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I Came Home Different
Aundréa Cika Heschmeyer reflects on how a deeply personal trip to Poland—filled with family history, reconnections, and long‑overdue clarity—changed the way she views time, ambition, and leadership. She returned home different, with a renewed sense of what truly deserves her energy.
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Staying Focused when the World is Unraveling
A grounded reflection on leading, working, and staying centered when the world feels heavy. This post explores how to hold space for grief, uncertainty, and responsibility while still showing up with intention.

Getting Down to Business — Your 2026
We trade holiday cookies for calendars and to-do lists this month, making it the perfect time to reset how you show up, grow, and connect. In this month’s feature, we’re breaking down three practical (and slightly humorous) marketing resolutions that can help you find more customers, strengthen your brand, and finally get serious about social media—without burning out by February.

The Stories We Carry Forward
One moment, you’re a child on the floor near the Christmas tree, surrounded by siblings, wrapped in the quiet certainty that someone older and steadier is holding everything together. Next, you’re grown—trying your best to recreate the magic, exhausted, determined, and hoping no one notices how tired you are because the moment matters more than you do.

Delivering Data (and packages) this Holiday Season
If you spot a UPS truck racing against the holiday clock this month, there’s a chance Matt Abramowski is behind the wheel.
During the busiest season of the year, Matt pulls double duty—serving as a seasonal UPS driver while continuing his work at MARQUEE Creatives as our CRM and Data Systems Specialist. It’s a demanding schedule, but one that perfectly reflects Matt’s work ethic, reliability, and willingness to step up when things get hectic…qualities our nonprofit clients benefit from year-round.
Looking Back – Your Year-End Marketing Review
As one year comes to a close and another begins, it’s natural to look back at the previous year to review your successes and, yes, your failures. For example, in 2025, I was able to stay fairly consistent in posting to my Substack, with over 40 published posts! Woohoo! That said, I only added 78 new subscribers, which is 4,922 short of my goal for the year. Oh, well. At least I learned a valuable lesson: I need to lower my expectations.

Art that lives with you—literally.
I’m excited to share one of my most enjoyable, creatively freeing projects: a landing page for the local tattoo shop Upper Level Tattoo. This project was a fun departure from my usual work, giving me the chance to break the mold and lean into something truly playful. I’ve been contemplating my first tattoo for years, and while I’m still deciding, I’m pretty sure I know where I’d go—the talent at Upper Level Tattoo is exceptional.
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