Lila King's guest appearances

Lila King

Inside Social Media: Small Business Social Media Strategies for Today’s Entrepreneur

The Webby Podcast

Content Convergence with Steve Rubel: Chief Content Strategist of Edelman

Veronica McGregor

Pat Flynn

Chris Ducker

Nancy Lublin

Michael Hyatt

Sinéad Burke

Lawrence Lessig

Adam Savage

Gary Vaynerchuk

Kulap Vilaysack

Chris Brogan

Amy Porterfield

Ben Smith

Cindy Gallop

Laurie Segall

OwlTail

Thirteen years ago, Lila King and her team at CNN created iReport, an endeavor that would forever change storytelling in the digital era. Now Head of News &amp; Publishing Partnerships at Instagram, King joins our host David-Michel Davies to discuss her iReport days, and how Instagram is empowering raconteurs of all kinds to tell visual-first stories.Keep up with Lila @lilacina. And stay up to date on all of Instagram’s initiatives by visiting instagram-press.comFollow us everywhere @TheWebbyAwardsKeep up with David-Michel @dmdlikesOur Producer is Terence BrosnanOur Writer is Jordana JarrettOur Editorial Director is Nicole Ferraro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

<p>Thirteen years ago, <strong>Lila King </strong>and her team at CNN created iReport, an endeavor that would forever change storytelling in the digital era. Now Head of News &amp; Publishing Partnerships at Instagram, King joins our host <strong>David-Michel Davies</strong> to discuss her iReport days, and how Instagram is empowering raconteurs of all kinds to tell visual-first stories.</p><p>Keep up with Lila @lilacina. And stay up to date on all of Instagram’s initiatives by visiting <a href="http://instagram-press.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram-press.com</a></p><p>Follow us everywhere @TheWebbyAwards</p><p>Keep up with David-Michel @dmdlikes</p><p>Our Producer is Terence Brosnan</p><p>Our Writer is Jordana Jarrett</p><p>Our Editorial Director is Nicole Ferraro</p><p> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

S5 EP 3: From iReport to Instagram: Storytelling with Lila King

CNN’s Lila King, Senior Director for Social News, is my guest this week on The Inside Social Media Podcast, as my journey to connect with the biggest brands in the world and share with you their social media stories, insights and strategies continues.  Click here to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes   I had so much fun during my chat with Lila as talked all about the CNN social media strategy and how we as small business owners can use the fundamental principles of their strategy and adapt them to our own small business while using little to no budget. In the show today with Lila, you’ll learn about:  We’ll talk about the 3 key areas that Lila and her team looks at when determining their daily social media strategy. Lila shares her thoughts on finding your voice in social media and how to go about doing it. The 3 things Lila would do if she were just starting out in social media. And you’ll learn why Lila thinks tools like Vine and Instagram video are changing the way we should be looking at social media.  And of course, much more!   Want to Be Featured On An Upcoming Inside Social Media Podcast Episode? As I mention in the show, I’m working on putting together an episode where I profile you, the listener. I want to hear how what you’re learning from the show has helped you in your business. Have you taken a strategy you’ve learned and implemented it in your own business (or helped you get a job, etc.)  And, tell me how what you implemented help your business. I’ll interview you briefly for the podcast to tell your story.  If you’d like to be featured during that episode, click this link and tell me in the “Your Message” field what strategy you took, how you implemented it, and how it helped:  YES! I want to be featured on the podcast link. Links Discussed During the Show  Follow Lila on Twitter: @Lilacina   Follow CNN:  Twitter Facebook Instagram YouTube Channel Google+  Want to report news to CNN?: CNN’s iReport Books we discussed (affiliate links):  Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver The Art of Immersion by Frank Rose  Would You Help Spread the Word About the Podcast? I would appreciate you more than a baby deer appreciates her mama if you helped share the podcast.  Click here for a pre-populated tweet to help spread the word to your friends on Twitter.  THANK YOU! Inside Social Media iTunes Review + Rating If you enjoyed this podcast, I’d be extremely grateful if you would take a second and leave me a review and rating over on iTunes.  Your taking a minute to do this allows me to help more people with this podcast, so I really appreciate it. Simply click here to leave a review and rating (you can then click on the “View in iTunes” button and leave a review there — thanks very much!) Transcript Click here to view or right-click to download PDF  MP3 Download Right-click here to download the MP3 of this episode INSIDER SHOW NOTES: Lila’s CNN Social Media Strategy Tips  Social media is all about connecting with people.  Set a goal for your business and work back from there.  If social media help you attain that goal, then you can figure out which platforms align with your audience and goal and the voice you’ll use to attain that goal.  Everything starts with your goal. If you are going to be on social media, you owe it to your customers to listen and honor their participation. Listen, engage with, and add value to your customers.  On Content Marketing…  Identify what your business feels is the most important thing to accomplish and  Think about how you can tell the story of your business through showing the human side of your business in social media.  People connect with people.  Focus your efforts on being human. On Facebook, images with a human face in them tend to get shared more frequently than those images that don’t.  “Humanize” your business. Test different types of content (images, text, videos, contests, etc.) to see which gets the most engagement and do more of what works.  On Creative Ways to Leverage Social Media for An Event…  You can tweet and live blog the event, sharing interesting tidbits and behind-the-scenes news about the event. Here’s an idea…if you are doing a webinar and recording it, you could take people’s feedback from your original broadcast and interject it into the recorded version for future viewers.  On Finding Your Voice…  How you create content for one channel is likely going to be very different than the way you do it on another channel. Know what your business stands for and what makes you unique.  Then, it’s about figuring out the types of content that allow you to get that uniqueness across to your customers. What matters most to your business?  Make sure that’s reflected in your social presence.  On Where Brands Get Social Media Wrong…  Stop talking and talking about YOU.  Listen and be part of the communities that you’re in. The secret sauce of social media is community, people and figuring out what people on a particular platform are doing and trying to be part of that club.  Not forcing your way into it.  On Measuring Your Social Media…  Make sure you are mapping all of your social media efforts into your overall business goals. Audience, making money, give fresh and interesting bits of information about your business to your consumers. If you’re using a platform like Facebook or Twitter, you can use the provided analytics to look for patterns over time of what’s working best.  Which updates are getting the most engagement, shares, etc.  3 Things Lila Would Do If She Were Just Starting Out in Social Media…  Answer what you are trying to achieve, what are you trying to do? Pick ONE place (channel) to start.  Start small. Listening is probably the most effective thing you can do before jumping into a platform.  It helps you see what people are doing on that channel. Have fun and be true to yourself.   Trends That Are Affecting Small Business…  The ever shortening timeline for videos like on Vine and Instagram video. When you attach video to your social media posts, they tend to get higher engagement. Think about how you can tighten and shorten your video content.  The more clear and concise you can be the better.  The post ISM Episode 21: CNN’s Lila King, Senior Director for Social News appeared first on Rick Mulready.

<strong><strong>CNN’s Lila King, Senior Director for Social News,</strong> </strong>is my guest this week on The Inside Social Media Podcast, as my journey to connect with the biggest brands in the world and share with you their social media stories, insights and strategies continues.  <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-social-media-podcast/id627489143" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes</a> <p> </p> <p>I had so much fun during my chat with Lila as talked all about the CNN social media strategy and how we as small business owners can use the fundamental principles of their strategy and adapt them to our own small business while using little to no budget.</p> <p><strong>In the show today with Lila, you’ll learn about:</strong></p> <ul> <li>We’ll talk about the 3 key areas that Lila and her team looks at when determining their daily social media strategy.</li> <li>Lila shares her thoughts on finding your voice in social media and how to go about doing it.</li> <li>The 3 things Lila would do if she were just starting out in social media.</li> <li>And you’ll learn why Lila thinks tools like Vine and Instagram video are changing the way we should be looking at social media. </li> <li>And of course, much more! </li> </ul> <h2>Want to Be Featured On An Upcoming Inside Social Media Podcast Episode?</h2> <p>As I mention in the show, I’m working on putting together an episode where I profile you, the listener.</p> <p>I want to hear how what you’re learning from the show has helped you in your business.</p> <p>Have you taken a strategy you’ve learned and implemented it in your own business (or helped you get a job, etc.)  And, tell me how what you implemented help your business.</p> <p>I’ll interview you briefly for the podcast to tell your story.  If you’d like to be featured during that episode, click this link and tell me in the “Your Message” field what strategy you took, how you implemented it, and how it helped:  <a href="https://rickmulready.com/contact/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">YES! I want to be featured on the podcast link</a>.</p> <h2>Links Discussed During the Show</h2> <ul> <li>Follow Lila on Twitter: <a href="@lilacina" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@Lilacina</a><a href="https://twitter.com/mbrenner" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><br/> </a></li> </ul> <p>Follow CNN:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/CNN" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cnn" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="http://instagram.com/CNN/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/CNN" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a></li> <li><a href="https://plus.google.com/+cnn/posts" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Google+</a></li> </ul> <p>Want to report news to CNN?: <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CNN’s iReport</a></p> <p>Books we discussed (affiliate links):</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385349947/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0385349947&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=nicheandholdc-20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159420411X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=159420411X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=nicheandholdc-20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393341259/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0393341259&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=nicheandholdc-20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Art of Immersion by Frank Rose</a></li> </ul> <h2>Would You Help Spread the Word About the Podcast?</h2> <p>I would appreciate you more than a baby deer appreciates her mama if you helped share the podcast.  <a href="http://clicktotweet.com/6eD07" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click here for a pre-populated tweet </a>to help spread the word to your friends on Twitter.  THANK YOU!</p> <h2>Inside Social Media iTunes Review + Rating</h2> <p>If you enjoyed this podcast, I’d be extremely grateful if you would take a second and leave me a review and rating over on iTunes.  Your taking a minute to do this allows me to help more people with this podcast, so I really appreciate it.</p> <p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-social-media-podcast/id627489143" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Simply click here to leave a review and rating</a> (you can then click on the “View in iTunes” button and leave a review there — thanks very much!)</p> <h2>Transcript</h2> <p><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/RickMulready.com/Inside+Social+Media+Podcast+%2321+-+CNN+Transcription.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to view or right-click to download PDF </a></p> <h2>MP3 Download</h2> <p><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/rickmulready/ISM_Episode_21_Lila_King.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Right-click here to download the MP3 of this episode</a></p> <h2>INSIDER SHOW NOTES: Lila’s CNN Social Media Strategy Tips</h2> <ul> <li>Social media is all about connecting with people. </li> <li>Set a goal for your business and work back from there.  If social media help you attain that goal, then you can figure out which platforms align with your audience and goal and the voice you’ll use to attain that goal.  Everything starts with your goal.</li> <li>If you are going to be on social media, you owe it to your customers to listen and honor their participation.</li> <li>Listen, engage with, and add value to your customers.</li> </ul> <h2>On Content Marketing…</h2> <ul> <li>Identify what your business feels is the most important thing to accomplish and </li> <li>Think about how you can tell the story of your business through showing the human side of your business in social media.  People connect with people.  Focus your efforts on being human.</li> <li>On Facebook, images with a human face in them tend to get shared more frequently than those images that don’t.  “Humanize” your business.</li> <li>Test different types of content (images, text, videos, contests, etc.) to see which gets the most engagement and do more of what works.</li> </ul> <h2>On Creative Ways to Leverage Social Media for An Event…</h2> <ul> <li>You can tweet and live blog the event, sharing interesting tidbits and behind-the-scenes news about the event.</li> <li>Here’s an idea…if you are doing a webinar and recording it, you could take people’s feedback from your original broadcast and interject it into the recorded version for future viewers.</li> </ul> <h2>On Finding Your Voice…</h2> <ul> <li>How you create content for one channel is likely going to be very different than the way you do it on another channel.</li> <li>Know what your business stands for and what makes you unique.  Then, it’s about figuring out the types of content that allow you to get that uniqueness across to your customers.</li> <li>What matters most to your business?  Make sure that’s reflected in your social presence.</li> </ul> <h2>On Where Brands Get Social Media Wrong…</h2> <ul> <li>Stop talking and talking about YOU.  Listen and be part of the communities that you’re in.</li> <li>The secret sauce of social media is community, people and figuring out what people on a particular platform are doing and trying to be part of that club.  Not forcing your way into it.</li> </ul> <h2>On Measuring Your Social Media…</h2> <ul> <li>Make sure you are mapping all of your social media efforts into your overall business goals.</li> <li>Audience, making money, give fresh and interesting bits of information about your business to your consumers.</li> <li>If you’re using a platform like Facebook or Twitter, you can use the provided analytics to look for patterns over time of what’s working best.  Which updates are getting the most engagement, shares, etc.</li> </ul> <h2>3 Things Lila Would Do If She Were Just Starting Out in Social Media…</h2> <ul> <li>Answer what you are trying to achieve, what are you trying to do?</li> <li>Pick ONE place (channel) to start.  Start small.</li> <li>Listening is probably the most effective thing you can do before jumping into a platform.  It helps you see what people are doing on that channel.</li> <li>Have fun and be true to yourself.</li> </ul> <h2> Trends That Are Affecting Small Business…</h2> <ul> <li>The ever shortening timeline for videos like on Vine and Instagram video.</li> <li>When you attach video to your social media posts, they tend to get higher engagement.</li> <li>Think about how you can tighten and shorten your video content.  The more clear and concise you can be the better.</li> </ul> <p>The post <a href="https://rickmulready.com/cnn-social-media/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ISM Episode 21: CNN’s Lila King, Senior Director for Social News</a> appeared first on <a href="https://rickmulready.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rick Mulready</a>.</p>

ISM Episode 21: CNN’s Lila King, Senior Director for Social News