If you think about your Twitter feed every time you see a bird, spend hours stalking your cat for meme poses, or know your friend’s Bitstrip avatar better than their real face, you may be suffering from serious social media addiction.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. While many articles warn you about the dangers of your addiction and attempt to break you from this supposedly harmful habit, this one says “embrace that Facebook fetish, pin to your heart’s content, and tweet until your carpal tunnel syndrome can take it no more.” After all, your social media addiction might just lead to a bigger bank account.
Bet that has your full attention! And yes, you read that right. All those tweets, pins, plussings and posts can earn you some serious cash. 
Your Addiction = Career Possibility
There are many careers looking for expertise in social media. While some may require you to have additional skills and education, you may find that acquiring these is rewarding. After all, how many people actually earn a living doing something they love?
- Online Community Manager. If you face the challenge of wooing the online community to your brand’s website, generating greater brand loyalty within that community, and using social media tools to achieve your marketing goals, this might be your dream job.
- Bloggers. Are you an expert at coming up with great stories, engaging text, and engaging online audiences? Do you have a reputation for providing helpful information to your followers? You may love a career writing original blog content.
- Social Media Marketing Manager. If you’re good at choosing the right social media tool for the message–and the right message for the social media tool–you can enjoy this show. It’s all about using social media to increase your brand loyalty, exposure and growth.
- SEO expert. These people are assigned the task of increasing the ranking of a website in Google Search Results. Whether it’s done through website analysis, identifying popular keywords, or creating viral content, this job is ideal for results-driven social media gurus.
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Your Addictions = Your Own Business
Freelance social media gurus are also an interesting entity. While you may need to “cut your teeth” on some initial projects for free, once you’ve proven you can get the job done, you can start taking on paying clients.
Some of the social media services that this entrepreneur offers include running workshops and training sessions on social media, coaching clients’ internal social media teams, running social media marketing campaigns, crafting social media strategies, and more.
Your Addiction = More Traffic for Your Other Businesses
Is social media just one of the many addictions you’re giving up? Perhaps, you are an avid antique collector selling items online, an obsessive oboe instructor offering in-house lessons, or an enthusiastic handmade card maker with an Internet shop. The fact is that content marketing helps build influence And no one knows this better than someone with your passion for social media platforms. Your addiction, therefore, can be used to promote your money-making endeavors – whatever they may be – on social media sites and blogs.
Yes, you don’t have to give up your social media addiction altogether. By simply honing your skills and using your social media superpowers for good, you can make a decent profit. PS The cat wants you to unfollow it.
How do you put your social media skills to good use?
