We have all wondered what are the ups and downs of different types of businesses.

As business owners, we've even wondered if starting another business is the best option.

Business buffet ingredients is meant to give you a taste for what it takes to start and successfully

run a business.

We'll reach out into the world of business and interview success stories and present them

on our smorgas forward of business helping options.

Strap in and get ready to taste the finer business points. Welcome to the first episode of the business ingredients. Today we're going to talk

about starting a business in social media management.

What started out originally as a fun way to connect with family and friends quickly became a very profitable business.

But it's not something that's for the faint at heart.

It's not something that you can just jump into without any skill.

The social media marketing business does require quite an extensive background,

not just in technology, but in all facets of life.

Keep in mind, this business didn't even exist 10 years ago. This is a brand new

business opportunity. And then lots of people jumped into this field thinking that it would be a

quick way to make money and really sell time and provide a service to business owners all across America.

The problem is, is while there are a lot of social media managers,

there's not a lot of very good ones.

And as a result, small business people have really been burnt over time.

So in essence, what is a social media business? A social media business is really a time

management business. This is a business that is pulling together knowledge based upon a target

customer persona that is established by, in cooperation or by the client themselves. And it's your job as the

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