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What a social media manager
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Oversee SEO and SEM campaign execution
Run and document the current SEO and SEM campaign execution status: pu…3 sources agree

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Oversee SEO and SEM campaign execution+
Run and document the current SEO and SEM campaign execution status: pull impressions, clicks, conversions and cost by channel, note any paused creatives or broken tracking, list next steps and owners for optimization by end of day Tuesday.
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Collaborate with content, design, and product teams+
Coordinate with content, design and product to launch next month’s social push: collect final creative readiness, content calendar slots, landing page acceptance and test owners, resolve any blockers and confirm go/no-go three days before launch.
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Manage social media marketing initiatives+
Run the next six-week social marketing plan: list paid and organic tactics, set weekly audience targets and budgets, assign creative and reporting owners, and create a twice-weekly check-in cadence to catch performance slippage.
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Optimize website content for search engines+
Improve the website's key pages for search so organic traffic from North America rises by 20% in three months: audit top landing pages, add keyword-led headings and meta descriptions, fix missing alt text and slow-loading images, then list changes and traffic KPIs for the global marketing lead.
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Create content strategies for digital media.+
Draft a three-month digital content plan that aligns with the global campaign for Q4: define weekly themes for Instagram and LinkedIn, assign formats and publish dates, set engagement targets, and produce a one-page brief for creative and the regional social leads.
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Stay updated on digital advertising trends and tools+
Survey digital ad trends this month: gather new ad formats, bidding changes, and three case studies from industry publications and direct competitor ad libraries, summarise opportunities for our paid strategy and recommend two experiments to run next month.
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N Purchase or negotiate placement of listings in local search engines, directories, or digital mapping technologies.+
Buy and place local listings: audit our current directory presence, identify missing high-value platforms used by local customers, negotiate single-quarter featured placement on two priority directories, and document costs and expected traffic uplift for procurement.
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Implement online customer service processes to ensure positive and consistent user experiences.+
Set up online service workflows: map typical support journeys, create response templates and escalation rules to ensure consistent replies across channels, test two scenarios for timing and tone, and hand off the playbook to customer support with training notes.
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What the work runs on

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6 tasksGoogle Analyticsprovides the cross-channel performance metrics needed to evaluate impressions, clicks, conversions and tracking health
4 tasksGoogle Looker Analyticscreates scheduled dashboards and alerting for defined SEO metrics and threshold-based notifications
4 tasksMarketo Marketing Automationorchestrates automated messaging and routing for customer interactions across channels
3 tasksHubSpotcentralises content schedules, task assignments and campaign assets so teams can align on launch readiness
3 tasksFacebookmanages audience targeting, budget pacing and campaign-level controls for paid social initiatives
3 tasksElasticsearchindexes and queries large sets of search data to find term frequency and trends
3 tasksJavaScriptused to prototype client-side integration patterns and data exchanges with backend systems
1 taskHypertext markup language HTMLstructures the web artifacts and endpoints involved in integrations
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You’ll split time between content work, analytics, and coordination. Mornings often mean checking Google Analytics or Google Looker Analytics for traffic, ad performance, and yesterday’s social metrics, then tweaking paid social or SEM bids.

Afternoons are meetings with content, design, and product teams to plan posts, ad copy, or landing pages. Expect to run quick on-page SEO checks (HTML/CSS basics help), respond to customers online, and schedule posts or emails in HubSpot or Marketo.

Start with Google Analytics (traffic, goals, conversion rates), Facebook Ads Manager for paid social, and HubSpot or Marketo for email and campaign automation. Those cover most campaign measurement and execution.

Also learn basic HTML/CSS and JavaScript enough to read pages for on-page SEO and fix simple tags. Elasticsearch knowledge helps if the company uses on-site search; Microsoft Access is occasionally used for legacy reports.

Use AI to draft ideas, headlines, and ad copy, but always check facts and brand voice. Run AI-generated copy through a human edit for tone, and test variants in small Facebook or SEM campaigns before scaling.

For SEO, use AI to speed keyword lists or meta descriptions, but validate keywords with Google Analytics and keyword research tools, and avoid publishing unverified claims or copyrighted text.

You’ll typically split time across both: on-page SEO, technical audits, and keyword research to improve organic traffic, plus SEM/paid social to drive immediate leads or sales. Exact split depends on company budget and goals.

KPIs usually include organic sessions, keyword rankings, click-through rate (CTR), cost per click (CPC), cost per acquisition (CPA), conversion rate, and email open/click rates tracked in Google Analytics and HubSpot/Marketo.

Build a small portfolio: run a Facebook ad with a $50 budget, create a simple website, and show they increased traffic using Google Analytics. Do on-page SEO fixes (meta tags, headings) and record before/after metrics.

Take free courses: Google Analytics certification, Facebook Blueprint, HubSpot Academy, and a basic HTML/CSS/JavaScript tutorial. Show you can use Marketo or HubSpot workflows and run a basic email campaign.

Compared with a Content Manager: you focus more on promotion, paid media, analytics, SEO, and campaign automation (HubSpot/Marketo) rather than creating large amounts of editorial content. You measure success with acquisition KPIs.

Compared with a Product Manager: you won’t own engineering roadmaps. You may define product requirements for marketing features or integrations, but product managers lead engineering, release schedules, and ERP system interfaces.

Basic on-page SEO and website health auditing skills are often underestimated. You should inspect HTML, meta tags, canonical tags, robots.txt, and read simple CSS and JavaScript to spot issues.

You also need to use analytics platforms (Google Analytics/Looker) to define and monitor SEO KPIs, and set up tracking for campaigns. Knowing how to automate advertising workflows in HubSpot or Marketo/ads platforms is very valuable.