You see, long before my agency was born, I had a flutter at social media marketing for my previous business*. And let me tell you – my posts were so cringe-worthy even my own mother unfollowed me. I’m talking zero likes…zero comments…and zero sales.
But I refused to be defeated by the Social Media Algo Lords!
I mean, I could see that content marketing was working wonders for other business owners. I just needed to figure out why it wasn’t working for me.
And guess what happened the minute these segments started rolling? Our ratings nosedived, as viewers switched over to something more entertaining.
So, faced with these channel-swappingly dull subjects, I needed a way to stop the One Show hemorrhaging viewers. Here’s what I did.
I brought in my favourite comedy writers – to inject a little light-touch humour into each show. And Holy guacamole! Those joke-writing ninjas saved the One Show from ratings suicide! (At least they did on days when I was in the Producer’s chair).
From then on, I made it my mission to transform every hum-drum One Show story into an irresistible, attention-grabbing feature… through the power of comedy.
Now I’m not saying my joke-fuelled stroke of genius was the only reason The One Show became Britain’s most-watched Talk Show. (But I’m also not saying it didn’t).
Fast forward to 2019 – when my tumbleweed socials were getting no engagement or reach – and I started to wonder. If comedy had the power to spice up almost anything on TV…
…then surely I could sprinkle some humour into my business’ posts – and it would immediately send audience engagement through the roof.
Which is when I roped in my old joke-writing buddies to help me. And guess what? The minute we applied our old TV comedy principles to my content – engagement… reach… and sales took off like a rocket!
Here’s why comedy works.