Strategic alignment vs distribution volume
A CMO needs both high-level strategy and massive reach. Hiring a marketing manager provides someone who can align your social media with the firm's specific brand voice and goals. However, that person will struggle to achieve the sheer volume of impressions that a network provides. For about the cost of one marketing hire, a managed network gives you fifty brand-owned pages. This allows you to separate your strategic efforts on your main account from your high-volume outreach efforts on the network. It's a dual-track approach that ensures your brand is both prestigious and widely seen.
Leveraging existing assets across the funnel
Architecture firms often have a wealth of unused video footage from project reveals and site visits. A new hire might feel the need to create new, trending content, whereas a network is designed to maximize the distribution of your existing high-quality assets. This repurposing ensures that your firm's best work is consistently at the top of the funnel. TIDE manages the technical distribution across multiple accounts, which is a task far beyond the capacity of a single hire. This allows you to focus your creative budget on a few high-quality shoots rather than a high volume of low-quality posts.
Technical expertise and platform management
Managing fifty accounts requires a specialized technical setup that a typical marketing hire does not possess. It involves managing real mobile hardware and navigating complex platform filters. A managed network provides this expertise as part of the service. Instead of training a hire or buying equipment, you get a turnkey solution. This technical advantage is crucial for maintaining organic reach in a world where single accounts are often suppressed by the algorithm. For a CMO, this means you can implement a sophisticated growth strategy without needing to build the infrastructure yourself.
Reducing the burden on your internal team
If you already have a small marketing team, they are likely overwhelmed by the demands of content creation and community management. Adding the task of managing fifty accounts would be impossible for them. A managed network takes the distribution load off their shoulders. They can focus on the quality of the project reveals and the firm's brand message, while the network handles the repetitive work of getting those videos seen. This improves team morale and ensures that your most talented people are working on the most important strategic tasks for the firm's growth.
Managed networks provide a massive distribution advantage that is impossible to achieve with a single marketing hire.
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Follow-up questions
How does the network fit into our brand plan?
The network acts as an outreach arm. Your main brand account is the premium destination, and the network accounts are the curators that find new audiences and drive them toward your core brand message and services.
Can a hire manage the network themselves?
It's unlikely. Managing fifty accounts with real iPhones and maintaining account health is a specialized full-time job. It's much more efficient to outsource the infrastructure and have your hire oversee the results and content quality.
What is the impact on our content production budget?
The network actually saves money by making your existing project films work harder. You don't need to film as often because the system is so effective at repurposing and re-distributing your current archives to new people.