subject: Social Media Manager - How To Start Your Own Social Media Management Business [print this page] Social Media Manager - How To Start Your Own Social Media Management Business
A job which is getting a lot of media attention at the moment is the job of Social Media Manager. At its core the job entails managing social media properties like Facebook & Twitter for businesses who want to communicate more with current & potential customers with the end of goal of increasing their brand awareness and of course increase sales.
They're are plenty of tasks involved in being a social media manager. Tasks like:
Writing status updates
Responding to comments
Dealing with friend requests
Audience building (Increasing the amount of people that follow the businesses social media properties)
Content Development
Reputation management
So yes it really is a job where you get to be on Facebook & Twitter all day but there is plenty of work involved however as you can see from the list of tasks above however it can be quite rewarding.
Right now with the economy in the tank surprisingly a search for a social media manger job in job sites yields quite a few results. It's a job title that's so new very few people do it but lots of businesses are looking for people to manage their social media properties. So learning to do the job of social media manager could be very prosperous.
Most businesses now know if they don't start using & embracing social media that they're going to fall behind their competition. Think about it, of all the local businesses in your area, if you are friends with one of them on Facebook & you're constantly seeing their brand, their website, their products & their special offers in front of you everyday when you log on to your Facebook account aren't you more likely to purchase from them?
So businesses know the value of social media & if they don't it's easy to show them when they see their competitors on Facebook, Twitter & so on. So the demand for social media managers is high.
Of course starting any new job or business there is a learning curve and the best way to learn is to learn from someone who has 'been there done that'. There's an interview with highly sought after social media manager Kate Buck below where she explains exactly how she started as a social media manager & set up her social media management company.
So if the current job market is getting you down & the taught of being on Facebook & Twitter everyday sounds appealing to you then maybe Social Media Management is the job for you.
