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Social media: the ultimate skills cheat sheet

Sherrilynne Starkie

The term ‘social media consultant’ can mean different things to different people because there is a whole range of skills and talents on offer. The cheat sheet provides a summary of the key skills a well-rounded social media consultant should possess. Skills Why How. Research Skills.

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Seven Skills Every Social Media Manager Needs

Webbiquity SMM

Social media managers create innovative, high-quality content to engage followers and grow their company’s social media presence. Agility is a fundamental skill in social media marketing, essential for continuously adapting to the evolving digital landscape. Guest post by Eva Chan.

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Must have graphic design skills for social media consultants

Sherrilynne Starkie

Great social media consultants don’t have to be RGD-certified, but they do need to have considerable design know-how. They should also have some basic design skills to bring to marketing and communications projects. It takes a lot of design knowledge to develop a social media strategy and plan a program.

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What’s your social media marketing budget?

Sherrilynne Starkie

What should be your social media marketing budget? Newbies are often surprised by how much time social media can eat. Newbies are often surprised by how much time social media can eat. Start by pinning down exactly what you want social media marketing to do for your organization. Start small.

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21 of the Best Social Media Analytics Tools for 2024

Hootsuite

Wondering which of your social media tactics are working? Busy social marketers need effective social media analytics tools to focus their efforts. What are social media analytics tools? But what does all this mean for a real social media team? That’s the theory.

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What every consultant should know about social media analytics

Sherrilynne Starkie

These are essential skills and talents, but to be a successful social media consultant you must add some ‘left-brain’ qualities. Analyst skills and aptitudes. Effective social media analysis takes the right combination of hard skills and softer aptitudes. Linguistics skills are important too.

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Free ebook: A guide to digital marketing skills development

Sherrilynne Starkie

Do you have the skills necessary for marketing success today? The 18-page ebook is a comprehensive guide to digital marketing skills development. Keeping up to date with skills, tools and trends can be challenging. Are you keeping on top of digital trends? In the digital world the only constant is change.

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