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A Social Media Manager (a.k.a Social Network Manager) is a niche Virtual Assistant who specializes in managing their clients social networking accounts. No matter what business you own, if you are an internet marketer then you know how important it is to stay active on your social networks with other  business owners and your target market. Social Media outlets, such as: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Squidoo and Ning, have opened the door for you to reach more of your target market than ever before.

With this great networking opportunity also came more tasks added to your to-do list, more responsibility for running your business  in order to stay afloat with today’s fast-paced business world.

Here is a list of 5 Specific Tasks your Social Media Manager can do to promote you and your business:

1. Create and Update your Social Account Profiles
2. Broadcast your article, press release, teleseminar and /or classes
3. Research  Followers
4. Accept invitations
5. Connect your website to your social networking accounts

The idea behind outsourcing your marketing and social network account management is to save you time on the “busy work” of working your business, but to also free up your time so you can focus in on the actual connecting of your target market. As your social media manager works behind the scenes of your social networking, they can bring to your attention possible business building opportunities such as:

• Joint Ventures
• Speaking
• Blog Tours

When you decide to outsource your social media marketing, you’ll get a sense of a new freedom that you’re not used to!

To Your Success!!

I’d love to hear from you, either leave a comment below or contact me!

Stephanie Fish, Social Media Manager and Marketing Assistant. Outsourcing your social media marketing gives you more time in your schedule to focus on networking.

Today is Day # 7 of a 10 day series entitled :

“10 Reasons to Market Your Business with Articles”

Outsourcing (delegating) a minimum of 5 hours of article marketing per month can benefit your business.  Perhaps if you have a better understanding behind the “why” you should be marketing your business with articles, then this task will never see the end of your to-do list again.

Day 7: I Spy!

Are you and your potential clients playing “I Spy”? Can your next client find you? Perhaps they are googling your field of expertise,  but they can’t find you or your services. Did you know that the more articles you market, the better your search results will be? That could mean, that all of those clients you know that you can help, can’t find you if the search engines can’t find you either. So stop playing “I Spy” and get “found” by your potential clients.

Write that article to educate and inform your next client and win them over!

Today is Day #5 of a 10 day series entitled :

“10 Reasons to Market Your Business with Articles”

Outsourcing (delegating) a minimum of 5 hours of article marketing per month can benefit your business.  Perhaps if you have a better understanding behind the “why” you should be marketing your business with articles, then this task will never see the end of your to-do list again.

Day 5: I Need Leads?

Article marketing can bring you leads of quality that are relevant to your specific business needs. Perhaps a potential JV (joint venture) relationship can be started simply by having the right person read one of your articles. This is another reason why you need to have a specific call-to-action in your “Author Bio Box” (a.k.a. resource box).  Don’t be afraid to send your readers to a different page than your home page. You can invite your reader to visit any page of your website. Be creative!

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Please contact me, today, for a free 30 minute consultation to see which service your business needs!

Today is Day #3 of a 10 day series entitled :

“10 Reasons to Market Your Business with Articles”

Outsourcing (delegating) a minimum of 5 hours of article marketing per month can benefit your business.  Perhaps if you have a better understanding behind the “why” you should be marketing your business with articles, then this task will never see the end of your to-do list again.

Day 3: Bring Me Traffic!

Another benefit of regular article marketing is the potential it has to increase your website traffic. Having a professional website is important but it doesn’t stop there! You have to get your website seen by the search engines, but most importantly, your potential clients. Once your article is published via an article directory, that reader may decide to place your article in their ezine , blog or website. When your reader places your article in-front of their readers, those readers have the option to visit your website via the information in your Bio.

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Please contact me, today, for a free 30 minute consultation to see which service your business needs!

As your business grows, your time goes! Think about it, in the early start of your business you found yourself (probably) staring at your website, taping your fingers thinking “what do I do to grow my business”? Now that you have seen a growth in your business, you might be finding yourself staring at a desk piled high (perhaps the pile is sitting on your office floor and the top of the pile is at desk level?) wonder “how do I get more time for my growing business”?

There’s a time in all growing, healthy businesses when you need to start outsourcing to an assistant. Maybe you already know this, but don’t have the time to create an outsourcing list. Here’s a basic list of outsourcing tasks that are needed by all types of entrepreneurs, like yourself.

Basic Outsourcing List:

• Research- your next podcast interview, podcast interviewee, keywords, ladies membership, women forums,business women, live speaking opportunity
• Database Entry- edit or add new ezine members
• Marketing Submissions- submit articles, press releases, podcast, and blog to appropriate directories
• Scheduling- podcast interviews or interviewees, consultations
• Transcription- transcribe your podcast, teleseminar, videos

Each individual business will have a specific list of outsourcing tasks, so be sure to keep an up-to-date list of your outsourcing needs.

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Please contact me, Stephanie, today to chose find the right outsourcing package today!

You already know that outsourcing to a virtual assistant can grow you business, but did you know she can also research speaking opportunities for you? If you are looking for speaking opportunities, be specific about your needs and wants.

1. Do you want only online speaking opportunities?
2. Or would you like offline speaking opportunities?
3. Mix it Up! How about dividing up both types of speaking opportunities by picking the best months for you to travel (think Winter versus Summer months)
4. Be specific about your topic. Don’t just assume that your virtual assistant will know what it is you’re wanting to speak about.
5. Share! What has and has not worked about previous speaking opportunities. Don’t be ashamed  to share with your virtual assistant about any “not-so-wonderful” speaking opportunities that may have taken place, she may be able to take this information and use it to your benefit.

All in all, by outsourcing the research for your next speaking opportunity you will be able to focus your time other tasks that only you can do (such as networking).

P.S.

You can also have your virtual assistant transcribe your past and future interviews!

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Stephanie Fish, please contact me to find an outsourcing package that rights for your business needs!

Article marketing is a great way to share your expertise, educate your readers and bring in some search engine love.  The problem with article marketing is that it takes time. If you’re already over-booked, the last thing you want to do is add another task to your schedule, which means you’re either going to chose not to market your business with articles or you’re going to outsource the task.

If you chose to outsource your article marketing then you want to be sure to have all of your information gathered so you can forward it to your marketing assistant. (Don’t worry if your article marketing information is not organized, you can ask your VA to allocate some of the time purchased to organize your information.)

Gathered information may include:

• articles written that aren’t submitted
• articles that have been submitted
• current article directories that you use
• preferred article directories that you want to submit
• username and passwords associated with your article directory accounts
• your bio in plain text and html
• your choice of email and password for new directory accounts

When you first begin to outsource your article marketing, you may want to meet with your virtual marketing assistant via phone (or Skype). Doing this will allow you both to ask and answer questions in real time, without having to play email tag.

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Until next time!

If you’re looking to outsource your article marketing please contact me, Stephanie, today!

“Internet Marketing Assistant”:

Is a virtual assistant that works from their own office, providing services to help grow your business. We help you grow your business by taking your written content, proof reading and then submitting it in front of your target market.

How do you know your marketing efforts are working?

1. Is your website receiving more traffic (unique visitors)?
2. Have you seen an increase in mailing list subscribers?
3. Have you seen an increase in sales?

What Tasks  Can You Outsource?

1. Article Submission (this should be done at minimum, 2 articles per month)
2. Press Release Submission
3. Podcast Submission
4. Blog Submission
5. SEO (do you know what keywords your target market is looking for?)

Internet Marketing takes a lot of time and organization and if you’re not consistent with your marketing efforts then you’re not likely to see growth in your business efforts. If you aren’t seeing the growth your business needs to reach the point of success you want, then perhaps its time to outsource your internet marketing efforts to a virtual internet marketing assistant.

Your internet marketing assistant can help you get started on the right foot with your marketing efforts, this will save you time and saved time = money (when done on a consistent basis.)

Being consistent + knowing your target markets keywords (SEO)= BUSINESS GROWTH

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Stephanie Fish, owner of Buckeye V.A. www.buckeyeva.com welcomes you to contact me for a free consultation to see if my services are what your business needs to succeed!