For a company to want to hire you to be their social media management person you have to give them a "sense of safety", meaning that they trust you with their online presence and they believe you can keep it professional, effective and more importantly organized.

So what does it mean to be a successful SMM? It means operating all the different touches points available online. You might also be wondering how does one stay up to date with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google + and LinkedIn. Well, no worries it might not be as hard as you are thinking. I'm sure you've already been doing some of it yourself.

The Right Setup is Crucial

The best thing about starting from the beginning to launch the online media presence of your client it that you have various choices. With the experience of your attempts into the social media wilderness has educated you what is okay to say, what areas to highlight, and even what are the "red-flag" phrases that are used frequently.

Some details might be different, but that all the depends of the nature of the businesses work, but typically it's the same basics. The core is on giving information to the audience about what your client does for the customer--and letting them know how their lives can be improved by it.

With your own knowledge and experience you've built in your own life, make sure that your clients blog, twitter account, Facebook page, and everything else your client hired you for is achieved to their standards as you would want if this was your company.

You need to maintain a well written blog, and consistent. A great tool social media managers use is the Google Keyword Tool, to find out keywords people are searching for and what exactly are people talking about can help you keep the content relevant to the industry your client is in.

Give advice and suggestions

Big companies and small businesses have realized the power of hiring a social media manager. They know you might have a better skill at navigating the web and the different social media channels better than anyone else. Use this opportunity to offer some tips to lead your client on how to improve their social media revenue.

With your knowledge and expertise you can go a long way to helping them create a new, well designed, successful and effective social media identity.

Knowing your stuff, working harder than the rest, and your finger on the keyboard of the internet you'll have the chance build their social media online presence from a boring to remarkable status that their competitors won't help to glance and be scared.