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Tips for Finding the Right Social Media Marketing Specialist for Your Business

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As social media grows increasingly popular, companies have found that social media marketing is a vital part of their overall marketing plans. You can hire a social media marketing company, freelancer, or an internal specialist to help you with your marketing plan. However, there are a few things you need to consider before hiring them:


Analyse Your Needs


Your first step is to determine whether you actually need a social media marketing specialist. For example, do you have more leads than you can handle, or are your social media accounts outdated? Keeping your social media platforms updated and active is time-consuming, so if you have a marketing plan that includes these features, you probably need a specialist.

However, you have a few hiring options. For example, a full-time employee has more connection with the brand and can translate that to customers easier than a freelancer. Although a freelancer or agency is less expensive, you may have to spend more time keeping this professional updated on your brand. You will also have to provide more guidance on the brand image you want to be portrayed. Therefore, analyse your needs and the advantages and disadvantages of both options before you begin your search process.



Seek Skilled Professionals


When you start looking for a specialist, search for someone who ideally has both traditional and social media marketing skills and experience. Anyone can post on social media, but professional marketers understand the importance and roles of content creation and scheduling. They understand the value of strategic planning.

A skilled professional knows how your content and posts need to be adapted to fit with your brand’s voice. These individuals are adept at customer service. These skills allow your specialist to truly connect with your target audience, navigate their needs and answer any queries.

Search for individuals who are creative. These professionals need to create innovative campaigns and visually appealing content, including multimedia content. Therefore, they need graphic design, video, and infographic production skills, or a team who can help do this for them.

Your specialist should also have exceptional written and oral communication skills and be able to manage many accounts, channels, or networks at once. Specialists also need exceptional organisational skills as efficiency is the key to building and maintaining innovative campaigns. The right candidate will be agile and able to quickly pivot between trends and opportunities.

Finally, the right candidate needs to be adept at data analysis. These professionals need to understand and evaluate both qualitative and quantitative data so they can determine which of their marketing strategies is working and which need to be adjusted. They also need to be able to analyse your competition’s campaigns.


Search for Collaborators


It’s great to find someone who will take the reins, but it is better to find someone you can collaborate with. Some social media professionals isolate themselves from the business or team, but this is a mistake. They need to remain current on everything that is going on in the company to effectively communicate with your current and potential customers.

Your candidates need to be open to sharing their tools and strategies with you. This includes their analysis of your current strategies and content as well as those of your competitors. Then, these individuals need to be able to collaborate with your department heads and internal teams to adjust current or build new strategies.

They should be willing to work with you to create and implement your social media marketing plan and create content together. As an executive, it is vital you are active in your marketing efforts, so you need to be able to work with your marketing team, including your social media specialist.

Take your time and do your due diligence as you search for a marketing specialist. Hire the person with the skills you need, but make sure the person or agency you choose understands your brand and fits in well with your company.

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