Social Media Marketing Serving Cleveland & Northeast Ohio

Cleveland Social Media Marketing Built for Visibility & Engagement

216 Marketing helps Cleveland and Northeast Ohio businesses use social media to strengthen visibility, engage the right audience, support advertising, and connect social activity to broader digital marketing goals.

Social media gives businesses another way to stay visible, communicate with customers, build familiarity, and support other digital marketing efforts. We help Cleveland and Northeast Ohio businesses develop a consistent social presence based on their audience, industry, goals, and the platforms that actually make sense for them.

What Social Media Marketing Services Do We Provide?

  • Content Planning — Develop social content calendars around your services, audience, promotions, educational content, and broader marketing strategy
  • Content Creation & Posting — Create and publish social content designed to keep your business active and recognizable
  • Audience Engagement — Help manage interactions and opportunities to engage with customers and followers
  • Social Media Advertising — Build targeted campaigns across platforms such as Facebook and Instagram when paid social makes sense
  • Performance Tracking — Measure reach, engagement, traffic, conversions, and other signals to understand what’s actually contributing to your goals

How Does Social Media Support Local Businesses?

Social media can reinforce the trust and familiarity that influence local buying decisions. Potential customers may visit your social profiles after finding your business through Google, an advertisement, a referral, or another website to see recent work, customer interactions, company updates, and signs that the business is active.

Social media can also support SEO, content distribution, paid advertising, brand searches, customer retention, and overall online visibility. We don’t treat likes and follower counts as the end goal. The value comes from using social media as one part of a broader digital presence that helps potential customers become familiar with your business.

Which Social Media Platforms Should Your Business Use?

Your business doesn’t need to be active on every social media platform. The right platforms depend on your customers, industry, content, goals, and how people typically discover and interact with businesses like yours.

Facebook and Instagram can work well for many consumer and local service businesses, while LinkedIn may make more sense for professional and B2B audiences. YouTube can support educational content, demonstrations, project showcases, and long-term visibility. We focus on the platforms that provide a useful opportunity instead of spreading your time and budget across every available channel.

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216 Marketing is the best! Brett is super knowledgeable and is great to work with. He cares about his clients and works to get results.
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Brett truly cares about his clients and has extensive knowledge about current trends and uses best practices to generate consistent results for the campaigns he manages. I highly recommend his services
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I had the pleasure of working with Brett and 216 Marketing while managing an electronics accessories brand for a national telecom distributor. Having partnered with Brett before, I knew I could trust him to deliver results—and he absolutely did. His sound advice, deep expertise in SEO and SEM, and strategic guidance helped us cut through a highly competitive category. Brett’s execution of Google Ads, keyword strategy, and analytics was seamless and impactful, providing immediate lift in traffic, rankings, and—most importantly—conversions. He’s not only highly skilled, but also collaborative and proactive, making it easy to trust his recommendations. 216 Marketing proved to be a key partner in our digital growth, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Brett to anyone needing a reliable, ROI-focused digital marketing strategist. His work speaks for itself, and the results we saw in such a short time speak volumes about his capabilities.
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Brett’s knowledge about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is second to none.
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Get skills works well with me. He definitely can show is numbers due to my leads just from my site alone! Plus the phone calls! I have worked with them for years!
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216 marketing really knows their stuff! Knowledgeable, smart and on point. You really helped me. Thanks!
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216 Marketing has helped us with our projects over the past few years and I highly recommend them. Very knowledgeable, works within our budget, and helps us on small items as needed without charging us.
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I engaged 216 Marketing at the end of 2019 and experienced positive SEO results almost immediately. Brett is awesome. The thing I have appreciated the most is that Brett walked me through why things like a website refresh & domain transfer before the SEO began in earnest were so important - his suggestions and work have been completely on-point and everything is going really well. No drama or pushy customer service - Brett is simply interested in helping you and your business and offers helpful suggestions along the way.
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What Should Businesses Post on Social Media?

Effective social media content should give potential customers a better understanding of your business. That can include completed projects, products, services, customer questions, educational information, company updates, promotions, videos, reviews, case studies, and useful content from your website.

The right mix depends on the business. A contractor may benefit from before-and-after projects and educational posts, while a professional service company may focus more heavily on expertise, common customer questions, industry information, and helpful resources.

We also look for opportunities to connect social content with your website, SEO, advertising, and other marketing efforts. A useful blog, new service page, project, video, or customer success story can often be adapted across multiple channels rather than creating disconnected content simply to fill a posting calendar.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does social media marketing include?

Social media marketing can include content planning, content creation, publishing, audience engagement, paid social advertising, and performance tracking. The right combination depends on your business, audience, goals, and available resources.

Which social media platforms should my business use?

You don’t need to be everywhere. Facebook and Instagram can work well for many local and consumer businesses, LinkedIn may be more appropriate for B2B and professional services, and YouTube can support educational and video content. We focus on the platforms that make sense for your audience.

How often should a business post on social media?

There isn’t one posting frequency that works for every business. Consistency and content quality matter more than publishing simply to meet an arbitrary number of posts each week.

What should my business post on social media?

Useful content can include services, completed projects, customer questions, educational information, company updates, videos, reviews, case studies, promotions, and resources from your website. The content should reflect what potential customers actually want to know about your business.

Can social media help generate leads?

Yes, although social media’s role varies by business and industry. Organic content can build awareness, familiarity, and trust, while targeted social advertising can be used to reach specific audiences and generate measurable actions.

Do you manage Facebook and Instagram advertising?

Yes. We can manage paid campaigns across Facebook and Instagram as part of a social media or broader paid advertising strategy, depending on your goals and audience.

How do you measure social media performance?

We look at metrics such as reach, engagement, website traffic, leads, conversions, and other meaningful actions. Follower counts and likes can provide context, but they shouldn’t be the only measures used to determine whether social media is contributing to your marketing goals.

Does 216 Marketing provide social media marketing throughout Northeast Ohio?

Yes. 216 Marketing provides social media marketing for businesses throughout Cleveland and Northeast Ohio and can also work with companies outside the region.