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Social Media

3 Reasons Why You Don’t Need a Social Media Consultant

Beautiful Church WebsitesDigital Strategy & Development Online tools to empower your church

RECENT POSTS

The 8 Strategies and

Tactics of Effective

Negotiation

The 3 Most Important

List Building Tips

The 3 Cornerstones to

Any Online Business

Terrific Tips On

Creating An Online

Home Based Business

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You are just getting started with your overall approach to SM.

You think hiring a consultant will help you nail this down but in

reality they will just distract you. What should be focusing on in

Team Work

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reality they will just distract you. What should be focusing on in

this stage is getting all of your internal constituents involved.

Generating commitment and buy-in from would be

contributors and beneficiaries is critical. Doing this in the early

stages allows folks to watch as the strategy unfolds. Seeing the

whole thing take shape will provide each stakeholder with an

opportunity to insert feedback at every step. It will also afford

them the opportunity to see how much work you are putting

into getting everything off the ground. No need to pass the

glory onto some consultant. Keep this in-house and in control,

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approach launching a social media strategy like you’ve

approached every other marketing program you’ve launched.

Those were all pretty successful anyway – right?

You already have a person dedicated and they are doing a great

job. Your Twitter following is growing and you’ve got a lot of

traction on Facebook. And since all you care about is showing

growth, which for you right now means quantity of

fans/followers etc…everything looks good to go. Why shake

things up? With over 1,000 Twitter followers you feel

successful; after all that is 10x the number you had last year.

Your boss will think you are really kicking-ass when you show

him the growth. And when he/she asks if that has translated to

sales, you have reports showing the ROI and true reach of your

social network, correct?

Your existing agency is handling your SM and doing a great job.

They have an editorial calendar in place, they are doing blogger

and social media outreach, basically creating all the buzz for

you. They’re posting to your Twitter feed and Facebook wall

several times a week and generating a lot of engagement.

They’re doing exactly what they said they would do and you

feel comfortable that if you just stick with the program all will

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be well. Plus your account manager is really cool and kinda

cute, so you have a good thing going there. No need to shake

things now is there?

If these 3 things describe your current social media state of

mind then you probably don’t need a social media consultant.

It’s clear you have all your ducks in a row and are on your

way… right?

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