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As you can tell from my first six installments of the \u201cListen To This\u201d series (1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>, 5<\/a>, 6<\/a>), I listen to a lot of podcasts. Most of the time, I\u2019m into industry shows (Marketing, Design, Leadership, etc.), but I\u2019ll admit that this week\u2019s inspiration surprised me. I subscribe to a handful of podcasts that I would categorize as Entertainment. I love them, but I love them for being ear candy; their great for making me laugh or think about something other than work. Jay Mohr\u2019s Mohr Stories<\/a> is one of those shows. With guests that range from musicians to comedians, I often cherish this show for its escape and belly laughs. But inspiration? It happened.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Jay\u2019s guest J.B. Smoove<\/a> made me laugh, rewind (several times), and think. He was all over the map, and it was an hour of beautiful chaos. But the moment that stuck with me\u2026in his words:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHere\u2019s where my rational comes with chess and checkers.
\nIs it a different board? No.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now, there is a world of hilarious confusion preceding this gem (seriously do yourself a favor and start listening at 9:00<\/a>), and I\u2019m still not quite sure how Jay and JB got there, but the moment was brilliance.<\/p>\n

Checkers or Chess<\/h3>\n

\"mohrstories\"On the same board, you could play checkers, or you could play chess. Honestly, you could play tic-tac-toe or even the squares game. If you really got basic, you could even simply teach colors and patterns. The game pieces change, the players change, the rules change, but the board is the same for everyone.<\/p>\n

The board, the foundation of the game, the most visible piece of the game, the entity around which everything else is decided, it\u2019s the same board for all of us. Which kinda feels like an important analogy for all things digital.<\/p>\n

The Social Game<\/h3>\n

Why? Let\u2019s take a real-life example, SME Digital has four primary social properties that we have established and that we work to maintain: Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a>, and G+<\/a>. For those who follow any or all of these outposts, you\u2019ll have noticed a marked difference over the past several weeks. We\u2019re changing up frequency, content types, timing, etc. It\u2019s been a fun process, but it\u2019s not without a purpose.<\/p>\n

Our social strategy in 2015 is heavy\u00a0on\u00a0testing. We\u2019re using strict methodology and variable isolation to discover what game we should actually be playing. In social, the players change constantly and so do the rules. When we sit at the digital table with our audience, it\u2019s our priority to engage in the healthiest, most beneficial activity possible.<\/p>\n

In other words, if we are playing checkers, but our audience is playing chess\u2026no one is getting any value out of the exchange. Everyone involved is wasting their time. And no one wants to play that game.<\/p>\n

If we\u2019re playing tic-tac-toe, but our network really wants to play Connect Four, then we have a problem. And that tension and friction will negatively manifest itself in all sorts of ways: awareness, engagement, consideration, and ultimately, customer acquisition and conversion.<\/p>\n

Are You Playing The Right Game?<\/h3>\n

So ask yourself, do you know the rules, which pieces to use, or even the game you should be playing? You can do all sorts of interesting things with the game board that is Facebook or Twitter. But do you know the rules that those on the other side of the table are playing by?<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t really matter what game you<\/em> are playing; what matters is the game that your audience is playing. Or at least, what game they want you to play.<\/p>\n

Now is a good time to start figuring out whether or not you are even playing by the right rules. All of the best practices, tips, and tricks in the world won\u2019t help you if you show up with\u00a0the wrong pieces.<\/p>\n

So test, ask, isolate, and start mixing things up. In the end, you might just find out you’ve been playing chess\u00a0with checker\u00a0pieces. And that is a game that is just crazy hard to win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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