Get confident about social media management!
Picture this: you've been searching high and low for the perfect social media manager for your business. You book a consultation call with them, but there's still something that's preventing you from feeling fully invested.
So what do you do?
You ask them these 5 questions that are perfectly curated to help you decide whether to hire them or not!
How do you approach community management and engagement on social media platforms?
At this point, you know your community inside out. You know what they want and how they communicate.
This question helps you to decide if this social media manager can adapt to engaging with your community in the same way that you would
How do you stay updated with the latest trends and changes in social media algorithms and features?
As a business owner, you're too busy to keep track of every new trend and algorithm change.
Asking how your social media manager keeps up to date further proves their capabilities.
How do you determine the target audience for a particular social media campaign?
Your audience is complex. It isn't just one age group, one gender, or one person with the same interests.
By asking this question you will gain insight into the way this social media manager will formulate a tailored campaign to each part of your target audience.
Can you discuss a time when you had to deal with a negative comment or backlash on social media? How did you handle it?
Negative comments are unfortunately inevitable in the online world.
But this question will help you to understand more about how this social media manager works under pressure, while also showing you how they will manage their emotions throughout your social platforms.
Finally, what excites you the most about working as a social media manager?
With this question you will not only discover the passion in this social media manager, but you'll also be able to see just how dedicated they are to businesses like yours!
If, by the end of these questions, you still aren't ready to say yes to this social media manager, then chances are you aren't ready for social media management in general.
And that's okay.
But if their answers have hyped you beyond belief, then it's time to dot the I's and cross the T's on the dotted line of the contract with your brand new social media manager!