I want a marketing firm to handle the social media for my company. How much would that cost?

I know Facebook, MySpace and Twitter are great ways to help promote my company, but I don’t have the time to learn them. How much would a marketing firm charge me to run my social media?

You can find a firm to handle your social media for as little as $500 a month. However, what you might want to do is create an E-Marketing Plan. This would distill your company’s brand, set forth your objectives, and allow you to allocate resources in an organizeed and tactical way. . It would be also serve as an emergency manual when you have to make tough decisions at critical junctures. Much better than develop strategies ad hoc, as the need arises. Sure, you can jot your ideas down on a napkin over lunch and run with it, but these "let’s put on a show" ideas are seldom sustainable in the long run. It takes good tried-and-true business practices to succeed in business..
Also, there are a lot of good ideas out there: learn to cherry-pick and adapt to your own needs.
Typical of free idea sources is word-jobber.blogspot.com. While this site limits itself to direct marketing, it’s pretty shrewd. Best of all: there’s a new idea every Monday, just in time for a long week.

Search Engine Marketing: 12 Campaign Mistakes to Avoid

http://www.fathomseo.com/products/search-engine-optimization/ – Fathom SEO’s Mike Murray presents the top 12 SEO campaign killers. 12 campaign mistakes to avoid to ensure your search engine marketing yields the best results. Learn the mistakes to avoid making when planning your own search campaign for your business. To learn more about Fathom SEO’s search engine optimization services, visit http://www.fathomseo.com/products/search-engine-optimization/.

Duration : 0:6:27

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NBR | Scott’s Guide to Social Networking – Part 1 | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/features/special/scotts_guide_social_networking/
PBS Airdate: January 26, 2010
In part 1 of “Scott’s Guide to Social Networking,” NBR tech guru Scott Gurvey explains the first two rules of social media marketing for businesses. As Scott says in his three part series, you’re a “dummy” if you’re ignoring the social networking trend. For more information visit:
http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/features/special/scotts_guide_social_networking/

Duration : 0:2:52

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Is $10 too much to charge for an online video course about search engine marketing?

It all depends whether there is actually something to learn from your video course that is not found free elsewhere. Remember, search engine marketing is an evolving thing — how does your video course capture every latest hiccup or changes in the algorithm of the search engines?

I suggest you look at your competition — what they offer, what is in their course — to get a feel whether your course is priced too low or too high. If you have great and UPDATED/NEW content, then $10 is too cheap. Some online courses can go up as high as $250