That's So Creative

That's So Creative WE PROVIDE FULL-SERVICE SOLUTIONS TO YOUR CREATIVE CHALLENGES.

With over 10 years experience, we partner with organizations to increase the effectiveness of their brand message and connect the dots in their visual communications strategy. We deliver top-quality, professional design and business services with personalized attention to help you meet your goals. Services:

-Website design
-Social media and content marketing
-Brochures
-Logo design
-Corporate brand identity packages
(Includes: logo, business card, letterhead, envelop, promo piece)
-Marketing Materials and Printing
(Postcards, flyers, direct mail, posters, CD covers etc.)
-Book/Magazine Layout
-Shopping cart customization
-Marketing Copy
(Spruce up your language, get better results!)
-Your Unique Project!

We pulled together three quotes that all circle the same idea from different angles: marketing works best when it's a st...
10/01/2026

We pulled together three quotes that all circle the same idea from different angles: marketing works best when it's a story, not a pitch. Seth Godin says people buy the story, not the stuff. Scott Bedbury calls a brand a story that never stops being told. Maya Angelou reminds us that people remember how something made them feel long after they forget the details.

For a small business or nonprofit, this usually means the story is already sitting there- in why you started, who you've helped, or what you've learned along the way; it just hasn't been written down or shared yet. That's So Creative digs for that story first in any brand strategy project we take on.

Which of these three lines hits closest to how you think about your own brand?

📍 Chicago marketing agency | Brand strategy & marketing fundamentals for small businesses

Meet our summer marketing research intern - Nick. Supporting us by digging into the data, spotting emerging trends, and ...
10/01/2026

Meet our summer marketing research intern - Nick. Supporting us by digging into the data, spotting emerging trends, and helping sharpen our market strategies.

Your analytics dashboard is getting an upgrade that writes plain-language summaries for you, so instead of a wall of num...
09/29/2026

Your analytics dashboard is getting an upgrade that writes plain-language summaries for you, so instead of a wall of numbers, you'll get something closer to "your website visits dropped because of X." That's a real improvement for anyone who's ever opened Analytics and immediately closed it again.

What it still won't do is tell you which numbers actually matter for your specific business versus which ones are just noise. A tool can summarize data, but it can't tell a nonprofit that their newsletter signups matter more than their bounce rate, or tell a small business that one slow month isn't a crisis. That's the read we bring to the reporting work we do with clients.

Curious what your numbers are actually telling you? Send us your dashboard.

📍 Chicago marketing agency | Brand strategy & marketing fundamentals for small businesses

If you're only posting as your business- no faces, no names, just the logo and the service- you might be missing your bi...
09/28/2026

If you're only posting as your business- no faces, no names, just the logo and the service- you might be missing your biggest opportunity to build trust. Businesses that start showing up on camera and talking about why they got started in the first place tend to see their engagement shift, because people are finally seeing a person behind the business instead of just a name.

This is worth trying if you haven't. Customers remember faces and stories long before they remember a tagline, especially for a small business or nonprofit where trust is the whole reason someone chooses you over a bigger, more anonymous competitor. That's So Creative helps clients figure out how to show up personally without it feeling forced, as part of the brand strategy work we do together.

If you've been hiding behind the business account, this is your sign to step in front of it.

📍 Chicago marketing agency | Brand strategy & marketing fundamentals for small businesses

09/25/2026

Over the past 10 years, That's So Creative has helped hundreds of Chicago businesses get found, build trust, and grow — through training, brand strategy, and building marketing systems.

We're bringing that experience together in one place: a hands-on cohort designed for owners who are ready to LEARN AND LAUNCH!

If you're ready to build the actual systems needed to grow your brand, join our Digital Visibility Foundations Cohort. In this 6-week, hands-on cohort, you will get:

A done-for-you website or landing page
Stronger Google search visibility
CRM + lead capture system
Automated follow-ups
An analytics dashboard
A 90-day visibility roadmap
A community of support with expert, hands-on guidance

📅 Starting October 8 | Thursdays, 6:30–8:00 PM
📍 Hybrid format
👉 Enrollment is open. Link in bio to save your seat.

🔥 If you’ve been saying, “I know I need to fix my marketing,” this is your time to build it.TSC Igniter: Digital Visibil...
09/25/2026

🔥 If you’ve been saying, “I know I need to fix my marketing,” this is your time to build it.
TSC Igniter: Digital Visibility Foundations starts October 8.

Over six hands-on weeks, we’ll work alongside you to build the systems behind your visibility:
A done-for-you website or landing page
Stronger Google search visibility
CRM + lead capture
Automated follow-up
Analytics dashboard
90-day visibility roadmap

This isn’t another class that leaves you with a longer to-do list.
We’re going to build while we’re together.

📅 Starts October 8
🕡 Thursdays, 6:30–8 PM
💻 Hybrid
✨ Includes a 90-day CRM platform trial

We’re keeping the cohort small so we can provide real hands-on support.
🔥 See what we’re building and reserve your seat:

Questions? Send us a message.

Open ChatGPT right now and type in your business name, or the kind of service you offer in your city. Read what comes ba...
09/25/2026

Open ChatGPT right now and type in your business name, or the kind of service you offer in your city. Read what comes back. Most business owners have never done this, and a new report found only 16 out of every 100 brands are checking this regularly, which means 84 out of 100 have no idea what an AI tool is telling potential customers about them.

Most of the time, what an AI tool says traces straight back to what's written on your website, so if the answer isn't great, that's usually where the fix starts. That's So Creative builds this kind of check into the ongoing work we do with clients, alongside brand strategy and website work that gives AI tools something accurate and compelling to say in the first place.

Try it this week and let us know what you find. If it's not what you hoped, we can help fix it.

📍 Chicago marketing agency | Brand strategy & marketing fundamentals for small businesses

09/24/2026

The best part of building brands for a living? Doing it alongside people who actually make the work feel good. The laughing over coffee, the celebrating a win together, the showing up for each other on the hard days too. This team is the reason That’s So Creative feels less like a workplace and more like a group of people who genuinely like building things together.

People follow people before they follow a business, and if you're a small business owner who's only ever built a brand f...
09/23/2026

People follow people before they follow a business, and if you're a small business owner who's only ever built a brand for your organization, you might be leaving your biggest asset on the table, which is you. The founder's face, voice, and story often do more to build trust than any logo or tagline ever will, especially for a small business where customers want to know who they're actually working with.

That's So Creative helps clients build both sides of this: the business brand and the personal one behind it, through brand strategy and content that reflects who you actually are. If you've been hiding behind your business account, let's fix that.

📍 Chicago marketing agency | Brand strategy & marketing fundamentals for small businesses

Meet Julieta, our summer marketing intern. She's an undergraduate at the University of Chicago who joined our team this ...
09/22/2026

Meet Julieta, our summer marketing intern. She's an undergraduate at the University of Chicago who joined our team this summer to support our research and data work, and in just a short time she's already contributed to building client dashboards, tracking industry trends, and pulling audience insights that inform how we approach strategy for our clients.

We're glad to have her on the team, and we're excited to see what she takes on next.

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