WHAT YOU’LL SEE THIS EPISODE:
In the first competition episode of this season, you’ll get a taste of your first lesson alongside the Bloxers. As you learn with them, they’ll be gearing up for their first daily challenge of the season. After each lesson, the Bloxers are tasked with crafting a 3-minute pitch applying the day’s lesson to their business. They’ll split up into different groups consisting of one judge and roughly 10 competitors, and they’ll do their best to meet the judge’s strict rubric to win their respective pods. Later on in the night, the first Blox-Off contestants of the season are announced, and if you’re nervous for them (we are too!), you’ll have to wait until episode 3 to see them compete!
THE COMPETITION BEGINS
We open with the judges gathered for breakfast, where they discuss the life-changing impact that they could have on the contestants’ lives while also noting how they will learn from this experience as well. They chat about the importance of mentors in this crazy entrepreneurial journey.
The Bloxers get their very first lesson of the season, a 2-hour crash course on social media. Along with the Bloxers, we learn about demand harvesting versus demand creation and the importance of valuable content versus just selling. The goal is to get in front of your potential customer 6-7 times, and to learn how to do that effectively. The lesson also touches on paid ads for each platform and best practices for each.
After the day’s lesson on social media, the contestants are tasked with their very first challenge of the game: Craft a 3-minute pitch on their social media strategy. The goal is to list the difference between their value and harvest posts. The contestants range from those who haven’t even set up their business socials to others who lead full-on successful campaigns – but no matter where they are in their journey, their goal is the same: to best apply the day’s lesson to their business.
After a long day of presenting and consultations, the 6 pod winners are announced, but you’ll have to wait until episode 3 to see things heat up in the Blox-Off.
SOCIAL MEDIA FRAMEWORK FOR EARLY-STAGE VENTURES
The first lesson of the season is a deep dive into social media for business. The contestants learn the differences between demand harvesting and demand creation, which will show where your focus should lie: social media or Google. We stress the importance of value posts, because too many entrepreneurs just talk about themselves or their offers, and need to implement the 80/20 rule. The 80/20 rule of value and harvesting essentially states that 80% of your posts should strictly give value, and 20% of them can be commercial and intended to sell your product. There is also much importance in the context of posts, as well as the cadence and consistency of posting. The lesson finishes up with an overview on the power of pay-per-click and Facebook ads.
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:
Social media isn’t meant to be one giant commercial. It’s meant to be conversations (at scale).
Your jabs are your “value” posts. They’re meant to keep the opponent on their feet until you get them in a vulnerable position. Once they’re in a vulnerable position, you give them a right hook, which knocks them out. The right hook is like your harvesting post. It leverages the power of the jabs and all that comes from them.
The main variables of writing a Facebook ad are the caption, heading and picture.
PPCs work well because they are scalable – there are no extra inputs for extra outputs.
The more you post, the better, as long as you’re not sacrificing too much quality.
Would you rather be on it?
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