Summertime for a college student is weird. You just spent nine months away from home building a community of friends and learning the ropes of a foreign city, and before you know it you’re back eating home-cooked meals and forcing your pets to cuddle with you. You get a job because money is not only savory, but desperately needed for …
I am now in week 3 of my first retail position, and let me tell you this: It’s quite a different creature than freelancing in Graphic Design. However, with the differences, there are still similarities that can help me grow as a designer while I’m on the retail job. Here is what I’ve learned so far: With retail, there are different things to …
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the past, and I still learn to this day, it’s this: Talk to people. Last week, I had grown into a huge funk over what to do with a design. I had come up with the same basic concepts, and each one of them was horrible. I didn’t like them, Brian didn’t like …
Four years ago, I was a girl in a small town north of Grand Rapids just trying to get through high school and hang out with a few friends. Last year, I completed The Early College program through Lansing Community College, and have since then been working on completing my Associates for the Graphic Communications degree. This year, I’m almost …
An early morning for a college student is waking up at 7:50am, but that’s exactly what I had to do as I started my first day as an intern at Michigan Creative. I left my house around 8:30am and drove to 934 Clark street in Lansing, I arrived at the office roughly around 9am. As I entered the building, after …
Writing a great blog post sounds easy enough, right? You can write about something cool you did, something you want to do, your job, what you ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner… But is that really what your audience wants to read? If you’re blogging just for fun and to keep friends and family in the loop, then the answer …
You’ve got a blog? Great! You have great content? Even better! Do you know why you’re writing and sharing all of that great content? Do you know what you need to be doing with it? Almost everyone these days knows they need to be blogging if they want to keep up with the competition and grow their business, but a …
When it comes to creating content to have on your blog, it’s important that you always do the proper research. As a content writer, it’s important that you’re able to educate your readers with the most up-to-date and factual information available on your chosen topic. Here are some great techniques to follow as you begin brainstorming and, eventually, writing your first …
We’ve gotten really serious about blogging here at Michigan Creative lately, and it definitely isn’t because we’re bored or don’t have anything else to do! We’re crazy busy and everyone has a lot going on (which is a good thing!), but blogging is just so important that we’ve been setting aside time specifically for that purpose. You might be wondering, …
You’ve created a blog for your business and now find yourself thinking… what’s next? How can you be sure that you’re creating a standout blog in a space already so crowded with new blogs just like yours? Don’t worry, because with the help of Michigan Creative and this list of 5 great tips, your blog will be a standout in …
