{"id":70,"date":"2016-05-12T19:27:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T19:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ideasforownbusiness.com\/ideas\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2016-05-14T12:41:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T12:41:48","slug":"social-media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ideasforownbusiness.com\/ideas\/social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

For most of us, being on Facebook during work time is something that can get us in big trouble, if not fired. However there is a new and rapidly growing profession that actually requires you to spend all day on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.<\/p>\n

They are called \u2018Social Media Managers<\/strong>\u2018<\/p>\n

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These are the people who manage the Facebook, Twitter and YouTube profiles for businesses all over the world. The social media train for businesses is huge right now and Inc magazine estimates that 91% of all businesses are currently using social media.<\/p>\n

The most amazing thing about this emerging field of \u2018Social Media Managers\u2019 is that because it\u2019s such a new industry and is constantly changing, there is no actual recognised qualification or degree to become one.<\/p>\n

Social media management if kind of the \u2018Wild West\u2019 of the job market right now, there are millions of businesses looking to hire people for these positions and virtually no university qualified candidates. This has lead to a really interesting situation where the majority of people getting hired for these types of jobs are ordinary people who have never had any prior experience with marketing or social media.<\/p>\n

According to Tom from \u2018PaidSocialMediaJobs.com\u2019, one of the leading online employment sites for Social Media jobs:<\/p>\n

\u201cOver 70% of our new members who join our program and go on to be successful social media managers have never worked in sales, IT or marketing before. They are just ordinary men and women who are outgoing, social and enjoy connecting with people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The main tasks that social media managers complete include:<\/p>\n