• WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    You’d think companies wouldn’t want to waste money on a fuckng YouTube channel, Facebook page, Twitter account, and Pinterest page. Plus a website.

    • Plap plap 𓁑𓂸 @lemmyf.uk
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      8 months ago

      When a company reaches a certain size their expected to have certain things just because other successful companies have them.

      If the fired the team that writes, publishes, and distributes the company newsletter where I work, no one who does any real work would notice or care. The fact that we have a newsletter makes our company seem more big and successful to investors though.

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        8 months ago

        newsletters do help companies maintain MAU and support the renewal process though. It’s generally held that a company with an active CS team has lower churn.

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          Last year’s superbowl had a bunch of advertisements for avocados, so it’s not that surprising.

          Advertising is important for brand recognition. That’s why companies like Coke still spend a fuck ton of money on it. You want your brand to be the first thing people think of when they think of that industry.

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        8 months ago

        They absolutely do pay people to do all of it. Those sites don’t just magically provide content.