Why every company is a media company — Shane Hegde // Air

Shane Hegde, CEO of Air, discusses how marketing strategies can affect your company's valuation. Most modern companies work with visual data on their social media pages, websites, and even their sales reps are sending out video tutorials. And, what most of these companies need is a way to organize and manage these pieces of data to ensure that workflows are effective and each team is working efficiently with the data. Today, Shane talks about why every company is a media company.
About the speaker

Shane Hegde

Air

 - Air

Shane is the CEO of Air

Show Notes

  • 02:26
    Why most companies today operate as media companies
    In modern organizations, there are many different stakeholders, tools, and workflows that visual data flows through. So, with all these teams interacting with visual data, thats what makes most companies media companies.
  • 04:38
    Media companies vs SaaS companies using graphics to drive subscriptions
    Essentially, for most companies, content is very important to what they do. And, these companies need to acknowledge that they provide the right tooling to accomodate an effective workflow.
  • 06:39
    The importance of having a creative operation system
    Visual data requires different types of tools to manage that work and to ensure that its happening efficiently. A creative operation system enables you to organize and centralize that work for your team.
  • 08:22
    Figuring out the right channels to invest in
    Depending on the type of company you have, its about determining where you have a unique advantage against your competitors. So, youre matching your content strategy to that edge based on the budget and where your customers are.
  • 11:37
    Being selective about the channels you go into
    You dont need to go into every channel or platform to find success. Instead, ensure that you're building content thats consistent with the brands message and that is specific to the channel it's being distributed on.

Quotes

  • "Today, because a company has so many different stakeholders that need to work with content and they have many different tools where content needs to flow through, I characterize that as a media company." -Shane Hegde, CEO, Air

  • "Visual data is so important across the organization. And companies need to acknowledge that and have the right tooling in place to be able to make that an effective workflow." -Shane Hegde, CEO, Air

  • "For visual data, images, videos, PDFs, there should be a different type of tooling you use to manage that work and make sure it's happening efficiently." -Shane Hegde, CEO, Air

  • "Channel specificity is really important. You do not need to go in on every single channel in order to be successful." -Shane Hegde, CEO, Air

  • "Building content that is consistent with the brand message, but also specific to the platform or channel you're distributing the content is super important." -Shane Hegde, CEO, Air

About the speaker

Shane Hegde

Air

 - Air

Shane is the CEO of Air

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