When it comes to getting social marketing work done, it is very common for me to hear people say things like, “I know I should be doing more on social media,” or “Oh, I am so behind on my blog writing” or “I haven’t had time, but I will try to write some social media posts this weekend” or “I need to learn how to do my own images.”
There can be a lot of guilt and shame when you don’t feel like you are getting enough social media marketing done. Get over it! Guilt and shame are negative – these bad feelings take away the enjoyment and can ultimately lead to failure.
Let’s look at the positive! When I am asked how I get everything done for our clients and my company’s social media marketing I tell the truth. I get it all done BY NOT DOING IT ALL! You can’t do it all by yourself, so stop trying to!
Social Media Marketing Management: Don’t Go it Alone. Here’s how:
Delegate the workload
Delegating is one of your most powerful tools to get web marketing in motion. You are only one person and you only have a limited amount of time! Rather than spending your weekends and after-hours time working on blogging and social media posts (pssst.. if you are working on the weekends to keep up with your web marketing, there is something seriously wrong!) assign some of these tasks to others!
I would not be able to manage my workload and keep marketing going if I didn’t delegate tasks to my Web Marketing Therapy team. I also wouldn’t have content as creative as we get it without others chiming in! I need help to keep content fresh, relevant and interesting!
One of my secret steps to getting web marketing in motion is that I talk and one of the WMT teammies writes – organizing my chaos of content into a blog post. Then all I have to do is edit! Ahhhhh 🙂
Editing is a lot faster than creating material from the ground up. Ask others to help you write or use a dictation service to get the content out there!
Stay organized – plan ahead
There are a lot of tools you can use to keep ourselves accountable for posting regularly. Technology can help you be less “alone”. I use my Google calendar and write in set days I am going to post on social media. I also research national holidays and national observances for our clients a(s well as for our own company posts) for fun and widely talked about topics . Tools like Hootsuite can help you and your team manage your social networks and schedule posting.
Recycle
You don’t have to stay up late on a Friday night writing up a new blog post – and here is why! There is a HUGE likelihood that you already have a great content written. Good content is always good content. I often share posts I wrote from 4-5 years ago! Don’t look at the white space where you are supposed to post and feel like it’s all on you. It’s not, use what you have!
Reuse content that is still relevant! Infographics, images, blog posts, even videos! All of these can be shared for more social media marketing content!
Why kill yourself creating content when you already have awesome content to share? Don’t make life harder on yourself!
Remember, you are not alone.
Social media marketing can seem daunting at times with all the sharing, tweeting, liking, blogging, snapping, etc., etc., etc. We’ve all been there. And it can be easy to get behind, especially if you are trying to do it all on your own. You are not alone! But you can be ahead of the others by changing your mindset and rising above it!
Social media marketing won’t be scary or stressful if you use healthy and manageable marketing tactics!
And if you ever want need advice, support or help managing things, get on my therapy couch! 🙂
