Authenticity in social media, social selling, and social life
Authentic
Social
CONVERSATION IS ART
CONVERSATION IS ART
Digital and physical conversation shape our everyday lives. Relationships, sales, and professional life more broadly depend on our approach to conversation.
CONVERSATION IS ART,
but its importance is often overlooked.
Authentic Social designs social selling architecture,
starting with each organization’s approach
to digital and physical conversation.
The Authentic Social™ method ensures internal efficiencies within sales, human resources, and more through qualitative methods and design.
Through the Authentic Social™ method, we help your organization build (or improve upon existing) effective social selling strategies. From the start, Authentic Social partners with internal stakeholders to identify necessary categories for collaboration.
This involves a custom combination of initiatives, detailed below.
Note: Some of the below categories may not be necessary for your organization at this time - keep in mind Authentic Social designs custom social selling architecture based on individual organizations' needs.
Authentic Social ideates and implements cutting-edge sociotechnical systems strategy, designing social selling architecture through efforts in the following areas:
Caity founded Authentic Social in 2016 while writing her Harvard Sociology honors thesis, "Virtual Impressions: The Effect of Digital Communication on Millennial Social Interaction". The thesis centered around virtual impressions and how they affect interpersonal relationships. Prior to pursuing Authentic Social full time, Caity was also the top sales development representative at LinkedIn during her time there in 2016-2017.
Caity is a 2021 Forbes Next 1000 Honoree (first class of 250) - Forbes award for top self-funded companies in United States. She is passionate about her ongoing sociological research, especially regarding technology's effect on conversation.
In her free time, Caity enjoys film photography, reading, and art (she is a member of The Metropolitan Museum's Apollo Circle and the Museum of Modern Art's Junior Associates). She is also involved in advocacy work centering around gun safety as a public health issue, as well as "Career Convos with Caity" - free sessions to connect people with job opportunities and tips.
Authentic
Social™
Method
ASSESSMENT
To begin, Authentic Social spends 4-6 weeks on your organization's personalized playbook for social selling success, including product / service assessment, sales process analysis, reputation management, team analysis, and more.
IMPLEMENTATION
Customized to fit your organizations needs and timeline, Authentic Social then implements the recommendations from phase one. This includes regular meetings, hands-on approach, and onsites if requested.
ADVISORY
To ensure continued success of your investment, Authentic Social then stays on in an advisory capacity; working with your team to ensure success. The timing and intensity of this can be adjusted according to your organizations' unique needs.
Success in sales
does NOT mean:
Authentic
Social
Authentic
Social
Success in sales
does mean:
Authentic
Social
Authentic
Social
SIPS & SUPPER
SIPS & SUPPER
is now
EVERYDAY CONVERSATION
EVERYDAY CONVERSATION
Authentic Social's SIPS & SUPPER was a dinner party and networking fusion WITH SIPS & SUPPER, WITHOUT the fake stuff! SIPS & SUPPER was meant to spark authentic conversations. It was a vibrant weeknight dinner series with a diverse group of founders, foodies, fashionistas, financiers, forward-thinking content creators, and beyond.
SIPS & SUPPER has evolved into a new
Authentic Social project... EVERYDAY CONVERSATION
First event January 19th, by invitation only. Official project launch February 2023.