So, what kind of new media editor do we need:
First, new media operations must have a "network sense." This requires being able to grasp hot spots and be familiar with data analysis, information collection and other abilities. Whether it is pure media or new media for enterprises, grasping trends is the key. What is more important is that you must stick to your own orientation among many trends instead of chasing all trends. Some trends will destroy your values.
Second, integration. New media editors should have strong ability to integrate materials and resources. Integrating materials is very simple. There is so much information, which ones are true and false? Sometimes all you get is a few sentences, a little tip given to you by others. If you want to develop it into an article, you must have the ability to discover connections from the material. It is similar to a detective. After the meaning of multiple reports is connected in series , you will find different values.
Third, literary talent. Everything can be found in the structure and scene of its occurrence. Its existence is logical and its occurrence has a direction. Literary talent serves these internal logics. You cannot just look at the words of the article.
What is the way out for new media operations editors on P2P platforms? Broken down, there are actually two questions: first, what is the value of this experience of doing new media operations, and second, which direction can it turn. I have compiled the ideas and suggestions given by @白秋 on Zhihu. You can refer to the following:
When interpreting the position of new media operation from the perspective of an Internet practitioner, what I see is "product manager" Thinking” and “Product Operation Thinking”.
When we talk about a qualified new media operation, what are we talking about?
1. Understand the product
Everything is inseparable from the product, and operation without the product is equal to 0. Many students who work in new media operations like to post jokes and chicken soup, so that the data will look good, and forwarding many comments will also be true, but it is meaningless if no one talks about your product.
The first point of new media operation is to understand the product, to what extent? Be familiar with the history of the product and each functional point, understand the user's usage scenarios, know what the most attractive points of the product are for users, be able to quickly locate and solve all the problems raised by users, and even have your own thinking about the product itself, all of which are established In understanding the product.
2. Understand users
Do you still believe the characteristic data reports on the Internet for those born after 1995? OUT, have you ever wondered where this data comes from? The understanding of users is based on long-term contact with users, getting involved with users, and solving user problems.
The Weibo fans and WeChat listeners that new media operators face every day are users. Their emotions, preferences and characteristics are imprinted in their minds through careful observation and repeated verification. Trying to understand users by reading a few data reports circulating on the Internet is the most unreliable thing. I will tell you that the data I compiled in one night was reported by many mainstream media as news?
3. Understand communication
What is the most popular way to attract fans on Weibo? Which method can be used to ignite the circle of friends on WeChat? What are the tips for making H5 pages that everyone is working on Fans are willing to spread. The form has been changing, but the methodology has not. That is the logic of communication, the three elements of tipping point, communication node, and communication form.
So what new media operators should think about is definitely not where the way out is, but what you have done in this position. The focus is on how far you have achieved it in the three dimensions of product, user, and communication. This is the value point of the work experience in new media operations. Changing jobs is just a matter of time and process.
I didn’t use the term new media operations editor at first because I felt that the qualifier editor could not cover the real job of new media operations. The industry calls itself Chief Weibo/WeChat Operations Officer (CWO) ) I think it’s good.
After sorting out the work value of new media operations, let’s see where the way is:
P2P platform product line:
As I just said, do new media The first point of operation is to have a sufficient understanding of one's own products, and products are all similar. Understanding products is essentially an understanding of user needs and user scenarios. Being with users for a long time, being down-to-earth, and knowing what ordinary users do best What do you need and what do you like most? At least you understand the characteristics of users of social products. Otherwise, how can you work on the two major social platforms of Weibo and WeChat?
Convert your usual complaints about Sina Weibo into your product optimization plan. As for writing requirements documents and using Axure to draw product prototypes, these are just formal things and can be learned quickly if someone teaches you. What's more, have you ever done H5 game design? Isn’t this your product experience?
Operation/Market Line:
New media operation operates new media channels. Product operations operate products. What if the new media account is regarded as a product? You are both a product manager and a product operation. For product operation lines, new media is often an important carrier.
First of all, I have to say that many companies still need to implement their activity operations on new media. For P2P platforms without user accumulation in the product, new media is the external channel for user operations, such as Dafenghao Their platform’s user operation channel matrix – Weibo, WeChat, community forums, media PR.
It is very simple to say, but it requires careful thinking in practice. I won’t go into details about the market line. In many P2P platforms, new media operations belong to the market public relations system, so you should be clear about what the market line usually does. What is converted is just a channel carrier.