Social Media Marketing Services & Pricing for Small Businesses

Online Marketing Services by Socially

 

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Social Media & SEO Marketing Package $395.00 a month

6 & 12 month agreements available – Get 15% OFF with a 12 month agreement ONLY $335.00 a month

 

We post, tweet, pin, connect, share & tell your story round the clock on the TOP platforms during high peak times.

 

Facebook: Make it easy for people to Like & Share YOU! Engage your audience & share relevant content, visuals & links.

 

Twitter: YOUR Link to the World! Grow SEO Organically through posting key words, on trend & links!

 

Pinterest: Online magazine, visually driven through photos. Pin up one of a kind photos, graphics & quotes!

 

YouTube: For those with video content PLUS Google+ profile Get Google Ranking with YouTube, Google+ & WordPress Blog by using tags & creative videos to tell your story!

 

WordPress Blog: For those with ongoing relevant written &/or video content.

 

Social Marketing Partnership Package $295.00 a month

6 & 12 month agreements available – Get 15% OFF with a 12 month agreement ONLY $250 a month

 

Facebook: Make it easy for people to Like & Share YOU! Engage your audience & share relevant content.

 

Twitter: YOUR Link to the World! Grow SEO Organically through posting key words, on trend & links!

 

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We’ll share our Flow Chart we follow to get you social & get you noticed after an agreement has been signed. We’re always adding platforms & social marketing services. We will keep you current & up to date technically month to month, year to year! Stop chasing those buttons & let the marketing experts do it for you, while you focus on what you do best! *does not include blog writing or video creation, see more detailed list of services attached.

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Email Marketing Packages starting at $125 a month

  • Get your email contact list & social media working together!
  • Great way to share valuable information through monthly newsletters & specials.
  • Stay in front of those who do not use social media through email marketing.

Marketing is an Art, but it’s also a Science! Track & find out what your customers & supporters want through online &/or printed Surveys!

 Survey Services Starting at $99 per month

Online & printed survey system that interacts with social media & MailChimp email services. *Price based on client need.

Private one on one Training or Group Classes in DFW or online anywhere in the world!

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Overview of what we do for you on each platform without giving away our secret flow chart & formula for success which takes daily follow through for long term success. There’s a technical side & an artistic branding & story telling side, & we’ve got you covered…

Facebook: Make it easy for people to Like & Share YOU! Engage your audience & share relevant content.

  • Set up or revamping of facebook page using unique branding.
  • Facebook page management.
  • Secure url for page.
  • Daily posts.
  • Rotation of website content & links on different days & times for maximum views.
  • Work with client to increase interaction.
  • Work with client to increase story telling & use of photos.
  • Post specials, events & seasonal content.
  • Organic SEO through posting key words & on trend.

 

Twitter: YOUR Link to the World! Grow SEO Organically through posting key words, on trend & links!

  • Set up or revamping of Twitter profile using unique branding.
  • Twitter account management.
  • Around the clock tweets/posts.
  • Rotation of website content & links.
  • Tweet specials, unique hashtags (#), events & seasonal content.
  • Organic SEO through posting key words & on trend.

 

Pinterest: Online magazine, visually driven through photos. Pin up one of a kind photos, graphics & quotes!

  • Set up or revamping of Pinterest profile using unique branding.
  • Set up boards & pinning
  • Pinterest account management.
  • Pinning during high traffic times.
  • Rotation of website content & links.
  • Pin Specials, unique hashtags (#), events & seasonal content.
  • Organic SEO through posting key words & on trend.

 

YouTube: For those with video content PLUS Google+ profile

Get Google Ranking with YouTube, Google+ & WordPress Blog by using tags & creative videos to tell your story!

  • Set up or revamping of YouTube profile using unique branding.
  • YouTube account management.
  • Organic SEO through posting key words, tags & on trend.
  • Build views through Facebook & Twitter posts.
  • *Add On: Let us create VIDEOS to get you noticed & tell your story!

YouTube videos for clients under agreement start at $50, most videos are $150 *ask for details.

 

WordPress Blog: Serves as landing place for those with ongoing relevant written &/or video content.

  • Set up or revamping of Blog & profile using unique branding.
  • WordPress account management.
  • Creative Blog ideas & reblogging of content.
  • Organic SEO through posting key words, tags & on trend.
  • Build views through Facebook & Twitter posts.
  • Create “Call to Action” on blogs to drive traffic or revenue.
  • *Purchase domain for blog through WordPress starting at $18 (purchase directly from wordpress & own domain)

 

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Like Fishing, we bait the social media waters by you sharing YOUR story to attract followers!

Clients will receive a quarterly update via email for all services & platforms, highlighting increases in likes, followers & views. All services complement one another along with strengthening branding. Many people utilize both social media & email, however many do not use social media on a daily basis or at all. Effective email & social media marketing will not only increase your SEO organically over a 3 month period, it helps businesses & non profit groups to streamline communications & specials. When both are done effectively your website traffic will increase along with new followers that will convert to customers. Social media is designed to help people interact more with one another, therefore when done correctly your customers & potential customers will share your service or product with others along with making inquiries about your business or group. We don’t have a choice on whether we do social media, the question is how well we do it!  Let’s create a custom plan for you, give us a call today 972-922-8656

Social Marketing that works!

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We have a Social Marketing flow plan of action that’s our secret formula to online success! It’s difficult to explain exactly how we manage & market for our clients via social media, because it’s a new marketing process.  With 20 year of marketing & research experience, we have fine tuned our proven system for local small business/non profit success over the past 5 years. We are always ahead of the trend & technology. We ride the trend waves during high peek times on the top platforms to get our clients noticed online. We monitor all platforms to see where your target market is, so YOU are always in front of your audience. Local businesses & non profits could not pay a part time employee $10 an hour for 30 hours a month to do what we can do for them. We are unlike any marketing company. Ultimately your success will stem from your business. Social marketing is an extension of you & your business. We simply share, network, engage & drive business for you via social media. We research & get to know all our clients, therefore we require a 6 or 12 month agreement when work long term to grow our clients. We engage & interact all the while driving traffic for ROI! We are storytellers & connectors, we also get creative for our clients to better position & tell their unique story online. We post, tweet, share on a scheduled rotation for max views & interaction, plus you get LIVE post 3-4 days a week, because getting social gets you noticed!

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SEO is a technical aspect of how we grow you online through posting of relevant keywords, links & locations. It takes a minimum of 3 months to build your ranking & grow SEO organically. Every 3 months your ranking improves. We see long term success with our clients when they stick to their 12 month plan with us. This process grows you & your business, for some it takes them to new heights! We help you think outside the box & get creative in sharing your story. We have also provided our clients with an online community through Socially! New business directory & app coming soon. Join other like minded businesses & let’s get social together. We invest & serve our clients so they can accomplish their goals & make their dreams come true, however they too invest in us. It’s a team effort. You get out what you put in. We provide ideas, options & a path, however it’s up to you to determine your steps & action. Our most successful clients know their story & have relevant fresh content. We have content writers, photographers & graphic artists we can outsource to help you create content when needed. We are not a website company, we do not create websites, however we will recommend updates & changes to better position you online. Email & survey marketing plans for those who are in need of a full scale online marketing strategy.

Most clients tell us, we’re that missing piece to their plan! Make it simple with Socially. We help you see the full picture, then share it with your audience. So stop chasing those buttons & following all the non stop changes & call us TODAY.

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Socially is Social Marketing that works for YOU!

For those who only need the set up help, we have a plan for you too! Social media platform set up starts at $200

For those who are ready to make it happen we have a plan for you:

Partnership Packages starting at $225 a month – Facebook, Twitter, Blog partnership plan to share your story. It’s a great place for some smaller businesses to get started.

Social Marketing Packages starting at $325 a month – what most businesses need to get noticed!

We follow the traffic & trends so we go where your audience is! So what are you waiting for? Give us a call or send us an email & let’s get SOCIAL to get you noticed TODAY.

*12 month agreement required for lowest price*

Organic Social Media Marketing Takes Center Stage!

We specialize in Organic online marketing. Organic means real, raw & authentic. We build & strengthen brand while engaging & interacting with customers & followers through Social Media. This means CONTENT reigns supreme! Not just content, but relevant, fresh, on trend & VISUAL content. Content & marketing is the Art & Science of Storytelling & now the Social Media powerhouses are changing their algorithms & ranking to support real, raw & authentic marketing & sharing of your story online! This means our clients are years ahead of this new trend & they’re about to get noticed even more.

We’ve been surfing the facebook, twitter, youtube, pinterest, wordpress SEO waves for our clients & now Google+ is joining the crowd to better help businesses & people connect & interact in a new & more visual way. We’re always ahead of the curve & trend, paying for ads & begging for likes is not the way to build long term success online. Paid SEO is old news & out, while getting real & listening is where businesses & non profits will soar past their competition, when they manage & marketing social media the correct way… the Organic way! Social Media management & marketing is like gardening or farming… prepare & plan, then plant the seeds, watering & caring for your crop, watching to see what will happen, constantly taking in the good & bad to quickly adjust or problem solve for a better harvest. Online marketing takes work. It take constant dedication & daily work of executing a plan of action.

We’ve been keeping you updated with changes & there are 2 blogs from Entrepreneur that we want to share with you, that reinforces what we do & where Facebook is going… please take the time to read this valuable information so you don’t get clobbered on Facebook over the next few months…

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If You Ask for ‘Likes’ on Facebook, You’re About to Get Clobbered

By Jason Fell

If your M.O. on Facebook has been to directly solicit likes and shares for your posts, or to post the same thing over and over again, you might want to reconsider.

Facebook says it is on a mission to clean up spam from the News Feed. The goal, it says, is to only show the content that is most relevant to readers.

Don’t think your page is spammy? OK, although might help know what Facebook is defining as spam, lest you get penalized and see your traffic die off.

There are three categories of spam Facebook says it is targeting in the News Feed. The first is called “like-baiting.” It defines this as explicitly asking readers to like, comment or share a post “in order to get additional distribution beyond what the post would normally receive.”

While these types of posts can drive engagement, Facebook says responses to these posts show that readers find them 15 percent less relevant than other stories with comparable “Like” and share numbers.

Facebook is also coming down on “frequently shared content.” While sharing a re-posting content on Facebook is encouraged, the company says users complain about brands and individuals who regularly upload the same photos or videos, over and over again.

Lastly, Facebook says it will be watching out for spammy links. This refers to pages that post “inaccurate language or formatting to try and trick people into clicking through to a website that contains only ads or a combination of frequently circulated content and ads,” Facebook says.

In other words, don’t bait and switch. It’s annoying and not good for business.

Facebook says that any regular offender will likely see their distribution on the site decrease over the next few months. Meanwhile, Facebook says pages that don’t post spam might actually since an increase in distribution.

Read original blog… http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232992#

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The Year Ahead: 5 Social Media Trends Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know

by Jason Demers

The social media landscape is evolving rapidly, and therefore, your social media marketing strategy cannot remain static. Instead, it’s important to reevaluate business goals, social media campaigns, platform results and revise your strategy at least once a year — if not quarterly.

Being aware of trends in the social sphere can help you design better strategies, apply the most effective tactics and choose where to invest your staff as well as financial resources. Here are the top five social media trends every entrepreneur needs to think about for 2014 and beyond:

1. Diversify. You’ve probably seen headlines about Facebook’s algorithm changes. If you currently operate a brand or business page, one study found that only six percent of followers currently see your posts. Experts suggest that that number will continue to plummet, eventually reaching one percent.

This bid by Facebook is aimed at increasing advertising dollars. But it highlights a potential weakness in many business’ social strategies: overdependence on any single platform puts you at the mercy of that platform’s whims. Whether it crashes or simply changes its rules, too much is at stake.

2. Google+ is for real. If there’s one social network businesses should pay specific attention to, it’s Google+, which is already playing a more important role in Google’s organic ranking algorithm. I expect this trend will continue.

To the surprise of many across theSEO industry, Google’s Matt Cutts confirmed in a recent video that Facebook and Twitter have no impact on SEO rankings as a result of crawling and accessibility issues. So it stands to reason that if Google wants to use social signals for organic search rankings, it could easily mine Google+ data, where its crawler access is unhindered.

Google+ is also the best way to get access to Google Authorship, which will play a huge role in SEO by the end of the year. Google Authorship helps the search engine identify your content, attribute it to the correct author and build a portfolio for each author that may include what many are calling “Author Rank” — algorithmic scoring based on author expertise and publishing history.

In most cases, an image of the author appears next to their content in search results, which also increases visibility and click-through rates.

3. Integration of social media, SEO, and content creation. The online marketing industry is moving away from the idea that social media, SEO and content marketing happen in isolation. Social media marketing decisively impacts how content is seen and shared.

Content creation and marketing have direct implications for your SEO performance — especially in light of Google’s latest algorithm updates. It’s important that you think of the three pillars of online marketing — SEO, content and social media — as a system that works synergistically to increase visibility, build your brand and ultimately garner customers and sales.

4. Visual content will win. An estimated 63 percent of social media comprises imagery. As such, visual platforms are playing an increasing role in social media for businesses. One study found that 29 percent of Pinterest users bought an item after posting or re-pinning it on the network.

Video content is also hotter than ever, with the addition of networks like Vine and Instagramfeaturing microvideos. Infographics are another effective promotion tool for businesses with both a bounty of data and absorbing stories to tell.

Not every platform will be right, but spending the time to find the visual angle to your business’ story and experimenting with different content formats can help revitalize your social media marketing strategy.

5. Social media as a brand builder. Social media channels should be managed according to a brand-oriented approach. Building your brand on any platform impacts your SEO and improves sales over the long term.

Are the visuals of your social media accounts consistent with the rest of your visual branding? Is your account name or any other copy branded? Are you regularly filtering your status updates to ensure they’re on-message and consistent with the overall brand that you’re building? Focusing on building your brand through your social interactions should be a key focus this year.

If evolutions in social media have taught us anything so far this year, it’s that entrepreneurs with flexible and engaged approaches will have the highest ROI. Take the time to understand general trends and focus on core goals, but also take action to experiment with specific tactics that will grow and change as your business evolves.

Read original blog… http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232738

Again, all this backs up what we’ve been doing for our clients for 5 years online! Give us a call to get you noticed locally in DFW oe globally around the world with Socially.

Facebook Ads & Changes

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Social Media & Facebook are amazing marketing tools for small businesses & non profits, however you must stay a head of the curve, trends & constant changes. Once again, Facebook is changing everything! Yep, your live feed & pages will be changing along with advertising. We specialize in organic, real, raw & authentic social media marketing, however Facebook Ads can help get you noticed & attract new customers when done correctly.

Love this from Mashable by Todd Wasserman…

“When Facebook rolled out its last desktop redesign last month, it left the right column — the home of many dodgy direct-response ads — alone. Now, however, it’s gotten around to cleaning them up as well.

The company announced on Wednesday that it will roll out an updated design for right-column ads in the “coming months.” The new units will have the same proportions as desktop news feed ads, which means they will be bigger. There will also be fewer of them.

“For advertisers, this means a simpler way to create ads and an enhanced visual creative canvas on the right-hand column of Facebook,” the company wrote in a blog post. In addition, marketers can use the same image in the right-rail ads that they use in their news feed ads.

Here’s a look at the new ad unit:

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And here’s how they currently look:

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Facebook claims in tests the new units received up to three times the engagement of the old ads.

Dan Slagan, SVP of marketing at Nanigans, a marketing firm that resells Facebook ads, says he thinks advertisers will like the larger ad units, even if they’re more expensive. Slagan says the right-rail ads have been attractive because of their low prices. Such ads have CPMs (cost per 1,000 viewers) of around $.30 vs. $5 for news feed ads.

Right-rail ads accounted for almost all of Facebook’s ad revenues until 2012. After that, the company phased in news feed ads and mobile advertising. J.P. Morgan analyst Douglas Anmuth estimated last July that right-rail ads still accounted for 53% of Facebook’s ad revenues at that time. Anmuth could not be reached for comment on Wednesday’s upgrade.”

View original blog here… http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/facebook-right-rail-ads/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link

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Want to learn how to place Facebook Ads? We think Sandi Krakowski is the BEST in the BIZ! She recommends spending $10 a day & has a proven system. *click on image above to learn more from Sandi*or give us a call at 214-494-1946 to get your social media working for you so you can focus on what you do best!

Twitter, your link to the world!

Check out our Twitter 101 Video & learn why it’s our link to the WORLD!

We’re having a Twitter Revolution Special to help YOU grow, get noticed, & drive organic SEO with a 3 month auto tweet package for only $199! This will allow you as a business owner to better understand Twitter while experts handle everything for you. At the end of the 3 months you may continue the service or you may decide to jump in & handle your own tweets.

We spend time cultivating relationships with our clients so we can custom create tweets that reflect your vision, business or cause. Social Media can be extremely time consuming to keep up with & there are high peak times to post & trends to ride that the average business owner doesn’t have time to keep up with. Not to mention the continual changes each platform makes. As soon as we train a business or non profit groups how to manage & market on their own the settings & buttons change. Our clients don’t have to keep up with any shifts or changes, we do it all for YOU so you can focus on what you do best!

Call us TODAY at 214-494-1946 or email SociallyDFW@gmail.com to get Twitter working for YOU!

Understanding Facebook’s Algorithm’s for Successful Marketing

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Marketing is an ART, however it is also a Science. There’s a formula & algorithm for getting noticed through Social Media. We specialize in organic marketing, which requires relevant content to help us engage & interact for you or with you for online marketing success! There’s a fun artistic side of marketing where the creative thoughts & images soar to attract followers & to spark interaction. The technical back office of online marketing is all about links & keywords to drive traffic & grow SEO. We track stats & traffic to know what’s working & what’s not. If there’s no action or traffic then we regroup & re position the message or the posting time. There are so many little things to track & consider. Here’s a perfect description of the technical side & why our formula works…

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“A slightly more complex factor to understand is EdgeRank. Even if Facebook users like a brand, they don’t return to brand pages often, if at all. So many businesses look at the impact of showing up on users’ news feeds, and EdgeRank is an algorithm designed to help brands increase their news feed visibility.

To understand the algorithm, it’s important to first understand what “edge” means. Edge is a term for every possible Facebook action: updates, comments, likes, shares, etc. The algorithm takes into account each user’s edges, and then measures the sum total of affinity, weight and time decay in conjunction with each action.

Affinity is the number of repeat interactions, including likes, sharing, commenting, etc., that a Facebook user has with a specific brand. The greater the interaction, the greater the relationship the user has with that brand.

Weight is a value system created by Facebook to measure the various interactions. For example, a “like” is very common and will have a lower value than a comment, where someone has taken the time to say something about the brand.

Time decay measures how long the edge has been on Facebook. A new posting of any type has a higher ranking than something that was posted days or weeks ago. This is included to increase the value of the latest news, or postings.

Facebook uses these factors to determine what shows up in people’s news feeds. Having current, engaging content that prompts users to comment and share results in higher EdgeRank scores for the content. This will have your posts showing up more often on their news feeds, increasing your brand awareness significantly.” ~ By Scott Levy

*click on image above to view original blog

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Brand Like You Matter!

We’re always telling our clients story! That’s what marketing is; the Art of Storytelling & the Science of tracking results. Your WHY is vital to telling YOUR unique story. This is what magnetizes potential customers, clients, patients & supports. We love this blog from Entrepreneur by Cory Sistrunk…

The simple truth is that today people want to feel good about what they buy, and they have more control than ever over the brands they bring into their lives. It’s a new economy, one in which belief is the new currency. Invest in it, and customers will invest in you.

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Every company worth starting begins with roughly the same basic ingredients: a great product, a big vision, and a belief that both can add something meaningful to the world. Now it just comes down to getting people to buy into your idea.

But the world is changing. The rise of new technology and fresh business models — as well as the arrival of customers who are no longer indiscriminate spenders — have created a new dynamic landscape.

Unfortunately, our approach to creating value hasn’t caught up. We’re applying the same old marketing model to a world that demands evolution to stay innovative. The demand to generate more content, products, and features faster than everyone else has created a shouting match with overloaded websites, splintered messaging, siloed teams and a slavish devotion to trends.

There needs to be a shift in the way we approach value creation as well as a fundamental return to what makes us human. Today, the only way to create lasting value is to create brands that people believe in.

Related: 7 Stupid Branding Mistakes Your Small Business is Making

First start with the why. The very best companies have come to a visceral understanding of why they matter. And this is the very first stage in branding. Though this all sounds like common sense, but skipping this step is why so many products and companies fail.

Consider these questions: Why does your company matter? Why is it different? And why would the world be a darker place without your brand? Finding the answers leads to your big why, and that’s the foundation to building a brand that lasts.

We’re living in an unprecedented era where access to any type of customer data is just a few clicks away. But we have to be careful. Customers are people, not data sets. They care deeply about their lives and what they bring into them. Once you really understand why your company matters, create a two-way dialogue that connects customers to your vision.

It’s easy to point out big brands like Nike or Apple who do this so well, but even small companies like Whistle, a new activity tracker for pets, get it. From the hardware and software to its marketing experiences, Whistle understands that creating an emotional connection with customers is what fuels belief. This is a simple, powerful idea and its execution is integrated.

Related: Experience Your Brand From Your Customers’ Perspective

Experiences do matter. The days of  giant global rollouts and massive campaigns are dwindling, and hoping that your message will rise to the top with your yelling louder or more often than everyone else isn’t a sound strategy.

Instead, take an experience-first approach. The experiences your company creates can be big or small — whether they take place inside a 280,000-square-foot office space or with the arrival of a 140-character tweet — but what’s important is that each one means something to your customers. Look at the way Apple meticulously designs its packaging. Where other companies see a box, Apple sees an experience.

Or take Zappos. Yes, customers may call in to buy a pair of shoes, but what they’re actually getting is a finely-tuned and carefully honed experience centered around a single, powerful idea: Superior service above all else.

Integrate, integrate, integrate. More content and more products aren’t the answer to muscling your way through all the white noise.

The old process of creating value took place in silos, with one agency handling packaging, another one strategy and yst another taking care of digital. Today companies need to evolve to see everything through the lens of integration. Everyone from marketing teams and managers to designers, strategists and developers must come together so as to create experiences that truly mean something.

The simple truth is that today people want to feel good about what they buy, and they have more control than ever over the brands they bring into their lives. It’s a new economy, one in which belief is the new currency. Invest in it, and customers will invest in you. ” by Cory Sistrunk

Let’s tell YOUR Story! Call us today…

Why Do YOU Need a Blog?

Does my business or cause need a BLOG?

Do people really read BLOGS?

What’s the purpose of a BLOG?

Blogs can be overwhelming for many people & even big businesses. Most think they need be a “writer” or hire a professional. This is simply not true. Yes, proper grammar & spelling are important, but there’s no better person to tell your story than you! Blogs are a way to share your story, products, services or cause through relevant short blogs using eye catching images or media. The beauty of a blog is only writing the content 1 time! Yep, you write it once, then share it via social media. You can even go back & reblog the same content with fresh insight or media. It’s a way to feature who you are or what you do & how you’re unique & different. It’s BIG bait in the online marketing ocean. Blogs (especially wordpress) build your SEO through tags & keywords. Blogs are FREE & most have tutorials on how to get started. Most have custom themes & can just as easy or difficult to manage as a website.

WordPress is the #1 Blog site & will get you Google ranking.

People read blogs when they’re shared! Create blogs to share via email & social media. Keep them simple yet significant & always have visuals to go with the words. Make sure the image or media draws people into wanting to take the time to read it. ALWAYS end your blog with a Call To Action with your phone # or website… whatever the Call To Action is make it easy!

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Blogs can last a lifetime & most blog feeds post the newest entries on top to keep it relevant & fresh! You never need to delete or “take down” a blog, however IF you’re blogging a special or discount add an expiration date. We don’t feel there are hard rules to blogging. Many blogs can be used for affiliate marketing to earn you extra income. Many blogs are embedded within a website. Professional bloggers know what works for daily & long term success in having a successful blog which results in high traffic. Business owners do not need to be professional bloggers. You can simply be you!

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Need help with your blog or getting started? Give us a Call 214-494-1946

SociallyDFW@gmail.com

Happy 10th Birthday Facebook

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Happy 10th Birthday to Facebook! What an amazing story! We love this from Marc Zuckerberg, their founder, who gave everything he had to what he was called to do & how he serves others through sharing his gifts & talents…. “Why were we the ones to build this? We were just students. We had way fewer resources than big companies. If they had focused on this problem, they could have done it.

The only answer I can think of is: we just cared more.

While some doubted that connecting the world was actually important, we were building. While others doubted that this would be sustainable, you were forming lasting connections.

We just cared more about connecting the world than anyone else. And we still do today.

That’s why I’m even more excited about the next ten years than the last. The first ten years were about bootstrapping this network. Now we have the resources to help people across the world solve even bigger and more important problems.

Today, only one-third of the world’s population has access to the internet. In the next decade, we have the opportunity and the responsibility to connect the other two-thirds.

Today, social networks are mostly about sharing moments. In the next decade, they’ll also help you answer questions and solve complex problems.

Today, we have only a few ways to share our experiences. In the next decade, technology will enable us to create many more ways to capture and communicate new kinds of experiences.

It’s been amazing to see how all of you have used our tools to build a real community. You’ve shared the happy moments and the painful ones. You’ve started new families, and kept spread out families connected. You’ve created new services and built small businesses. You’ve helped each other in so many ways. “

We believe facebook has changed our world for the better! We can be the light to others & share live saving information in seconds. Facebook & social networking is here to stay, however it will forever be evolving & changing. The buttons will move to better serve it’s users. Facebook works because they have so many users & it’s an amazing platform. It’s no longer about reuniting with lost loved ones & high school friends, it’s about connecting & networking. Social media has allowed anyone to get in front of their audience & share their story. Businesses have started thanks to Facebook providing this unique platform for our voices, products & services. Social Media for GOOD is here to stay! So embrace it & make it a positive environment & experience.

Have fun getting social & get noticed in the process! Keep it relevant & ride the social wave through a plan of action & consistent posting of engaging & informative information, images & links. Make it more fun & network with others online like us!

Read entire facebook post from Marc…

“Today is Facebook’s 10th anniversary.

It’s been an amazing journey so far, and I’m so grateful to be a part of it. It’s rare to be able to touch so many people’s lives, and I try to remind myself to make the most of every day and have the biggest impact I can.

People often ask if I always knew that Facebook would become what it is today. No way.

I remember getting pizza with my friends one night in college shortly after opening Facebook. I told them I was excited to help connect our school community, but one day someone needed to connect the whole world.

I always thought this was important — giving people the power to share and stay connected, empowering people to build their own communities themselves.

When I reflect on the last 10 years, one question I ask myself is: why were we the ones to build this? We were just students. We had way fewer resources than big companies. If they had focused on this problem, they could have done it.

The only answer I can think of is: we just cared more.

While some doubted that connecting the world was actually important, we were building. While others doubted that this would be sustainable, you were forming lasting connections.

We just cared more about connecting the world than anyone else. And we still do today.

That’s why I’m even more excited about the next ten years than the last. The first ten years were about bootstrapping this network. Now we have the resources to help people across the world solve even bigger and more important problems.

Today, only one-third of the world’s population has access to the internet. In the next decade, we have the opportunity and the responsibility to connect the other two-thirds.

Today, social networks are mostly about sharing moments. In the next decade, they’ll also help you answer questions and solve complex problems.

Today, we have only a few ways to share our experiences. In the next decade, technology will enable us to create many more ways to capture and communicate new kinds of experiences.

It’s been amazing to see how all of you have used our tools to build a real community. You’ve shared the happy moments and the painful ones. You’ve started new families, and kept spread out families connected. You’ve created new services and built small businesses. You’ve helped each other in so many ways.

I’m so grateful to be able to help build these tools for you. I feel a deep responsibility to make the most of my time here and serve you the best I can.

Thank you for letting me be a part of this journey.” ~ From Marc Zuckerberg posted on facebook