Brand Messaging that Resonates

Finding the Good

A few months back, I sat anxious and nervous in my office on a sunny spring afternoon, the lights were off, and I couldn’t help but continue to tap my pen on my desk while I pondered a decision I really didn’t want to make. It was a Friday that I will never forget. The Friday I had to tell …

Photoshoot Spots

Photoshoot Spots: Lansing Edition

Over the past few months I have been taking photos for Michigan Creative’s new website (coming soon!) and have been taking each person on staff to a location of their choosing for their photos. Between these shoots, my own freelance shoots, and just shooting for fun while I lived in the Lansing area, I have found quite a few really …

Cinnamon Rolls

Michigan’s Top 5 Cinnamon Rolls

One of my top missions in life, besides creating high quality video and photo material, is to find the best cinnamon roll in Michigan. Each place I travel to, I visit a popular bakery in that city and try their cinnamon rolls. In case you were on a similar mission, I decided to provide you with my Top 5.  1. …

Lansing’s Potential

Lansing’s Potential: An Outsider’s Perspective

It was a late February evening and while I’m no stranger to the winter weather, having grown up in Central Pennsylvania, I sure wasn’t ready for Michigan. It was snowing sideways… literally sideways and I thought to myself, “This is a joke, right?” Well, here we are the snow subsided, I’ve had a chance to explore a bit, and my …

Blogging Business CMS

Writing isn’t dead, and you should be doing it

Lately, social media is all about photos, video, and reaching your followers and consumers with relatable, visually aesthetic content. Just by that description, writing doesn’t often fit the bill. But why is that? It’s been thought that writing and creating content to be read is becoming less and less popular – dying, even. Unless you live under a rock, you’ve …

Food Health Plate

Take note of these back to back national days: Mental Health Day & Depression Screening Day

Every single day seems to be a national day for something, except these two are important. You may not be aware of it, but yesterday, October 10th was National Mental Health Day. It was posted about all over social media, creating awareness for mental health, and resources too. Just about every influencer and many people on social media had something to …

your business is a tree

Let’s talk about your health and how it affects your business

Health: mental, physical, emotional. It’s something you’re probably tired of reading and talking about, but hear us out on this one. It’s something that controls your life, even when you don’t think it might be. Your health is crucial to be thinking about, day in and day out. It has a huge affect on your business, whether or not you’re …

Who Do You Spend Your Time With

Who Do You Spend Your Time With: Balcony Thinkers or Basement Thinkers?

As some of you may know: I am the Social Media Manager at Michigan Creative, which I love. As the majority of you may not know: I am also a part-time Mary Kay Consultant for fun. Through Mary Kay, I’ve been able to learn so much about business and leadership through our weekly meetings and training sessions. It’s great to …