Blog

Our {tena.cious} Events: New Years Eve

Don’t have plans for New Year’s Eve yet? Perfect. Wait, you do? Well it’s about time that you cancel them. You aren’t going to want to miss the first local Tim Mahoney New Year’s Eve show in three years. This Twin Cities musician’s last New Year’s Eve show was a riot at the Hyatt, and this year the only thing that’s different is the location. Faces is located in Mears Park, where the champagne-induced shenanigans are sure to ensue. Get there early and check out special guest, Smell My Pillow.

With every ticket purchase you will be entered into a contest for a chance to win the Tim Mahoney Experience! What’s that you ask? Well, it’s a private party for you and 50 of your closest friends. Not only will Tim Mahoney provide the tunage, but Faces is catering the event and Skyy Vodka is providing the drinks. You must be present at the New Year’s Eve show to win the Tim Mahoney experience, which is valued at $6000. You will also be entered to win a “Pillow Party” with SMP. A rock experience you will not forget.

Click on over to Ticket Works and get your tickets today! The {tena.cious} crew will be there… and you should be too!

Our {tena.cious} Client: This is Tahne

Creative people are just fun to work with, hands down the most interesting and inspiring people you will ever meet. They have a story and they want to share it. A little over a year ago I was able to take the leap of faith to start {tena.cious} partially because of an artist named Tahne. She is a singer/songwriter based out of the Twin Cities, who like most musicians is looking to make it to the “big time”.  I honestly believe Tahne has the talent and the passion to make this crazy dream come true. So about 6 months ago Tahne, Guy and I started to get aggressive about contacting songwriters and producers with the hope that someone would see what we saw. Today Tahne is in L.A. working with David Hodges in his studio… this is awesome, right? Dreams coming true as I type. I love it. Tahne, you go girl! So glad to be a part of this journey. – tena

Our {tena.cious} Team – Samantha Chambers

Sam is not your average marketing consultant. She is the mom of one spunky little girl, has a baby on the way and is most likely the trendiest woman we know. The flexibility she has while working with tena.cious makes it possible for this to be her side gig, so being a Mommy can be #1. Don’t get me wrong, she works her tail off for us and goes that extra mile for her clients. I know they would agree as well! Here is a little blurb from Sam on social media (what we do best):

Social Media is a very complex world and to many people, they THINK they have it.  In fact they spend hours working on a plan to get their social media footprint started.  Have you ever considered this might be a little insane?  You’re doing the same thing over, and over, and expecting a different result.

We get it.  We DO.  We have a plan, we know what you need, we are ready to implement, and we get results.

Samantha Chambers – {tena.cious} Marketing Consultant

Our {tena.cious} Team | Dustin Krueger

Meet Dustin from our Web Team:

With close to 10 years of experience in web design and development, Dustin D. Krueger, offers an experienced creative eye to make every design a success. Dustin began his career at a young age in 2001 as a self-taught web designer, working for a local web design business, while also doing freelance designing. He then developed his education further with a concentration and degree in Graphic Communications.

After school, he accepted a position as a Webmaster/Graphic Specialist at a large eCommerce golf company, and worked there for 5+ years. While employed there, he worked hard to increase online revenue by developing advertising through web design, email marketing, catalog design, SEO (search engine optimization), marketing, and the posting/monitoring of online elements.

Dustin displays extensive experience in Website Design, Promotional Design, Brand Identity, Internet Marketing, and SEO projects that require professional tools. Dustin uses the very best in state of the art web design software, including Adobe Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, and Flash.

Now you know why he is a part of the {tena.cious} team!

Getting to Where I'm Going

Getting to Where I’m Going
by Joy Andersen – Marketing Consultant @ {tena.cious}

When you’re a freshman in college you have no idea what your future will hold. You know you want to find a career doing something you love, or one that helps people, or maybe it is just the dollar signs that matter to you. For me I had many things that I could see myself doing, I knew my strengths and weaknesses and the lifestyle I wanted to set up for myself. I went to three different colleges thinking that my ideal career would just come to me, that one day I would wake up and know exactly where I was supposed to be. I feel now after graduation I have found myself in nearly the same place I started with the same questions I had many years ago.

How do you decide? How do you say, yes, this is what I want to do for the rest of my life? Do you just know when you know? Is it a thought process or is it a planned schedule of what your needs and wants are and it doesn’t matter what you do to get there? Are all of my friends doing what they want to do? Should I wait tables for just a little longer or just find any office job?

From Minnesota to NEW YORK … and back again?!

From Minnesota to NEW YORK … and back again?!  – By Katy Lawson

I know what you’re thinking, “why would anyone want to move from Minnesota to New York?” The food? Nope. The culture? Who needs it. The  entertainment? Nothing compares to people watching at the MN State Fair. It’s the hope of being a “body found in Central Park” on Law and Order SVU that gets em’ every time!

Do you make every minute count?

They say that a person with goals makes every minute count. Do you have goals? Are you making the most of every minute? I know as a business owner this is very important, but yet I find myself wasting precious minutes everyday. Below I have listed a few pointers that have helped me:

• Write a new to-do list everyday.
  • Write your tasks down in the order you think of them, usually the first ones to come to your mind are the ones that you are most likely putting off and they are only adding stress to your already busy day.
  • Break down large tasks into smaller 15 minute increments.

Are You Organized?

Are You Organized?

They, whoever “they” are, state that creative minds are usually not organized. I agree, to an extent. I guess I would describe myself as a pretty creative person and maybe a little organized since I run a business… but there is definitely some room for improvement. After reading a surplus of articles and buying tons of organizational items, I have found the following items to be the most helpful:

Listen to your mother… “Make your bed”

• This helps you get the day started right and it only takes a few moment. (Now I just need to get the hubby on board with this one)