I admit I was enthralled with the possibility of being able to get serious client work done from my iphone while waiting for my daughter to finish ice skating, gymnastics, whatever…  Lack of iphone tethering is one of the greatest banes of my existence so morphing my  business to do things that didn’t require a full laptop intrigued me….

I don’t usually buy the products being promoted in these big “so simple a monkey can do it” launches – but I wanted to learn more about social media marketing so I went ahead and purchased Let’s Get Social for a mere $97. (note I am NOT an affiliate — I’m doing this review just to let you know what I think about the course.).

Let’s Get Social is a joint venture between Ryan Deiss (very famous) and Kate Buck (pink haired social media rising star).  Over the past year and a half, Kate has built herself a burgeoning business as a social media virtual assistant (or social media manager – depending on what circles you travel in).  The super-hypey launch materials intimate that if you purchase the course — you too could very quickly be making a full time professional income from your iphone.

Is that true?  Nah… but Kate and Ryan admit that in the first module.  I also suspect that Kate’s phenomenal success is due mostly to Kate’s vivacious personality, ability to teach. business savvy and a good bit of luck.

Is the course worth $97.  Yep.

Let’s get social provides a wealth of information for a very reasonable price.  There are six modules which cover everything from “what the heck is a social media manager” to branding yourself (Kate explains this especially well), finding clients, doing the work and setting up your business.  You also get rights to us the logo — but since self-branding is important – I don’t see this as a huge bonus.  The course also includes a ton of demo videos, checklists, resource links, etc.

To me, the biggest value is the client checklist and suggested packages.  Having a value-added social media package with specific tasks was worth the course price to me.  The demo videos on how to create profiles on the different platforms (twitter, facebook, linked in, and youtube)  were also very helpful.   I am going to incorporate much of this into my service offerings.

I get the feeling though that it might be tough for a beginner to take this course and immediately start a successful social media management business. For someone already doing something similar, this course is a bargain.  I am going to start using the checklists with my current clients tomorrow  – and will make back the $97 this week.

If this were my course — I might split it up even more and do an in depth video module on each platform and then one on how to link them all together.  There are 8 or 9 how to videos within the “doing the work” module — but they seem sort of hidden.  I expected the main focus of the course to be “how to” rather than promotion.

Also, I would include a forum in the membership site section of the course.  It would be great to brainstorm and connect with other soon-to-be social media managers.

I feel lucky to have “met” Kate  signed up for this class in the beginning — I am sure it will be offered again at a higher price point.  I would recommend it to virtual assistants who want to expand their service offerings or to people who are already a little tech savvy.

Has anyone else signed up for Let’s Get Social?  What did you think of it?  What is your favorite training class for aspiring social media assistants?