#005 - Dominic McGregor - Controlling The World's Social Media, Building a 400 Million Person Network and Overcoming Addiction

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Dominic McGregor is the COO and Co-Founder of Social Chain, the UK's largest Social Media Agency. I visited him in his Manchester office to talk about how he started Social Chain and grew it to have a 400 million person online reach, his thoughts on the ethical impacts of social media on individuals and society as a whole, and how he dealt with alcohol dependancy whilst running Social Chain - to now be 20 months sober as he prepares to take on one distance-run every month in 2018. Extra Stuff Follow Dom online - www.teetotalrunner.com Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So I'm writing saying that you guys have got access to about 400 million people, is that right?
0:04.6	Yeah, yeah.
0:05.5	The total combined reach...
0:07.1	Crossroads.
0:07.8	Facebook, 400 million people.
0:09.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:09.8	Cross the world.
0:10.8	Which is...
0:11.6	We have followers in like Taiwan.
0:13.2	Fucking stupid.
0:14.2	Everybody.
0:14.7	Like, who's got 400 million of anything?
0:17.4	I know.
0:17.9	Like, he's just crazy.
0:19.2	When you put it into a graphic, it's like...
0:20.7	Okay, of course.
0:30.0	It's Dominic McGregor.
0:37.3	Welcome Mother Whiston.
0:38.3	How are you?
0:39.3	Good, thank you.
0:40.3	How are you?
0:41.3	Good drive down from Newcastle Manchester in the rain.
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