Work From Home Doing Social Media

If you love to be on Facebook, get a thrill when you get a new Twitter follower, or can’t stop pinning things on Pinterest, doing social media work for others could be a great work at home job for you. And yes, people actually do hire others to do their social media networking for them. You could work from home doing social media!

What Would You Do?

People who manage other people's social media accounts may do as little as scheduling tweets that the client has already set up to running then entire account. You might answer questions that people tweet at you, re-tweet others, plan tweets, or even create great visuals for social media sharing. The more experience you have and the more you are able to do, the more you are able to charge.

Social media work can be on any platform, including (but not limited to): Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and SnapChat.

What Do You Need to Know?

Some of the things you should know as a social media freelancer include:

• What the best times of the day are to send out social media messages.
• What kinds of posts get the best results (the most re-tweets, likes, shares, comments, etc.)
• Who the audience is.
• How often to share posts.
• How to use social media tools that effectively increase your client’s presence online
• How to analyze your social media efforts
• The meaning of ROI and how to determine it

How Do You Get Started?

Before you can sell yourself as a social media expert you need to become a social media expert. Learn everything you can about the main social media sites – Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter, and YouTube. As you learn, develop your own accounts and create a following. You need to show potential clients that you do the same work for yourself that you are suggesting you could do for them.

You might consider a social media course. Hootsuite has a basic course for free and you can take advanced courses at Hootsuite for a very reasonable price. Hootsuite is a well-known name in social media and a certificate from them would have benefits.

A blog can be helpful because it gives you the opportunity to show case your knowledge. You can talk about what you are doing in your own social media efforts to become more efficient and get results. You can do case studies, interview others, and show that you are up to date with all the latest social media trends. And most of all, you can interact with your readers. Interaction is an important part of social media and if potential clients see you doing this on your blog they will likely look further. And of course, your blog should lead people to your social media platforms where you are most active.

Once you have built up a blog and your own strong social media accounts, let people know you are taking on “new clients”. People will be more likely to believe that your services are valuable if you say something like, “I have time for ONLY 2 new social media clients!” When you have those two clients, give them your best effort. If you start seeing results, ask them if you can use them as references and if they would be willing to give you a testimonial. Testimonials will go on your blog for future clients to see.

If you are good at what you do you can quickly progress as a social media expert and make a living from home. Just imagine – being paid to “play” on your favorite social media sites!

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