Being on Social media is no longer optional these days. As small business owners, you can generate strong following on social media who will not only become your loyal users but also help you in word of mouth. To have a strong following, you need to have a professional social media account and post engaging content regularly.
There is no fixed answer to this. You should use the platforms where your target audience is. If your target audience is on Instagram, you can use Instagram. If they are on Facebook, you can use Facebook. If they are on multiple platforms, you can use multiple platforms as well.
At Refrens, we have social media experts who have worked across different industries and domains. We will provide you with experts who understands your requirement , has past experience of working in the same domain as your business and has past record of delivering high quality results.
Once you post a requirement, we will share expert profiles and portfolio who are best suited for your job. You can go through them and choose the one best suited for your requirement.
We do our screening and ensure we share reliable & verified profiles- but incase if you have any apprehensions related to an expert we have an escrow system in place to safeguard the interests of both parties.
Depending on the requirement posted and the availability, you can start working with the Freelance Social Media Manager within 24 hours of posting the requirement.
In case for some reason it does not work out with the initial few profiles, we can share more expert profiles within 24hrs. In case if you go ahead with someone from your own network, that’s fine as well.
No, it is not mandatory. You can submit a requirement without the budget as well. However, with a budget, the requirement becomes more clear and we know about your expectations in more detail.
Instagram is a social media giant with billions of active users spread across countries with a wide range of audience demographics and psychographics.
Instagram allows individuals and businesses to communicate and advertise to the users of Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger through freelance social media marketer or Facebook Ads expert or a mix and match of both.
Instagram is a huge ecosystem of products and services, and an Instagram Marketing Expert is someone who can understand your needs, and help you create strategies that can help you enable your business to create and grow a presence on Instagram.
This involves creating new content, auditing existing content, influencer marketing, creating content strategies, and a lot more.
Instagram is a platform where users can create Instagram pages, run Instagram ADs specialist, or post videos just like they do on YouTube, and earn money. With that being said, there a Instagram Expert can do for you, and some of them are listed as follows -
Create a Instagram page or pages
Do a hashtag research
Setup Instagram page details - Add bio, link, relevant hashtags
Audit an existing Instagram account, or
Do a competitor research to understand their existing content strategies
List, and Sell Products, services as Instagram Products
Create Reels
Generate Leads for your business
Design ADs - freelance content writer, graphics designer, and design AD structures
Run ADs on Instagram, Facebook Marketing expert, Messenger, & Facebook’s Audience Network
Optimize videos(if any) for search visibility on Instagram
The Instagram AD platform is much more complex than the public facing side of Instagram where users post, and modify content. It can often get overwhelming for a first time user or someone who’s new to the world of online marketing to understand the platform but the same is easier for freelance digital marketer working on the same field for years , and the tools offered by Instagram, and tap into its full potential - Organically, and Inorganically.
Top-reasons to hire Instagram Marketing Freelancers -
Instagram Expertise - An Instagram Marketing Expert understands the 2 sides of the platform very well - The Organic side, and the Inorganic side. An Instagram Marketing specialist can understand the needs of a business, or a brand, and optimize a strategy that suits the business requirements best.
ADs perform better - A Google Ads expert who runs ADs vs an Instagram AD expert who runs ADs, the proficiency will be much different, and better. Therefore it’s important to hire an Instagram Marketing Expert to run ADs which deliver the required ROI.
Custom Requirements - A business may have multiple reasons to want to leverage Instagram, and an Instagram Marketing Expert can help devise a strategy that suits the business needs best.
The costs of hiring an Instagram Expert can be dynamic and depend on a number of factors. The cost of hiring a Instagram Marketing Expert will depend on a mix and match of the following factors -
Amount of work - The higher the amount of work, the higher would be the cost. For example the cost would be less when you hire the Instagram expert to set up a Instagram page, and upload your products vs you hire an expert to do a 360 degree overhaul.
Experience of the Freelancer - The experiences can be horizontal or in-depth. Say a Freelancer has worked with all the tools offered by Instagram, vs a person who has an expertise only in setting up Instagram Groups with the goal of community building. Both these individuals are experienced, but their capabilities are different and hence the costs associated would be different.
Time taken - Some projects can be simple yet time intensive, and in such cases the costs can rise. For instance the work of uploading products manually onto the Instagram page is a repetitive but time-taking task.
To hire a Instagram Marketing Expert -
Post your requirement on Refrens.
Our business Experts will call you to understand your needs.
Your requirements will be shared with the Instagram Experts who match your business requirements.
You can hire the Expert after looking at their expertise and past work experience.
The money is stored in an Escrow account until the completion of the work.
Expertise/Portfolio - Look at the projects that they have worked on, especially the industries that they have worked with. If you are a B2B brand, an Instagram Marketing Expert might recommend that LinkedIn would perform better than Instagram.
Testimonials - What’s better than customer testimonials who have previously worked with the Freelancer you’re looking to hire. An Instagram Marketing freelancer should be able to produce profiles that suit them best, and show them relevant examples, and samples to prove authenticity.
Skills - Instagram is a vast world of possibilities, and if you have to hire someone to do a wide range of work, it’s best to hire someone who can write, design, and manage all the resources on Instagram vs if you are hiring someone for an expertise - say running ads, in such cases its important for you to look at expertise and depth in just running Instagram ADs.
Integrations - Instagram allows businesses to list their products, and services that people can directly purchase from the platform itself, and an Instagram account expert can help a business setup their virtual store.
A good Instagram Marketing Expert is someone who can help your business grow, and thus it’s important to note the traits that define a good Instagram Expert -
Overall Understanding of the DNA of Instagram - It’s important for a person who calls themselves an Instagram Marketing expert to have an overall understanding of the different dynamics of how Instagram operates, it’s features, and all the other possibilities that can be derived out of Instagram. This includes the functional knowledge of Organic, Inorganic operations and content marketing by Instagram content marketer.
Communication Skills - Your Instagram Page, Instagram ADs, and everything that goes on Instagram is a form of communication that connects your business with them. Please check for the effectiveness of the way the expert communicates with you, especially the way they ask you questions.
Promptness & Timely delivery - Timely delivery of work, and being prompt in communicating is what differentiates good from great. A punctual expert with a little less experience is way better than someone who’s great at their work but never on time.