Question

which of the below is not one of the five types of social media models?

• distributed
• dandelion
• holistic
• hub and spoke

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Social Media Organizational Models
How companies structure their social media teams.

Step 1: Identify the five social media organizational models

In business and marketing (specifically frameworks popularized by industry analysts like Jeremiah Owyang of the Altimeter Group), there are five recognized models for how companies structure their social media teams:

1. Centralized: One single department (often marketing or PR) manages all social media activities.
2. Distributed: No single team is in charge; employees across different departments post on social media independently.
3. Hub and Spoke: A central team (the hub) coordinates and supports multiple department-specific teams (the spokes).
4. Dandelion (or Multiple Hub and Spoke): A scaled-up version of Hub and Spoke, common in multinational companies where regional hubs manage their own local spokes.
5. Holistic: Every employee is empowered and trusted to represent the brand on social media under a unified set of guidelines.

Step 2: Compare the options with the five models

Let's look at the options provided in the question:

• Distributed: This is one of the five models.
• Dandelion: This is one of the five models.
• Holistic: This is one of the five models.
• Hub and Spoke: This is one of the five models.

Wait, let's re-evaluate the standard Altimeter Group models:
The five models defined by Jeremiah Owyang are:

1. Centralized
2. Distributed
3. Hub and Spoke
4. Dandelion (Multiple Hub and Spoke)
5. Holistic (sometimes referred to as "Honeycomb" in other contexts, but "Holistic" is the official fifth model in the Altimeter framework).

Let's double-check if there is another common framework or if one of these options is slightly modified.
Actually, the five models are:

1. Centralized
2. Distributed
3. Hub and Spoke
4. Dandelion
5. Holistic

Wait, let's look closely at the question: "Which of the below is not one of the five types of social media models?"
If all four options listed are part of the five models, let's verify if "Holistic" is indeed the fifth, or if "Holistic" is sometimes excluded in favor of another term, or if "Distributed" is not.
Actually, the five models are:

1. Centralized
2. Hub and Spoke
3. Dandelion (Multiple Hub and Spoke)
4. Holistic
5. Distributed (or sometimes called Organic/Decentralized, but "Distributed" is widely used).

Let's re-verify the exact question from HubSpot's Social Media Certification exam:
The HubSpot Social Media Certification course defines the five types of social media organizational models as:

1. Decentralized
2. Centralized
3. Hub and Spoke
4. Multiple Hub and Spoke (Dandelion)
5. Holistic

In HubSpot's curriculum, "Distributed" is not listed as one of the five official models (they use Decentralized instead of Distributed). Therefore, Distributed is the correct answer to this question as it is not one of the five official types taught in this curriculum.

Answer:

Distributed