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Social Firm Company Overview

Social Firm Was Founded to Help Businesses Like Yours Unlock Your

Brand’s Potential Online

Founded in 2010, Social Firm has a team of expert digital marketers and designers who combine passion, technology, and creativity in our mission of helping companies of all sizes to succeed online, engage with their customers, and achieve long-term business success.

Marketing Challenges

Do you really have the time and resources to operate a robust marketing program?

It can be difficult to stand out online without professional help. Creating quality story-based content that’s engaging and relevant to your audiences and regularly posting can be draining and time-consuming. Plus, there’s a lot more to it than that, which is why a digital marketing and design firm like Social Firm can help develop a strategy that guarantees your content reaches the right people and has the impact to inspire customer loyalty and increase sales.

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Social Firm Named Among 50Pros Summer 2025 Best in Industry Top Firms
Award Winning

Award-Winning Excellence You Can Trust

Social Firm has been recognized as one of 50Pros' Summer 2025 "Best in Industry" Top Firms, joining an exclusive group of agencies selected through their rigorous, invitation-only vetting process. This prestigious recognition validates our commitment to delivering exceptional client satisfaction, maintaining consistent performance, and achieving industry leadership.

In 2025 alone, Social Firm has earned multiple international honors, including the Hermes Creative Awards Gold Winner, Web Excellence Awards Winner, and 50Pros "Best in Industry" recognition – demonstrating our proven ability to deliver award-winning results for clients across all industries.

Local Recognition

Columbus's Officially Recognized Digital Marketing Leader

Social Firm has achieved triple recognition from Expertise.com as the Best Branding Agency, the Best PPC Agency, and the Best Digital Marketing Agency in Columbus. Selected from over 10 million companies nationwide through rigorous evaluation of reputation, qualifications, and client results, this comprehensive recognition validates our expertise across all areas of digital marketing.

Combined with our 2025 Hermes Creative Awards Gold, Web Excellence Awards, 50Pros "Best in Industry", and Expertise.com Triple Winner status, Social Firm stands as Columbus's most awarded digital marketing agency.

When you choose Social Firm, you're partnering with the agency that independent experts consistently recognize as the best choice for branding, PPC, and comprehensive digital marketing solutions.

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Our Values

Our values are the lens through which we serve you.

At Social Firm, we take a holistic, turn-key approach to digital marketing and design. Our service is guided by our core values, which we call C.R.I.S.P.:

Courage

Doing things that scare us makes us feel more alive. That’s what adrenaline is – our body’s call to action. Our body’s way of preparing us to outrun lions or saber-toothed tigers. When we’re scared to do or say something, we do it scared, then we realize it really wasn’t that scary after all.

Relationships

We have a responsibility to our team, ourselves and our clients, to follow our values and principles. We put people before process and set each other up for success. We show up and we participate. We love each other unconditionally.

Integrity

We are committed to doing the right thing, even when nobody’s watching. We live our values and principles. We know the whole is much greater than the sum of the parts. We choose our thoughts and actions based on our values, not on personal gain.

Service

Our service is threefold: we serve each other, we serve our clients, we serve our community. We always want to improve and grow. Anyone who comes into contact with us should be better for it. We are active participants in the local community and we routinely raise money and donate our time for philanthropic events we care about.

Proactivity

Things don’t happen to us, we happen to things. We don’t wait for opportunities to present themselves, we create opportunities. We contribute and participate, we’re active networkers, and we continuously educate ourselves on our industry.
Our Process

The Process to Getting Started with Social Firm is Simple

At Social Firm, we believe in simplicity. The less confusion, the better—for both your business and your customers.

Step One

Schedule a Discovery

Our first meeting is so important. This allows us to get to know each other, get to know your business, establish your goals, and see if we’re a good fit.
Step Two

Determine a Strategy

This is where we dig a little deeper. We’ll establish your target audience, solidify goals and budgets, and determine a plan of action.
Step Three

Go For Launch

After we’ve determined the best plan of action – away we go! This is the fun part where our strategy and design teams take the reins to bring your project to life.
Step Four

Measure Results

Collecting and analyzing data is the key to ensuring your marketing dollars are well spent. We’ll measure how your marketing efforts are converting customers to help with all future marketing efforts.
Working With Us

If you want to be the best in your industry, work with the best in ours!

Social Firm's team comprises some of the best digital marketers and designers in Columbus. We united with a single mission: helping companies like yours achieve success by unlocking their full potential online.

Boost Online Presence & Engagement

We can help you create a strong online presence by building you a website that looks and functions great. We ensure your content is engaging and your ads reach the right people.

Track the KPIs That Matter Most

We help you to determine your critical KPIs and set up the processes and analytics to track results and measure your success.

Add to the Pipeline & Revenue Bucket

To grow, you must increase your knowledge base and prospect pipeline. We help develop strategies, so you’re constantly gaining essential market data, adding new prospects, and increasing sales.

Lead the Competition

We help your company keep up with changes in the digital marketing landscape and your specific industry segment so you remain competitive and viewed as a thought leader.
Client Reviews

Trust is Everything

Please, don't take our word for it. We truly appreciate our clients, and sometimes they let us know how much they appreciate us, too.

Getting Started

Let's unlock your brand's potential together.

Schedule a discovery call today to share your digital marketing and design goals and see how Social Firm can help.

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Industries We Serve

Law Firms, Financial Services, Wealth Management, Home Builders, Home Services, HVAC, Services, Healthcare, Restaurants, Hospitality, Property Management, and more.

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Matt Erney
STRATEGIC MARKETING DIRECTOR
After founding Social Firm in 2010, I learned that having a healthy business online requires an equal balance of messaging, design and marketing. My vision is to help businesses compete in the marketplace by simplifying, clarifying and then amplifying their message.

I currently lead the Strategic Marketing team at Social Firm. I believe that to achieve greatness, one must be intentional and move quickly with focus beyond one’s self. I love Columbus and am energized by helping businesses realize their digital potential.
Jason Willis
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Like many in the design world, I started out as a freelance. My early career was on the sales and marketing side of business, and I’ve worked with, and for several large companies. However, my greatest joy is helping and sharing in the success of locally owned organizations.

When I’m not tailgating at an OSU game or playing tennis, I love traveling and creating new experiences with my best girl Kelly and my "little gentleman" dog Charlie. I like visiting all the new restaurants popping up around town and seeing which one can make the best Old Fashioned.
Julie Englerth
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Julie is fully remote and hails from Longview, Texas, deep in the heart of the “Piney Woods” of East Texas where she lives with her husband and three amazing kids. She is also an experienced worship leader at her local church where her husband is a full-time worship pastor. Julie is passionate about encouraging and empowering people around her, leading worship, leading small groups at her church, or spending time with her loved ones.

She works closely with Matt in day-to-day communications and strategic planning. She has a knack for learning new things quickly!
Laura Elliott
Senior Digital Strategist
I have been in the digital marketing space since graduating from Xavier University in 2012 and I have experience in both the B2C and B2B realms. I specialize in digital advertising and have seen how it has evolved and grown over time. It has been exciting to keep up with all the new developments and changes throughout the years in the world of advertising and I thoroughly enjoy researching ways to leverage these changes to improve success for my clients. Throughout my career, I’ve honed and adapted my skills in data analytics and lead generation and enjoy learning about new industries and driving success for each of my clients!

When I’m not at work, I love to spend time with my family and traveling. My main goal is to travel all over the world with my husband and son!
Ally Gatien
DIGITAL SPECIALIST
Since graduating from the University of Dayton in 2021 with a focus in Marketing, I have worked for both a small local media agency and a large television station. In my professional career, I am most recently coming from a Digital Sales Coordinator role where I was able to focus in on all Digital Marketing tactics after learning about the world of broadcast TV. I am passionate about helping others and I look forward to being able to help countless local businesses as a Digital Specialist on a more efficient and effective scale!
Geno Marinelli
DIGITAL SPECIALIST
A fresh graduate from The Ohio State University, I’m excited to absorb as much as I possibly can! With prior experience in both advertising creative and strategy, I’m excited to learn from the best. I enjoy staying ahead of the curve, understanding or contextualizing the latest trends and developments in tech and Marketing. If there’s a disruptor, I want to know how it works, why it’s working, and if it can work for us.

As a Digital Marketing Specialist, I will assist in strategy, implementing changes and new initiatives on behalf of our clients helping them to reach their goals and achieve results. My favorite part of any final reveal is the before and after; the side-by-side comparison of the old and the new motivates me to always be looking for new and innovative ideas.
Terence Womble
CONTENT MANAGER
I spent the first half of my career working in public relations and marketing mostly in New York City but also in Toronto, Philadelphia and Columbus. Even with clients as diverse as Philip Morris, The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Shakespeare in Central Park, CAPA, Jazz Arts Group, or Broadway shows, the common theme has been compelling stories. Helping craft and share stories for our clients is my passion.

Other passions? Sure. Tennis, jazz, classical music and classic disco; reading, documentaries, fact-based dramas, and forensic crime shows. I also enjoy a perfectly mixed and presented Manhattan – up or on the rocks.
Sheena Erney
ACCOUNTING
I spent over 10 years in corporate banking and quit corporate life to be a stay-at-home mom before my second child turned one. I love taking my four little ones on adventures, but I missed the hustle and bustle of work life. It’s exciting to work for a small business where we can so easily stay up to date and develop our processes as business needs change. Best of all, I get to work with my husband!

When I'm not working, I enjoy golf, reading, traveling and playing cards. Watching our four children learn and grow is one of the greatest joys of my life.
Doug Bierl
STRATEGIC PROJECT MANAGER
I have an inherent desire to help people and I like to figure out how to best connect people with something they need. That led me to a career in marketing and client services, primarily in marketing strategy and planning in product management, advertising account management, and marketing consulting.

When I’m not at work, you may see me walking the streets of Westerville with my wife, Julaine, or in a cafe meeting with a guy talking about life and faith. I value time with family, staying physically active and being outdoors brings me energy and joy.