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Marketing, but With Consent

What even is marketing? One answer is: marketing is when you manipulate a person into buying a thing. It’s not wrong. Working in marketing full-time, I’ve really had to reconcile...
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Website Planet: Turning Marketing into an Adventure with Almostronaut Creative

We had the pleasure of being interviewed by Website Planet. An easy yes for us, since they’re also a space-centered brand - and with a very cute logo! Website Planet...
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Almostronaut Creative is a very small light in the business world, but business has been kind to us as we've grown into a sustainable, stable agency. With great gratitude, we...
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I don’t Believe in Competition

Some industries are cutthroat, but small business doesn’t have to be. I’m not saying competition doesn’t exist; I just don’t think it’s the whole story. I don't feel in competition...
Marleen at the Sooke Fine Arts Show in 2025. Two girls are drawing art on her wedding dress.

The Walking Canvas

For the past few years, I’ve spent one day each summer wandering the Sooke Fine Arts Show in a blank white outfit, inviting visitors of all ages (anybody who can...
Almostronaut Marleen looking up thoughtfully, her head surrounded by a drawn astronaut helmet, with white thought bubbles above her on a dark background.

Writing About Yourself Is the Worst

I would know. I left my own agency website untouched for years, happily letting client projects take priority every single day. Because writing about somebody else? Easy. Praising another person’s...
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How Much for a Website?

I get this question all the time: "How much does a website cost?" And my honest answer is: Well… I can’t tell you. Not yet. It’s not me being evasive....
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You are the first adult to receive this honour.

These are the business achievements I strive for.        The card reads:   "Marleen, The 3D bear is an award that is handed to students and adults that...
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What’s an Almostronaut?

al·mos·tro·naut noun  a person who is almost trained to almost travel in a spacecraft. Sadly, nobody is paying us a living wage to hang around in orbit. One day, hopefully,...
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And the Business Excellence Award goes to…

The Business Excellence Awards this year were decided by a jury - based on a combination of community votes and submitted endorsements. And whoever submitted these (you know who you...

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