Thurman Consulting offers the following expertise for nonprofits, associations, universities, foundations and socially responsible businesses.
Social Media Consulting
Learning about all of the latest social media tools can be daunting on your own. Our expert team can tell you exactly how to get started and offer practical advice to assist your organization with a social media strategy as well as implementation.
Consulting options include:
The One-Hour Consult $200
- A pre-assessment of your organization’s current social media activities
- A one-hour phone or in-person (if local to the Washington, DC area) consultation
- One follow-up email outlining initial ideas to help your organization begin thinking about a viable social media strategy
The One-Month Strategic Planning Option $1,000 BEST VALUE!
- A pre-assessment of your organization’s current social media activities
- Weekly one-hour phone or in-person (if local to the Washington, DC area) consultations (4 total within a one-month period)
- One follow-up planning document outlining a viable social media strategy for your organization including goals, objectives, tools, staffing, budget and evaluation needed for implementation
- A one-hour follow-up phone consultation to check-in on your organization’s progress
Social Media Starter Kit $500
Setting up all the various social media tools can be time consuming. Let our expert team take care of the technical side and leave more time for you to engage your members, clients and customers through your new social networking platforms! We can set you up on any of the following the social networks of your choice as well as provide your staff with training on how to use them. Our Social Media Starter Kit provides one of the following fully-customized social media platforms. Once the platform is set up, we will train staff how to use and maintain the tool in alignment with your organization’s goals. Includes 2 hours of staff training beyond the initial set-up.
- YouTube
- Foursquare
Blog Starter Kit (for Organizations) $500
Ready to start blogging, but don’t know where to, well, start? Do you wish you had someone who could just set up a professional-looking blog for you so you can get to writing? Or maybe you’re just tired of having an amateur wordpress.com or blogspot.com address and ready to move on up with your own domain? If any of these apply to you, we can help! Our Blog Starter Kit will hook you up with a brand new blog in just 72 hours. That’s right, with our help, you can have a professional blog presence in just three days from today. Includes one hour of blog coaching beyond the initial set-up.
What’s included in our Blog Starter Kit for Organizations:
- WordPress installation, the best blog software there is!
- A professional-looking theme of your choice (free or premium)
- Google Analytics integration
- A set of fancy schmancy icons linking to your social networks on the sidebar
- Twitter widget installation (if applicable)
- Retweet button (using Tweetmeme)
- Activation of the best anti-spam plugin there is
- Installation of the AddtoAny plugin to encourage sharing of your content
- Installation and configuration of the Disqus commenting system (includes creating the account)
- RSS and email subscription set-up
- BONUS: 1 hour blog coaching call with us to make sure you know everything you need to know to start blogging!
What’s not included in our Blog Starter Kit:
- The cost of hosting (if you use our preferred hosting provider, it will run you about $84 for an annual plan that includes 12 months of hosting and unlimited phone support)
- The cost of your theme, if you choose a premium one (our recommended premium themes cost $32-$87)
- Tech support from us: We will help you get started in our hour of coaching that’s included with your package, but for all other questions, you can contract with us for additional coaching time. The great thing is that if your site “breaks” you can call your hosting company!
Live Blogging and Tweeting Events (contact us for pricing)
Social media can make an event much more interesting to attendees as well as those watching from afar. Our team consists of expert bloggers and avid tweeters who would love to take care of that aspect of your next event! Hire us to come out to your conference, summit, annual meeting, etc. and we will bring the blogging and tweeting to your audience. Contact us for more details and pricing customized to your unique event.
Blog Coaching
Need a little professional advice on your blog – technical or strategy-wise? We’d love to help! If you’d like customized assistance on how to enhance your organization’s blog (think: widgets, plugins, themes, hosting, ads, etc.) or strategy (think: content, long-term planning, and of course, branding), book your blog coaching session today! As soon as you place your order, we will follow-up with you to schedule your session.
