Marketing Starts Here has been part of my life since 2015.
It started as something I did on the side — helping local businesses, realtors, photographers, community groups figure out their marketing. Then life took some turns. A corporate marketing role. A few years away from this kind of work. Then that role ended too.
Marketing Starts Here isn’t something new — it’s something I’ve been building on for a long time, decades really, since I got into this field back in 1990.
For me, it’s always been about the human side of marketing for small business.
This is where I’ll be sharing the real, practical side of marketing for small business owners — the stuff that actually matters when you’re running a business and marketing keeps landing at the bottom of your list. What to focus on. What to let go of. How to build something simple enough that you can actually keep up with it.
If you’re a small business owner who feels like your marketing is scattered, inconsistent, or always sitting on the back burner… you’re in the right place.
I’ll be writing about what I see, what works, and what I’m building alongside my own clients. No hype. No pressure. Just real, grounded marketing — one piece at a time.
A quick note on where to go next: the posts on this homepage aren’t necessarily in the order I’d suggest reading them. If you want the full picture, here’s the order that makes the most sense:
Scattered Looks Like This
Clear Looks Like This
How I Actually Work
A Real Win
Read them in that order and you’ll have the whole story — what gets in the way, what it looks like once it’s fixed, how I actually help, and proof that it works.
If that sounds like something you need, subscribe and stick around. Happy to have you here.