by Sarah Spoelstra | Jan 5, 2022 | Business, Creativity, Digital Marketing, Graphic Design, Inbound Marketing, Marketing, Packaging Design
Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were filled with love, laughter, and joy and you’re looking forward to 2022. This month I’m finding focus, feeling heartbroken by the Marshall fires, reducing the plastic packaging I bring into my house, watching...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Nov 17, 2021 | Digital Marketing, Email Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Marketing
Just like when you sit down at supper — you don’t start eating until everyone has sat down, received their order, or chew with your mouth open (a personal pet peeve of mine). In marketing and design, if you have good manners, not only will you show your audience...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Oct 9, 2021 | Digital Marketing, Email Marketing, Graphic Design, How-to, Improve Engagement, Inbound Marketing
It happened to me one dark and stormy night. Someone hit the unsubscribe button. Boo, I thought! Was it something I said? Maybe it was my content? Perhaps it’s dreadfully dull? But then I realized they weren’t in my target market. I breathed a heavy sigh...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Oct 6, 2021 | Business, Digital Marketing, Facebook, Graphic Design, Inbound Marketing, Instagram, Marketing, Social Media, Web Design
As most folks know, whether they’re on social media or not, on October 4th, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were all out of commission for 6 hours, which felt like an eternity for my teenage daughter but had me half wishing for simpler times when social media didn’t...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Mar 11, 2021 | Branding, Inbound Marketing, Marketing
Inbound Marketing Lessons I Learned from my Dad Whenever I hear the term “inbound marketing”, I think of my dad. He was using the basic Inbound principles selling AAA insurance long before it became the buzz around the marketing world. And the more...