Marketing Maven Blog

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 Outdated design, clunky navigation, weak SEO, hard-to-manage content, and missed automation opportunities can quietly hold your business back.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.

As a marketing and consulting business, we’ve worked with a wide range of clients. Over the years, that variety has led to some pretty unexpected moments. Today, we’re highlighting some of the weirdest requests we’ve been asked to work on, whether that’s the subject matter of the project, the type of deliverable, or the oddly specific purpose behind it. From inappropriate industries to extremely particular safety labels, these projects have definitely kept things interesting.

If you’re not a professional copywriter, website designer, or SEO expert, it can be tough to know whether your website is helping your business or holding it back. Your website needs to function smoothly, connect with your audience, look professional, and be optimized for both search engines and the people looking for information. To help you evaluate where you stand, we’ve put together eight ways you can dive into your website and see if it’s time to make some changes.

We recently gave our portfolio a full refresh across both our website and YouTube channel, and we are excited to share it. Over the past several months, our team has been building, designing, filming, photographing, and launching projects for clients across a wide range of industries. It was time for our portfolio to better reflect the quality, creativity, and results behind that work.

We’re proud to share that Marketing Maven Consulting has been recognized as a Top 10 Marketing Agency in Kansas for 2025 by BusinessRate. This ranking is based on verified Google reviews and customer feedback, and reflects the trust our clients place in us and the consistency of the work our team delivers every day.

Chances are you’ve said something like, “Hey Siri, where’s the best Mexican restaurant near me?” or “Hey Google, what time does the nearest coffee shop open?” That’s voice search in action. And if your business isn’t properly set up to show up in those results, you’re missing out on customers who are actively looking for exactly what you offer. The good news is there are simple, free steps you can take to make sure your business shows up for voice assistants like Google, Siri

Your website is one of the most powerful tools in your business. It quietly works behind the scenes to attract new customers, strengthen your marketing, and build long-term value for your brand. If you’re not thinking about your website this way, you’re missing one of the biggest opportunities to grow your business. It’s time to see it differently, not as something that simply exists, but as a working system that supports your goals every single day.