Hazel Grace Dircksen
Founder of Socialbees, a Facebook approved provider of Social Ads & Business Pages

Socialbees

Websites:

• www.twitter.com/socialbees
• http://www.twitter.com/socialbees

A passionate entrepreneur based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Hazel Grace Dircksen has helped more then 60 companies leverage social networking tools to expand visibility and reach new audiences. Her most recent company, Socialbees, supports small businesses in using social media through an online resource network and by crafting optimized Facebook Fan Pages and Social Ads that drive engagement from a high target audience - never trash traffic.

As an early adopter, product expert, and industry insider, Hazel Grace has been using and working on social networking sites for the past 6 years from Friendster to Facebook and everything in between. Her technical savvy, forward thinking, and personal connections to numerous social networking companies allows her to immediately cut through the clutter to see the true potential in a particular product and, ultimately, the business value for her clients.

Prior to debuting Socialbees, Hazel Grace was an award winning fashion designer and later launched Fashion for the People (a social fashion site that was a Facebook Developer Platform launch partner at F8 2007), via the San Francisco Ladies Who Launch Incubator Program. She went on to become the Ladies Who Launch Silicon Valley leader and San Francisco co-leader where she consulted to more then 100 female owned businesses, helping them launch and grow.

Her clients include: Closet Couture (a TechCrunch50 startup), The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Andy Baldwin, Ladies Who Launch, Savor the Success, 29-Day Giving Challenge, Feel Your Boobies Foundation, BigSuccess.tv, Hey Lady Shoes, Payson & Co., LLC, CRAVEcompany, Slap Energy Drinks, Lula Lu Petite Lingerie, Curtis Financial and Peternity.

When she's not working on an exciting new project, you can find Hazel Grace on Facebook (first GEO network user-ask about her top secret Facebook account!), MySpace (member at the 500,000 mark), Yelp (Elite member for the past four years), Savor the Success (where she heads the Social Networking Expert Cafe) and Twitter (@socialbees)... just to name a few.

We are highly skilled in strategy and development of optimized Facebook Fan Pages and Social Ads.

We are always looking for new clients and partners. We work with all types of businesses, but we especially love working with companies that already have a Facebook page and helping them to optimize it for engagement.

Our partners are typically marketing companies, pr firms and branding agents who are looking for someone to handle Facebook strategy and development for their clients. Since we have the same audience we can promote you too.

We also pay 10% "thank you" fees for the first job we complete for any new clients you send us. Just tell them to mention your name and we'll send you a check!

Socialbees | Founder

I founded Socialbees to help everyone from small businesses to starving artists establish and grow their presence on Facebook. My team and I offer affordable full service Facebook page setup, ad creation and management. Additionally, we provide one-on-one training and workshops for clients who prefer to handle their Facebook needs in house.

Ladies Who Launch | Leader - Silicon Valley & Co-leader San Francisco

2007-2008

Led development of the Silicon Valley Ladies Who Launch chapter and consulted to more than female owned 100 businesses.

FIDM SF/Bay Area Alumni Association | President

2006-2008

Leveraged social networking tools to build the biggest online FIDM alumni chapter worldwide. Managed relationships with local alumni and advised them on career/entrepreneurial issues. Headed up events team and developed sponsor relations for charity fundraisers.

Digital Brick | Co-founder

April 2007 - July 2007

Focused on product ideation and strategic relationships for our fashion network. Headed up our relationship with Facebook during the launch of our FashionIV application as a Platform launch partner at F8 2007.

Docusource | Document Management Specialist & CDIA+

May 2005 - March 2006

Sales, business development, marketing and technical implementations of ECM & OCR solutions.

Gymboree Corporation | Design

July 2000 - September 2004

Designed apparel for the boy, baby boy and baby girl departments.