Duane Brown, Founder & Head of Strategy at Take Some Risk Incorporated, joins the Social Pros Podcast to talk about paid social, marketing agencies, and the future of social. Huge thanks to our amazing sponsors for helping us make this happen. Please support them; we couldn't do it without their help! This week: Salesforce Marketing Cloud Upfluence Supermetrics Full Episode Details What does the future look like for paid social? Is there still a place for organic? Duane Brown, Founder & Head of Strategy at Take Some Risk Incorporated, discusses his take on paid social. In this episode of Social Pros, Duane describes his agency’s approach to social and how he deals with client requests and budgets. He also gives us some insight into how the pandemic affected things in social media across the board. Duane shares his thoughts on experimenting and trying new things. He says it’s impossible to know what will or won’t work unless you try it. He describes some top mistakes people make with paid social and what his agency does to help clients understand paid advertising better. In This Episode: 6:33 – Duane talks about his agency and the type of customers he works with 8:51 – The trends Duane has noticed in paid social across the pandemic 11:39 – The areas that Duane’s clients need the most help with 13:41 – How some clients focus on the big picture in social 15:11 – The best ways to shift clients’ mindsets 17:21 – The most overlooked opportunities clients miss in paid social 19:11 – The trends in how digital agencies work with their clients 22:12 – How to answer complex questions from clients 25:07 – Duane’s advice for other agencies 27:06 – Why agencies come to Duane for help and advice 29:01 – What Duane predicts the next year will look like after the pandemic 31:42 – Why there’s still room for organic in marketing 33:43 – Duane’s advice for TikTok advertising 35:55 – Which formats work better on paid TikTok and other platforms 37:53 – Duane’s top tip for becoming a social pro 38:40 – Who Duane would choose for a special video call Resources Get the new State of Marketing report for free from Salesforce Download Upfluence’s Brand Influence Ranking Report Download the Social Media Metrics template from Supermetrics Visit SocialPros.com for more insights from your favorite social media marketers.