Do you love crafting social media content tailored to your followers but dread actually scheduling and posting it? You’re not alone in that feeling.

The good news is you don’t have to choose between creating great content or staying on top of publishing. With the right social media support, you can enjoy your creative process and maintain posting consistency.

In this post, we’ll explore how delegating your social media distribution and engagement enables you to focus on content creation. After all, you are the expert in your business and best placed to know what your audience wants to see on social media.

The process: You create, I’ll distribute...

As a brand owner, you have the invaluable ability to create content precisely customized to your audience. My role is to ensure that content gets shared efficiently.

Here is how we can streamline the process together:

1. You continue creating top-notch posts, images, captions, videos, etc - whatever you want.
2. Pass your polished content over to me via email, my free Notion social media content calendar (more on this later) Google Drive or Dropbox folder.
3. I’ll handle scheduling your content to be automatically published on your chosen platforms on your chosen dates & times. (If you have no specific dates/times, we can work that out beforehand).
4. I’ll provide a status update so you can see what’s scheduled across your social media calendar. (If we're using my free Notion social media content calendar template, we can both use this to see what posts are 'to do', 'in progress' and 'done'.

Maintaining your creative autonomy while outsourcing the logistical workload is the perfect balance for your social media stress.

Captions causing headaches? Let me takeover...

Writing unique captions for all of your content takes considerable time and mental energy. But I’m here to help relieve that burden.

As your Virtual Assistant, I’m happy to craft lively, on-brand captions for all your posts so you can stick to higher-level creative work.

You can rest assured that I will use your brand voice and insert as little or as many puns, swear words, innuendos or emojis as you wish. The idea is that your followers don't notice that it isn't you. They can still enjoy your posts, while you conserve creativity for content.

Custom scheduling? Absolutely...

Do you prefer publishing certain types of content on specific days or platforms? No problem at all.

When you provide me with your polished posts, simply include any notes on corresponding dates or channels you’d like each scheduled on.

Added engagement...

Not every business owner has the time to share posts to groups and reply to every comment or DM. Meaning they are missing out on more eyes on their posts and potential clients/customers can fall through the cracks and go elsewhere.

My social media support can also include engaging with your audience by:

• Responding to comments and direct messages with relevant, brand-appropriate responses.
• Sharing your posts into relevant groups to expand reach.

This allows you to focus solely on content while ensuring community members feel heard and appreciated.

What have others said?

“Having a social media presence is essential for getting new customers to see our work. It's the best free advertising, but not something I have the time to always be doing myself. Carrie created the posts for me (with the photos I sent her), including captions and hashtags. Everything was completed behind the scenes and scheduled to go out on certain days for me" Steven - SM Construction.

If you’re struggling to balance content creation with publishing and engagement, let’s chat! I'd love to learn more about your current social media pain points and strategic goals to see if my VA services are a good fit. I offer both these services separately and together - depending on what you want for your business.

Qualms?

1. Allowing another person access to your social media account is scary -  Your business is your baby after all! But if you don't have the time to do this yourself, you're going to either have to let someone else have access or resign to the fact that it will have to continue as is. You can also rest assured knowing that I am insured with Policy Bee, registered with the ICO. 
2. What if I want someone to reply to comments and DMs 24/7? Well, that would be super pricey! I would have set times that you wanted me to respond to clients/customers for you, that doesn't mean you can't respond in between, this is still your business.
3. What holds you back from outsourcing something like this? I'd love to know, so that I can work on improving and addressing this.

Now, onto that free Notion Template...

To download my free Notion template and be able to clearly plan your content with a calendar view, either sign up to my email list, or just ask for the link - I will happily send it to you!

Open the link, then, to add the page to your Notion, just click 'duplicate' in the top right corner!

 - So, what are you waiting for? You've made it this far. Send me an email and let's get you booked in for a free 15 minute discovery call.

Carrie ⚡

Carrie Bolland VA - UK Based Virtual Assistant for small business owners.