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EDITOR ' S NOTE

GOOD OR BAD SOCIAL MEDIA ?

There is a beverage alcohol retailer in my state who makes bad social media content . He films everything horizontally , as opposed to vertically , so that his videos appear small and difficult to read on Instagram . He stands too far away from the camera , behind a big desk arrayed with a wall of bourbon , as though filming a used car commercial . He lets the content run for far too long , pushing up against the 90−second limit on Instagram , as he prattles on and on .
Commonly , he will taste products featured in his videos . Here , we ’ re subjected to the time needed for him to lift a Glencairn , swirl it , sniff it , drink the spirit , consider the palate , and then loudly exclaim , “ ahhh .” In other words , about 30 seconds that he could have snipped out of the video .
Despite these easily avoidable gaffes , I know that he does have editing capabilities . Often his videos will transition elegantly into a scrolling closeup of the products he is describing ad nauseam . He chooses to edit here , but comically will not cut out the boring parts of him physically nosing and tasting something , or describing it endlessly .
And yet , his posts do not perform terribly . Not recently , at least . While certainly far from optimal , these days his content will regularly hit 700 to 800 views on Instagram or Facebook . Sometimes these videos will even push over 1,000 , depending on the popularity of the featured brand .
Why ? Because he ’ s stuck to it . There is an argument to be made that consistency means more on social media than quality . For years this retailer has posted content of similar production levels . At first the results were grim . 100 views or less . But in recent time , through steady posting , he has generated enough of an audience that his videos — while perhaps not technically impressive — have generated a decently stable number of views . To his credit , this retailer has built a legitimate following .
Obviously , he can improve . Turn the camera vertical , get closer to the screen and edit the videos down by 2 / 3 , and maybe he can hit the next level in terms of views , follows and likes . But it ’ s hard not to call his social media successful . Being a beverage alcohol retailer is an extremely busy job . Now also finding time enough to film and post several social media videos per week , even if they ’ re merely good enough ? To that , I must applaud .
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Retailer Editorial Advisory Board
Jess Bailes
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits , FL
Chuck Ferrar
Bay Ridge Wine & Spirits , MD
Ron Junge
Brown Derby Stores , MO
Charles Sonnenberg
Frugal MacDoogal ’ s , TN
Jason Daniels
Half Time Beverage , NY
Hal Gershman
Happy Harry ’ s Bottle Shop , ND
Ted Farrell
Haskell ’ s , MN
Ed Mulvihill
Peco ’ s , DE
Mat Dinsmore
Wilbur ’ s , CO
Chris Ciskey
Yankee Wine , CT
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