This afternoon I spent my lunch break as I spend most of my lunch breaks—I took my adorable, feisty, friendly, handful-and-a-half puppy Bandit for a walk, heated up leftovers, and sat at my work desk, eating a fairly healthy meal while perusing the Internet. I work from home, 300-plus miles away from my coworkers and
Category: From the Mustang Team
Client Immersion
As Mustang Marketing’s clientele continues to grow—both in terms of the number of clients we have and their stature—any opportunity we have to be in the same room with our clients’ entire team is an important one to jump on. And so jump I did, all the way to Chicago for the 2014 Marketing Leadership
Apply Organization to Yourself Before Applying to Others
As Mustang Marketing’s production manager, I spend most of my day getting everyone else organized to make sure that all our internal and client-related jobs are completed on time. When I came into my roll, I had little experience with keeping track of so many people’s roles for so many important projects, as well as
Cooperation Station
Some people confuse cooperation with dictatorship—I tell you what to do and you do it, hence you are cooperating with me. Though it may work, and be the definition for some, this is not the kind of cooperation that breeds creativity or innovation. Breaking the word apart, you literally get “co” and “operate,” which means—you
Turning In the Keys
After an amazing two and a half years, the time has come for me to say goodbye to Mustang Marketing. Thanks to my Mustang journey, I’ve learned a lot of rules of the road that I’ll be able to take with me on my next adventure. It’s not safe to use an outdated AP Stylebook.