Social media can be a really powerful way to connect with and build deeper relationships with your audience – but it can be extremely time consuming. So, we asked some folks we admire to share how they manage their social profiles and whether they’ve hired professionals to help.

Camille Mola

I’ve worked with social media in several different capacities – for my own personal blog, in my professional career, and with freelance clients. I look at each brand account and platform differently, and do my best to keep myself updated on every platform’s ever-changing algorithms and trends. Read more>> 

Kyle and Lindy Majnaric

We manage our social media accounts. We both enjoy capturing moments through pictures and videos, social media allows us a space to share what we are doing with viewers. We try to be as transparent as possible and communicate upcoming events through social media. The advice we would give other business owners is to be themselves when it comes to social media, don’t try to put on a fiscade or hide the pieces that God instilled in you to share with others, being transparent and you is unique and inspiring to those watching. With a business, Read more>>

Jaylon Teague

I manage my own social media across most platforms. For example I have Instagram, tik tok, Facebook and YouTube. They all serve different purposes based off the engagement that I get and the audience. I made the choice to manage my own social media because I like to be hands on with my own socials. I have a very strong social media presence as far as quality post. I don’t just post anything and everything is posted strategically. Read more>>

Colette Uwagba

Social media is changing the game on how we handle and promote our businesses. My primary form of social media is Instagram, which is connected to my Facebook account. As generations change and evolve there will be different platforms of social media platforms and we will have to keep up. I manage my social media account because I believe it is cost effective to do it myself. It is not always easy to figure out how to navigate social media especially with new updates and keeping up with your competitors. Read more>>

Diamond Capreé

I manage all my social medias. I am an independent artist who has full control of my art. I believe as an artist, you are your business so it’s important that you share an authentic thinking about you and who better knows you than you. Read more>>

Bruce Milligan

We have been very fortunate in the realm of social media and marketing in general. Our head coach, Robert Suchorski, besides having been Polish junior national champion and a member of the Polish national fencing team when he was younger, is also a very accomplished pianist and composer, as well as a videographer. Read more>>

Chanin and Deana Malley and Pickering

We manage our own social media, which can be quite hard at times keeping up with our clients and future clients. We decided to do it on our own because we felt we would be able to make it more personalized. So far it’s been going well, while we aren’t the most popular character entertainment company on Instagram and Facebook, Read more>>

Tom & Kat Hansen

Hello, my name is Kat Hansen and I run a platform called Hope & Courage under which we have a book entitled “Hope and Courage: Six Life Lessons from the Parents of a Child with Congenital Heart Disease” and a podcast called “The Hope and Courage Podcast for CHD Parents” which both my husband and I authored and host. I manage our social media for our Hope & Courage platform. We made this choice because I have professional experience with social media management. Read more>>