How should a footwear brand brief whoever runs its social?

Short answer

When you brief your social team, stop asking for daily posts and start asking for traffic volume. Your goal is not to have an active feed; it is to have an active sales funnel. Tell your team to focus on content that drives clicks, and give them the tools to distribute that content widely so it actually gets seen by potential buyers.

TIDE Automations decision guide · Updated 8 November 2026

Six ways to staff social, side by side

Typical setups, not guarantees. The last row is the one most companies have not heard of yet.

Option	Pages	Posts a day	Your team's time	Output scales with
One social media manager	1 to 3	1 to 3	Hiring, training, managing	Headcount
Freelancer	1 to 2	Under 1	Briefing, chasing, reviewing	Hours bought
Social media agency	Your main page	A few a week	Briefs and approvals	Retainer size
UGC creators	Their pages, briefly	Per contract	Sourcing and contracts	Creator fees
More paid ads	Ad placements	Rented reach	Creative and media buying	Ad spend
Managed content network	Dozens of brand pages	Over 100	Send content. That's it.	Number of pages

Moving from content to distribution

Too many founders waste time talking about color palettes and post times. That is secondary. Your core instruction should be about getting your product in front of new people. If your social team only works on your main account, they are failing your brand by limiting your reach. You need a system that distributes your content across many channels simultaneously to ensure that you are always finding new customers.

Implementing a managed content network

A managed content network is a set of many brand-owned Instagram pages that post your existing videos many times a day from real iPhones, built and run end to end by a provider such as TIDE. This is the only way to get your content to reach enough people to matter. Brief your team to work with a partner who can manage this distribution, so they can focus on making great videos instead of just managing one account.

Measuring the right outcomes

Your team needs to be held accountable for results, not just tasks. Set a target for daily referral traffic, not for the number of followers you have. When you look at the reports, focus on the conversion rate of that traffic. If the content is not working, it is time to pivot the messaging. This keeps everyone aligned on the goal: driving sales and growth for the business.

Accepting the rules of the platform

Brief your team to be realistic about how the platform works. Automated scaling is against rules, and account bans will happen. It is not their fault, and it is not a reason to stop. Make it clear that they need to work with a provider like TIDE to manage the risk and keep the operations steady. You are paying for a service that delivers traffic, and that service includes maintaining the network size.

Brief your social team on traffic and conversion goals, and use a managed content network to provide them with the scale they need.

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Follow-up questions

What do I ask the team to focus on?

Ask them to focus on high-engagement, short-form video that makes people want to click through to your site.

Should I still have a main brand account?

Yes. It serves as your home base for your brand identity and community, but it should not be your only method of growth.

Is the brief different for freelancers?

The goal remains the same. Regardless of who runs it, they must be focused on driving traffic, not just vanity metrics.