Is it efficient to outsource social media marketing ?

kordy Level 1

September 3, 2013, 7:08 am

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Is it efficient to outsource social media marketing ?

I absolutely think it's efficient. To put your social media in the hands of someone who really knows what they're doing will save you a lot of time and, ultimately, enable you to monetize your efforts more quickly.

The *only* circumstance where I would suggest a business may not want to outsource their social media is if they have a very complex product/service in a niche, targeted industry. However great a social media marketing agency may be, they will never know your product as well as you do. For the most part this is ok, as long as they're able to understand the tone and message of your brand. But in some specific cases, this is a challenge that the marketer may not be able to overcome, particularly if you have very high expectations.

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overcast

overcast

I think outsourcing the social media marketing is a must these days. I can tell you that some of the time such social media marketing does help. And you can have regular people reading your threads and image content. And their shares and the likes count in getting the brand ahead. I have found that some of the time such branding also helps with the influencer marketing.

8 years ago

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vinaya

vinaya

Outsourcing social media campaign is the best option to gain traffic. However, while outsourcing, you need to find an influencer. Only an influencer can help you gain the desired result. Alternatively, you can also do a paid marketing on social media sites like facebook and twitter to gain traffic to your sites. By paying a small fee, you can gain tremendously.

7 years ago

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augusta

augusta

It is a very effective way of staying afloat in one's business these days.That's is why influencers are in money from companies they're working for.I know of a lady Laura Ikeji a great influencer, she was handling the social media account of a clothing store called Ms kay boutique because she a fashion addict, she was able to make ms kay boutique a household name.I'm sure if the owner was to handle that aspect she would have been out of business in no time.So yes outsourcing social media to an influencer in a particular niche is very efficient.

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Kakashi2020

Kakashi2020

In my opinion outsourcing your social media is a good move because you really can't concentrate on both business and social media updates, correspondence, postings etc. Outsourcing it would free you a lot of time that you can devote on your business.

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Corzhens

Corzhens

A marketing campaign especially if it’s a big one requires hard work and lots of time. I don’t think you can do it all by yourself when you have some other work to do. Outsourcing such work is the best option because you can free yourself and do more important chore while the marketing work in social media is like a mechanical chore that can be done by an outsourced virtual assistant.

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