Thursday, 3 June 2010

52 Questions To Ask When Hiring A Social Media Company

“All great questions, but will they know what the correct answers are?”

Anna is on the money with that point.

The list is excellent If your a social media company hiring someone to work as a social media expert but most businesses and clients would struggle with understanding what hosting is never mind this check list and indeed I think Curtis raises good points which more or less back this up:

“My clients like to ask these questions, but they are yet to put much value on good answers – because good answers cost a lot of money.

So for now they accept my simple answers with my full intention to minimize my effort with regards to social media. They are happy with someone talking the talk, without doing much – as long as they don’t have to pay for it. ”

Most businesses wont have an marketing expert working for them who will understand what the “correct” answer is and yes, even then, most folks could blag their way to the correct answer and say just what you want to hear and consequently, any business asking these questions would have the budget to back them up, which “normal” businesses” do not.

The list I’m used to goes something like:

1. Whats this social media thing?
2. Is it expensive / How much is it?
3. I don’t have time to do stuff, so will it take a lot of time?
4. Can I make money from it?
5. Is it expensive?

Such is life I guess.

in reference to:

"52 Questions To Ask When Hiring A Social Media Company"
- 52 Questions To Ask When Hiring A Social Media Company (view on Google Sidewiki)

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