Digital Social Hour - NEVER Make These Social Media Platform Mistakes in 2024 | Sam Brown Part 2 DSH #931

Episode Date: November 28, 2024

🚨 NEVER Make These Social Media Platform Mistakes in 2024! 🚨 Discover the crucial errors to avoid on social media this year. From TikTok bans to Twitter transformations, we're diving deep into the evolving landscape of digital platforms. 🌐 Learn how political candidates are leveraging social media, the impact of alternative media on elections, and the unexpected challenges of content moderation. 🗳️ We'll explore the pros and cons of various platforms, including X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and Instagram. Plus, get insider tips on family-friendly social media practices and the importance of purposeful online engagement. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Whether you're a content creator, business owner, or casual user, this video is packed with valuable insights to help you navigate the ever-changing world of social media. Don't miss out on these game-changing strategies! Watch now and hit subscribe for more digital wisdom. 🔔 Join the conversation below and share your own social media experiences! #digitalmarketing #socialmediamarketing #howtorepurposecontent #howtogrowfasteronsocialmedia #socialmediaforrealestateagents CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:27 - Post Election Analysis 02:44 - Poker Strategies and Parenting Tips 05:55 - Finding Purpose in Retirement 07:24 - Twitter Trends and Updates 09:16 - Getting Banned on TikTok Experience 13:48 - Homeschooling Insights and Tips 16:50 - The Bear Story Explained 18:52 - Cabinet Confirmations Discussion 20:32 - Where to Find Sam Next APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [e-mail] GUEST: Sam Brown Part 2 https://www.instagram.com/captainsambrown/ https://www.facebook.com/captainsambrown www.youtube.com/@captainsambrown https://www.captainsambrown.com/about-sam LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Gambling Palm, call 1-866-531-2600 or visit connexontario.ca. rust off. We've got three kids that are 13, 11 and nine. So the other night I was like, you know, I'm gonna teach the kids to play too. So instead of playing with chips, we played with M&Ms, but we had a great time. All right, guys, Sam Brown is back and post-election now. Yeah, good. Good. Yeah. We're on to another mission. Yeah, another race in the books. and you went through your Senate race as well. Yeah.

Yeah. It was like, I mean, you learn a lot. It's, I've never felt so like energized about a mission as I did, you know, in the last couple of years. I've met so many great people. But the big thing that came out of this election cycle is we got President Trump in the White House, Republicans control Congress, and so we're about to enter, I believe, a new era of American greatness. I'm just, I'm really pumped to see it.

Obviously disappointed. I'm not going to be a part of it from the Senate standpoint, but I know that this administration is going to do incredible things, and the American people are going to be, you know, they're going to be on the winning side of this. I love it. Your race was neck and neck, man. It was. I remember refreshing my screen. You'd be in the lead one hour and then she'd take the lead. It was back and forth. You must have been very emotional during that process, right? You know, I really wasn't. And I attribute a lot of that to just, you know, some of my experiences in life. I mean, when I... Getting blown up in Afghanistan was, you know, was a tragic thing. I mean, it was very painful, but that was a three-year recovery.

And I think born out of that was a patience. And then the life I've lived after that, just seeing the good that can come out of hardship, the blessings out of suffering, gives me something to be hopeful for. It's bigger than me. And so this is just a journey. So to see the ups and downs, the back and forth, and the final result,

no, it wasn't, honestly, it wasn't emotional. I just, I'm excited for what's next, whether it was going to be that As a senator or you know, whatever whatever is next on on the mission back to the drawing board Do you plan on running again one day? Yeah, I don't know. It's you know, so much of it's is it's a it's kind of a timing thing and I think a lot of a lot of you know, what happens in my future is gonna be depending on what I do next Hmm. Did you have a backup plan? No, you're always all I was all in a lot of what happens in my future is going to be depending on what I do next. Did you have a backup plan? No. You were all in.

I was all in. I love that. All in. On the final table, all in. That's respect right there. Yeah. Speaking of final table, you play a lot of poker. We're at the Sledwig Poker Tour right now.

So no. I just started playing to prep for this since college. I haven't played. Wow. And so I got together with a couple of buddies last week. to prep for this since college. I haven't played. Wow. And so I got together with a couple of buddies last week and we played a little bit, kind of knocked the rust off. And then I've got three kids that are 13, 11 and nine.

So the other night I was like, you know, I'm gonna teach the kids to play too. So instead of playing with chips, we played with M&Ms, but we had a great time. What a good influence. Well, I mean, living in Nevada, we're known for casinos. So they're going to get exposed to it one way or another. Yeah, absolutely.

I mean, might as well make it a fun family thing. Yeah, who won that game? My oldest son. Oh, yeah. Nice. So he's got some good gambling skills. Yeah, he's a good bluffer too. Yeah, you taught him?

He's just natural. He's a performer. I love that man. Yeah, I love how big you are in family. That's important to me. It is. I don't have kids yet, but I look at people like you and people with families, and I get inspired.

So thank you for that. Yeah, no, I appreciate it. I mean, I wouldn't be doing what I was doing without my family having poured into me, giving me purpose and direction, you know, my parents. And then I feel that same obligation as a parent. Like I want my kids to have a meaningful and purposeful life. And I actually just had this conversation with my son, literally earlier this week.

And I was just like, you know, son, you're 13, like these next five years, believe it or not, I mean, 13 and 18 have such a huge impact on who you become as an adult. Like it's time to start shifting gears and stop being a child and enjoying childish things all the time. Like the sacrifice you make to do things that maybe are not as fun,

instead of reading comics all the time, to read something educational, to work out comics all the time, to read something educational, to work out when you don't want to work out, to hone a skill. Those things these next five years are going to separate your future potential from your reality. That's something that my parents pushed on me, and look where I am today. I have an opportunity to impact people's lives. Bet MGM, authorized gaming partner of the NBA,

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You already have. Right. Yeah. No, that's incredible. You're having these conversations with your kid at 13 because I feel like parents are afraid to have these conversations with their kids. Yeah. You know, and then these kids have no sense of purpose or direction and then go to college and they're lost. Yeah, no, like we're human beings or purposeful creatures. You know, you see people that don't have purpose,

they're lost, they wander, they meander, they search sometimes in the wrong places for meaning. And I think the sooner that we can grasp something, and not that it has to be the purpose for the rest of our life, but sometimes one purpose, like in the case of my election, I ran through the tape. I didn't win the Senate. But that experience prepared me for something that's next and so you know that's that's one of the mindsets that I try

and I'm trying to transfer to my kids yeah everything happens for a reason right right but that purpose is huge I mean they've done a lot of studies on when people retire how they lose that purpose and they pass away shortly after Wow you got to be careful with that. Wow. I didn't know about that. Yeah, there's a lot of studies on brain health, people that retire and they pass away much quicker than people that keep working.

Right. Makes a lot of sense. Well, you know, and I've talked to, obviously I'm a military guy and I got medically retired very young, I was 27 years old. And I've talked to professional athletes, I'm a football player. I'm a football player. I'm a guy and I got medically retired very young. I was 27 years old. Um and I've talked to like

professional athletes. You know, they go play a couple of years in the NFL or, you know, major league baseball or something and. They retire. There There seems to be about a three year period. When if you're like totally dedicated

to something and then all of sudden that's gone. You know, we'll call it your purpose, whether it was military, professional, sports or something else, if you have a sudden and abrupt sort of shift out of that, there's about a three year period that I encourage people to be patient. Don't feel like you have to force yourself into the next thing for like a long-term commitment. Be patient, allow yourself to kind of figure out

where your next gift is. And people really take about three years to kind of settle into that. Wow, that's a long time. It is a long time. Yeah, I could see why people, because every, not everyone, but a lot of people are impatient these days.

They want that instant gratification and social media is to blame for that, I think. Yeah, it's probably a contributor. Yeah, good and bad things with social media. Right. But I think overall it's good. I mean, alternative media played a huge role in this election. Huge role. I mean, massive. I mean, here's an interesting thing, you know, just kind of personal experience.

I wasn't on Twitter until I ran for Senate. And now it's X. So like when I first got on it was like, you know, the old Twitter. Yeah. And then they actually even kicked me off the platform at one point. It was, it was a garbage deal. It was like, there's a picture of me. I don't know if you've seen it, but like it's before I went through a lot of my facial reconstruction.

So I'm very scarred in my face. I'm in uniform. I'm saluting a flag. And it's just kind of, it's just kind of a surreal, like, just sort of iconic photo of me that I didn't realize was being taken of me at the time. But it's kind of graphic, and I think it was around something to do with that. Oh, okay. But then Elon buys Twitter, turns it into X. I probably get, no joke, 95% or more of my news and information off of X now. I don't go to like other news aggregating websites nearly as much or others that like,

because you get it so fast. You can get more truth, like even the community notes, I think are just a great feature. Yeah, those are solid. Yeah, I mean, honestly, like people were calling the election on Twitter before I hit the news, right? You know, right? New is over. I notes I think are just a great feature. Yeah those are solid. Yeah I mean honestly like people were calling the election on Twitter before I hit the news. Right. You know. I knew it was over. I went to bed that night I didn't know it was over but it was all over Twitter. Right. It's pretty crazy and seeing all these cabinet picks on Twitter you know it's coming out before they even announce it. Right. It's nuts. It is. Yeah Twitter knows a lot. You got to follow the right pages but. Yeah yeah and I think it's a good place to also just kind of get

an alternative perspective, too. It's not unhealthy to have a mix of different points of view. Yeah, well, free speech is, I would say, that's the best platform for social media platforms. Because I've had, I just got banned on TikTok today, actually. Did you really? Yeah.

For what? You get like three strike rules, so it's three videos. One of them was like titled, some cure for cancer. Like could this potentially cure cancer? Yeah. It was like a natural cure for it. Okay. That was one of them.

Another one was Tulsi Gabbard came on the show. She was talking about the deep state. So that got flagged. Just her sharing her own perspective on something got your show flagged. Yeah, the deep state. And then I don't know what the other one was, but yeah, certain triggers on these platforms

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Like, I'm running for everyone. And some people consume a lot of their information and news off of TikTok. And so I thought like it was, it was appropriate for me to be there. And my audience has grown the fastest on TikTok out of all the other platforms. Yeah. How many followers are you out there? A little over 40,000, but that's over the course of like five months. That's impressive.

Yeah. It's yeah. Well, Charlie Kirk, I saw him talking about like five months. That's impressive. Yeah, well, Charlie Kirk, I saw him talking about this on Patrick Redd-David's show. I mean, he used TikTok to really impact people. Right. Like he said, everyday people use that app and he was had janitors come up to him, like electricians, all sorts of people.

I have people stopping me in airports, like in grocery store and specifically mentioned TikTok. And to just put it into perspective, I've got a little over like 30,000 people that follow me on Instagram. Now mind you, I think that Metta has put certain kind of ceilings or throttles on like political candidates.

But I've been on Instagram for years, years. And I barely, I mean, like a little over 30,000 people on Instagram, but like overnight, I've got over 40,000 people on TikTok. Yeah, it's crazy that these days to run for any position, you need a social media following. Right. Like I don't think you could win without that these days.

No. It'd be tough, right? It would be. And I think more and more people are going to social media to try and find out the truth, too. Because if you're just getting inundated on TV with ads, so much of it's garbage. Oh yeah.

And just straight lies. I can't watch TV anymore. No, for real. Even like a lot of modern shows and movies, like there's programming in those. Yeah. It's crazy. Like you gotta be careful what you show your kids too.

That's true. Like do you have a process at your house for that? Yeah, it's called, we don't have a TV. I'm serious. But do they have phones? I'm serious. No, they don't have social media. My kids don't have phones.

I mean, every once in a while, like I'll let my kids, watch a YouTube something or another on my phone or on a laptop. No call. But no, they don't have just like unfettered access to anything. Wow. We were staying at a hotel recently and they were watching something. I think they like logged on to Netflix or

something like that. And the show was it was a kid's show, but it was heavily skewing and demonizing like energy companies. And I got a very like hard environmental sort of message. And it was basically like the hero of the show was doing like eco-terrorism basically. Yeah. What kind of kid's show is this? That's crazy. I don't even remember what it was called,

but I just remember like walking into the room and like, and kind of watching it for a few minutes and just being like shocked, initially shocked. And then I really like like, this is Netflix in 2024. I really shouldn't be shocked that they're there. They have these sort of themes on kids shows. Well, they're one of I think they're one of the biggest donors to the Democrats. Yeah, not mistaken. Netflix, Google, and a few of these huge companies. Right. So obviously, they're one of I think they're one of the biggest donors to the Democrats. Yeah, not mistaken Netflix

Google and a few of these huge companies. Right. So obviously they're going to lean towards one way. Right. Right. And I mean, I had to go have a conversation with the kids after the fact like, hey guys, this is what you just saw. Here's the political angle on it. And here's why it's wrong. Right. But you know how many parents one just don't even realize what's happening on the shows, or two, necessarily have the information

to be able to kind of sift through, see the lies or the propaganda, and then kind of unwind that messaging for their kids. Yeah, and not a lot of kids have hands-on access with their parents, like you're probably with them a lot. They're sending them to public school. Do you hope that gets revamped? Yeah, one of the things that I'm really excited about

President Trump's talked about is just a total new re-approach on education. And my wife and I, in the midst of all the COVID stuff, started homeschooling our kids. Wasn't a long-term plan, but it was kind of like, hey, we got to make sure our kids are not missing continuing to learn. And our youngest like, hey, we got to make sure our kids are not missing, continuing to learn.

And our youngest son, frankly, he had, you know, he needed like speech therapy. And I kept the masks on the kids. Like my kid was regressing in his ability to communicate because of the mask, because of the mask. So we started homeschool the kids and they like, Hey, when schools go back to normal, we'll put the, but it's just been such a game changer for us that we're continuing that. But anyway, President Trump is like, he's got some really bold visions

on supporting homeschool families, supporting parents in general, whether it's homeschool or not, just like empowering the parents to be able to have more control and decision-making in their kids' education. I think that's what it needs to be. I love that.

Yeah, I remember growing up, if you got homeschooled, you were like the weird kid, but now it's definitely like a good trend, I'd imagine. Yeah, I mean, look, I mean, people, when they first found out we were homeschooling our kids, they're like, well, I mean, but are your kids, how are they doing socially? It's like, actually, my kids are doing incredible.

Because their behavior is modeled after a lot more adult contact, but we're also in a homeschool co-op with other families. And so the maturity of the kids and what they see out of the adults in their life is very engaging, it's very just respectful. And you've got kids that are 10 years old who can carry on a full conversation with adult,

look you in the eyes, shake your hand. And I actually think that in some ways the socialization of a homeschool family, if they're around other good families, is gonna be better than the socialization of kids who are around a bunch of other 12 or 13 year olds all day long without that same sort of intentional, you know, kind of just moment by moment, hour by hour, parental or, you know, other kind

of adult engagement. I could see that. I met your kids at the Trump rally. Right. I can attest to that. They were very mature. I didn't know they were that young. Wow.

That's impressive. Yeah. They presented themselves like like adults. Well done, man. Yeah. That's the goal for me as a parent to have kids because they're a representation of you too. Well I gotta shout out to my wife. I mean she she's frankly carried the the burden of that. I mean she's every day she's with them you know when I was on the campaign there was a lot of times that I had to be away from home and she was you know she was

doing that full time. Yeah. And and she's And she's teaching them Latin right now. Wow. She's learning things with them and teaching them. And I'm blessed to have a wife who, one, has the opportunity to do that, but has the love and the desire to do it as well. Yeah, absolutely. One of the funny things from your book,

I forgot to bring this up on the first interview, you were chased by a bear. Yeah. What happened? And kind of a wild story. So it was, that was 14 years ago, almost like exactly right now. So it was in November of 2010. And it was my wife and I's first trip. We were both still in the military. I was in my recovery in San Antonio, Texas. I was still in the military. I was in my recovery in San Antonio, Texas. And we took a trip to Lake Tahoe and didn't have a lot of hiking experience like outside

of like just the military stuff that I did. And I stupidly like now it's stupid. I didn't realize at the time, but like I took, we had our dog with us and I took like these really just very odorous doggy treats with me there. I think they're made out of like beef liver or something like that. And this bear must've caught wind of it

and just started kind of tracking us on the trail. Damn. But gave us a real good scare. But now I look back on it, it's like the bear wasn't gonna do anything to hurt us. It was just, but for a bunch of newbie hikersers it kind of got our blood pumping Wow was it just one bear? Yeah, was a big one. I mean yeah bear bear seems big to me. I mean any bear. I feel that yeah Any size bear is pretty scary to me right all the tests with us

So did it charge at you or you just saw from a distance it kind of like approached us near this creek It wasn't like a charge. It was kind of like approached us near this creek. It wasn't like a charge. It was kind of like a slow approach. We bolted, and it didn't chase us. You picked flight. Oh, yeah. I thought with bears, you're supposed to yell at them

and stay on the ground. Yeah, no, no. We totally didn't do it right. You're not supposed to run. You're not supposed to look like you're prey. Yeah, you're supposed to yell, get big, like, stay on your ground. We totally did not do it right. I suppose like look like you're prey. Yeah, you're supposed to yell get big like stay in your ground. Now. We totally did not do it right. I'm still alive. Yeah, I will say if I'm with my dog. Yeah, that's a different scenario.

Yeah, I'd want to protect this. So I would probably dip. Yeah, I mean, it was like it was the one was flight or flight, fight or flight moments and I'm not fighting a bear. Absolutely. So there's been some cabinet announcements, which of these picks you think will actually be confirmed? You know, that's a great question. I actually, I think most of them probably will get confirmed. Look, I mean, here's the deal.

President Trump had an overwhelming win. And, you know, the Senate went fairly strongly for Republican majority. We held the House. I mean, this is a mandate for America. The American people are demanding that President Trump gets to lead with his agenda and frankly, his picks. And I think that members of the Senate,

a lot of them recognize that. And whether someone's got personal beef or issues with somebody, I think we're going to see most of these, these picks get confirmed. I really do because at the end of the day, everyone who votes on these confirmations knows that President Trump won. The American people are asking for him, his leadership, you know, and his prerogative on who should be leading different segments of the administration to have trust in that.

And so I think most of them are gonna get confirmed. Yeah, the odds are looking good. Tulsi's at 77%, RFK 73. Now, Matt Gaetz is low, he's at 30%. Really? So he might get some pushback, but that's the lowest one on here. What's the highest one?

John Ratcliffe, 93%, Mike Huckabee, 95%. I'm like, I'm shocked that some of these aren't even like 98, 99. I mean, how are you going to not confirm Mike Huckabee or John Ratcliffe? Well, there's some bias from the other side, probably betting against it, I'd imagine, you know? I mean, if you want to lose money, go ahead.

People love it. All right, check out Polymarker, guys. Sam, what are you working on next, man? Where can people keep up with you? People can follow the journey at CaptainSamBrown on any of the socials. And look, I can't tell you exactly what's next. One, because I don't know for sure.

But I can tell you, I've got some big, some big meetings this next week. Whatever I do, it's going to be a huge impact. And I'm always going to keep fighting for our country, for Nevada. And just grateful that you're spending a little bit of time with me. I love it, man. It's an honor. Thanks for coming on.