<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273681898907168139</id><updated>2011-04-21T17:47:28.169-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Random Musings of a Social Media Virtual Assistant</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://annesemana.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6273681898907168139/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://annesemana.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anne Semana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15194715438006522491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MVgmsGu9NTw/Sf0R8rnsLfI/AAAAAAAABCc/3nO16m1q1-E/S220/nianne3.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273681898907168139.post-2591260802120006129</id><published>2009-05-02T20:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-15T08:54:01.542-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What is a Social Media Virtual Assistant?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is Social Media?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Social Media is defined by Wikipedia as information content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies. It has become extremely popular because it allows people to connect in the online world to form relationships for personal and business.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Why Social Media?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Here is one fact:  Social Media is here to stay. From blogs to Facebook to Twitter, social networking sites have soared in. Nielsen report says in the last year alone, time spent on social networking sites has shot up 73 percent! Your customers, target audience, and competitors are spending a lot of time in these social networks and that brings noteworthy opportunity to connect with people, learn their business needs, and build brand awareness. It’s essential for businesses to develop a social media presence, because people are talking about your brand whether you like it or not. Social media tools are more effective in reaching millions online than a traditional website.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is a Social Media Virtual Assistant?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;You’ve heard about Social Media. You know about its importance but you are thinking that it just takes up a lot of your time. A &lt;a href="http://www.xcelva.com/"&gt;Social Media Virtual Assistant&lt;/a&gt; can help you with your social media tasks and free up your time so you can focus more on your business.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A Social Media Virtual Assistant can help you manage social media efforts for your business. Your Social Media Virtual Assistant may handle everything from researching and keeping tabs on your social network presence to creating a buzz for your brand through Twitter, Facebook, blogging, social networks, forums and other means.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What can a Social Media Virtual Assistant do for you?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A Social Media Virtual Assistant can help you with these following social media tasks:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" mce_style="line-height: normal;"&gt;Social      Media Research, Strategy &amp;amp; Action Planning&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" mce_style="line-height: normal;"&gt;Social      Network Profile Setup&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" mce_style="line-height: normal;"&gt;Social      Network Management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" mce_style="line-height: normal;"&gt;Twitter      Marketing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" mce_style="line-height: normal;"&gt;Facebook      Marketing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" mce_style="line-height: normal;"&gt;Online      Video Marketing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" mce_style="line-height: normal;"&gt;Online      Reputation Management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" mce_style="line-height: normal;"&gt;Social      Bookmarking&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" mce_style="line-height: normal;"&gt;Article      Marketing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" mce_style="line-height: normal;"&gt;Blog      Commenting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" mce_style="line-height: normal;"&gt;Forum      Posting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Outsource your social media tasks to a &lt;a href="http://www.odesk.com/users/%7E%7E7f8b48789be0ad8f"&gt;Social Media Virtual Assistant&lt;/a&gt; to help keep your life simple, so you can spend more time focusing on growing your business and increasing your profits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6273681898907168139-2591260802120006129?l=annesemana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://annesemana.blogspot.com/feeds/2591260802120006129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://annesemana.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-is-social-media-virtual-assistant.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6273681898907168139/posts/default/2591260802120006129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6273681898907168139/posts/default/2591260802120006129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://annesemana.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-is-social-media-virtual-assistant.html' title='What is a Social Media Virtual Assistant?'/><author><name>Anne Semana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15194715438006522491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MVgmsGu9NTw/Sf0R8rnsLfI/AAAAAAAABCc/3nO16m1q1-E/S220/nianne3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
