My Story

For the last few years, I’ve been hearing more and more about the impact that my purchases have on the world around me. Industrial sources are responsible for 50% of pollution in America, and small businesses are more likely to use recycled materials than national chains. And the environment isn’t the only benefactor of our choosing small businesses: our communities retain 25% more money when we choose a small local business over a national chain. There are so many reasons to shop locally, but there are also roadblocks for a lot of people. The biggest one is convenience: customers know the names of national chains but don’t necessarily know the names of any small local businesses they could patron instead. That’s where I got the idea to start Grace Regional Marketing.

After interning for the marketing and development department of a local nonprofit during my last semester of university, I discovered that I really liked marketing, and that I’d already been doing a lot of it for my personal blog throughout college. I’d been crafting blog posts, creating email campaigns, and even trying and failing to get the hang of social media marketing a few times, all just for fun. So over the last eight months, I’ve been studying up on how to improve the skills I’ve acquired over the years so that I could eventually open up my own business, helping small local businesses tell their stories online and find new customers that want to shop locally. While I still have a ways to go before I officially open up my marketing agency, I’m going to document my journey here. Right now I’m just building up a portfolio of work, but soon I’ll be a small business owner myself, and I’d love for you to come along with me on this journey. To support me and my future business, click the Instagram icon below and follow my business account. Thanks so much for reading!