Social Media Automation Business

7 Tips For Starting A Successful Social Media Automation Business (2024)

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own social media automation business? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a social media automation business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a social media automation business?
-> Pros and cons of a social media automation business

Need inspiration?

-> Other social media automation business success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a social media automation business
-> Social media automation business names

Other resources

-> Profitability of a social media automation business

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a social media automation business:

#1: Chris Williams, founder of MeetEdgar:

We chatted with with Chris, founder of MeetEdgar ($333K/month). In our interview, Chris says:

We launched Edgar in the summer of 2014 and got customers immediately. We are a bootstrapped business and we hit our first million in ARR less than a year after launch.

Additionally:

We have had some tough times in dealing with our external partners. Being a social media marketing tool we are very much at the mercy of the social platforms, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Further:

Start collecting money. The real test is to see if people will buy it. Sell something and collect money for it. Do that as soon as possible.

Read the full interview ➜

#2: Andy Beohar, founder of SevenAtoms Marketing Inc:

We chatted with with , founder of SevenAtoms Marketing Inc ($275K/month). In our interview, says:

Challenges will always emerge, but it's how you respond that defines your journey. You need to pivot and adjust when necessary, drawing on your ability to think creatively and strategically.