Oh my goodness THIS ARTICLE is amazing! As part of what I do for a living, I coach and mentor other professionals that are looking to transition their (sometimes decades long) experience in marketing and public relations into something that includes digital media.
For so long it was though that "knowing how to send a Tweet" or "post to Facebook" was enough to consider themselves a social media expert. No. It's not, and frankly it never was. (This also explains the fascination with interns.)
From the Brass Tack Thinking article:
You are no longer special because you understand social media at a surface level. You are not outstanding talent because you can navigate Facebook.
What you need to demonstrate is that you understand social’s role in strategy, whether it be discipline-specific (like marketing) or business-wide. Ideally both.
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Trying to break into social as a career? Looking to make a transition from your existing role to one that looks more like a social or community professional gig? Here are a few tips from the trenches…
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I see too many people who think simply posting things suddenly makes them an expert or people think all they do to SEO properly is simply by tweeting their posts, etc… it's kinda sad actually. Thanks for the link!
+Lynette Young Fabulous share, thank you!
+Amber Naslund is one of the owners/writers on that blog. You should follow her, she's veeeeery smart…
Aaaaaaaaaand followed! Thanks for the recommendation +Lynette Young !
This is an interesting article to read even if one is not necessarily looking for that line of work. It's good food for thought for the solo practitioner as well. Thanks for posting +Lynette Young.
It's hard to get the small/non-profit/education entities I work with to understand this.
if you get something small is ripe to get something big