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 …

Sidewalk sales michigan

Sidewalk Sales: Smart or Sneaky?

Ladies and gents, boys and girls, it’s that time of year again: Sidewalk sales. For many people (including myself), this is no joking matter. Instead of spending a sunny Saturday lounging on the beach, countless sales-crazy shoppers flood the streets of their favorite cities with dollar signs in their eyes and ferocity in their hearts. No one is safe, especially …

Lansing Video production

First day as an intern

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 …

Small Business And The Holidays

Small Business And The Holidays

We all know that small business plays an important role in any community, and that is especially apparent here in Lansing. Michigan Creative is one of the many, many “startups” in the area, and we love being part of the startup culture! Entrepreneurs are so full of passion for their work, their community and their employees, and that’s something you …

Incorporating Graphics Into Your Video

I Don’t Need Video Because…

How have you ended this sentence before? “I don’t need video because… ‘it has nothing to do with my business.’ ‘it’s not in the budget.’ ‘we’re doing well enough without it.’” Sound familiar? I’m here to tell you why, if you’ve ever caught yourself saying, even thinking, any of these things, you need to rethink whether or not your business …