Jim Durbin: Social Media Consultant In St Louis

I left a comfortable corporate job to strike out on my own and found a new media company dedicated to improving corporate relationships to online communities.

Today I tap my social network to hire social media experts, train internal resources, execute campaigns, and serve as a sounding board to entrepreneurs seeking to understand how the online world can improve their business.

My company, Durbin Media, is a pioneer in the social media space. We've been at this since January 2006, working with small and microbusinesses, start-ups, and a few carefully chosen national companies. We primarily work on retainer for consulting and recruiting, though project work is possible if you're clear on what you're trying to achieve. In addition, Jim uses socialmediaheadhunter.com and jobsinsocialmedia.com to identify staff for internal work.

St Louis Interactive Conference Coming Up

I'm sadly going to be out of town, but the St Louis Blogger's Guild is holding an interactive festival this Saturday.

There are quite a few new business blogs in St Louis as well. Renaissance Plastic Surgery is working on boosting their profile for Breast Augmentation in St Peters, and their blog talks about the difficulty of picking out just the right keyword.

Greg Bussmann has a St Louis Social Media and Tech Report that serves as a calendar.

And Franki and I are starting to realize that true social media mastery means setting down your online reputation and letting your clients take all the credit. But we're working on getting some new writers and employers, so if you know anyone good - we're hiring at socialmediaheadhunter.com.