DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FREELANCE SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

Today I show you what a typical day in the life of a social media manager working from home looks like! I show you how I manage my client's accounts, share my best tips, and give you all of the details on how I work for myself!
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[@SydneyHembrough]

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[@la4894]

This video was so helpful, I’m 31 trying to explore new careers. You covered a lot here and as someone who has a short attention span you were SO fun to watch! Thank you for sharing and for your time!! x

[@emilyklinker3992]

I'm also a marketing student wanting to work in digital or social media marketing so I absolutely love these videos! Thanks for sharing :)

[@SydneyHembrough]

Yay I’m so glad!!!!

[@happilyeveraisling]

I love seeing other smms day! 😍 Its so fun seeing what things owe do the same/differently! 🙌🏽 Scheduling things ahead gives you such great flexibility for you day to day life which s sooo good especially in summer when we can get out and enjoy the weather and work outside 😍

[@SydneyHembrough]

I agree!!! The flexibility is so fun and I love that every day is different!

[@ShelitaRN]

This was excellent! Thanks so much! I have a content calendar like that but never use it, you made it much more sense out it, now I can use it effectively!!!

[@milkicacvijic7965]

This video is one of the best I have seen so far! I'm at the beginning of working as an SMM and love how you explained and showed us your typical day! 👏

[@brasiliangirlthatluv]

A HUGE thank you bc this was actually really helpful❤

[@shay5000]

i love this video! very in depth ! the very first video i have seen like this :) you rock girl

[@maelgwni]

This was so helpful! Thanks so much for going into the detail of what you do in a day - its really informative for us to get an idea of what exactly a social media manager does!! :) All the best with your ventures. :D

[@thisisminahkim4575]

I love the energy! And thanks for sharing / taking us behind the scenes. I have a question though-- just in case you're not going on vacation, like you said, how many hours do you normally spent on working per client?

[@jadastapleton9707]

girl this was so helpful!

[@Luxemariexo]

It was so useful and encouraging to see this! Thank you!

[@robynegriffith]

Love your energy. What a great video.

[@farisaimukono]

thanks for sharing the video Sydney, really enjoyed it and took plenty of notes! 🤩

[@Anto-rt5qy]

This was lovely and very helpful, well done and thank you for sharing it ❤

[@blublugirl1]

This was great to watch ! I could totally relate with the last minute magazine cover aha

[@joepatton525]

Outstanding! You’re going to be an exceptional social media manager!

[@douglaspierce3277]

Thanks for the advice! Sounds like you have a very good job! I’m interested in social media when I graduate college!

[@christiancastillo9013]

thank ou for the video ♥ really REALLY helpful and inspirational!

[@daisybetut]

Thank you so much. I have learnt alot in this video. As a beginner SMM I wish I could see more of this videos from you.

[@berber5696]

Omg, I feel so grateful to find your channel. I've been handling 1 social media account of my cousin company for this past 2 years and I didn't know that all I did is a real job and it called Social Media Manager. I just call it as admin 😂 thank you so much for this great content. I got so much new things to learn from your video.

[@theamazingstarn]

omg this was so informative! thanks a lot!

[@zohakamran3173]

Very informative and nicely shot

[@naveenkumarsingh2046]

It seems you are super excited when you shoot this video. Liked your energy.

[@FRANCISCARUSOworld]

Thank you for this video, very informative! I like that you are very charismatic and the pacing of your video is dynamic. Most videos I've watched with the same theme made me bored but yours I watched all the way through 🙂 Would be nice if you could make an updated version of this video

[@SydneyHembrough]

Thank you so much! Your comment made my day! I’m actually uploading a follow up video that’s a Q+A about working in this industry, interning, finding clients, etc! It should be up by Friday!

[@hannahannarose4234]

LOVED this video! It was refreshing to see an actual day in the life of a SMM! I tried clicking on the content calendar link, but it doesn't bring me to the place to sign up. I just get brought to the general page for the website.

[@mihirnaidu4392]

Thank you so much for this video was very helpful!!!

[@SydneyHembrough]

Aww of course! I hope to make more videos like this in the future!

[@4evailive4jesus]

You are doing a great job! I love your setup! What is your strategy for hashtag research?

[@KateRamsayy]

Loved this vlog so much, so much great advice and just in general love how flexible your job is 🙌🏻

[@SydneyHembrough]

I love YOUR job!!!

[@argiebacalso5552]

This is great... thank you so much 🙏

[@lindseemcdonald1683]

I’m wondering how much they pay you for this (or what your packages look like) and how long you’d say the content calendars take you? This was so fun to watch!

[@JessicaSarabia]

I enjoyed your video. Very helpful :)

[@justinenicolefracachan6878]

I have a question, how often do you meet with your clients to know what content you will be posting during each week? In the video, for the Christian SM calendar you were working on you had already planned what was going to happen each day and wrote your captions based on that. But now I'm wondering how often did you meet with your customer and if they only gave you the basic ideas of what was going to happen each week or if during your meeting with them they told you specifically?

[@mikethecreator9534]

SUPER HELPFUL THANKS

[@mischellebustamante6333]

Hello! I really love your vlog.

[@Mckraken-Entertainments]

A local restaurant owner asked me today to be his advertisment manager, focus on social media. I am both excited and nervous. This video was really helpful. Kudos Sydney!

[@clifhellner1493]

How did it end up going for you? Still doing it? Get anymore clients?

[@Mckraken-Entertainments]

@@clifhellner1493 The restaurant never opened lol. The owner was kinda odd to begin with, then became shady as fuck. So I stopped texting back.

[@mizuki1111]

thankyou very helpful 😄

[@MarketingHarry]

Definitely fun, but not an easy job It could be overwhelming if you don't plan your time strictly. Useful video for anyone who's interested to start working as a social media manager. 😉

[@SydneyHembrough]

I agree 100%!! Thank you!

[@mathieugokas3161]

It's a blessing to see this video; I always wondered what it was like being a social media manager because I'm so passionate about getting into this field, what's your advice for college grads trying to get more experience in this field and do you need to have a marketing degree? :)

[@SydneyHembrough]

Aww I’m so glad it was helpful! I actually JUST filmed a Q+A allll about this and it should be up by the end of the week! I talk a lot about experience, learning without getting a degree, etc!

[@SydneyHembrough]

If you have any questions about my job/major/business, please comment!! I love to talk about this stuff 🤩

[@so-calledengineer8086]

Are u a fulltime freelancer?

[@SydneyHembrough]

No I only do this part time because I’m still a full time student!

[@so-calledengineer8086]

How can I reach u?

[@katrynapona]

Hello! I love this video, very helpful and informative. I have some social media experience with my own accounts and working as a social media assistant for a non-profit organization. I am starting to take on my own clients. My question is, how long does it take for you to do to the creating, scheduling and posting? Do you give your clients a time frame on when everything will be done? that's what I am trying to figure out.

[@DanielleGuerra]

Hi! I am also in the beginning stages of becoming a free lance social media marketer and starting my own business with that! I had a few questions actually! With the content calendar am I able to personalize and change the options under the content type, and if so how can I do that?

[@MillaExplores]

This was super informative, thanks for sharing! I love the flexibility! Definitely something I'm considering doing as I work currently in marketing but would love to be self-employed.

[@sadgirl444]

accidentally stumbled upon starting to freelance as a student and full time worker… i’m scared to leave my full time job but my question is if you’ve made a video on how have you created packages or how would you go about that?

[@maelgwni]

Also how did you get started in the industry Sydney?? Did you try to create a portfolio to show your clients, do jobs for free first, etc? Thanks so much for this video, it was super informative!!

[@marwaabb4316]

love it more video like this plz :)

[@SydneyHembrough]

More to come!

[@justinenicolefracachan6878]

Also, how do you know how many times to post for each client on their accounts? I understand there must be some research beforehand but when you first started, did the client tell you how many times they wanted you to post or you just improvised in how many posts and stories were correct?

[@rozellas2210]

This video was so informative. Thank you! Can you please tell me how you receive money from your clients and how do you make sure they do pay you (and not scam) every month? Like any tool for it?

[@erickarmenta5495]

Hi, i loved your video. The question that i have is the following: Do you get to have access of your clients different social media accounts in order to post or how that works? - thank you

[@SydneyHembrough]

Hey! Great question! Yes, I get the log in information for their accounts. For Facebook, I am made an admin, so I can do it all from my own account. I hope that helped!

[@elsienorback7689]

Thanks!

[@avanijaiswal5227]

Very interesting video.I hope u had a nice day

[@livelovelaugh473]

@Sydney Hembrough: I liked the fact that you not only told us what a social media manager does, but you showed us. Thank you for making and sharing this video. The only cons about this video is that you were speaking very fast. Also, at times when you were showing us things, you were moving very fast. I have a few questions. 1) When you said you were going to change a quote that a pastor said. Would you be allowed to do something like that? 2) A) When you were on your phone liking a lot of pictures (from the limo company), did your client tell you to like those pictures or were you personally choosing to like them? B) Is that included in your pay? 3) A) How many clients do you have? B) How do you work for them all on a weekly basis?

[@SydneyHembrough]

Hi! Thanks for the feedback! Sorry, I am a very fast talker. Also, I cannot show things in great detail due to privacy, which is why I was moving fast. I wasn't "changing" the quote --- I was making the quote into a graphic. I would never change what someone said. When I like posts for clients, they are within the industry the client advises me to interact with. I have 2 clients right now and I just time block my weeks to get the work done for all of them!

[@livelovelaugh473]

@@SydneyHembrough Hello. You're welcome. Oh ok, I see. Thanks for the answers.

[@slarter1]

Greeting from the UK. Just signed up for Later, based on this video great little tool! :)

[@SydneyHembrough]

Yay!!! I’m so glad I could help!

[@naveenkumarsingh2046]

Love it👌👌👌👌

[@fxttxcx5577]

I have learned sooo much! Love the video. 🤍

[@SydneyHembrough]

Yay I’m so glad!!!

[@so-calledengineer8086]

Yes I have some questions

[@katre1012]

Hello! Thanks for this very informative video. One thing though, I can't seem to download the free SM Calendar using the link. Thank you! :)

[@redbaron9965]

I like that shirt you're wearing in the first part of the video.

[@SydneyHembrough]

Aww thank you!

[@karellouden6469]

how many hours a month for this per client? I do this as well and I love your energy.

[@marymenas]

Hi! How much do you charge the client you were planning on the video with later ?

[@alexkolasa5758]

I know this is a touchy subject so if you are not comfortable answering I totally understand, but can you give any information about how much you get paid from each client and how they works, like do you get paid hourly/weekly, or is it based on the work that you do?

[@SydneyHembrough]

I get paid on a monthly, rate-based basis! It all depends on the amount of posts they want per week, if they want content cross posted, etc!

[@alexkolasa5758]

@@SydneyHembrough that's really helpful, thank you!

[@victoriaosorio]

Hi I’m super interested in pursuing this career just stuck in what major to pick? I know the top three are journalism, communication, and marketing! What do you think is best ?

[@SydneyHembrough]

I am a digital marketing major, and I would highly recommend going into something in marketing. Journalism and communication would be great minors or a double major, but I don't think they will offer you the marketing side of things needed for this kind of work. Hope that helps!

[@victoriaosorio]

@@SydneyHembrough Thank you so much! I think the two I am debating between is marketing integrated communications or journalism with the emphasis on advertising! Wish my school had a digital marketing major!!

[@hannah-jv3hc]

How do you find your clients? I want to do this so badly!

[@dappledaisykiara]

Hey Are you creating content yourself for clients like shooting videos and photos and editing?

[@hiraljoshi7211]

Hi the video was helpful but I am not able to download the template as in ur website there is no file available to download

[@sesemz]

Hello, which freelancing websites/ apps you use please can you share with us? And also do companies look out for experience in their freelancer social media managers do we need to have previous experience?? Thanks :)

[@HannahTran1]

How did u get started? Did u learn from a course? I wanna start but idk what I’m doing 😅😬is it really hard ?

[@SydneyHembrough]

I actually go to school for it!! My degree is in social media and digital content strategy. But when I started, it was mostly because clients saw that I had my own social media presence. There are a lot of info videos on KZbin and tiktok though about starting without schooling!

[@HannahTran1]

@@SydneyHembrough wow that seems like a very specific major I wish my mom had that !!😂

[@SydneyHembrough]

Hahah yes!!! Now it has been reworked to be digital marketing but that’s what I started as haha

[@soubhikdas2142]

As a SMM do you need to have access to your client's FB and Insta accounts?

[@kermit8210]

I wanna explore social media management field .My sister told me you have to be we have to be natural and creative in this field and said i am that enough whats your take on it?

[@lizzsalazar9]

Hi i was wondering where i can get the content calendar?

[@manelmanel3492]

hi how to be a social media manager what we shiuld learn or can you suggest any free courses please ?

[@haleymcbride6911]

how do you find clients willing to pay enough for your services?!

[@keepupwithus3828]

How do you market your self and services?

[@thequitassentiallife9]

I desperately need help with my small business and building my YT subbies, IG following, etsy shop. Is that something that you do?

[@fymtips]

Sydney i want a smm that i can buy LIKES, VIEW and followers from,

[@sofiaparedes5453]

Hii Syndey! Me too Social Media. Thank for the video. I send my warmest regards from Argentina.

[@zohakamran3173]

Very informative and nicely shot