by Kim Garmon Hummel | Jul 26, 2023 | Growing Small Business, Growth-Driven Design, Systems That Scale
What makes McDonald’s french fries so good? (Note—we didn’t say “good for you”—just, so good!) It’s the combination of that uniform shape, heat, salt, fat…and the predictability that they’re always going to taste the same. When Ray Kroc joined McDonald’s in 1954 and...
by Kim Garmon Hummel | Jul 19, 2023 | Business Growth, Growing Small Business, Growth-Driven Design, Stories That Sell
Here’s the situation: your company’s brand message is either attracting or repelling customers—plain and simple. In other words, your brand is doing one of two things: Enticing people in; compelling them to explore your company, products, and services OR (And this is...
by Kim Garmon Hummel | Jul 12, 2023 | Business Growth, Data That Drives, Growing Small Business
When I first learned how to make spaghetti I was a college student and my kitchen skills were limited. A dorm-mate told me, “throw it at the wall. If it sticks, it’s done.” While that may be true, it takes a lot of trial and error, and noodles, to get to just right....
by Kim Garmon Hummel | Jun 15, 2023 | B2B Marketing, Business Growth, Growing Small Business
If you ask us, there’s no such thing as too much experience, knowledge, or expertise. (We’d also add caffeine to that list, but that’s beside the point.) Case in point: our recent merger under the name Sauce Agency. As a combination of The Selling Agency and Sauce...
by Kim Garmon Hummel | May 31, 2023 | Business Growth, Growing Small Business, Websites That Wow
In today’s tech landscape, one-size-fits-all solutions are usually seen as a big red flag. The thinking is that the more niche and specific your tech-stack, the more competitive you’ll be with others in the same industry. I mean, who buys pants that are one-size-fits...
by Kim Garmon Hummel | May 10, 2023 | Business Growth, Growing Small Business, Growth-Driven Design
When I say, “website redesign,” what’s your first reaction? Are you recoiling in horror, experiencing flashbacks to agonizingly long redesign projects of websites past, or are your eyes clouding with visions of evaporating dollar signs as you consider the cost? Yep,...
