act as a business lever for customer and employee experience.
Lauren was the original social media lead for the PGA Tour where she pioneered brand-to-fan engagement on Twitter and set the standard for all social media platforms today. Since then, she has spent 15+ years optimizing fan engagement in sports, B2B, B2C, healthcare, higher ed, and several more industries.
She's also the founder of FANWAGN, an online marketplace for sports and college fans to buy and resell beloved apparel. I had the pleasure of joining her on her Brand to Fan Show, and now I'm excited to share my interview with her. Lauren and I chat about the evolution of fan engagement on social media, how to harness your customer's voice through your content, and the many ways AI can multiply your social assets and help you run your business more efficiently.
Show Notes: 3:48 - Lauren shares her origin story 5:21 - How Lauren got started doing social media for the PGA Tour 6:07 - How Lauren developed her brand-to-fan philosophy 8:14 - Brands have many audiences that they reach simultaneously 11:00 - What Lauren learned when she did affinity mapping for a school district 14:57 - Why it's so important to remember that everyone on your team is in the experience department 18:32 - Lauren shares further details about her first few weeks on the job with the PGA Tour 20:12 - What Twitter was like back in 2008 when Lauren first started (without a smart phone!) 21:55 - Other ways that Lauren enhanced the fan experience for PGA Tours on social media 23:30 - What projects is Lauren most proud of from the PGA? 25:00 - The social media command center that Lauren advocated for to bring fresh content for fans 27:49 - What is Lauren's content multiplication system? 30:45 - Lauren's course all about repurposing content at scale 31:53 - How AI lets Lauren interact more with her customers 33:05 - What is FANWAGN and what inspired Lauren to create it? 37:03 - How FANWAGN creates a community through storytelling 38:40 - What is Lauren a SUPERFAN of? LaurenTeague.com FANWAGN