A few months ago, I wrote a post on social media use and asked the question “Should you outsource it?” Needless to say, the conversation continues to be a hot one. I am of the school of thought that even if you are a small business owner or an entrepreneur, you can outsource small things such as blog writing, video editing, video uploading, and social bookmarking.
Here are what some others had to say on Facebook and the previous post about building a social media team and if you should outsource:
Sherman Mohr
I’m a fan of outsourcing “tasks” not strategies. Once the communication and engagement plan are in place, hiring a contractor to engage, post, escalate responses, and categorize and measure activities is a good way to grow your presence.
Directory submission, Youtube and video posts are not strategic in nature and may be outsourced with great effectiveness.
Altaf Shaikh
Thrash on concepts and ideas internally, create a blueprint and then outsource execution, would be the way I would approach it. The other point I would like to add is that – social media works but takes a lot of time to gather that critical mass so outsourcing is a step in the right direction [...]
