Who’s In Control of Your Business?

According to census projections, Generation Y will soon outnumber baby boomers. Their familiarity with communications, media, and digital technologies is one reason for the push towards social media. However, there are other factors at play as well: a sluggish economy, higher print and postal costs, and a general lowering of consumer response to television, newspaper and other mass media platforms. This has resulted in a “perfect storm” scenario for the rapid expansion of social media…

According to Forrester, almost 86% of marketers currently have or are building social media applications. Companies know they can no longer afford to ignore it as a passing fad. It is indeed a fast-moving revolution, representing a fundamental shift in the way humans prefer to communicate. However, jumping aboard this moving train has its risks—and success depends on overcoming some key challenges…

Many companies new to social media are asking themselves how they can best use this fast-moving technology to their advantage when they barely understand it themselves…

Fortunately, there is a way to get help without losing control. Hiring a social media consulting service can be a good way to match your goals with a plan that gets measurable results. However, outsourcing the wrong things to the wrong people can cost your company money, time, and lost reputation…

(Excerpt from – Hiring Out Social Media Tasks: How to Get Help with Social Media Without Losing Control)

In the coming weeks I’ll be launching a new whitepaper designed to help business owners understand how to ask for help with their social media without losing control of their reputation. With so much information out there about social media, it’s easy to get confused about the right strategy and tasks necessary in order to be effective. Information overload and confusion has many businesses still sitting on the sidelines or throwing money away on ineffective techniques and strategies that do more harm than good.

How do I know my virtual assistant will keep my information secure?
@WAHPM
http://www.wahpm.com/

If I outsource my social media how can I control what’s being said and where?
@charleneburke
http://www.burkeresearchservices.com

My upline says to post free ads on the internet everywhere possible (when looking for a virtual assistant) how effective do you think that is?
Bridget Sclama (Facebook)

These are just a few of the questions small businesses are asking us as we prepare for the launch. What questions do you have about your own social media strategies and getting them implemented?

If you have a question or comment about social media or outsourcing (i.e. Virtual Assistant services) I invite you to go to my Facebook page athttp://www.facebook.com/BizMSolutions and post them there. I’ll do my best to answer them immediately for you & then I’ll be choosing a few to promote with the whitepaper launch!

I’ll be selecting a few of the questions and posting them on the landing page of my website. I’ll be including them on my blog and I’ll be sharing them on Twitter along with my whitepaper. This could mean additional free exposure for your business for many months to come!

In addition, if you’d like to be notified when “Hiring Out Social Media Tasks: How to Get Help with Social Media Without Losing Control” comes out in a few weeks, go to the sign up link on our Facebook page (It’s on the tab labeled “Whitepaper”) and we’ll let you know when it’s ready. You’ll also get a special invitation to a free teleseminar designed to answer your questions and put you in control of your social and professional networking efforts.

Click here to receive notification of our free whitepaper and teleseminar!http://bit.ly/HOSMTAdv

I look forward to hearing from you all!