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You’ve reviewed who has access to your branded social media accounts, and decided to change the passwords. Now you need to redistribute access to people who will be directly involved with the account. What’s the most secure way to do this?

  • List them in a centralized location that your team can access
  • Private message relevant people individually with the new passwords
  • Send them out via a team email, mention it’s sensitive information
  • Use a tool to manage account access without sharing passwords

The correct answer is:

  • Use a tool to manage account access without sharing passwords.
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Without a social media governance plan, you’re open to legal risks, brand damage, and lost revenue. What are the 5 parts of a strong governance plan?

  • Content, culture fit, calendar, goals and objectives, penalties
  • Scope, updates, operational considerations, employee policy, education
  • Summary, measurement, reviews, approvals, reporting
  • Targets, passwords, employee access, stakeholders, training

The correct answer is:

  • Scope, updates, operational considerations, employee policy, education.
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What’s the most effective way to spread awareness of your organization’s efforts during times of crisis?

  • Redistributing budget towards an authentic influencer program
  • An ad campaign targeting your audience on every social network
  • Pausing your content strategy to focus solely on posts relating to the crisis
  • Leaning on employee advocacy to share news via their own channels

The correct answer is:

  • Leaning on employee advocacy to share news via their own channels.
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Before you start your campaign, you need to make sure that you have actionable metrics to measure and report on. How do you know what’s an actionable or vanity metric?

  • Do your Actionable and vanity metrics vary year to year, depending on what’s trending in different industries and on social.
  • Review your post Actionable metrics are found on your highest performing posts, while vanity metrics are tied to the lowest.
  • Talk to your It’s up to you as a brand to determine which metrics are most important to present to leadership.
  • Look to your Actionable metrics will directly support them, vanity metrics will not.

The correct answer is:

  • Look to your Actionable metrics will directly support them, vanity metrics will not.
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While job titles might differ from company to company, there will usually be three key roles in a social media team. What are they?

  • The Crisis Communicator – monitors for potential crisis situations, escalate issues, and liaises with internal stakeholders
  • The Social Media Manager – plans and overseas day to day execution of the social strategy
  • The Director – involved in high level planning and has final approval over campaign direction and budgets
  • The Social Media Coordinator – publishes all the content, monitors engagement and responds to messages

The correct answer is:

  • The Social Media Manager – plans and overseas day to day execution of the social strategy
  • The Director – involved in high level planning and has final approval over campaign direction and budgets
  • The Social Media Coordinator – publishes all the content, monitors engagement and responds to messages
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Every social media strategy needs a set of strong tactics to pull it off. Which of the below best defines social media tactics?

  • Tactics are what you use to define your overarching brand E.g. crafting a mission statement.
  • Tactics are what you use to engage your audience and complete brand objectives. E.g. running a contest
  • Tactics are individual targets your team needs to reach to increase key metrics. E.g. gain X number of followers
  • Tactics are what you report on, to help determine campaign E.g. to support budget requests

The correct answer is:

  • Tactics are what you use to engage your audience and complete brand objectives. E.g. running a contest.
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No matter who is writing content, your brand’s personality should reflect one distinct personality across all platforms. To make sure this happens, what are three steps you need to take? (Choose Three Answers)

  • Outline how your social brand voice translates to other platforms
  • Check for existing marketing documents that defines your voice
  • Develop brand attributes to highlight through your social voice
  • Use previous customer conversations to shape your voice

The correct answer is:

  • Outline how your social brand voice translates to other platforms
  • Check for existing marketing documents that defines your voice
  • Develop brand attributes to highlight through your social voice
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A successful social media strategy is made up of three types of content – paid, owned and earned media. Which of the following is an example of earned media?

  • A new product giveaway hosted on social
  • A five star review of your brand on Google
  • A paid influencer post recommending your brand
  • A campaign video shot and produced by your team

The correct answer is:

  • A five star review of your brand on Google.
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A global crisis has occurred, and you’ve paused all your outgoing content until you can review them for relevance and tone. Which of the following posts would you still publish?

  • A product post with a heartfelt caption about the crisis, linking to the product purchase landing page
  • A cheeky, fun post featuring a pun or joke, intended to lighten the online mood and spread some joy
  • A post announcing a new brand partnership along with a product promotion to celebrate the launch
  • A post that speaks to your customers concerns during the crisis, such as sharing resources that will help them adapt to the situation

The correct answer is:

  • A post that speaks to your customers concerns during the crisis, such as sharing resources that will help them adapt to the situation.