Arsenis Paschopoulos is into the digital marketing industry since the very beginning of that field. He is a well-known e-commerce, social media and internet marketing expert (started in 1996) and experienced international speaker and trainer (over 7,000 students) since 1995.

His close friends and colleagues admire his passion for life and his professionalism. He aims to be in the forefront of online digital new media to help businesses with their promotional and sales goals. Today we will discover more about Arsenis through this interview.

Follow Arsenis on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube and his website www.justonline.gr

Interview Questions

What’s your favorite social media network, and why?

For personal use I like Instagram because it is simple and because you can create a photo magazine of the topics you are interested in. For professional use I prefer LinkedIn because it is effective in everything: connecting with the right people, finding people to cooperate and finding projects.

How many hours per day do you use social media?

For personal use I browse through social media no more than an hour a day but I spend at least another 3 hours for my business and clients

What is your job? What do you do for a living?

I make brands known and loved through digital marketing since 1996.

What do you find appealing in social media?

Variety, ability to reach the right audience and measurability.

Name one thing that you dislike in social media. 

Fake news and how easily people fall into that trap without questioning the source.

How has social media influenced the way you do business?

Social media IS my business: though social media I help businesses that are small or very small find customers all over Greece and around the world.

Is there something that you would like to learn more about social media or digital marketing?

The information and knowledge on digital marketing is never ending so I spend more than an hour a day to keep up with news and trends.

Which people you believe are the most influential in social media?

Those who have something original to say, regardless of who they are or who they work for.

When was the last time you learned something new through the use of social media?

To some, it might sound an exaggeration, but it happens to me everyday.

What do you do during your free time? What makes you forget to check your mobile?

Spending time with my son, scuba diving, swimming (even during the winter time), reading and spending time with friends.

Can you name 3 books that you absolutely adore?

Who rules the world (Tsomsky)
The invisible gap (Doxiadis)
Ogilvy on Advertising (Ogilvy)

What advice would you give to yourself when you were 16 years old?

Don’t be afraid of failures or mishappenings, they almost always hide opportunities for something better.

What is your favorite quote?

One must feel and be free.

So, what’s your life story in a summary?

Dad, in love with traveling, honest people, digital marketer and thankful to be in good health (and making everything I can to keep it).

Bonus Question

Arsenis asked me: What do you think will happen to the advertising effectiveness of Facebook?

Areti: For all digital marketing experts out there, a moment comes where they wonder about the future of Facebook Advertising and its effectiveness. Digital marketing in general faces too many challenges regarding effectiveness.

Facebook started on February 2004. Fifteen years and 1.7 billion users later, Facebook advertising has become wider and strongly aggressive. We are constantly accepting more advertisements in our timeline, into messenger and throughout all our digital assets.

Facebook Advertising suffers from an efficiency bubble from its origin. In my humble opinion, it has no reason to smile facing its future.

No matter how deeply data-driven could eventually become, it will be constantly vulnerable to the test of authenticity. However, the more we focus on efficiency the more we lose sight of the big picture.

Trust gets wounded day by day. Users don’t trust what they see in Facebook anymore. Unfortunately, individuals are trained to think that real life is as much unreliable as Facebook’s reality.

That has shifted the interest of brands and forced them to revise their priorities for their future digital marketing strategy. Of course, the rise of digital TV, threatens the sustainability of Facebook Advertising. TV channels have the undivided attention of consumers with the help of amazing visual storytelling.

People are bored with Facebook Advertising behavior and although smartphones are 24/7 on their hands, they prefer to navigate in different platforms. Facebook Advertising effectiveness faces many shortcomings and users have noticed all of them. Continue reading…

About Just Online

The people in Just Online have been in the online market since 1996. Their specialties include Social Media Marketing, Email Marketing, Mobile Commerce, SEO, Online Campaigns and E-shops.

How they work

Step 1: Designing your online strategy

In this step you will help them understand your business, your products and services, your market and competitors, your positioning and image you want to project, in order to determine exactly which online services you need.

Do you need a site or a blog? Social Media or Google Adwords? Facebook, LinkedIn or YouTube? This is how they will be able to create the right digital mix of services for your company.

Step 2: Designing your voice on the Internet

In this step they brainstorm with you to find the right content for your site or e-shop, your social media presence, your email newsletter and your online ads.

You tell them how you want to be perceived by your clients and how you want to differ from competition. They review what content (photos, text, video) you already have and they propose more or new content that will make up your site, social media, newsletter and ads, so as to create your authentic “voice” on the internet.

If you want to revamp an existing site, social media presence or online campaign, they go through an evaluation of what worked and what didn’t, you let them know the things you want to “keep”, and they design new proposals, If you start from scratch, their designers, copy writers and marketing team are available to help you build your image from ground zero.

Step 3: Creating your presence online

This is the step that take time … for many agencies. Not for them! The “secret” is that they have spent enough time in step 2 so as to know what you are looking for in your new online presence. One more meeting is required for your approval and your business’s new digital presence will go on line.

Step 4: Training & Support

Having your site online, your social media presence ready, or your Google Adwords campaign running, is the real beginning of a project, not the end. If you choose to run your business online by yourself, they’ll give you a 4 hour training in their premises to make you capable of managing your online presence yourself.

At all times, they’ll be there to support you and give you new ideas on how to keep your online presence fresh and appealing to your clients and ahead of competitors.

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