If you've ever received a postcard or letter from Socket at your home or business, you're probably aware that direct mail is one of the ways we spread the word about our services to potential customers.

Today, Allie Schomaker from Socket's marketing department will be speaking to the Capitol City Postal Customer Council (PCC) in Jefferson City about why we use direct mail to reach new customers, what goes into a campaign and how we measure results to make sure we're seeing a return on our investment.

The Fulton Street Fair was this past weekend, June 21-22, and Socket was there demoing our fiber broadband and getting to know the people of Fulton!

We had demonstrations in our booth with Netflix streaming, a few iPads for people to come by and play with, as well as a phone charging station for when devices got low. For visitors who were as impressed as we were with fiber, and just had to sign up, we gave them a free “Got Fiber?” T-shirt!

Summer is a particularly slow time for blood banks. The college students leave town, and the high schoolers who got out of class to donate are no longer in class. The Red Cross makes a big push to help make up this deficit, and Socket helped out!

"I donate blood as a way of being a good steward of the blessings I have received," says Vicki Winton.