Would you like to learn how to work with Nate and his firm, Social Business Strategies?  If you scroll down below the testimonials, you can find details on SBS’s service offering.

What People Are Saying About Nate Riggs as a Social Media Strategist

“Nate has the chops and the passion to help deliver social media strategy advice and execution to your organization. His presentation at the Ohio Growth Summit left me feeling that his intentions are in the right direction and that he’s heading in a good direction. Nate definitely deserves consideration for his abilities.” — Chris Brogan, President, New Marketing Labs

“We brought Nate in to critique our plan and give us insight with his extensive expertise. To say that he delivered would be a severe understatement. Nate had great chemistry with our group and provided invaluable knowledge. When RFC moves forward with our Social Media Strategy, we will be way ahead of the competition. There were so many angles that, we as a team may have overlooked if we didn’t include Nate in the discussion. I would highly recommend Nate for any Social Media projects not only for his knowledge and professionalism but the ease at which he works with the company.” — Russell Jipson III, Director of Recruiting, Residential Finance

“Nate is an outward focused individual intent on serving the needs of others. His passion, dedication, hard work, creativity, expertise and desire to succeed on the behalf of his clients make Nate a great partner. If you want to get your arms around what social media can mean to your organization, I highly recommend you reach out and have a conversation with Nate.” – Mark Whitman, President, TeamBuilder Search

“The company for which I work was seeking ways to increase brand awareness in budget-conscience ways. Nate introduced social media to our team as a means to build our social media presence, and use it as a tool to start conversations with others, without the hard sell. This process has been very successful for us. Nate taught us the right techniques that truly increased our visibility in the social media world, as well as proved us to be leaders in our industry. — Sandy McKitrick, Marketing Manager, OPENOnline

“Nate is an extremely refreshing and passionate individual. He recently led a workshop at my company on social media and ways to use it more effectively. Prior to his training it was really untread waters at our company. I am confident his techniques will help me open doors to new business. I would recommend Nate to any organization looking to expand their client base.” — Megan Schmittauer, Account Executive, Parallel Technologies, Inc.

About Social Business Strategies, LLC — Corporate Communications & Social Media Strategy Consulting

Nate Riggs leads Social Business Strategies, a organizational communication and social media strategy firm based in Columbus, Ohio.  SBS works with mid-sized organizations to build internalized Human Business Teams.

By engaging in the firms unique Sanity Process, SBS helps organizational leaders refine, and build consensus around measurable communication goals.  Once consensus is reached and the required information is collected, SBS works to build communication strategies, select and implement the right technology tools, and finally identify and train candidates to become part of a corporate Human Business Team.

Building Human Business Teams

Using social network analysis techniques, personality and multitasking assessments, surveys and qualitative interviews, Nate and his team identify candidates who have the highest potential for successful operation of of the social media and interactive tool set.  These individuals are position in multiple roles including social content engineers, content creators, listening post administrators and community facilitators

Social Business Strategies can help you effectively enhance internal communications, customer service, community engagement, marketing and brand awareness, public relations, business development and sales.  For more information about how clients work with Social Business Strategies, please contact Nate HERE.

Private Corporate Training & Educational Seminars

Education is the first in adoption of new technology.  Nate Riggs offers private half-day, full-day and multi-day training seminars that can be designed to fit the specific needs of your board, executive, middle management for forward-facing teams.  Nate uses case studies, stories and live interactive demonstrations to help bring you and your associates up to speed on the most relevant technologies for your business.  Nate can also offer recommendations on how your organization can approach adopting new technology into your tool set. If your organization would like to start slowly by exploring the options to first build a business case, Nate’s corporate training seminars will provide the level of education you need.  If you would like to schedule a seminar for your corporate team, please contact Nate HERE.

Marketing/Advertising Agency Consulting Partnerships

As an advertising, marketing or publication relations agency, your clients are already approaching you, looking for guidance on how they can use social media in their marketing campaigns.  Nate Riggs and Social Business Strategies can partner with your advertising and marketing agency to help provide consultation, social presence audits or even guide internal your team in ideation and strategy development.  As an experienced agency marketer, Nate can work as a client-facing partner of your organization to help you win additional business and deliver the best results.  Nate can also work behind the scenes to help your team bring added value to existing accounts, educating your internal teams through advanced-level seminars and coaching.  For more information about how your agency can work with Nate as a project or retained consultant, please contact Nate HERE.

Executive & Small Business Entrepreneur Social Media Coaching

Social Business Strategies also works with small businesses and individuals for one-on-one coaching and personal development in the area of using the social web for personal branding and business development. This can include:

• Online presence audits and strategy recommendations (document)
• Personal brand development
• Business Blogging
• Inbound Marketing & Search Optimization
• Professional social networking, profile development
• Social Media Optimization (SMO)
• Using social media and networks for business development and sales
• Blogger outreach & new public relations
• Video content creation and distribution strategy
• Technology selection and training (hardware and software)

For more information or to schedule an initial one-one-one or small group assessment, please contact Nate directly.

Professional Speaker – Conference Speaking, Panel Moderation & Webinars

Social Business Strategies Principal, Nate Riggs, regularly speaks to audiences of all sizes, on all things related to the social web.  His favorite topics include inbound marketing, corporate adoption and utilization of social media, search engine and social media optimization, business development and sales process design, social CRM and small business technology. If you are looking for a dynamic speaker for your next event, please visit Nate’s speaking page for more information.