Product: Paid Social Media Jobs
Overall Ranking: 40 out of 100 or 2/5 stars
Price: $47 – comes down to $27 when you click to leave
Owner: Unknown
Website: http://paidsocialmediajobs.com
Paid Social Media Jobs (PSMJ) claim they are the leading provider of training for social media managers and they also provide a database of social media jobs for different skill levels. They have been online since 2012.
The idea sounds good, bringing together employers who need help with social media and people looking to earn a little extra money.
The person behind the program is probably John Wai an IT Engineer. Previously, he had another site Slick Social Media Jobs, but there is no “about us” page which is already a negative point.
In my review, I will see if “messing around with Facebook” is really a good way of earning money and discover if the PSMJ program works as planned.
What is Paid Social Media Jobs?
With people now looking on the internet, when they want to make a purchase or when they need information, social media has become one of the places people look for advice or knowledge from friends, peers or groups. Businesses that before relied on traditional marketing, which was often expensive, now realize that they cannot afford to overlook social media marketing which is quite low cost.
Many business owners don’t know how or haven’t the time to create a social media presence and have even less idea of how to augment their sales or promote their brand.
This is where PSMJ come in. They connect their members, who are hopefully social media savvy, to the companies that are searching for someone to run their social media presence.
They use a video clip from Fox News to promote the program and also to try and give it some legitimacy. The video is about social media jobs and has nothing to do with PSMJ specifically.
Who is this for?
This is for people who ideally have a good knowledge of social media. Of course, PSMJ say that you don’t need any experience to get started, but how will you manage to convince someone to employ you if you are not familiar with the workings of Facebook, Twitter or Google+, to name just three of the social media networks.
Yes, there is some training to get you started, however personally before posting as a social media manager I would require some more complete training.
If you already have some expertise in social media marketing, then you don’t need to sign up for this program. You can find a job yourself by searching online.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Social media managers are real, legitimate jobs
- Some training provided
- 60-day guarantee
Cons
- Much of the training and information can be found for free online
- You are given the impression that it’s easy
- Hype, inflated earnings examples
- No real jobs offered, just links to other sites with job ads
- You don’t need to pay to find these jobs
- Very competitive market with competition from Asian and eastern European countries
Social Media Training
You are recommended to complete the four training modules before you start trying to find work.
Module 1
This is really just a brief introduction, that explains why businesses are looking for social media managers like you.
The main points are that to obtain a client you will have to:
- Understand what they want
- Appreciate what they need
- Calm their fears
Module 2
Gives you an idea of the type of jobs you will have to do when starting as a social media freelancer:
- Setting up social profiles
- Create a following or audience (getting likes on Facebook, followers on Twitter, etc)
Although they give you an idea of the jobs you might be doing when starting, I was expecting some training. In the first two modules no training!
Module 3
In this module you are told:
- Which type of businesses are looking for social media managers
- The businesses that have a good social media presence
- How to find your social media clients – from the PSMJ database
- How much you can expect to earn – $50 to $200 per project when starting, up to $50000 per year
Module 4 Advanced Training
Finally, in this module there is some training. Much of the training is quite general and not high quality, while some is quite useful and would help someone who has no knowledge of social media to get started.
You are also given a proposal document that could be useful and different documents, for example, email swipes exhorting the virtues of social media and placing you as an expert. These could help you acquire clients.
Overall, most of the training you could find online for free. For example, to create your resume or CV, there is a form from visualcv.com, you could do this yourself for free. Paid Social Media Jobs don’t give you any extra advice on completing your resume.
It’s a shame they don’t start the training with writing your resume and take it step by step from there, showing examples of how you would go about managing a social media account for a business. I must admit I was disappointed with the training.
They also give training for affiliate marketing and promoting a ClickBank product. For this purpose they have a wide selection of PLR reports to give away to prospective clients of the product you promote. I must have missed something, but I joined this program to learn social media marketing.
I think they should concentrate on the training they advertise and try to improve it, rather than branching out into other areas.
Finding a job
The Paid Social Media Job Database is a complete disappointment. All you obtain is a list of sites like Elance, Freelancer, ODesk or Flexjobs.
They do provide a list of some of the latest jobs posted on a few of the sites, but if not you will have to search for yourself.
Obviously, you could find all these jobs on your own without paying to join PSMJ.
Questionable Partners
Apparently, they have two partner sites, which are promoted in emails from PSMJ. Paidonlinewritingjobs.com and paid-surveys-at-home.com which are both considered either scams or a complete waste of money.
What kind of site would promote a known scam site as in paid-surveys-at-home. This is almost enough for me to think PSMJ could be a scam.
How much does this cost?
PSMJ costs $47 with a downsell when you leave the site to $27. The price is for a lifetime membership.
Once you have joined there is an upsell for another course Social Media Arbitrage at $37. You are told you can earn three times as much doing social media jobs, but without doing any of the work. When I clicked on a link to say I wasn’t interested I was still taken to a payment page.
There is a 60 day, ClickBank guarantee.
My final opinion
This program teaches you some of what you need to know to earn money online as a social media manager, which is a legitimate job. Although I wouldn’t call Paid Social Media Jobs a scam, I don’t recommend joining.
- It’s possible to find free social media marketing courses online that offer more information than PSMJ
- The job database on this site is available for free
- Can a site that promotes a survey site that requires a payment to complete surveys be considered serious
Consequently, if you can find free training and job opportunities online, why pay to join this site.
If you are already skilled in social media marketing, search the job boards, or alternatively, you could advertise your services on Fiverr or SEO Clerks.
Verdict: Not recommended
Below is a chart comparing the PSMJ to my recommended online training program. With this program you will not be told you will start making money in just a few days as with Paid Social Media Jobs, you are told the truth. Perhaps not what you want to hear, but the truth nonetheless – making money online takes time and hard work. This is where I was trained and I can say that Wealthy Affiliate provides really complete internet marketing training.
I hope you enjoyed my Paid Social Media Jobs review and if you have ever had any experience with this site, or have any questions, I would love your feedback.
Thanks,
Peter
Thanks for your thorough analysis, Peter. I found it especially interesting the bit about advanced training and resume writing. A great online resume-builder that could be of service to you and your readers is onlineresume.us. It is a 360° resume-building platform, which empowers professionals to create visually appealing, online resumes with their own unique domain name. Users can show off their full professional potential with diverse resume sections, as well as incorporate links and videos. You can even create a PDF version with the new PDF resume maker and connect it to your online resume with a custom QR code. Hope this serves as a helpful resource!
Thanks for your resource, Kaitlin! Hopefully, some will find it useful for their resume.
Hi Peter
I was tempted to try this out because ti seems legit, people are paid good money to run social media services for small and large businesses.
But nothing comes easy and that’s where the red flags start going up,the sales page makes you believe just by taking their course you’ll b earning in no time. It doesnt help their programme that one their partners are that borderline scam, get paid to take surveys.
On another note, I have seen many rubbish products being sold on the Clickbank platform, I really think its time they had a more robust screening process before a product gets released.
Hi Minhaj,
Yes, it is possible to make money to look after the social media accounts for companies but as so often, Paid Social Media Jobs make it seem far too easy. You won’t be earning anything like as much or as quickly as they say. They do promote other dodgy programs which, in my opinion, means they’re just out to get your cash, they don’t really care about you or your success. There are many poor products on Clickbank which are often a waste of time but a least they honor their guarantee!
Thanks for your comment,
Peter
I found this option a completely camoflagued choice at the end of the day – it’s definitely not what it seems. There is no system in place in Paid Social Media Jobs, it is just a tutorial which shows you how to start your online success by selling social media services – not really the strongest niche to base your online life on is it?
Hi Chris,
There is some low-quality training that would help, but if I was looking for a job as a social media manager I would need a little more than that. Yet another program where you are paying for information you can find elsewhere online at no cost. I agree there isn’t enough to get you started and the job database is a joke.
All the best,
Peter
It didn’t seem like a bad idea. I know you gave it a low score. But then I read the cons. What I hate is when they give you links to other job ads, that sucks. Its like you pretty much do that yourself in a search. It is something that I want to work at, the social media route. It can be pretty difficult networking. Wealthy Affiliate you will find the all the answers your looking for all in one place that’s what I like about it.
Yeah, I agree with you Brandon, if they gave some really good training it could be useful. As it is, you can find all the information free for yourself and they make it sound too easy to get a job saying things like “anyone can do this”. You’re definitely right to work on social media it can bring you many new leads, it’s something I should work more on as well. If you follow the training at Wealthy Affiliate I’m sure you will be able to build a successful business.
Best of luck,
Peter
Hi Peter,
Thanks for the review on paid social media jobs. the first thing that caught my eye is the owners are unknown, not a good sign. They you have the inflated earning examples, and training, which like you said can be found for free online. Wouldn’t waste my time and money on such a product, don’t really see what benefit it has to offer.
Hi Adam,
This isn’t a program worth joining, not knowing the owners is definitely a bad sign. If someone is proud of a program they sell, why would they want to hide. Obviously the owners of PSMJ aren’t willing to let everyone know they’re behind the program because it provides no value. You pay for information you can find free online. Add to that the websites they promote are scams and the numerous emails you receive from them promoting other questionable programs and you can see all they are interested in is making money for themselves.
All the best,
Peter
Hi Peter,
I always see social media managers hitting me up on Facebook or Twitter, I always wonder if they really make any money or have much success. Or even more so, what education or special skill do they provide that’s different than posting content tactfully with good visuals and appeal.
Maybe I’m missing something. One thing is for sure, I will be staying away from Paid Social Media Jobs in the future. It seems that you find a good amount of inferior training products online that feel that they can slap together a weak training program and put a monthly membership fee to it.
Not for me my friend, thanks for the excellent review and making me aware of Paid Social Media Jobs – think I’ll pass on this one.
Todd
Hi Todd,
I don’t know if the social media managers you encounter make any money, but I suppose at least some do. Perhaps they don’t have any special skills or training, but if they post articles on Facebook or Twitter and maybe more often than you can, this will save you time and I can see how this could be useful.
PSMJ isn’t a great product, as you say they have put together some info that is easy to find online for free and they charge for it. This program also misleads people into thinking they have a list of jobs available which isn’t true. So, all in all you’ve made a good choice to pass on PSMJ.
This definitely steers me away from Paid Social Media Jobs. It seems like something that most people would be better off not paying for since there aren’t any real jobs offered anyways, and the training can be found online for free.
On the other hand, Wealthy Affiliate looks like a great idea. Comparing Paid Social Media Jobs and Wealthy affiliate looks kind of silly since one doesn’t have much to offer and the other has plenty.
Hi Gina,
Everything on this site can be found online for free, so no need to pay for this. The jobs they promise are just links to the job boards that you can consult for free, this is their database of jobs! To provide value they should give some complete step by step training, showing how to create a social media presence for a business.
If PSMJ had some great training it could be useful, but as it is, it’s a better choice is to get some awesome training in internet marketing that will teach you how to create your own online business.
Cheers,
Peter
Hi Peter. Thank you for your wonderful and precise review. You’re right. There are a lot of sites out there online that don’t charge that much or not at all for you to learn how to earn money. And there are also other legitimate websites that offer money for a real and better online career opportunity which people needs to know for them to be successful in their online career. Thanks for sharing Peter
Hi Karl,
Although the price of this program isn’t much, why pay at all when the information on the site is available for free if you search a little on the internet. Yes, there are some sites that provide real step by step training that will teach you to build your own business. Creating your own online business is certainly a much better opportunity than PSMJ.
Thanks for your visit,
Peter
Great review Peter and this is certainly one I’ll be avoiding. You could tell half way through the review that is obviously a lightweight product and it bugs me when someone just wants to make a quick buck by putting something together and promising people that’s it’s a game changer!
With no about me page, promoting other writing services that are known to be scams and to top it all off when you try to go away from the page the first thing that happens is you’re redirected to the sales page I mean seriously!
Thanks for the great review Peter and looking forward to your next one, Stephen
Hi Stephen,
Yes, you won’t miss much if you stay clear of this program. Paid Social Media Jobs really doesn’t provide much value and the jobs database is laughable. Yet another program with no about us page, which always makes me suspicious and promoting other useless programs, designed to rip off the customers doesn’t help their cause.
All the information on this site can be found for free, so don’t waste your money with this, you have just as much chance to find a job by yourself.
Thanks for your comment,
Peter