Joe Garrison

Owner

Moonflower Marketing

North Shadeland Alliance

Co-Founder

Clear Church Communications

Helping small churches communicate clearly so they can reach more people and change more lives.

Garrison Law Firm, LLC

Web and Social Media Manager and Legal Assistant

Castleton United Methodist Church

I serve as Assistant Director of a Phao a Student Ministries a ministry for. 5th-12th graders in central Indiana

Asst. Director of Student Ministries

I organize and oversee music for the contemporary services at the Castleton campus right now.

Contemporary Worship Director

Legal Assistant in collections department and Personal Injury Investigator

Legal Assistant/Investigator

As a small business owner, it can be difficult and overwhelming to figure out how to get noticed in the tsunami of online content.

Most small businesses turn to marketing agencies to run ads on Google or Facebook to try and get noticed, often to no avail. They end up burning their hard-earned money at the altar of Mark Zuckerberg.

I help you cut through the noise to create unforgettable marketing that grows your business. It all starts with your message. 

Using the proven StoryBrand framework, I help you invite your ideal customers into a transformational story by positioning you as a guide that helps them (the hero of the story) overcome their problems and find success.

If you don't have the right words, nothing else you do will matter. All of your marketing efforts will be a waste of time and money.

I've helped nearly one hundred organizations across the country find the right words for their marketing. I'm ready to help you too. 

Schedule a free 30-minute introductory call with me today, and let's transform your marketing and grow your small business.

BQL Marketing

Marketing Strategy Consultant

Acorns

Brand: Creative Strategy, Brand Management, Influencer Marketing, Brand Activations, Campaign Measurement, Brand Measurement, Creative Project Management, Program Management, Process Improvements, Team Leadership

Product: GTM strategy, Positioning, Customer Research, New Feature Adoption

Director of Brand and Product Marketing

Capital One

Leveraged customer-centric content strategy to drive full-funnel marketing impact.

• Multiplied the business impact from Capital One’s Content Marketing, through strategic focus on SEO and customer engagement.
• Drove consumer-centric content strategy recognized by Forbes & JD Power, positioning Capital One as a leader in educational content that fuels brand growth.
• Heightening team efficiency with departmental restructure, streamlining strategic planning processes, and consistent performance monitoring and feedback sessions.

Content Strategy Lead

The Martin Agency

Drove the strategy, development, and execution of brand, content, and digital strategies across a diverse mix of brands including Sabra, Subway, Land O'Lakes, Colonial Williamsburg, Timberland Pro, Penske, and GEICO.

• Achieved numerous new business wins by introducing an analytics-led approach for strategic campaign development at The Martin Agency across B2C and B2B clients. Established a social listening practice to identify business opportunities and enable real-time marketing opportunities.
• Established internal education series to cross-train digital and brand specialists, expand core competencies and encourage team collaboration. Instrumental in promotion of 42% of direct reports.
• Initiated a mentorship group focused on empowering next-generation marketers through strategic career management.

VP, Director of Digital Strategy

Director, Digital Strategy & Analytics

Bandwidth Inc.

Led the display, search, affiliate, referral, and social media programs to grow the customer base of the B2C and B2B divisions. Drove digital marketing strategies by utilizing social data pertaining to trends, sentiment levels, and user experience and behavior. 

• Lead cross-channel marketing activation for new DTC wireless brand encompassing TV, digital, and social.
• Uncovered and overcame barriers to conversion through website analytics, customer surveys, and social listening strategies.
• Significantly reduced CPAs by leveraging social custom audiences, CRM, and retargeting campaigns.
• Analysis of sales roadblocks and developing new marketing materials to drive 20% increase in leads YoY.

Integrated Marketing & Analytics Manager

Lulu.com

Led acquisition marketing efforts, campaign analysis, and landing experience optimization.

•	Managed cross-channel performance marketing initiatives and performed campaign analysis to ensure goals were achieved
•	Leveraged creative and marketing knowledge to develop new campaigns, landing pages, content, and creative assets.
•	Improved analytics reporting with universal tag management system & cross-visit participation reporting
•	Developed and implemented international SEO strategies that improved site traffic and increased revenue

Integrated Marketing Manager

McKinney

Developed media strategies emphasizing digital media across several accounts including Nationwide Insurance & Lenovo.

•	Managed branding initiatives on a national and local level, utilizing full-service capabilities within several mediums, including online display advertising, print, national cable, spot cable television, spot radio, and out-of-home
•	Primary planner for top-tier NFL and College sponsorships, including spot television, spot radio, online, print, out-of-home, non-traditional out-of-home, and game-day activation/fan participation events
•	Utilized research tools to assist in national media selection, understanding user behavior, and translated this data into marketing plans to reach the desired consumer
•	Managed and mentored Assistant Media Planners to guarantee they completed projects in a timely manner and gained valuable industry knowledge

Media Planner

HOWARD/MERRELL

Digital Media Planner 

Media Planner, Interactive Specialist

You don’t need more marketing “stuff.” You need a system that actually works.

I help founders and CEOs turn scattered marketing into a people-first go-to-market engine that actually drives growth.

With 20+ years in brand, content, and digital strategy, I’ve seen what works—and what just burns time and budget. I build practical, repeatable systems that create real momentum, without the fluff.

How I help:
-Fractional Marketing Leadership – Strategy, structure, and sanity for your marketing efforts
-Marketing Consulting – A clear plan built around your business, not someone else’s template
-Content & Digital Strategy – Messaging and campaigns that earn trust and drive action

Whether you’re launching, pivoting, or scaling, I help you build marketing that’s aligned, consistent, and actually works.

Let’s turn your marketing into a growth engine—without burning you (or your team) out.

Brand Experience:
Capital One, GEICO, Sabra, McDonald's, Scion, Colonial Williamsburg, Comcast, Lenovo, Nationwide Insurance, Gelati Celesti, Blue Raven Actuarial and more.

Becca Quimby Liberman

I spent three months reprimanding my kid for being kind.

My fifth grader kept sneaking Rubik’s cubes and fidgets into his backpack.
Every morning, same routine: I’d find them, ask him to leave them home, remind him they’re distractions.

He’d grumble that he wasn’t doing anything bad with them.
I’d remind him he’s been having trouble focusing in class.
Round and round we went.

Last week, I chaperoned my daughter's field trip. Her class includes kids with all abilities, and I learned that some of them ride the bus with my kids. 

That night, as we flipped through field trip pictures, my son pointed at the screen: "That's the kid I bring the Rubik's cubes for."

He's the bus safety captain this year and had been bringing them as a tool to help. I assumed he was goofing off.

𝗠𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱: 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
I assumed distraction... when the reality was compassion.

When I finally asked the question he explained this friend got stressed on the bus unless he had a fidget. Queue intense parenting guilt and a big old apology. 

In marketing, we do this constantly. 
-A customer doesn't open our emails, so we assume they're not interested. 
-Someone doesn't buy after three conversations, so we assume they're just shopping around. 
-Traffic drops, so we assume our content isn't working.

But we don't always remember to ask the questions that reveal the real story.

-What if they're not opening emails because they're overwhelmed, not uninterested? 
-What if they're not buying because of timing, not trust? 
-What if traffic dropped because of seasonality, not quality?

The behavior we see isn't the full story. The motivation behind it is.

I'm working on asking better questions. In parenting and business, 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 I make assumptions about what's happening and why. Hope you do to.

Fractional Marketing Strategist | Helping brands grow through marketing that builds trust, earns loyalty, and creates lasting growth

Solos don't get PTO. We get guilt, mental math, and the fear our business will crumble if we look away for ten minutes.

I just took eight days fully unplugged. Not restful, to be clear...we were in Disney World. My watch says we logged 89 miles. My feet say more.

But it was eight days off. No client work. No inbox checks. No "let me just sneak in this one thing."

As a solo, taking time off messes with your head. No paid leave. No backup. No safety net. Stepping away feels like losing ground.

Here's what actually happened:

I made memories. I remembered what it feels like to not be tethered to a screen. And I came back with more creative energy than I had when I left, even if my legs are still in recovery mode.

If you're running on fumes, take the time. Your business won't fall apart. But you might if you don't.

As we head into Thanksgiving week, I’ve been thinking a lot about what this second year of going solo has meant.

This is definitely not the career path I pictured for myself. I always thought I’d be part of a team at a company somewhere. But life nudged me in a different direction, and I’m genuinely grateful for where it led.

I’m grateful for the clients who’ve trusted me with their businesses and let me be a small part of their growth.

I’m grateful for the partners, both familiar and new, who bring so much talent, energy, and generosity to the work.

And I’m grateful for the flexibility to do work I truly love and still be present for my family.

If you’ve been part of this season with me, thank you. It means more than you know.

Here’s to good work, good people, and a little more breathing room in the year ahead. 

Now a vat of mash potatoes has my name on it. Are you team mashed potatoes or team stuffing?

Make plans.
Regret making plans.
Debate canceling plans.
Show up anyway.
Have a surprisingly good time.
Swear you'll do it again soon.
Go home and crawl into your hobbit hole to recover from all the peopling.

If you know, you know.

I bought a bag because an Instagram reel told me it could hold a gallon of milk.

I mean that literally. A woman on my feed dropped a gallon of milk into a cute little Emmafy sling bag and my brain went… no way. 

I was busy, I was scrolling, but it stood out enough to stop my scroll.

As a mom, I want bags that aren’t bulky but can haul a shocking amount of stuff, oh and looks cute. That single clip hit every checkbox. 

Right audience. Right problem. Real human. Simple demo. 
No dramatic music or inspirational quotes. 
Just “holy shit, it fits.”

Bought the bag. Promptly put a gallon of milk in it like a gremlin doing a science experiment. 

It fit. And it’s cute. And has the perfect amount of pockets.

That’s effective marketing. 
Stupid simple. Clear value. Built for the right person.

Most companies overthink their marketing. 
They talk around the point. 
They bury the value. 
They forget their buyer just wants to know if the thing will fit a crap ton of stuff.

Show the thing people care about. 
Show it in a way that solves their actual problem. 
Make it easy to say yes.

Your buyer is busy. Give them the milk test.

What's the weirdest thing that made you say shut-up and take my money?
A bag holding a gallon of milk is up there for me.

Hi Friends - I have clients looking to add some ongoing freelance creative support in 2026. Would love to refresh my roster with current freelancer in 2 realms.

1) Social creative (video & photo content creation, editing, potentially posting)
2) Digital creative (develop cross-channel creative for social, email, site)

Nothing immediate, but want to know who to RFP come the new year :)

It's almost December. Most CEOs are looking at their marketing like: "Well, that didn't work. Time to try something else in Q1."

But here's what actually happened:
You spent Q4 doing the marketing equivalent of speed dating. One month it was LinkedIn. Then you heard podcasts were "having a moment." Then someone told you about newsletter sponsorships. Then TikTok. Then... well, you get it.

The three marketing mistakes that killed your Q4:

𝟭. 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲
You chased every channel that promised quick wins. But here's the truth: Dollar Shave Club built a billion-dollar business using TWO channels. Not ten. Two. Every time you jump to a new channel before the last one has time to work, you're not "staying ahead of the curve." You're starting from zero. Again...

𝟮. 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵
You wanted marketing results but didn't want to commit the budget. So you went "scrappy" when what you really needed was strategic investment. Here's what bargain marketing gets you: half-finished websites, inconsistent content, and campaigns that die before they generate any momentum. Growth isn't expensive. Restarting every quarter because you underfunded the last attempt? That's expensive.

𝟯. 𝗧𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆
You jumped straight to execution. "Let's post more!" "Let's run ads!" "Let's send emails!" But you never answered: Who are we trying to reach? What do they actually want? Why would they choose us? Without strategy, tactics are just expensive guessing. And guessing doesn't scale.

Here's the hard truth:
The companies crushing Q4 aren't doing MORE marketing. They're doing FOCUSED marketing. They picked 1-2 channels based on where their customers actually are. They committed budget to do it right. And they built a strategy BEFORE they started executing.

If you're planning Q1 right now:
Stop asking "What's the hot channel?"
Start asking "Where are my customers, and what do they need to hear from me?"

Stop looking for cheap wins.
Start investing in what actually builds sustainable growth.

Stop jumping between tactics.
Start building a foundation that compounds.

Q1 is 26 days away. You can start the year chasing shiny objects again, or you can finally build something that works.

Your move.

For the first time since becoming a parent, I’m not entering the holiday season feeling like a feral raccoon in a tinsel factory.

Part of it is the kids getting older. Six and ten is a different kind of chaos.

Part of it is pure survival skills. In our house, we celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas. Which means ten days of presents, wrapping paper carnage, and trying to remember where I hid half the gifts. It’s a lot.

A few years ago, this season flattened me. I’d hit January feeling exhausted, not recharged in the slightest. 

Here’s what changed.

1) I say no a lot more.

My early parent years were one long yes. School stuff, extended family stuff, friend stuff. If it existed, I felt obligated. By the end of December, I was wiped out and had very little actual quality time to show for it. Now I say no without the apology tour. It annoys a few people. It also keeps me sane (sorry Mom).

2) We stopped trying to do every holiday activity.

I can go overboard. Easily. So each kid picks two must-do things. That’s it. Luckily their lists overlap. Everything else is optional. The whole season feels lighter when you’re not sprinting through a holiday bucket list.

3) Lazy days are scheduled.
Yes, on the calendar. Because if they are not protected, they vanish. These are our best days. Zero obligations. Zero rushing. Just slowing down together.

And my favorite hack of all. We use one magical Hanukkah gift bag instead of wrapping eight separate presents. The bag gets refilled each night like a little portal of holiday convenience. It started as pure overwhelm and laziness. Now it is a tradition and the kids love it.

If you are heading into December already bracing yourself, you are not alone.

What is one thing you are doing this year to stay sane?

Me: Deep in Disney trip planning
My Instagram feed: "20,000 steps at Disney. Zero regrets."

Killer targeting or mind reading? You be the judge.
Right message. Right audience. Right time.
Marketing gold.

Happy national unsubscribe day to all who celebrate.

People talk about marketing like it's manual labor.
And sure, some parts are a grind. Deck revisions. Random requests. The classic "can we make the logo bigger."

But the work itself? It's one of the best gigs going.

When I guest lectured at VCU earlier this year, a student asked if I actually like my job.
I said yes. Easily.

Because I get to do things most people never slow down to notice:
-Dig into why customers are frustrated in the first place.
-Figure out the leverage business isn't seeing.
-Turn those problems into profit.

That's the job. Creative, messy, and it keeps you awake in a good way.

If marketing feels miserable, it's rarely the work itself, it's everything else. The whiplash. The politics. The constant pivots with no through-line.

Clear that out, and the whole thing gets a lot more interesting and a heck of a lot more fun.

So, what's the best part of your job?

Your audience isn't ignoring you. They just don't believe you anymore.
And you probably don't even know when you lost them.

It wasn't one bad campaign. It was quieter than that.

-It was the ad that said "no credit card required" but asked for payment details anyway. 
-The LinkedIn post about being human-first, followed by a landing page full of jargon and urgency timers. 
-The newsletter that promised strategy but delivered surface-level tips.

Every touchpoint is a micro-promise.

Your audience isn't evaluating them in isolation. They're pattern-matching.
-Does this feel like the same brand I saw last week?
-Does this match what they promised before?

When the answer is "not really," trust dies. 
Not in scandals. In small inconsistencies you don't even notice you're committing.

Before you publish anything this week, ask:
- What did my last 3 touchpoints promise about who we are?
- Does THIS piece keep that same promise?
- If someone saw ONLY this, would they recognize my brand?

If not, don't publish it.

You don't need more marketing. You need more alignment.
Trust is built in the repetition of kept promises. Growth follows.

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