r/SocialMediaMarketing

Lucked into a digital marketing job but have no idea what I'm doing. Please help

Hi y'all,

I (25F) recently made a career transfer and lucked into an extremely cushy digital marketing job. Yes, I was honest in all the interviews. I work for a mid-size niche lifestyle brand, and it's a startup. It's a competitive role and there aren't a lot of career options in this specific niche. I got the job because I am very knowledgeable about one of their niche beauty product offerings and had success on other projects, but I am very new to this.

I am constantly having imposter syndrome and am terrified everyone's gonna find out I'm a fraud, and I'll lose my job. I'm managing most of the digital presence completely by myself and have gotten traffic up significantly in the first few months, but we had a decent dip recently, which has kind of fueled my fears. I think the job market being terrible doesn't help. The college I went to was absolute poo (excuse my language), is not well known, and I learned absolutely nothing from my degree (professors not up to date with digital marketing, teaching myself everything) so I feel like a fish out of water.

My boss is awesome and she's super chill but I'm just so worried I'm gonna fail and end up where I started. Please please please give me help, any advice you have, especially for blog posts, wordpress SEO, semrush/ahrefs, and instagram.

Also, how do I ask for more support since I'm doing everything myself and I think we're growing beyond the scale where that's manageable? It's a small company

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

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u/rainbowroad44 — 11 days ago
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what socials do yall have for your business?

I’m new to this and just opened up a photography/videography small business i have an instagram but i’m not sure how many other social medias i should do or what’s the norm?? any beginner tips is soooo appreciated!!

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u/Substantial-Crisis5 — 10 days ago

Is it possible to grow an Instagram account by only posting carousels and NO REELS?

I just started a Science tutoring account with 30 followers. My contents are:
- general science topics (targets the general audience, i post controversial science topics)
- exam-specific study tips (which to target, how to answer kind of posts)

The reason why I don't want to post reels is because I am personally dealing with severe acne flare ups, which caused me to not be able to show my face.

My goal is to attract people to follow and engage with my Science account so I can convert them into my students for 2027 classes.

The question is: Is it possible for a tutoring account to get an audience by just postimg carousels and stories? Thanks!

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u/Mysterious-Safe-8356 — 11 days ago
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How to find clients

I'm a part time smm and do entire management (research, ideation, script, edit, post, engage, reply to dms) in the price range of $150 to $200. It's been 9 months since I started it.

Till now I've just worked with 2 brands and don't have such huge numbers to back me up but I kinda know what I'm doing.

I have 1 client right now.

But I desperately need some money. Basically just 1 more client to hit my target of $300 to $400 usd per month. Ideally someone who's comfortable showing their face because doing this social media thing faceless is little more difficult. (Personal opinion)

How do I find one and where????

I'm dropping dms and comments(some tips or advices) on reddit and Instagram but haven't been able to find one yet (1 month).

Any tips would be helpful 😭😭😭😭.

My portfolio: https://canva.link/pcrnwpb1e1kggya

u/aestheticalthaia — 11 days ago
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What proper questions to ask for valuable contents?

I already have many ideas about creating good content ideas: share your stories, share your losses not only your wins, tell how your brand helps your target market, something valuable that can solve your target's problems, etc.

But I'm just curious, after finalizing or even before planning your content, what question should the content answer to say that it is valuable and can increase leads and inquiries?

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u/underthe_rag — 10 days ago
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Reviving an account

Hi! Im in a university society and the society was booming at one point. However, towards the end of last semester, other members of the society stopped pulling their weight and running events became incredibly difficult because of this. Then the summer break staryed and we don’t usually run events in the summer. Anyways, I am now struggling to get engagement for the account and I am unsure of what to do. Our posts used to get 300+ likes (minimum) and our story views used to be high. However, the engagement has fallen off. The last event we posted only got 20 likes and barely any views. How can we fix this? We are aiming to run events more frequently

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u/Brilliant_Draft_825 — 14 days ago