In October 2009 Marketing Mud decided to join the social media revolution! Being a marketing company, we knew it was important to build our brand on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc, but we didn't have the time to make it happen successfully. We liked social media but without the time and energy for it, we knew we needed help. As Jay Baer said at the Social Media Success Summit 2010, "If you don't LOVE social media, you will SUCK at social media." So, what did we do? We found someone who LOVE's social media and hired her as our Social Media Director. Since then, Farrah Pirkle has helped us increase our following on Twitter and Facebook and has worked with several clients in Gainesville on their Facebook profiles and social media strategies. Specifically, she has worked with two departments at the University of Florida (Non-Profit Management Programs and Geriatric Care Management) and a non-profit organization called Happy Plus Foundation. With help from our web team, she has helped to provide them with custom landing pages and tabs for their Facebook pages and has provided hands-on social media consulting for them.

We are very excited for the potential that social media offers us, and are energetic about providing this multi-faceted service for other small businesses and organizations. We offer everything from one-on-one consulting and large group speaking engagements, to custom Facebook and Twitter backgrounds. For instance, we have spoken at a local American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) meeting and will be speaking about social media at the monthly Linkedin Women meeting on June 9th. We also offer creative social media management packages for companies who do not have the time to Tweet or Facebook on their own. Recently we published an article in the Gainesville Business Report that highlights 10 tips to maximize social media for your business. We are very excited about all of our success so far with social media and look forward to what is to come. Check out our custom Facebook landing page and let us know how we can help you join the social media revolution with us!