Social Meeja – What a Luddite Has Learnt So Far…Lesson #1 - I can’t do it all on my own

I am an experienced property solicitor. I am a very good trainer and my legal webinars are (mainly) excellent, if the feedback is to be believed.  I have set up a company and I have a website

So, that’s all I need then, right? Well, it seems not.  I am a woman of a certain age for whom bold and italic are the height of her IT skills.  So, the need to grapple with social meeja (as young people insist on pronouncing it) to get my company ‘out there’ requires a whole new way of thinking.

So, for those of you, of whatever age, who are facing the social meeja minefield – let me tell you what I have learnt so far.

Can someone offer me free advice and support? 

The lovely Duncan Samuel at Gazeal (https://www.gazeal.co.uk/) has been unerringly supportive. He has put me and my company on his website, has acted as a sounding board and has been prepared to recommend someone brilliant that is working with him. Duncan has shared, and that means everything.  Oh. And he likes Talisker.

Does this person know what they are talking about?

And Duncan’s brilliant recommendation is Vignesh Sasindran (http://www.mineapp.co.uk/) . In a few short zoom sessions (yes, I can do that now), Vignesh has shown me how complex social meeja marketing, tracking and analytics are, if done properly. But he has also been willing to just do stuff for me that I cannot do – fantastic banners and campaigns, for example. And when he says: ‘I’ll keep it simple’, he does not sound as if he is patronising me. And he does. Keep it simple.  If you talk to me nicely, I will give you his number.

And those very close to you. Don’t forget them, either.  They will help, support, correct your grammar, buy wine. Take it and say thank you.  That’s been the hardest lesson for me so far – I can’t do this thing on my own.