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Battling burnout as a social media manager

Sprout Social

In the last decade, social media has rapidly evolved and become a major element of marketing in all industries. As a result, social media practitioners now play a role in more business initiatives than ever. It can be frustrating when friends, family and even colleagues oversimplify your role as a social media manager. .

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What’s next? 8 career paths for social media managers

Sprout Social

Social media managers wear many hats, filling necessary and strategic roles ranging from marketing specialist to customer care provider. Fortunately, working in social media builds a broad range of transferable skills. Fortunately, working in social media builds a broad range of transferable skills.

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8 tips for writing a clear, effective social media manager job description

Sprout Social

The idea that social media is “something the intern can do” is about as outdated as saying the internet is all cat videos. And yet, you don’t have to scroll too far through #MarketingTwitter before you find social media managers venting about feeling overworked and undervalued. works in social, always working*.

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10 Social Media Predictions for 2019

agora pulse

For social media managers this time of year is less about decking the halls with boughs of holly and more about planning for 2019. The social media landscape is changing fast and with tougher KPIs, changing technologies and new techniques, it’s more important than ever to stay ahead of our game.

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The Social Media Manager’s Top 5 Priorities for in 2019

Pixlee

In recent years, brands have increasingly put social media and social media managers at the center of their overall marketing strategies — and for good reason. Social media allows brands to build strong communities and drive sales, fine-tune campaigns and get insight into market trends.

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How social media jobs are evolving (and how you can advance them)

Sprout Social

As a social media professional, I know the landscape of social media is prone to change, along with the functionality of individual platforms. When I first came to work at MIT, Google+, Periscope and Storify were all a part of a social media manager’s vernacular. Crisis after crisis.

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Lone Star College-Montgomery’s Social Media Now Shines Brightly With Agorapulse

agora pulse

So when its marketing coordinator learned that its existing social media management tool was failing to meet its needs, she did her homework and discovered Agorapulse and happily made the switch. To contribute to that focus, its digital marketing includes digital advertising, email campaigns, and engaging social media accounts.