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How Iowa Businesses Can Grow With Digital Marketing
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How Iowa Businesses Can Grow With Digital Marketing

Advertising, Marketing

How Iowa Businesses Can Grow With Digital Marketing

By Dakota|2025-09-17T14:05:01-05:00September 17th, 2025|Categories: Advertising, Marketing|Tags: Digital Marketing|

From Cornfields to Clicks: How Iowa Businesses Can Grow with [...]

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White Hat SEO
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White Hat SEO

Marketing, SEO, Uncategorized

White Hat SEO

By Dakota|2025-09-09T15:10:39-05:00September 4th, 2025|Categories: Marketing, SEO, Uncategorized|Tags: SEO, SEO Marketing, SEO Strategy|

White Hat SEO: The Ethical Path to Higher RankingsWhite hat [...]

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Do I Need A Website For My Business?
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Do I Need A Website For My Business?

Business Management, Website Design

Do I Need A Website For My Business?

By Dakota|2025-08-22T15:43:18-05:00August 22nd, 2025|Categories: Business Management, Website Design|Tags: business management, web design|

The Role of a Website in Modern Business In [...]

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Benefits of A Website for Small Businesses
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Benefits of A Website for Small Businesses

Marketing, Website Design

Benefits of A Website for Small Businesses

By Dakota|2025-08-14T16:33:03-05:00August 6th, 2025|Categories: Marketing, Website Design|Tags: Digital Marketing, marketing, web design|

Is the Expense Worth It? | Benefits of a [...]

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How to Create an Effective Marketing Plan in 2025
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How to Create an Effective Marketing Plan in 2025

Marketing, Marketing Analytics

How to Create an Effective Marketing Plan in 2025

By Will Aden|2025-01-31T18:26:17-05:00January 31st, 2025|Categories: Marketing, Marketing Analytics|Tags: business marketing, digital advertising, Digital Marketing, Digital Marketing Strategy, online marketing|

Customize a Marketing Plan to Fit Your Small Business’s Needs [...]

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3 Ways the Holidays Affect Your Digital Marketing Campaigns
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3 Ways the Holidays Affect Your Digital Marketing Campaigns

Marketing, SEO, Social Media

3 Ways the Holidays Affect Your Digital Marketing Campaigns

By Will Aden|2024-12-10T16:16:29-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: Marketing, SEO, Social Media|Tags: advertising, business marketing, Digital Marketing, Digital Marketing Strategy, Email Marketing, keyword targeting, online marketing, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, SEO Strategy, Social Media Marketing|

How Marketing Strategies Differ During the Holidays Introduction The [...]

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Reputation Management

Introduce your business in a professional manner on the digital marketplace, managing online reviews, and placing relevant information on aggregators.

Social Media

Vortex does all the admin work for you by creating email marketing accounts and automating your organic social media posts. These tools allow Vortex to implement long term marketing strategies with reduced project management costs and increased ROI w/o overpaying for digital marketing!

Email Marketing

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On-Board SEO

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Pay Per Click Advertising

In-depth market research to develop keyword lists and write unique copy that helps your business get ROI on search engine advertising.

Analytics Analysis

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Bronze Package

Strategic Planning Meeting, Asset Acquisition

SEO + Digital Marketing Audit

Market Research

Automated Weekly Reports
- Social Media Engagement
  - (Weekly Social Media Impressions, Likes, Shares, Clicks, Social ROI)
- Google Analytics Reports
- Conversions Report

Writing Ad Copy
- Up to 4 Unique Posts on any/all platforms, up to 10 social media accounts
- Posts can be duplicated across platforms for no additional costs

All platforms are included:
- (Twitter, Facebook/Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Youtube)

All posts include:
- Uniquely crafted copy/text
- 1 free internet image/graphic
- Image SEO
- As many images as client would like, provided they already have images or would like to purchase Add-on Adobe stock images or would like commercial photography services

1 Blog Post / Month
- 300-400 words maximum
- Free internet images/graphics (clipart) + Image SEO

Account Set-up:
- Setting up social media accounts if necessary
- Creating Hootsuite and Mailchimp Accounts
- Linking social media to Hootsuite
- Linking website to Google Analytics
- 1 Email Template Creation/Month

Tweaking/Debugging

SEO: (One page of website SEO a month)

$297 Per Month*

*Note: Three Month Up-Front Payment Required
Prices do not include the costs of subscriptions or ad budgets

Diamond Package

All Bronze tier benefits are included

All Silver tier benefits are included

All Gold tier benefits are included

Google Ads:
- Keyword Research
- Writing Ad Copy
- Ad Extensions & SEO
- Account Set-up
- Tweaking
- Google Ads Report

Fully Serviced Google Ads and SEO campaign management with an account exclusive dedicated team.

$1497 Per Month*

*Note: Three Month Up-Front Payment Required
Prices do not include the costs of subscriptions or ad budgets

Gold Package

All Bronze tier benefits are included

All Silver tier benefits are included

Paid Social Media Advertising:
- Market Research
- Writing Ad Copy:
  - Up to 12 Unique Posts on any/all platforms, up to 10 social media accounts
  - Posts can be duplicated across platforms for no additional costs
  - All platforms are included:
    - (Twitter, Facebook/Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Youtube)
- - All posts include:
    - Uniquely crafted copy/text
    - 1 free internet image/graphic
    - Image SEO
    - As many images as client would like, provided they already have images or would like to purchase Add-on Adobe stock images or would like commercial photography services
  - 1 Blog Post / Month
    - 300-400 words maximum
    - Free internet images/graphics (clipart) + Image SEO

Reputation Management:
- Google Business Places
  - Creating/Optimizing Google Business Places
- Yelp + Aggregators
  - Account creation or maintenance
- Website Review Page Creation
- Monthly Executive Report

Print Services:
- Can choose one of the following print options a month
- 1 design hour to design any one of the options
- Printing/Shipping costs are paid by the client
- Unlimited # of prints
  - Postcards
  - Business Cards
  - Flyers

Business Consultation Services:
- 1 Business Meeting a month

$1097 Per Month*

*Note: Three Month Up-Front Payment Required
Prices do not include the costs of subscriptions or ad budgets

Silver Package

All Bronze Tier Items are included

On-Going Market Research

- Weekly Reports:
  - Executive Summaries and Breakdowns included with reports
  - Social Media Engagement
    - (Weekly Social Media Impressions, Likes, Shares, Clicks, Social ROI)
  - Google Analytics Reports
  - Conversions Report

$797 Per Month*

*Note: Three Month Up-Front Payment Required
Prices do not include the costs of subscriptions or ad budgets