Can and should you outsource your social media tasks?

I read with interest a recent blog post on the subject of what a marketing virtual assistant can do to assist clients to maximize their online presence.  Here are some excerpts and suggestions:

• Edit and upload Facebook, LinkedIn, blog posts or other network updates;
• complete profiles and account information on relevant sites;
• edit and distribute articles;
• monitor alerts for your key words and participate appropriately;
• manage social media groups and comments;
• build pages on Facebook, Plaxo, etc.

I have the following additional suggestions:

• Write and/or write and distribute e-newsletters;
• go "mining" for contacts in your target market, i.e. LinkedIn;
• create a database of contacts to assist with all of the above functions.

You would not want your VA to try to fake your personal relationships and respond to friend's posts... only create content relative to your business.

As the blog pointed out - social media is so much about being consistently there.  Sort of like the brick and mortar imperative:  the store has got to be open 7 to 11.  In social media, the time requirement is not so strict, but it's there.  Sporadic updates, long unexplained absences and extended vacations deflate your efforts like an old balloon.

Your social media marketing assistant assures your presence is solid online. For more info visit my website or email me.

I have taken some of the key points in the blog that relate to my services.  For the entire post, please visit Sydni Craig-Hart's guest blog on My Miss Assist blog.  http://mymissassist.com/tag/sydni-craig-hart/