About
Built by a small business owner, for small business owners.
Peach State Social exists because small businesses deserve the same quality marketing that big companies take for granted — without the big company price tag.
Kandahar Airfield, 2002 — 2/187 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Rakkasans)
The founder
Niels Alan Cortes spent 10 years on active duty — first as an Infantry Squad Leader with the 101st Airborne (2/187 Raider Rakkasans), landing on the first flight into Kandahar Airfield on January 3, 2002. He was selected in-theater to train foreign special forces. He later served as an Air Force Staff Sergeant overseeing supply and budget operations for a munitions unit at Osan AFB.
After the military, he worked three years as a frontline COVID-19 travel nurse in ICU, detox, psychiatric, and acute care units. When a service-connected disability ended that career, he took the same discipline and problem-solving skills from the military and applied them to the challenge most small businesses face: too much paperwork, not enough time, and no one to handle the marketing.
Peach State Social isn't a pivot into marketing. It's a veteran using the same planning and execution skills that kept people alive — now applied to helping small businesses get noticed and stay organized.
Family man first
Behind the business is a husband and father. Everything we build is rooted in the same values we live at home — honesty, showing up, and taking care of the people around you.
