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Let's Get Social Review
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Review
Let's Get Social is an in-depth online course that will teach you how to create a 21st century full-time or part-time career as a social media manager. This is not a "teaser" course that provides a little knowledge up front and then asks you to sign up for more classes at additional cost in order to get the full picture. Let's Get Social provides hours of video and audio instruction (the equivalent of a 4-credit college course), PDF Manuals, Worksheets, Checklists, and more that teaches everything you need to know to begin a lucrative career as an in-house Social Media Manager or start your own Social Media Management business.
We all know that the power of social media — including blogs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and others is expanding exponentially, leaving traditional print and broadcast advertising in the dust. No longer centered on Madison Avenue N.Y. as in the "Mad Men" days of the 1960s, online marketers and ad agencies are spread across the country and around the world, utilizing social media skills from their desktop computers, laptops, and mobile devices. Let's Get Social lets you join this marketing revolution and custom-tailor your own social media career.
Facebook Graph Search Tool created new jobs for people who want to work from home. While the Facebook Graph Search tool will currently be available to a limited amount of users, the announcement has launched an even greater need for social media managers who work from home.”
— Brenda Trott, Newswire, 1/23/13
Let's Get Social is a complete turn-key course by Ryan Deiss, a popular online marketing expert, and Kate Buck, Jr., an entrepreneur with her own successful and expanding social media company. They not only share the knowledge that they've gained through extensive experience, but save you valuable time by helping you avoid the trial-and-error mistakes they made. Social Media Insiders Club Members chat weekly with Kate and other media managers, get great updates from Kate, and access an audio archive of previous weekly calls. In order to help move you beyond the beginner mode, Kate provides valuable graphics, forms, checklists and client contracts that she painstakingly developed for her own business.
Ryan and Kate do more than just share their knowledge. This course shows you that social media promotion is a wide-open, 21st-century-and-beyond business. There is a growing demand for new Social Media Managers to assist businesses that have not yet discovered the full power of social media, as well as those that want to join the conversation, but have no idea of how to begin. Potential clients are everywhere you look — making it the most in-demand job in the world.
Kate started her business as a part-time earning tool, but it grew quickly as she gained clients and hired employees to handle her over-flow. You can use your new skills to begin a part-time job to supplement your income OR you can multiply your earnings by taking it on as full-time career, OR take it to the next level by attracting your own clientele and bringing assistants on board. So, whether you would like to work for one of the many firms looking to hire part- and full-time social media managers, or start your own lucrative social media management firm — as Kate did — Let's Get Social is the course you need to get started in this exciting and expanding new field.
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Let's Get Social Q and A
Q. What exactly am I getting by purchasing Let's Get Social?
A. You will get 6 video classes called Training Modules that cover a full range of topics you need to start your business. The Training Modules include: 1. Introduction; 2. Branding You; 3. Doing the Work; 4. Service Offerings; 5. Finding Clients; 6. Nuts and Bolts.
In addition many of the modules have Bonus Videos that give more details on such topics as Twitter, Facebook, and how to package information and reports for your clients.
You get 100 plus hours of audio coaching, and 477 recorded responses to students' frequently asked questions.
You get graphics to help set up great Facebook, Twitter and YouTube sites.
You also get materials to download or print, including checklists to keep track of your business and forms that will save you time and money in setting up your business.
Q. Is Let's Get Social convenient to use? I don't have a lot of spare time to sit through classes.
A. Let's Get Social is a very convenient and flexible learning tool. You can learn through watching the modules on your computer, tablet or smart phone. You can also download the classes to your MP3 player and listen to them in the gym, while waiting for appointments, or while commuting.
Q. What about the human factor — is there anyone available to answer questions that I may have about Let's Get Social?
A. Absolutely, you can access Let's Get Social staff through email or phone to ask your questions. Let's Get Social also provides lists of questions and audio answers on such topics as Blogging, FaceBook, creating your own brand as part of its coaching tools.
As a SPECIAL Bonus you get a free 30-day membership to the Social Insiders Club so you can join weekly call sessions with Kate and other media managers and get great Nuts and Bolts updates from Kate.
Q. Does Let's Get Social provide any study materials so I can remember and add to what I learn through the classes?
A. Let's Get Social provides handy study notes for each module that include the PowerPoint slides for that class. There is extra space next to each slide for you to jot your own notes. So even if you listen to Let's Get Social on your MP3 player you still have the visual learning aids available. You also get helpful handouts and checklists you can upload to your computer or print.
Q. I've never tried to start my own business before — does Let Get Social really help me with the steps and details involved?
A. The Let's Get Social learning modules walk you step by step through what it takes to start your own business in an easy and logical way. As a bonus you get Ryan Deiss' Start-Up Boot Camp — 3 audio units and a manual that give advice on how to set up any kind of a start-up business.
Q. What about finding clients for my business — does Let's Get Social help with that?
A. Let's Get Social provides an entire Learning Module on getting clients with practical advice about to how start and expand your business. You also get a bonus audio set about email marketing tricks to help you to get more email addresses, getting more of your emails read, and getting clients to click through to your social media sites. This advice comes in handy both for you and your clients!
Q. What about price — is Let's Get Social expensive?
A. The entire course is presently available for two payments of $97.00 ($194.00).
While this is not an insubstantial amount of money, consider that U.S. 4-credit college courses presently cost an average of $605.47* per credit or $2421.88 for 60–64 hours of instruction. Let's Get Social provides more than 21 hours of video training, 100 plus hours of audio coaching, and 477 recorded responses to students' frequently asked questions — all for $194.00. Further, college courses are not backed by ClickBank's 60-day money-back guarantee — and we all know people who would like their college tuition refunded because it did not provide them with the job skills required for a rewarding career. Let's Get Social will provide you with the skills you need for a rewarding and lucrative career in a growing field. How much is that worth?
*In-state tuition for a public four-year college: $7,605 : 30 credit hours = $253.50/credit hour. Out-of-state tuition for a public four-year college: $19,595 : 30 hours = $653.16/credit hour. Private four-year college: $27,293 : 30 hours = $909.76/credit hour. Source: Brighthub.com.
What the Experts are Saying
Social media or new media directors are fairly new in government, but their numbers are growing at all levels — and these positions are primarily being filled by individuals born in the mid-1970s and later.”
— GovTech.com
Demand for social media skills in the corporate world has outstripped the supply of candidates...”
— CNNMoney
Teachers, firefighters, engineers and federal bureaucrats may be staring down the barrel of a loaded gun as budgets are slashed and jobs are eliminated, but one sector of government employees is enjoying significant growth: social media directors.”
— Jack B. Winn, OhMyGov.com
In February 2012, approximately 2,600 job ads were posted online for Marketing Managers with social media skills. This is a 62% year-over-year increase compared to February 2011.”
— USJobNetwork.com
There are presently 36,163 Social Media Manager listings at SimplyHired.com.”
— Robert G. Medford, Top 5 Online Jobs Editor
Pros
- You get a complete video and audio course with handouts, forms, templates and graphics — everything you need to get started in your new social media career.
- Start-up costs for a social media management business are extremely low. You really only need a home computer and internet access.
- You have the flexibility to set your schedule. You can be a part-time or full-time social media manager.
- You can leverage your time and expand you social media business by hiring assistants.
- There are no geographic restrictions. You can pursue your social manager career wherever you have internet access and reach clients anywhere in the world.
- You have the opportunity to earn money for spending time on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other sites.
Cons
- If you are unfamiliar with using Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Link-In, it may take you more start-up time than for someone already familiar with their use. However, Let's Get Social includes instruction for beginners as well as current social media users.
- If you are not a "social" person, you may not enjoy a social media career. However, you might find it easier to be social online in your pajamas rather than at a cocktail party.
- The course price (2 payments of $97.00) may be beyond the reach of students, retirees, the unemployed, and those currently struggling to make ends meet.
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