How To Hire a Social Media Manager? – Practical Advice

Now that I’ve convinced you to hire a social media manager, it’s about time I show you how to actually do it.

When it comes to hiring for social media, I follow 7 simple steps:

1. Decide and define what their responsibilities will be.
2. Go to OnlineJobs.ph. Look through a lot of profiles to figure out what skills they have and how much you should be paying them.
3. Write a job post and publish it on OnlineJobs.ph.
4. Interview them over email by asking a bunch of questions.
5. Assign a test task. If the test takes longer than 30 minutes, make it a paid task.
6. Negotiate your terms. This helps narrow down the list of candidates.
7. Hire the person you like.

It looks like a long list, but trust me—it’s effective. It’s something we’ve refined over the years. With this process, we’ve found the right person about 80% of the time and experienced fewer turnovers.

This process also works when you’re hiring other types of virtual assistants. If you want, I can walk you through the hiring process step by step. When you take my 7-day hiring challenge, we’ll go through that list together, and I’ll show you what needs to be done each day to help you find the right person.

You can also check out how to get started hiring Rockstar Virtual Assistants.

About John Jonas

John Jonas is a long-time outsourcing expert and the creator of OnlineJobs.ph.

Since 2005, John has taught hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs how to profitably delegate to VAs in the Philippines (and get their lives back in the process).

With help from his own VAs based in the Philippines, John has created an outsourcing empire that allows him to work 17 hours/week and to spend most of his time with his wife and 5 kids.

Find John at JohnJonas.com and Facebook.

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