Social media for your special occasion

This post was originally intended for The PR Practitioner.


Photographer – Check
DJ – Check
Videographer- Check
Social Media Consultant - ????

It’s no secret that if companies don’t have social media presence already, they have severely fallen behind. It’s also not a secret that individuals use the social media site Twitter to express their thoughts on everything, from everywhere (such as the bathroom, the park and work).

I seem to see a lot of live tweets from special events such as weddings. I recently read an article about a groom posting a just married tweet before kissing his bride. With twitter now main stream, how long will it be before we see individuals offer their services as a professional tweeter for special occasions? You already hire a photographer and a videographer partly because Aunt Robin and Uncle Joe can’t make it. Why not hire a professional tweeter who is responsible for live tweeting throughout the occasion?

There is nothing stopping consultants from charging for a strategy and day of execution. I bet a hash tag on Twitter to follow along and a video of the first kiss almost instantly as it happens would be part of the consultants plan.

Would you hire a social media consultant for your special occasion?