Ralph Socials

A Social Media Manager can be a designer, copywriter, analyst, proofreader, customer service representative, strategist, video editor, photo editor and sometimes all in one day. If you are a person who loves challenges every single day of your life then you are fit to be a SMM. ☺️

Aside from skills, experiences and dedication, to be a SMM you also need these following essentials to help you achieve your online freelancing career going and to further your social success.

Here are The Six Essentials of a Social Media Manager:

📌 Strong and stable INTERNET connection. 🌐 - This is one of the most important tool when working online, no second thoughts! It should be fast, stable and reliable. Always be ready and prepare a backup internet if your main internet isn't working. Remember no internet, no work, no result, sad client, no money. Whatever it takes find a reliable internet connection. 😊

📌Your PHONE📱- The holy grail of being a Social Media Manager. This enables you to work anywhere you want, you can carry your files, edit, message and post around wherever you go.

📌 LAPTOP 💻 - If you love editing pictures, videos and graphics you really need a laptop. Using a laptop will make your SMM life easier and you can finish your tasks faster.

📌 HEADSET 🎧 - During client meetings, interviews and video recording a headset or earphones with microphone is really needed to improve your audio and lessen the background noise.

📌 Working TOOLS 🛠 - To be a SMM you need to invest and look for some tools online that can help you save your time and energy and surely it'll give quality results. (I'll post another content about this) 😃

📌 YOURSELF 💁🏻‍♀️ - YOU are the most essential, your experiences, skills, strategies and knowledge. BE YOU, DO YOU! ❤️

I hope I'm able to help you out, especially those who are planning to be a Social Media Manager.

What else can you add on the Essentials of a Social Media Manager? Share them below. 😊

A Social Media Manager should understand what people think, like, want and follow.

To be an effective SMM you should:

1. Find your niche, go for something that you love to do.

Can’t decide your niche yet?
Answer this, “What are your hobbies and interests?” For sure it’ll bring you closer to the niche you want.

2. Determine your goal.

Setting a social media goal is a key step toward proving as improving the value of your social media. Goals help you see your improvements and success. They help you know how efficient you are. They give you direction.

3. Choose your Social Media Platform.

Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter and YouTube are few of the popular social media platforms we have. Choose the one you are confident to use. Select the platforms that will allow you to focus your efforts.

4. Define your KPI to measure your success and goals.

Key Performance Indication is one way of measuring the performance over time for a specific goal. It provides targets, do’s and don’ts, strategies, progress, insights and other things that can help make better decisions.

May these steps serve you as a guide to be an efficient Social Media Manager.