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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

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

By Will Aden|2025-01-31T18:26:17-05:00January 31st, 2025|Marketing, Marketing Analytics|

How to Generate Leads For Your Business
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How to Generate Leads For Your Business

Advertising, Email Marketing, Online Advertising, SEO

How to Generate Leads For Your Business

5 Successful Lead Generation Strategies What is lead generation? [...]

By Will Aden|2024-11-21T12:03:18-05:00November 21st, 2024|Advertising, Email Marketing, Online Advertising, SEO|

Top 5 KPIs For Measuring Brand Awareness
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Top 5 KPIs For Measuring Brand Awareness

Google Analytics, Marketing, SEO

Top 5 KPIs For Measuring Brand Awareness

The Most Important Key Performance Indicators In Digital Marketing [...]

By Will Aden|2024-08-27T13:06:51-05:00July 27th, 2024|Google Analytics, Marketing, SEO|

How to Utilize AI for SEO
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How to Utilize AI for SEO

SEO

How to Utilize AI for SEO

Introduction AI (or artificial intelligence AI) is machine-learning software [...]

By Will Aden|2024-06-11T18:33:07-05:00March 18th, 2024|SEO|

How to Optimize Internal Links for SEO
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How to Optimize Internal Links for SEO

SEO

How to Optimize Internal Links for SEO

A Strategy Guide to Internal Linking for SEO What [...]

By Will Aden|2024-04-01T13:03:25-05:00December 26th, 2023|SEO|

What is the Difference Between SEO and PPC advertising?
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What is the Difference Between SEO and PPC advertising?

Advertising, Online Advertising, SEO

What is the Difference Between SEO and PPC advertising?

The Main Difference Between PPC and SEO PPC (pay-per-click) [...]

By Will Aden|2023-11-15T15:07:06-05:00November 15th, 2023|Advertising, Online Advertising, SEO|

Why Keyword Stuffing is Bad for SEO: Google Spam Policies Explained
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Why Keyword Stuffing is Bad for SEO: Google Spam Policies Explained

Marketing, SEO

Why Keyword Stuffing is Bad for SEO: Google Spam Policies Explained

Introduction The top three search results on Google get [...]

By Will Aden|2024-07-09T12:42:05-05:00October 5th, 2023|Marketing, SEO|

Inbound vs. Outbound Marketing: What’s the Difference?
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Inbound vs. Outbound Marketing: What’s the Difference?

Advertising, Marketing, Online Advertising, SEO, Social Media

Inbound vs. Outbound Marketing: What’s the Difference?

Introduction Inbound and outbound marketing are strategies used to [...]

By Will Aden|2024-08-27T13:13:20-05:00July 5th, 2023|Advertising, Marketing, Online Advertising, SEO, Social Media|

Graphic Design vs Web Design and How They Work Together.
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Graphic Design vs Web Design and How They Work Together.

Graphic Design, Marketing, Mobile Web Design, Website Design

Graphic Design vs Web Design and How They Work Together.

When developing a website, you must consider both graphic [...]

By Will Aden|2023-09-21T15:02:30-05:00March 4th, 2023|Graphic Design, Marketing, Mobile Web Design, Website Design|

December 2022 Google Update: Link Spam and What You Need to Know
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December 2022 Google Update: Link Spam and What You Need to Know

Business Management, Online Advertising, SEO

December 2022 Google Update: Link Spam and What You Need to Know

Last week, Google made one last update to its search [...]

By Will Aden|2023-10-12T14:17:44-05:00December 15th, 2022|Business Management, Online Advertising, SEO|

44 High Circle Drive NE
Iowa City, IA USA
52240-7935

1120 Depot Ln, Ste 100
Cedar Rapids, IA USA
52401

Email Us Request a Quote

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

Vortex creates email templates and devises the most effective methodology to deliver email marketing to your audience. We use best practice techniques to help retain your readers long term.

On-Board SEO

SEO is the process of increasing a site’s visibility and ranking in organic search results. Websites that have well-developed SEO easily convey what they’re all about to Google, resulting in higher rankings in search results.

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

An in-depth report with statistics outlining weekly results of advertising, website traffic, bounce rates, and more! Vortex also prepares a unique executive report summarizing your results.

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