3 tips on how a personal assistant should utilize social networking

Personal assistants should possess project management skills, anticipatory focus, and a finger on the pulse of what's trending. The guide below outlines how personal assistants can utilize social networking to provide their clients with quality service.

• Personal assistants can help their clients stay relevant and at the forefront of positivity with their fan base, clients and business associates through social networking.
• Personal assistants can utilize tools such as creating professional contacts, social media profiles, building a client's brand as well as staying up up-to-date on news in their client's industry through social media networks.
• Clients consider these aspects in a personal assistant as a valuable commodity.

• Personal assistants can assist their clients with creating and managing online business platforms for professional networking profiles, but this may vary depending on the business industry.
• The relationships a personal assistant can help cultivate may aid in growing their client's business through professional connections and online networking.
• For instance, a personal assistance can share information on these networking platforms, keep up with business industry news and comment on other relevant business information posted.

• Personal assistants can create and manage social media profiles for their client. For instance, a personal assistant can help get their client's social media accounts verified through online social networking platforms.
• In addition, they can also report fraudulent accounts and have them deleted.
• The personal assistant can also aid in providing information online that may determine how a client is perceived in the industry as well as follows up on negative information found online.

• Personal assistants can create a buzz about their client's brand by releasing information and pictures online about products and services.
• The personal assistant should take ownership of keeping the online public abreast of upcoming products by giving away free samples and running contests.
• According to a survey conducted by Edison Research, an estimated 75 million Americans check their social networks several times each day.
• That means that all of those people have the potential to connect with businesses. A personal assistant can help make that a reality.