RIP Dave King, Isaiah’s Rock, Peace Conference, Business Expo and Big Brothers Big Sisters

The owner of Welborn Social Media and the founder of The Tutoring Solution.My goal is to help business owners share the passion they have for their business with as many potential customers as possible.By helping passionate people achieve their dreams I am helping to create a society of passionate leaders that will help inspire others to make their dreams a reality.

RIP Chino Rotarian Dave King

October was a productive, yet sad month for the Chino Rotary Club. We lost member Dave King who passed away due to pancreatic cancer. The Chino Champion wrote a great article about the impact Dave and Charlene King have made on the Chino Community which I encourage you all to read here – http://www.championnewspapers.com/news/article_43cdcb28-b5cf-11e7-a8ce-c3d23fc8244c.html

Dave and Charlene King from Isaiah's Rock and the Chino Rotary Club

Chino Rotary Club Feeds Needy Families with Isaiah’s Rock

Our Rotary Club was fortunate enough to visit Dave, his family and Isaiah’s Rock one last time before he passed and donated $2,000 to the organization. Our club worked at Isaiah’s Rock on Wednesday, Oct. 11 to provide food for needy families in the Chino Valley. It’s amazing how many lives Dave and Charlene King have impacted because of their kind and giving hearts.

You can watch this video of us helping needy families with Isaiah’s Rock – https://youtu.be/xISNjIEI6Lw

Chino Rotary Club helps serve needy families with Isaiah's Rock

Chino Rotary Club Attends Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Expo

Dale Bright, Lorraine Sacca and Melinda Robbins set up a booth at the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Expo and met lots of new potential Rotarians.

Gene Hernandez Moderates and President Zeb Welborn Speaks at Rotary District 5300 Peace Conference

Zeb Welborn was chosen as one of the speakers at the District 5300 Peace Conference where he spoke on the Impact and Uses of Social Media on Peace Building – Read the speech Zeb Welborn gave at the Huntington Library here – http://welbornmedia.com/the-impacts-and-uses-of-social-media-on-peace-building/

Zeb Welborn's Speech on the Impact and Influence of Social Media on Peace Building at the Rotary District 5300 Peace Conference at the Huntington Library

Chino Rotary Club Supports Big Brothers Big Sisters

Big Brothers Big Sisters came to the Chino Rotary Club to share how they are helping make young peoples lives better by providing mentors to them. Chino Rotarian Chris Foster is on the Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters and Arianna Fajardo became a Big Sister last year when Big Brothers Big Sisters came to speak to our organization.

We gave $500 to help support Big Brothers Big Sisters on October 4 during our regular Chino Rotary Club meeting.

Chino Rotary Club Donates $500 to Big Brothers Big Sisters

Arianna Fajardo Wins Putting Contest and a Bottle of Chardonnay from Los Serranos Country Club and Kevin Sullivan

Our Meet & Greet was held at Los Serranos Country Club on October 25 where we held a putting contest, thanks to Kevin Sullivan, for a bottle of Chardonnay. Arianna’s putt was the closest and she took home the bottle for her efforts.

Congratulations Arianna!

Arianna Fajardo Wins Chino Rotary Club Putting Contest

 

The Impacts and Uses of Social Media on Peace Building

The owner of Welborn Social Media and the founder of The Tutoring Solution.My goal is to help business owners share the passion they have for their business with as many potential customers as possible.By helping passionate people achieve their dreams I am helping to create a society of passionate leaders that will help inspire others to make their dreams a reality.

I was born in 1981. My parents bought our first computer, a Commodore 64 when I was five years old. I was a part of the first generation to grow up with computers.

For my business, I work with passionate business owners to help them use computers and the internet to get more customers. Through my passion for golf, I wrote a book called The Social Golf Course and developed a niche in the golf industry. I joined the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce to help local businesses. And, I joined the Chino Rotary Club to make an impact in my community.

For some reason, I found myself getting involved in dying industries. Golf, on a global scale, has been in decline since 2005. Chambers of Commerce and Rotary clubs have not faired any better. I’ve been compelled to work in these industries because I feel I can identify missed opportunities by these organizations.

In speaking with business owners, Rotarians, or folks from the generation before me about social media I usually get one of three responses:

  • I hate the all about me nature of social media
  • What do I care what people had for dinner?
  • There is too much negativity and crazy people on social media

Which category do you fall into?

Social Media is Amazing

I used to teach high school history, and one of the videos I would show my students was the 100  Most Influential People of the Millennium. Do you know who was #1?

Johann Gutenberg

Gutenberg invented the printing press which allowed for the spreading of ideas. The first use of the printing press was for the Gutenberg Bible. One hundred and eighty copies were made and it took twelve people three years to make them.

Today, we have access to information in an instant. We live in an amazing time. When we look at social media we often see the negatives associated with it and fail to see the positives.

When I left teaching, I began my entrepreneurial career by starting a tutoring business. My sister built my first website and I started to learn how to market my business online. I got involved in a group of educators on Twitter through a Twitter Chat called #EdChat and I can honestly say I learned more in the 6 months I participated in #EdChat then I did in my 4 years of college, my year in the credential program and my 4 years of teaching.

Social media is drastically changing the way we live and influencing human behavior in an unlimited amount of ways. Doctors from across the world can troubleshoot in an instant. Inventors can have access in real-time to new thoughts and ideas on a product or project. Medical researchers can drastically increase the development of life-saving programs and projects.

Rotarians can have an impact too.

We can make social media what we want it to be.

As Rotarians, as influencers, it’s important to be involved. We think of social media as being self-serving or about food or about its negativity because that is what dominates the social channels today. But, we have the ability to change the narrative by being present.

How Can We Use Social Media to Build Peace?

We need to use social media to promote the good in the world, to get people involved and influence others to want to do the same.

The Ice Bucket Challenge

Zeb Welborn's ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

In the Summer of 2014, the ice bucket challenge took the world by storm driving massive awareness to the cause it supported – ALS.

During the challenge there were:

  • 4.4 million tweets using the #IceBucketChallenge hashtag
  • 1 billion YouTube views
  • 10 billion Facebook video views

In talking with companies I share statistics like these and the question I get asked 9 times out of 10 is:

Zeb, these mentions and video views are great, but what’s the return on investment. What’s the ROI?

The campaign raised $220 million dollars for ALS. During the first 31 days $100 million was raised. During the same time period in 2013 ALS raised $2.5 million.

ALS made 40 times more as a result of this clever social media campaign and – the best part about it – it didn’t cost them a thing.

They just needed to be creative.

How to Use Social Media to Build Peace

Today, I’ve been asked to give you some practical tools you can apply to use social media to grow peace. The great thing about this is that every single one of you has the ability to impact and influence our fellow humans. I want to share with you a simple tip to help you know what to post on social media.

Spread Your Mission:

One of the greatest things I’ve learned about the internet is its ability to attract like-minded people from across the globe with each other.

I remember early on in my entrepreneurial career going on a run with my brother and I was telling him how great the internet was and how easy it was to connect with people who share our passions. He said, “That’s great Zeb, but what if my passion is ferret racing.”

When I got home I looked up ferret racing in Google and sure enough if the first thing that came up was a festival in the North East that conducts ferret races every year. Not only does it gets people that share the same passion together, someone was making money from their ferret racing passion.

I know what to post on social media because I have identified five passions in my life. These are things that promote goodwill, peace and making the world a better place. By posting my involvement in these areas I’m connecting with others who share these same values with me.

Jim Rohn once said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”

I’m the average of the people I’m connected to on social media.

Here are my five passions:

  • My family
  • Helping passionate business owners become successful
  • Golf
  • Educating and learning
  • Helping my community

If you’re thinking about how you can use social media to build peace choose something peaceful to promote and share that experience with others. I promise you will connect with people who share your core values and will make you a better person along the way.

Social Media Tips to Help Make the World More Peaceful

One of the opportunities I have today with you all is to help inspire change in Rotary District 53oo which I hope will have an impact far beyond this room.

In that vein, I have three tips I’d like to share with you:

Do Stuff:

I had no intention of joining the Rotary Club. A good friend of mine, Dale Bright asked me to join repeatedly and I politely declined every time he asked. He even offered to pay for my first years dues and I eventually joined because I knew how bad he wanted me to.

But, my first two years of being a Rotarian left me wondering what we were doing. We met every week, listened to a usually boring speaker of which half of our members would fall asleep and we’d go our separate ways.

Every picture we took on social media was the speaker standing behind a podium talking to Rotarians. Nothing screams exciting like a guy standing behind a podium.

Speaker at Chino Rotary Club

The best way to make your online presence look exciting is to do stuff.

This year, instead of meeting weekly at the Chino Community Building to hear some boring speaker while we take a nap, we’ve been doing a community service project once a month. The team leading the project will speak to our Rotary Club the first meeting of the month, the second meeting is providing hands-on work in our community, the third meeting is a social outing and the last meeting of the month is reserved for a dynamic speaker.

Because we are doing a wide array of things we demonstrate to our community that we’re being proactive in making a difference in our community.

Chino Rotary Club helps serve needy families food with Isaiah's Rock in Chino.

Document & Share:

If a tree falls in the woods does it make a sound?

If a Rotary club serves its community and nobody knows about it does it make a difference?

As Rotarians our mission is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.

How ethical is it to remain silent? As Rotarians, our biggest responsibility is to influence others to aspire to these worthy endeavors. If we aren’t promoting what we do then we’re failing our mission as Rotarians. Social media is influencing human behavior more than anything has since the beginning of human history. Being absent from those channels is unacceptable.

Document and share your efforts.

Chino Rotary Club visits Chino Valley Unified School District CARE Closet

Collaborate:

Rotary was founded on the concept of collaboration. The founders identified the importance of surrounding themselves with others who aspired to the same ideals. Collaborating on projects and working together not only advances our mission but it expands our impact and our reach.

On social media, collaboration expands our reach exponentially. Our Facebook page has 1,000 followers and because of Facebook’s algorithm only 6% of people on average would see our post. By collaborating with members in our community, businesses and non-profits our posts are routinely seen by 3 to 10 times more people than are following us. Our impact extends far beyond ourselves.

Chino Rotary Club visits the Inland Empire United Way

What is the ROI?

Now you might be saying to yourself. That’s great Zeb. You’re getting a lot of people viewing your content. They’re clicking the like, comment and share button, but what does that do for you?

Our Rotary Club, at it’s peak, had nearly 100 members. When I joined we had 14. And our Rotary Club is not alone. Many of you represent clubs in this room whose memberships have plummeted. Retaining members in today’s environment is no easy task.

District Governor Raghada Khoury is visiting our club on November 15 to install 9 new members.

Our video on the CARE Closet received dozens of responses asking where they could donate clothing as they had never heard of the problem.

Since becoming president, I’ve had three requests come through our website asking to become members. I went back to the holder of our website thinking that these messages must have been missed from previous years, but they weren’t. People are seeing what we are doing and want to get involved. This needs to be done Rotary wide.

#DancingMan

Social media is a tool. It is neither good nor bad. It is how people use it that makes it good or bad. A perfect example of this is what happened to the Dancing Man.

This was a picture taken of a man dancing at an event he attended and alongside the picture was a caption that read,

“Spotted this specimen trying to dance the other week. He stopped when he saw us laughing.”

The creator of this post and the replies that immediately followed were not used to build peace. But then, something interesting happened.

#DancingMan

A woman on Twitter with the user name @CassandraRules asked to identify the man so they could throw a huge dance party in Los Angeles. Someone set up a GoFundMe campaign which raised over $40,000 to fund the anti-bullying event.

#DancingMan

In the end, #DancingMan got his party in Los Angeles. The money raised went to funding anti-bullying campaigns and the world was made a better place.

Social media can be used for evil, just as easily as it can be for good. The original poster used it for evil, the thousands of women, businesses and companies that came together used it for good. If the good is absent from the conversation what happens to our world?

I’d like to leave you with one last thought:

The world is what we make it. Let’s make it a great one.

Social Media and Online Marketing Workshops in 2017 by Welborn Media

The owner of Welborn Social Media and the founder of The Tutoring Solution.My goal is to help business owners share the passion they have for their business with as many potential customers as possible.By helping passionate people achieve their dreams I am helping to create a society of passionate leaders that will help inspire others to make their dreams a reality.

Zeb Welborn and Welborn Media are looking forward to another great year speaking on social media, digital marketing and online marketing workshops in 2017.

Want to learn how to write blogs, create successful email marketing campaigns, use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and other social media channels to grow your business? Want to learn a comprehensive strategy to get your business on Google? Want to learn how to manage your reputation online so your customers will choose you over your competitors?

Email Marketing to Get the Sale

Sign up for our workshops in 2017 and take your business to the next level.

San Bernardino County Workforce Development Board:

Workshops are free to attendees. 

Email Marketing to Get the Sale on March 30 at High Desert Americas Job Center – 17310 Bear Valley Rd., Suite 109, Victorville, CA 92395.

Register for Social Media Workshops

 

Create a Winning Internet Marketing Game Plan for Your Business on April 13 at the City of San Bernardino Economic Dvlp. Agency- Board Room, 3rd Floor – 201 N. “E” St., San Bernardino, CA 92401

Register for Social Media Workshops

Get Immediate Business Results with Google Pay-Per-Click Campaigns on May 25 at Ontario Chamber of Commerce – 3200 Inland Empire Blvd., Suite 130 , Ontario, CA 91764

Register for Social Media Workshops

The Right Way to Market Your Business on Facebook on June 22 at the High Desert Americas Job Center – 17310 Bear Valley Rd., Suite 109, Victorville, CA 92395

Register for Social Media Workshops

 

Inland Empire Small Business Development Center:

Workshops are free to attend: Sign up here

Internet Marketing Strategies on May 17 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm at the Carnegie Cultural Center, 123 D Street, Upland 91786

Internet Marketing Strategies on June 1 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm at the Temecula Valley Entrepreneurs Exchange, 43200 Business Park Drive, Temecula 92590

Internet Marketing Strategies on July 18 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm at the Riverside County Business Center, 3403 10th Street (first floor), Riverside 92501

Internet Marketing Strategies on August 9 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm at the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, 3200 Inland Empire Blvd., Suite 130 , Ontario, CA 91764

Completed 2017 Workshops:

Best Strategies for Business Blogging Success on February 16 at Ontario Chamber of Commerce – 3200 Inland Empire Blvd., Suite 130 , Ontario, CA 91764

How Donald Trump Won the Presidency with Twitter

The owner of Welborn Social Media and the founder of The Tutoring Solution.My goal is to help business owners share the passion they have for their business with as many potential customers as possible.By helping passionate people achieve their dreams I am helping to create a society of passionate leaders that will help inspire others to make their dreams a reality.

“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” – Oscar Wilde

Regardless of how you feel about the election results from last night, you just saw our political system go through a drastic shift.

Our President-Elect, Donald Trump, made controversial statement after controversial statement throughout the campaign and – every time – our political pundits said he was done. He would not recover.

But, he did recover.

Not only did he recover, but he continued to make more and more controversial statements and each time his influence grew.

His campaign is a testament to the new age of marketing. The power of social media.

Donald Trump’s strategy was to make sure eyes, ears and minds were on him and only him.

His strategy worked and it will work for your business.

Trump’s campaign relied on one simple premise:

“There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.” – Brendan Behan

If you’ve ever thought to yourself social media doesn’t work, it’s a waste of time, or it can’t help to grow my business, Trump just proved you wrong. Trump used social media to persuade our country.

In a traditional campaign, any number of Trump’s controversial remarks would have doomed his run for the presidency, yet he thrived.

With each tweet, Trump defied conventional thinking and the reason it worked is because his controversial statements dominated the headlines nearly every day of the campaign election cycle. Nearly every late night talk show host, news anchor, newspaper, magazine and media outlet mentioned Trump on a daily basis.

The free press Trump received far surpassed the mentions of Hillary Clinton throughout the entire election. Whether good, or bad, Trump was on the minds of the American people and we have social media to thank.

As the results were being read last night, many pointed to the fact that this election would “rewrite the history books.” Its ramifications will reverberate throughout the future of political campaigns.

In every debate, Facebook and Twitter were mentioned – they even had a selfie spot at my polling place.

Donald Trump Social Media Strategy

Those engaging in discussions on Facebook and Twitter permeated news feeds and those who proactively supported or endorsed either candidate influenced our election.

If you’re active on social media you’re an influencer. You have the ability to persuade others to your way of thinking in today’s connected age. If your business is active on social media, you have the ability to persuade your customers to choose you over another company.

And when they choose you, you have the ability to generate a “base” of followers who will overwhelmingly support you and your brand. So much so, that they’ll take to Twitter, to Facebook and to other social channels to tell everyone just how great you are.

Do you want to succeed in our new economy? Copy Donald Trump and use social media to grow your business.

Sign up for the Welborn Media newsletter for tips and tactics  – http://welbornmedia.com/email/

 

 

How to Be a Podcast Guest

Lacey and her brother Zeb Welborn founded Welborn Media. She has designed and launched websites, several projects, marketing materials, a podcast, a book and more. Her passions include her family, her friends, creating things and helping businesses grow.
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Are You Ready to Be Interviewed on a Podcast?

Do you have a message to tell? Podcasting and podcast audiences are growing all the time. Be a podcast guest and expose a whole new audience to you and your message. Plus, with some practice and thoughtfulness you can be just as interesting as a best-selling author, give more useful advice than a multi-millionaire business owner, and maybe even be funnier than a world-class comedian.

Last week, I completed my 100th interview on the Defining Success Podcast.  I started the podcast nearly two years ago and have met some amazing people through the process.  My original plan when starting the Defining Success Podcast was to share the success stories of people in a variety of professions.

Be a Podcast Guest - from Zeb Welborn of The Defining Success PodcastSuccess to me was never financial and I wanted to interview people who experienced the type of success I feel is important.  In my mind, to be successful, a person must:

  • Love what they do
  • Be good at it
  • Be helping others

Through my podcast, I’ve had some realizations about what makes a great guest. You should be a podcast guest. I’m going to walk you through how to get on a podcast, how to interview well, and how to leave a lasting impression on the audience.

How to Get on a Podcast and Be a Podcast Guest

When I started my podcast, I announced to the world(via social media) that I was starting an interview-style podcast.  Some of my firsts guests I asked personally to be a podcast guest and others were connected to me through my social media posts.  Since my initial launch, it’s become a lot easier for me to get guests for the show because now they’re pitching me to be a guest on the podcast.

To get on my show used to be pretty simple . . . you just had to ask.  Every time someone asked to be on my show I’d ask them my three basic questions:

  • Do you love what you do?
  • Are you good at it?
  • Are you helping others?

If they said yes to all three (which of course they all did) I would schedule them for an interview.

Recently, I’ve changed the format of my show to highlight a specific learnable skill, trait, or ability. We really dive deep into the material, so I’ve become much more restrictive of who I have as a guest. Having said that, I’m always looking for new guests and I know many other podcasters are too.

Here are some quick tips to use when pitching someone on why you’d be the perfect interviewee:

  • Ask to be interviewed – In many cases, all you have to do is ask.
  • Contact the host in the format that seems most appropriate to them.
    • My preferred contact points for podcast interviews are:
      • Email
      • Twitter
      • LinkedIn
    • Other contact points could be:
      • Facebook
      • Instagram
      • Telephone
      • In-Person
  • Personalize the message
    • Don’t send the same email to all podcast hosts.
      • It’s really easy to tell which emails are sent out to multiple people.  I’d recommend avoiding it if possible.
    • Do send an authentic, personalized email to each host asking to be on their show
  • Familiarize yourself with the podcast
    • Listen to an episode
    • Read the show notes
    • Share your thoughts
  • Make it easy – make it as easy as possible for a podcast host to work with you to schedule an interview. Be sure to let them know your availability upfront and what you’d like to discuss during the interview

Pro Tip:  In your pitch to be a podcast guest, give some genuine feedback about the show and you’ll increase your chances substantially.

How to Interview Well:

When I book a guest for the Defining Success Podcast, I typically have no idea what to expect.  Ultimately, I’m trying to create the best experience for the listener of the podcast so they can get as much valuable information from the interview as possible while still being entertained.

After interviewing nearly 100 guests, I’ve developed my list of things that really make an interview stand out:

  • Don’t use filler words – Everyone does it, including me but saying “um,” “like,” “you know,” and other words really distract from the interview.  Filler words tend to creep their way in when you’re either nervous, or not clear on the material you’re discussing. The good news is both of those can be corrected with practice.
  • Be conversational – Some people will over-prepare and come off as having staged answers and seem a bit robotic.  The best interviews are ones where there is an interesting rapport between the interviewer and the interviewee.
  • Be enthusiastic – Some of the worst interviews I’ve done were with people who lacked any kind of enthusiasm or passion in the topic they were discussing.  Make the interview interesting by being passionate about the topic you’re being interviewed on.
  • Don’t talk too much – Some guests get in the habit of rambling and talk too much.  The best interviews have a great back-and-forth between the guest and the interviewer. Make a point and stand by it. If it’s unclear, it’s up to the interviewer to make sure the listeners get the point.

Pro Tip: Before you start recording, have some quick, unscripted conversation.  Make sure you both feel comfortable with each other before you start the interview.

How to Leave a Lasting Impression:

Many guests on podcasts don’t have a clear call-to-action for their listeners.  A lot of times, a guest will have some really great insights and listeners will want to connect with them further but don’t know how or don’t have a compelling enough reason to. Give your listeners something compelling to make them want to connect with you after they listen to the interview.

  • Be quotable – The best guests are those that are quotable.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve done an interview where someone starts to say something extremely profound only to cut their ideas off mid-thought.  Memorable quotes are something everyone can take away from an interview.
  • Give something away – The best thing you can do for yourself, the listeners of a podcast episode, and the host of a podcast is to give something away for free. The host will love it because you’re taking care of the audience. The audience will love it because they get something for free.  And you’ll love it because you’ll get people connected to you through your email list.
    • Make sure you can create something (a useful information-packed document) that you can give away for free before you interview on a podcast. Be sure to mention your free giveaway and how a listener can get a hold of it. Send them to your website where they can sign up for your email list in exchange for your free giveaway. (Leadpages.net is a great tool to get email addresses if you don’t have a system set up already)

Pro Tip: Plan out two to three quotable sentences, write them down, and read them at the appropriate time during the interview.  This will ensure your quote will have maximum impact.

If you have a message to tell, you are ready to be a podcast guest. The most important thing you can do to get your message out to the podcasting world is to start connecting with podcasters and asking to be interviewed. It’s not as hard as you think and once you get started, you’ll realize how fun it really is.

Good luck!

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Become a Podcast Guest

Scrapbook Owner Jennifer Davis Recommends Welborn Social Media

The owner of Welborn Social Media and the founder of The Tutoring Solution.My goal is to help business owners share the passion they have for their business with as many potential customers as possible.By helping passionate people achieve their dreams I am helping to create a society of passionate leaders that will help inspire others to make their dreams a reality.

Welborn Social Media & Scrapbook Expo

Jennifer Davis recommends Welborn Social Media:

We hired Welborn Social Media in June 2011 to help us develop our Twitter presence and advise us on how to increase our followers on Facebook and build interaction on our page among our Facebook users.  From the very beginning, Zeb and Lacey demonstrated their passion and expertise for building a strong online presence for Scrapbook Expo.

Since starting in June, Welborn Social Media has taken our Twitter following from a couple hundred to over 5,000 followers.  According to Twellow, we are now in the top 15 of all scrapbookers on Twitter.  They started a biweekly Twitter chat called #Scrapchat which is producing some fantastic results.

After getting to know Zeb and Lacey, we have been extremely impressed with Lacey’s web design and graphic design abilities. I’ve given her projects with specific instructions and she always goes beyond my expectations. I’ve started giving her projects with minimal direction just to see what she comes up with. She’s always spot on, she understands our brand and I am a huge fan of her work.

Lastly, we have been so happy with the work Welborn Social Media is doing for us we constantly encourage our exhibitors to hire them to help develop and enhance their social media presence, design professional emails and create logos.  Every time we refer Zeb and Lacey to our exhibitors we consistently hear that not only did they do an amazing job, but they did it cheaply and timely.

We truly feel our business has improved because of Welborn Social Media and would be more than happy to provide any feedback or answer questions you might have when dealing with Welborn Social Media.  We can not recommend them highly enough and would encourage anyone looking to grow their business to hire Zeb and Lacey to build a healthy online reputation.

Grow Your Business Through Social Media

The owner of Welborn Social Media and the founder of The Tutoring Solution.My goal is to help business owners share the passion they have for their business with as many potential customers as possible.By helping passionate people achieve their dreams I am helping to create a society of passionate leaders that will help inspire others to make their dreams a reality.
Zeb Welborn Grow Your Business Through Social Media HYPE San Dimas Chamber of Commerce

Zeb Welborn Grow Your Business Through Social Media

Tonight I will be presenting at the monthly HyPE meeting through the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce. My presentation is titled, Grow Your Business through Social Media. The event will be held at The Finish Line Sports Grill in Pomona.

HyPE, Helping Young Professionals Excel, is “exclusively geared for young professionals.”  It is a program intended to help young professionals develop the necessary skills to become future business leaders

The talk will be covering a variety of topics, including discussions about websites, Google Analytics, blog writing, social media, Facebook, Twitter, building connections, analyzing online efforts, email marketing, website design, understanding SEO, Google AdWords, Yelp, reputation management, LinkedIn, personal branding, being a human, building connections, developing a higher purpose and being thankful

Listen to Zeb Welborn speak as he shares his journey of going from a teacher, to living with his parents, starting his business and eventually becoming a successful entrepreneur.  Learn how developing a higher purpose and connecting with people will help you grow your business online and in the real world

If you’re interested in attending, here’s the information for the event

“Join us for the next HyPE ”Happy Hour With A Twist” Mixer – July 25th 6pm – 8pm featuring “Grow your business through Social Media” with Zeb Welborn. HyPE is a Chamber Program exclusively geared towards new and emerging professionals. Visit www.chamberhype.com for more information or call 909-592-3818Zeb Welborn speaks at Hype event on Grow Your Business through Social Media with the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce Grow Your Business Through Social Media[/caption]  

Website Design | Exploring Your Options

The owner of Welborn Social Media and the founder of The Tutoring Solution.My goal is to help business owners share the passion they have for their business with as many potential customers as possible.By helping passionate people achieve their dreams I am helping to create a society of passionate leaders that will help inspire others to make their dreams a reality.

We come across people on a daily basis who are looking to build a website to promote their business or product online. Exploring your options is an important function of any business and one a business owner should take seriously when choosing a company to design their website.  There are many things that people don’t know or understand about website design and it’s our intention to help educate you on what it takes to build a functional website for your business.

Many companies have sprouted up recently, offering free websites to people who are interested in using a do-it-yourself approach to website design.  This option is great for small business owners who don’t have money to invest in designing a website; however, these websites come with many limitations.  The largest of these limitations is that the websites are made using templates. Often you cannot get colors, spacing, and content to look the way you want. This can cause frustration and disappointment. Many business owners who take this approach spend a good deal of time setting up their website and end up unhappy with the results. If you fall into this category, all is not lost. In many cases you can hire a designer to make a few adjustments that will enhance your site for minimal cost.

If you’re looking for a top-notch website that will look and act exactly as you want it to, you’ll need to hire a website designer.  Be sure to check references from any website designer you hire.  We’ve heard so many horror stories from business owners who paid someone to do their website and then they disappeared.  I can honestly say that a good deal of the people who hire us have shared a bad experience they’ve had with another website designer. Ask for some examples of their work; check to see if you like the websites they’ve done. Ask if the final product is optimized for search engines. Consider hiring a photographer. Having beautiful photos on your website can set you apart from the crowd. Plus, having high quality photos available to a website designer can provide lots of inspiration.

With Welborn Media you’ll get a completely customized website.  Every single person who has had a website designed by us has told us that the website was better than they could have ever imagined.  Our website designer, Lacey, is extremely talented when it comes to taking an individual’s/company’s website and turning it into something that’s better than our customers had envisioned.

We are members of the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce and helping to make businesses successful online is our passion.  Our business will be here for a long time to come and we aren’t going anywhere.  If you’d like to see what other people have said about Welborn Media please check out our Social Media and Website Design Recommendations.

To  learn more about exploring your options, please visit The Defining Success Podcast for our interview with Kim Nelson from Daisy Cakes where she discusses the importance of exploring your options when making important business decisions.