Free brainstorming sessions + more coffee marketing ideas

And other interesting links

Marketing in a time of crisis

And Amid Worldwide COVID-19 Shutdowns, Cafe Owners Speak Out

Relearning how to work

And a feature in Ask the Sprofessionals—Part One: Employee Reviews and Feedback

Basics of social media monitoring

Why Brands Need a Social Media Monitoring Strategy

Giving yourself some grace + Instagram stats for 2020

And Important Instagram Stats You Need to Know for 2020

Read the digital room, kthxbai

And other interesting links

2020 Word: "Centered"

A preview of 2020

2019 Recap

Welcome to the last newsletter issue of the year! This will be short because the end of the year tends to be busy for people & I don’t know many who want to read through long emails right now. If you celebrate, happy holidays. If not, happy solstice &

Using jealousy to your marketing advantage (Part 2)

I only have two more issues left to send for 2019! In this one, I continue with the idea of using jealousy to your advantage, but this time in a marketing sense. My last issue will be a recap of my year (it’s been kinda nuts!). But for now,

Harnessing jealousy to your advantage, Part 1

Thanks to those who responded to my last issue. The thoughts were mixed on full-length vs excerpt + link in a newsletter. So I’ll continue to do what I’ve been doing: anything <~500 words will be published in full here and anything more will be excerpted and

Guide to setting up business boundaries

As we’re nearing the end of 2019, here are some things I’ve been thinking about: * Would you rather have a full article in the Thoughts section or an excerpt + link to the full article? I am personally both an avid reader & a hater of long emails so

Branding strategies for social media

A few things of note in this issue: * Holiday planning is in full swing, so I included two pieces about advertising for the holidays here. Retailers should expect a 40% more social messages this year, so please be kind to yourself during this time. * Later (an Instagram management software) released