Comments on: Solutions to 4 problems entrepreneurs face with new media http://blog.monicaobrien.com/solutions-to-4-problems-entrepreneurs-face-with-new-media/ Small Biz. Big Buzz. by Monica O'Brien Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:58:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: 4 Ways New Media Can Lead to Sales | Business Resources & Advice http://blog.monicaobrien.com/solutions-to-4-problems-entrepreneurs-face-with-new-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1932 4 Ways New Media Can Lead to Sales | Business Resources & Advice Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:17:17 +0000 http://blog.monicaobrien.com/?p=520#comment-1932 [...] Read the entire article at Social Pollination. [...] [...] Read the entire article at Social Pollination. [...]

]]> By: liangtfm http://blog.monicaobrien.com/solutions-to-4-problems-entrepreneurs-face-with-new-media/comment-page-1/#comment-2301 liangtfm Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:29:16 +0000 http://blog.monicaobrien.com/?p=520#comment-2301 Nice post Monica, will have to catch up on your previous posts :)<br><br>All excellent points brought up. Time is probably the most important factor of social media that companies need to understand. It is not an instant thing and I believe hiring someone to do it for you should be the last option. I just think companies need to take a step back and really try to see and understand what 'social media' is. Hire a consultant if necessary but integrating some form of SM into any company is necessary. Nice post Monica, will have to catch up on your previous posts :)

All excellent points brought up. Time is probably the most important factor of social media that companies need to understand. It is not an instant thing and I believe hiring someone to do it for you should be the last option. I just think companies need to take a step back and really try to see and understand what 'social media' is. Hire a consultant if necessary but integrating some form of SM into any company is necessary.

]]> By: Monica O'Brien http://blog.monicaobrien.com/solutions-to-4-problems-entrepreneurs-face-with-new-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1844 Monica O'Brien Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:30:16 +0000 http://blog.monicaobrien.com/?p=520#comment-1844 I wouldn't necessarily say a consultant or freelancer - I would just say hire someone to do the job full-time, in-house even. The other option is to make social media a current employee's job. Truthfully, I have no idea what that costs, especially since there is a wide range of options there. Someone might pay 40,000 for a new grad, or 150,000 for a VP of Marketing who handles social media. Consultants(/freelancers) can charge anywhere between $30-$500 an hour. I wrote about hiring social media consultants in my book, so I'll post that section here as a new blog post. Thanks for the topic idea :) I wouldn’t necessarily say a consultant or freelancer – I would just say hire someone to do the job full-time, in-house even. The other option is to make social media a current employee’s job.

Truthfully, I have no idea what that costs, especially since there is a wide range of options there. Someone might pay 40,000 for a new grad, or 150,000 for a VP of Marketing who handles social media. Consultants(/freelancers) can charge anywhere between $30-$500 an hour.

I wrote about hiring social media consultants in my book, so I’ll post that section here as a new blog post. Thanks for the topic idea :)

]]> By: liangtfm http://blog.monicaobrien.com/solutions-to-4-problems-entrepreneurs-face-with-new-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1843 liangtfm Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:29:16 +0000 http://blog.monicaobrien.com/?p=520#comment-1843 Nice post Monica, will have to catch up on your previous posts :)<br><br>All excellent points brought up. Time is probably the most important factor of social media that companies need to understand. It is not an instant thing and I believe hiring someone to do it for you should be the last option. I just think companies need to take a step back and really try to see and understand what 'social media' is. Hire a consultant if necessary but integrating some form of SM into any company is necessary. Nice post Monica, will have to catch up on your previous posts :)

All excellent points brought up. Time is probably the most important factor of social media that companies need to understand. It is not an instant thing and I believe hiring someone to do it for you should be the last option. I just think companies need to take a step back and really try to see and understand what 'social media' is. Hire a consultant if necessary but integrating some form of SM into any company is necessary.

]]> By: JunLoayza http://blog.monicaobrien.com/solutions-to-4-problems-entrepreneurs-face-with-new-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1836 JunLoayza Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:16:24 +0000 http://blog.monicaobrien.com/?p=520#comment-1836 Social media can be so time consuming! I think I just spent 2 hours today catching up on all of the great content online. <br><br>For Viralogy, publishing content, connecting with Twitter users, and thinking up ways on engaging on Facebook is a full-time job in itself. <br><br>You suggest hiring a social media "consultant" or I guess freelancer. Any suggestions on what's a good price to pay them and how to make sure they're legit and know what they're doing?<br><br>- Jun Social media can be so time consuming! I think I just spent 2 hours today catching up on all of the great content online.

For Viralogy, publishing content, connecting with Twitter users, and thinking up ways on engaging on Facebook is a full-time job in itself.

You suggest hiring a social media “consultant” or I guess freelancer. Any suggestions on what's a good price to pay them and how to make sure they're legit and know what they're doing?

- Jun

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