Marketing Tips, Insights & Ideas

This year, Marketing Maven Consulting celebrates our TENTH anniversary in business full-time, with even more history before that. Take a look at our journey from 2016 to 2026!

If you’re new to Adobe Lightroom, a few basic tools can go a long way in helping you organize and edit your photos. Melissa, our Director of Graphic Design & Digital Media, shares a few of her go-to Lightroom editing tips for getting started.

We're celebrating our TENTH anniversary in business this fall, as well as our recent move to Wichita! And we want YOU to join in the fun. All are invited to attend a special event on Friday, November 13th from 3:30-5:30 PM. Stop by Groover Labs, located at 334 N. Saint Francis Ave, to tour our new office, enjoy gourmet hors d'oeuvres, network with other professionals, and snag some awesome freebies.

Tired of manually spacing objects in Adobe Illustrator? In this quick tutorial, learn how to use the Distribute tool to evenly space repeating elements in just a few clicks. It's a simple time-saving trick that helps create cleaner, more consistent designs while speeding up your workflow.

Follow Kynnedy as she reflects on her summer internship at Marketing Maven, where she gained hands-on experience in video production, photography, teamwork, and professional communication. From creative projects to career lessons, discover how the internship helped shape her skills, confidence, and future goals.

Every font has a personality, and the fonts you choose can shape how customers perceive your brand before they read a single word. In this guide, we explore the characteristics, associations, and common uses of eight different font categories to help you find the right typographic voice for your business.

Marketing Maven was recently featured by the Wichita Business Journal following our move to Wichita, Kansas. Learn why we chose Groover Labs, how the company has grown over the past decade, and what's ahead as we continue serving clients across Kansas and throughout the United States.

Marketing Maven founder Rachel Rains was recently featured by VoyageKC Magazine. In the interview, Rachel shares her journey from Chamber and healthcare marketing to launching Marketing Maven in 2016, along with lessons learned, challenges overcome, and the people who helped shape the company along the way.

Social media verification is no longer just for celebrities and major brands. From Meta Verified to X Premium, businesses now have more paid verification options than ever before. But are the monthly subscriptions actually worth it? Here’s a breakdown of what different platforms offer, what features matter most, and whether the fancy blue checkmark truly helps businesses grow online.

Marketing Maven Consulting, a premier brand management and design firm based in Kansas, is excited to announce the addition of Kynnedy Peoples as a Student Intern. Kynnedy joins the team with a strong foundation in video editing and a passion for creative storytelling, bringing a fresh perspective to the company’s growing content and media efforts.

If your website is more than three years old, it may be time for a refresh. Outdated design, clunky navigation, weak SEO, hard-to-manage content, and missed automation opportunities can quietly hold your business back. In this guide, we break down six common signs your website needs an update and how modern design, better structure, stronger messaging, and improved functionality can help your site work harder for your business.

The team at Marketing Maven Consulting is excited to share that as our business continues to grow and evolve, our primary office location will be relocating within Wichita at the end of April. While our address is changing, our team, services, and commitment to serving clients across Kansas and throughout the United States remain exactly the same. Please update your records to reflect our new address effective May 1, 2026.