The Bountiful Benefits of Keeping Coal on Retainer

The Bountiful Benefits of Keeping Coal on Retainer

Expanding businesses have complex creative concerns. From the budding seed of a simple, yet beautiful logo, brands can quickly grow to need video, visual and written content to engage and connect with their audiences. And, when your business really hits, … Read More

Why Hire an Outside Marketing Team?

Why Hire an Outside Marketing Team?

Coal Creative: A Collaborative Marketing Partner If you already have a strong team of social media wizzes, web design aficionados, and graphics gurus on staff, you might not see the benefit of working with an outside marketing agency. But even … Read More

Let's Get Social

Let’s Get Social

In 2022, the social media app market was valued at $49.09 billion, and an estimated 4.9 billion people use social media worldwide [1]. What does this mean for you and your brand? Your social media is valued, too—and it’s a … Read More

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No Staff Shall Be Sidelined: How to Make an Intern’s Time at Your Company a Transformative Experience

Here at Coal, we’re in the habit of taking on bright, fresh minds to add to our recurring roster of imaginative all-stars. Every year or so, we scour the lecture halls and libraries of Pennsylvania’s prestigious postsecondary institutions to secure … Read More

The Coal Crew’s Tips For Cultivating an Authentic Company Culture

The Coal Crew’s Tips For Cultivating an Authentic Company Culture

Cultivating an authentic company culture can benefit your business in many ways. Most notably, it can ensure that your top talent remains loyal and invested for the long haul. After all, 71% of employees say they would start looking for … Read More

Coal Creative - How to set up your WFH space (work from home)

Work Sweet Work: How To Optimize Your Work-From-Home Space

The modern workspace is evolving. Workers are fleeing fluorescent overhead lighting, open floor plans and bumbling water cooler conversations for the comfort of at-home pajama pants and the sweet, sweet nothings of their own lo-fi Spotify playlist. And who needs … Read More

The Art of the Creative Sales Pitch

The Art of the Creative Sales Pitch

From elevator pitches to suit-and-tie presentations (complete with visual aids), sales pitches are part and parcel of getting your product in front of clients.  But there are certainly secret ingredients to the perfect sales pitch — whether you’re persuading peckish … Read More

Creative Juice - How to stay ahead of your tasks

How to stay ahead of your tasks

The unofficial guide from Coal Creative’s most organized team members How many tasks would you say someone like Coal Creative Content Director Samantha Bucher has in queue? A dozen? Maybe 20? The answer might shock you.  Before sitting down to … Read More

Creative Juic - The Art of the News Release

The Art of the News Release

A news release is a simple document with a big job. It’s a common format sent by businesses, organizations and prominent individuals to media outlets from small weekly papers to national news networks. The objective of a news release is … Read More

Our Favorite Tools for Marketers

Our Favorite Tools for Marketers

Marketing is a dynamic combination of art and science. There is the creative side and the technical side. The best marketers combine both. At Coal Creative, we take advantage of several programs and apps that make our work a little … Read More