Category: Opinion

Two months ago, our biggest client submitted notice due to internal budget cuts.  Unfortunately, this is not a new scenario for us. When small businesses face financial struggles, the marketing budget is frequently on the chopping block, with social media ranking at the top. Social media is relationship marketing – a longer-term effort. Companies with […]

There are many ‘oopsies’ that can happen in business - double booking appointments, forgetting about a meeting, putting an extra ‘0’ on the end of a client’s invoice – to name a few. These are all honest mistakes and I’m sure they happen more often than I’d like to believe. Then, there’s just plain stupidity. […]

It’s hard to believe that I’ve been a part of the #Strella team for 16 months before writing my first post.  Needless to say, it’s time. In case you don’t know me yet, I’m Nathan. Rachel contracts my business to provide services for some of her clients, but I’m also her spouse – a.k.a. her […]

In a previous blog, I said that there is no crying in social media – and that we can’t take things personally.  Imagine, however, what happens when your best friend and the person that you’ve had an instinct to protect is part of that equation.  Twenty seven years ago, I got a phone call that […]

I work from home. And I work with my husband. All day… Every day… Depending on your preferences, this could be a dream job or your worst nightmare. For me, though, I only wish it were that easy to categorize.  Before you think I’m just trying to be funny, allow me to explain. I am […]

We’re a nation of alarmists - plain and simple.  We get hyped up over the smallest things, and it doesn’t take much to throw us into a tizzy.  Social media has made this much worse, by allowing people to share their bizarre alarmist ideas, and do so in such an inaccurate fashion it could make […]

There’s been talk of a ‘dislike’ or ‘empathize’ button on Facebook.  I was not happy with the idea of a ‘dislike button,’ but I do think ‘empathize’ could be useful. As people scroll through the feed, some will ‘like’ a status but very few comment. It’s said that between 70-90 percent of social media users […]

We live in an era of “time poverty” with no end in sight. A recent article in The Economist explained that, for hundreds of years, time has been understood in relation to money.  According to the article, “once hours are financially quantified, people worry more about wasting, saving or using them profitably.” Being connected 24/7 has […]

By Lauren Galli, #Strella Creative Director When I was a little kid, I suffered from excessive curiosity, or in laymen’s terms; I was nosy.  My mom was constantly whispering “MYOB” in my ear, her abbreviated way of telling me to ‘mind my own business.’  She liked to let me know I wasn’t supposed to be […]