Salesforce’s Ebony Beckwith ends each interview in her #BossTalks sequence with the identical query: “What’s your superpower?”
So I requested her that query.
Her response? Nicely, it’s a bit meta – and really correct.
Ebony’s superpower is bringing out the superpowers in others.
“This comes via in my mentoring and the best way I handle my management crew. It brings me plenty of pleasure to see them shine,” she explains.
It additionally manifests in her function as Salesforce’s chief enterprise officer and chief of workers to co-CEO Marc Benioff. Ebony can be the CEO of the Salesforce Basis.
However this story focuses on how she scaled her mentoring superpower right into a smash hit on LinkedIn and the brand new Salesforce+. That dwell interview sequence, #BossTalks with Ebony Beckwith, additionally earned her a spot as a finalist for 2022 B2B Content material Marketer of the Yr.
@EbonyBeckwith turned her superpower – bringing out the superpower in others – into the smash hit #Content material sequence #BossTalks, says @AnnGynn by way of @CMIContent. Click on To Tweet
The superpower origin story
Ebony joined Salesforce in 2008 after spending 10 years within the monetary sector. Her first Salesforce function was senior director of expertise enterprise operations at Salesforce.com, and he or she finally took on a sequence of roles on the philanthropic facet of the enterprise. In 2021, she was named the corporate’s chief enterprise officer – the identical 12 months #BossTalks launched.
“I do know I wouldn’t be the place I’m at this time with out my mentors’ steering and help. Not everybody has somebody of their nook, cheering them on, so I attempt to be that particular person when and the place I can,” Ebony explains.
Ebony started mentoring to pay again what had been given to her by mentors over time. Finally, she had so many requests for mentoring she launched group periods, which she referred to as Mentor Moments. Individuals might ask profession questions, and he or she candidly answered them from her private expertise.
Scaling her mentoring via Mentor Moments labored, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient. Finally, Ebony took that work to LinkedIn with a sequence of posts tagged with #BossNotes. (You’ll be able to learn all of them, together with the October 2020 publish that kicked off the sequence, at BossNotes.com.)
“I write the whole lot down, particularly in terms of profession recommendation, and I stumbled upon an previous pocket book (aptly titled “Boss Notes”) with a immediate a profession coach had given me on what recommendation I’d give a 12-year-old lady,” Ebony says. “I spotted how a lot of what I wrote down was additionally related to adults.”
That content material resonated on LinkedIn, with some posts hitting over one million views and incomes tens of 1000’s of likes.
With an viewers response like that, Ebony and Salesforce noticed the potential for an interview-based video sequence with leaders “mentoring” viewers. They created the video sequence #BossTalks, which launched on LinkedIn in 2021, out of that concept.
Ebony says LinkedIn was an “obvious-but-not-so-obvious selection” to be the house #BossTalks. She explains, “I used to be already constructing an viewers on LinkedIn via #BossNotes, however Salesforce was not producing plenty of content material for the channel on the time.”
Since then, Salesforce has added its personal streaming service, Salesforce+. The primary #BossTalks is now accessible on demand on the streaming platform. (Season 4 shall be underway shortly on each LinkedIn and Salesforce+.)
Some #BossNotes posts by @EbonyBeckwith on #LinkedIn attracted over one million views, and led to the concept for #BossTalks, says @AnnGynn by way of @CMIContent. Click on To Tweet
Creating the dwell video sequence
The #BossTalks crew is lean, totaling between 5 and 6 individuals. Along with Ebony, it consists of two producers, a technician who handles recording and modifying, and social leads. “I’m so grateful for his or her arduous work and drive to create one thing particular for our viewers,” Ebony says.
The crew produced 22 episodes in season one, airing one each two weeks. “It featured leaders I knew would give individuals the true speak they have been craving,” Ebony says.
Visitors included individuals in her personal community and people she admired and hadn’t met, like Thasunda Brown-Duckett, president and CEO of TIAA, who talked about letting go of perfectionism. Different interviews embrace:
- Karlie Kloss, supermodel and founding father of Kode with Klossy, on work-life steadiness
- Mona Kattan of Huda Magnificence and Kayali Fragrances on authenticity
- Kyra Kyles, CEO of YR Media, on private branding
- Karissa Bodnar, founder and CEO of Thrive Causemetics, on turning into your individual boss
The matters relate to what the group asks for, trending office matters, and the friends’ experience. For instance, when burnout and the Nice Resignation was a sizzling matter, they invited Karlie to speak about psychological well being and work-life steadiness – matters she’s captivated with.
“The relationships are actual, and the chemistry our viewers feels once we’re laughing and making jokes or getting weak with one another is genuine. It’s what I like concerning the present essentially the most,” Ebony says.
The facility of the #BossTalks video sequence wasn’t restricted to LinkedIn and Salesforce+. They repurposed on different channels, together with Salesforce’s The 360 Weblog (over 13,000 natural web page views) and replays on Salesforce YouTube channels (almost 200,000 views).
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Getting in actual life with the group
The have to be part of the group – not simply speaking to the viewers – has been an important lesson in Ebony’s #BossTalks journey. Within the feedback, she solutions viewers’ questions or replies to what they share. It deepens the reference to the viewers and helps the #BossTalks crew produce content material individuals wish to interact with.
And the crew doesn’t additionally restrict interplay to feedback. In October 2021, Marissa Kraines, Salesforce’s vp of social and content material advertising, and her crew got here up with a #BossTalks giveaway. The packages included a branded #BossTalks cape, pocket book, pen, pin, mug, and a bag of Purple Bay Espresso.
Can’t wait to attempt the espresso! Thanks a lot! @salesforce @gofooji #bosstalks pic.twitter.com/iNBo5VCBMN
— lisa lawton (@lisalawton3) November 4, 2021
Actual-life superheroes, together with Staff USA gymnast Nastia Liukin and two-time NBA All-Star Baron Davis, delivered a number of the watch kits to viewers.
“The superhero activation got here on the excellent time. Whereas we’d cultivated an unimaginable on-line viewers, what individuals have been lacking most was that IRL connection,” Ebony explains.
The marketing campaign resulted in 8.2 million video views, 100,000-plus engagements, and #BossTalks trended at No. 7 on Twitter in america.
A superhero-themed giveaway helped #BossTalks rise to No. 7 on #Twitter in america, says @AnnGynn by way of @CMIContent. Click on To Tweet
Ebony says, “I liked seeing all of the stunned appears from individuals and the pure pleasure on their faces. It was a good way to each join with our core #BossTalks group but in addition entice new viewers.”
So what’s the superpower of #BossTalks?
It delivers content material the viewers needs, when and the place they need it, whereas making a group with digital and real-life interactions.
What content material marketer wouldn’t need that superpower?
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