Freelance Friday

Here's what's new in social media marketing for March 2024: another TikTok ban, editing comes to Instagram DMs, and social media moderation could change forever.

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Exposing how much it costs to run my social media management and content creation business, plus all the tools it takes to do so!

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Check out all the tools mentioned here: https://latashajames.com/tools

0:00 - Intro

0:59 - Metricool (ad)

2:12 - Tools I’m getting rid of

10:48 - Admin tools I use for my online business

17:15 - Tools I use as a content creator

These are the biggest social media trends for 2024 - according to social media managers (and other Social Media Marketing World 2024 attendees)!

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People Featured:

Valeria

Anniston

Ashley

YES, it is possible to make $100,000 as a YouTuber or content creator in 2024. Here's advice from many six-figure content creators, thanks to a recent study from Kajabi.

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Link to full report: https://creatortrends.kajabi.com/

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Here's what's new in social media marketing right now: UMG pulled music from TikTok, Threads is testing bookmarks, and Instagram turned off read receipts.

My New LinkedIn Newsletter, "The Age of Authority": https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7157092636284145664/

What should freelancers do during slow seasons? How can they know when to pivot?

I'm hosting a free SMMA Open House this week: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/34/klw1ru2y

Thanks to Madelyn of Madelyn Victoria Co. for this question.

Find Madeline here:

Website - madelynvictoriaco.com

Instagram - @madelynvictoriaco

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Should you offer social media management or content creation to your freelance clients? According to Leah of Jar of Stars Creative (and me!), the answer could be... why not both?

Interested in following Leah's social media marketing journey? I'm hosting a free SMMA Open House next week: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/34/klw1ru2y

Thanks to Munch for sponsoring today's episode. Get started here: https://www.getmunch.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=FreelanceFriday_0124&utm_id=FreelanceFriday_0124

Learn more about the Social Media Management Accelerator: https://latashajames.com/smma

Why is everyone quitting YouTube? Here's my perspective.If you come here for advice, this one doesn’t have a concrete lesson or takeaway. Just my personal feelings on the state of YouTube. Thanks for being here.

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Here's how to get paid to travel as a freelancer and everything you need to know about travel-related business expenses, invoicing, and more.

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Some of my freelance travel essentials: https://amzn.to/494UnaL

Joy Aliba Edumu is the founder of Virtual Joy, which helps business owners and entrepreneurs in the aspects of administrative work, social media management and podcast management.

Her first client paid just $5/hour, and she now has packages up to $2000/month! What an upgrade. 🙌🏽

In this episode, you'll learn:

Find Joy here: https://www.thevirtualjoy.com/

MENTIONED - CONTRACTS:

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