I am excited to announce the launch of our new program: #12MonthsOfMarketing templates designed to give you support, guidance and ideas throughout the year as you plan your marketing strategies. Starting with a free template to get your 2019 marketing plan set, our new program is designed to provide ongoing support throughout the year for […]
Small Business Saturday: Why it matters
Shopping at local small businesses is one of the biggest ways you can directly impact your community. Americans believe this and act upon it often. Ninety percent of consumers surveyed in the 2017 Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey believe in the importance of supporting small businesses and shop at one at least once every […]
What we loved about Content Marketing World 2018
Last week, part of the Allee Creative team had the amazing opportunity to attend Content Marketing World in Cleveland, Ohio. Hosted by the Content Marketing Institute, Content Marketing World is the largest content marketing conference in the world. When they say largest, they mean it—CM World brings in over 3,500 attendees for the 3-day conference. Not […]
A new perspective: Leadership Twin Cities recap
Earlier this year, our CEO encouraged me to apply to be a part of the Leadership Twin Cities program through the Minneapolis Regional Chamber and I was accepted! This was a fantastic experience for me to grow as a leader of our own organization and to be immersed into the issues that are facing our […]
SharpHeels small business summit: recap
Yesterday, I had the privilege of attending the SharpHeels Small Business Summit at The Foshay Tower in Minneapolis. When Melissa (Allee Creative’s CEO) announced she was speaking on a panel and invited the team to join her at this event, I was ecstatic. Almost all my work experience has been for small businesses, which means […]
Starting a successful small business from scratch: part two
Here at Allee Creative, we are celebrating National Small Business Week with an interview with our very own CEO Melissa Harrison. As a successful female entrepreneur and small business owner, she shares her experiences (personal and business) in a two-part blog series. Check out my post for part one of the interview and continue reading for […]
Starting a successful small business from scratch: part one
As we celebrate National Small Business Week here at Allee Creative, I sat down with our CEO Melissa Harrison for an interview. As a successful female entrepreneur and small business owner, she shares her experiences (personal and business) in a two-part blog series. Continue reading for part one of my interview with Melissa. Stephanie: In one […]
Showing our gratitude
It’s that time! The Allee Creative annual gratitude post. This year, we have experienced some great things as a team both within our company walls and outside of work. And while we can be overwhelmed at times, we also do our best to remember the importance of being grateful. Each week during our team staff […]
Great things are happening at Allee Creative
This time of year, I often find myself reflecting on the things I am thankful for, successes, challenges and goals for the coming year. As a company, we’ve had such an exciting year with so many (fun) changes. New service offerings, new clients and new staff have all been a part of our exciting growth. […]
Content Marketing World: Lessons learned with a retail spin
I am not a writer in the traditional sense of the word. But, with the ever-rising trend of social media, we’re all writers in some way. And yet, I had a hard time sitting down to write this blog post–my first official blog post as an Allee Creative team member. My background is in retail […]
Allee’s Picks: Our favorite holiday marketing campaigns
We’ve already written about our favorite marketing campaigns in the past, but since the holidays bring a whole new flavor to things, we thought it’d be fun to dedicate a post to our favorite holiday marketing campaigns from this year. Melissa Harrison, founder & CEO “In-Laws Will Melt Over This Perfect $8 Holiday Gift” – […]
Client spotlight post 2: Small business Saturday!
This is the second post in our two-part series spotlighting small business clients in honor of Small Business Saturday. You can find the first post here. Saturday, November 26 is Small Business Saturday! And since Allee Creative is a small business that provides marketing services to some pretty amazing small business clients, we thought we’d […]
Client spotlight post 1: Small business Saturday!
In honor of Small Business Saturday on November 26, we are spotlighting a handful of our small businesses clients. We appreciate their partnerships with our company, the ability to serve them in their content marketing and branding needs, and we want to show them our support as we all go out and #shopsmall this Saturday! […]
In celebration of 10 years: 10 things they never tell you about starting a business
September is Allee Creative’s official birthday month and even though we have been celebrating all year, the team and I threw a 10-year anniversary party for some of our fabulous friends, colleagues and clients last night at Rojo in St. Louis Park. In preparation for the evening’s event, I spent some time thinking about the […]
More than a boss
Maybe it is the Millennial in me, but I hate the word “boss” (unless we are using the Urban Dictionary version of it). It has such a negative connotation in this day and age. When I hear people say “my boss,” it is all too often followed by a negative story; a story of a […]
Inspiration can start at 5 a.m.
Ever need a boost? Inspiration? A kick forward? I did. The year was 2012. At the time my kids were ages 15 and 9. Their world was moving quickly and mine was standing still. I had been in the same management position for quite a few years. My industry was not jumping on the social media […]
A year of growth at Allee Creative
I learned about Allee Creative and met CEO Melissa Harrison when I was working for one of Allee’s clients. Allee was assisting with my then employer’s content marketing strategy and I was inspired by Melissa’s hard work and knowledge of all things marketing. A couple years later, she reached out about an opening on her […]
With Allee Creative, you can
I was first introduced to Melissa and Allée Creative via Maggie Sonnek. Yes, the very same Maggie from this post! I was about a year into my first real-world, post-collegiate job at a very small advertising agency. You hear ad agency and immediately think “Mad Men,” right? Well, I can assure you my job was […]
