Creative Blog Solutions supports small businesses who understand the value of using social technologies to build deeper relationships with their prospects and customers. We have three focus areas: Business strategy (Plan), Training and Development (Learn) and Technical Design (Build). Our team of marketing, PR, and Web 2.0 professionals help clients implement social marketing solutions that deliver maximum impact and ROI.
Founded by Terri Holley, social media strategist and certified life/business coach, Creative Blog Solutions has had measurable success for clients in both the for-profit and not-for-profit business sectors.
Terri Holley, CEO and principal of Creative Blog Solutions
How does a woman who walked away from a day job become a leading authority in social media? With a few detours and a lot of tenacity.
It began almost four years ago. Terri fell in love with the coaching methodology and left her day job to build her own business. Like any savvy entrepreneur, Terri knew she had to establish a presence on the web. In six weeks, she had a beautiful site courtesy of a hired webmaster. Trouble was no one came to visit—except for Terri. What she needed was a little search engine optimization (SEO), but with little knowledge and no cash, Terri had to get creative. Intrigued by a book called Blog Wild, she took her first steps in the world of blogging. For a fraction of the cost, Terri set up a blog at Typepad and started cranking out some content. Lo and behold, the traffic started flowing – but not to her site. Terri’s blog got all the attention. She was onto something. Since then, nothing has been the same.
Week by week, tool by tool, Terri became a proficient user of several social tools and Creative Blog Solutions was born. Not only is Terri is the CEO of a small social media agency, she is a contributor to Women Grow Business, recently recognized by Forbes magazine as one the best marketing and social media blogs written by women. She is also the host of the Social Media Voices Project, a podcast that spotlights the strategies and leadership techniques of nationally recognized authors, speakers, social media strategists, and interactive marketers.
The secret to Terri’s success? The drive to create her own game. With a little skill, an adventurous spirit, and the willingness to experiment, she was successful at navigating the social web. The benefits have been priceless.
Terri’s clients will tell you that she talks the talk and walks the walk. She continues to grow Creative Blog Solutions with the same strategies she uses to help other businesses. Just like every other hard working business owner, she has her sleeved rolled, she is in trenches and she is passionate about helping other small business owners succeed.
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more about terri…
What I listen to during the day: NPR, my dog snoring
Magazines you will find in my home: Time, Washingtonian, More, Pink, Fast Company, American Girl
Favorite place to have fun: New York City
Most creative time of the day: It used to be 2:00 AM, but as I get older, it’s more like 12:30 AM
Most valuable purchases: A great pair of running shoes, an iPod, my laptop (I have my eye on the iPad but my husband has his eye on my wallet)
Podcasts on my iPod: The Engaging Brand, Managing the Gray, Tell Me More with Michel Martin, Grammar Girl, Writer’s Almanac
My social media hot spot: Amplify
Most recent reads: Confessions of a Public Speaker, Trust Agents
Easiest tasks: Fixing things and mathematics
Favorite relaxation techniques: Running, going to the beach, reading, gardening, listening to really good music
Things I loves: Simplicity, the smell of lavender, nature, laughing, people, innovation, my Bichon Frise
Things I am grateful for: Family, friends, my health, freedom, the wonderful people I serve every day
Mantras of the moment: “Innovation is not the product of logical thought, although the result is tied to logical structure.”
“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.”
- Albert Enstein
Favorite question from daughter: “Mom, how come you know so much about technology? Most old people don’t…”
