Candid Badger Creations

Had a good weekend. Would love to work with some race teams.

This is from Springfield, IL just a couple days ago.

New look website. Yay!

www.candidbadgercreations.com

Creating content about sprint car racing? Yes, please!

The American Invasion of Buxton Speedway – Chatham-Kent Sports Network Tom Slager Special from Candid Badger Creations On July 13 Buxton Speedway, located in South Buxton, ON, will host the Ontario-based Southern Ontario Sprints (SOS) and the Great Lakes Super Sprints (GLSS) from across the border. Before COVID-19, race teams crossing the US/Canadian border was common....

Hi friends, sorry for no post this morning, Mark and I were on a humanitarian mission today!
There’s a gentleman who lives a few miles from me that has been without power for a week now after our big storm, and not able to get repairs, so we teamed up and made the repairs happen!
It’s always nice to spread good in the world and help people. 🤓👌🏼

I support a local race team.

Why? Because it's a great way to be involved in a fun sport in a way I can share with my family and friends.

I'm not a big company. I'm a freelancer with a few clients. I actually do this as a trade deal with a small, local team VanHal Racing

Last night, I got to hang out with them in the pits with my son. We watched them chase down two big problems with the car that popped up last minute.

We were with the team for their races and got to experience the roller coaster of emotions that go with watching your car, and in their case, their son, race wheel to wheel with a bunch of other fast cars.

A race night at your local track is loud. It's dirty. It's a blast! I've got memories with my kid that will last a lifetime. I've made new friends that do something really cool. We watched as a team encountered challenges, and then calmly worked together to overcome them.

If you work your sponsorship right, your experience is much more than a decal on the side of a car. You could give employees and customers a night to remember, too.

So, just saying, race car sponsorship at the local level is something to look into. And if you want to sponsor a car, I know someone who would love to talk to you...

We're sponsoring a race car now! You should, too. VanHal Racing

Did a little website redo for VanHal Racing

Also, did you know that there are some affordable sponsorship options available? Little hint... you get more than a decal on the car!

Home - Van Hal Racing The online home of Van Hal Racing. Join Todd, Corrina, Jordan, Jess and Jake at their home track, Southern Ontario Motor Speedway.

My kid does iRacing. Candid Badger Creations is on the car. Looks pretty cool!

I am proud to now offer Brain Spotting as part of counseling and trauma informed care!
What is Brain Spotting? you ask. Well, allow me to nerd out for a minute!

To use an analogy (God I love analogies); Think of an old attic in your house; filled to the brim with stuff, most of it probably forgotten and disorganized (these are your early, formative memories, any trauma's, etc). If you went up there and tried to sift through that stuff in the dark, it would be pretty hard. Brain spotting is the flashlight that allows you to enter the attic so you can see, sort and throw out what you don't need.

Brain spotting works through accessing the midbrain to help our brain heal itself (the brain is amazing! It has the capability to heal itself just like a scrape on our arm heals without us thinking about it).

If you have heard of brain spotting and are interested in trying it, shoot me a message! And if you haven't heard of brain spotting but want to learn more, shoot me a message for that too!

Heads up! We have a Blueyes Below article published. There are so many stories worth telling from Great Lakes history. This one is tragic, but its also true. Got a few more in mind to tell, too.

Check it out...

A Hero on the SS Phoenix - Blueyes Below The year is 1845. Fire has just broken out on the SS Phoenix, a wooden steamer. The story of the tragedy is retold here.

We're race fans, too. So its a lot of fun when we get to work with race teams. Just finished up a website refresh for VanHal Racing

Check it out!

Van Hal Racing | The home of Van Hal Racing Van Hal Racing Family. Friends. Fun. Built for Fun. Powered by Family and Friends. At Van Hal Racing, it really is about family and friends. Todd and Corrina Van Hal are the backbone of the team and also the proud parents of Jordan and Jessica. Todd, a former racer himself, has used his knowledge to...

VanHal Racing has a website. And we're going to give it a bit of facelift! The racing season is ending, the search for partners is just beginning.

Home of Van Hal Racing - Van Hal Racing At Van Hal Racing, it really is about family and friends. We invite you to take a look at what's going on with the race team.

Had a great time at Southern Ontario Motor Speedway with VanHal Racing. Season is getting near the end, so it was good to be back out at the track!

We were blessed to do some work for Full Circle Family Engagement recently. It's a unique service that can help people understand the child protection system in Ontario. No one wants to be in that position, but if it happens, it's nice to know there is someone who can help you navigate through it all.

Home - Full Circle Family Engagement Full Circle Family engagement provides family engagement services tailored to advocation, support, information and professional consultation.

Just one more thing to watch out for when you're clicking around the internet...

Beware ZIP Domains! This is actually a public service announcement about the new .zip top level domains out there. They're dangerous, and you need to learn how to watch out for them.

Well, hard at work on another project and it just launched. We did the initial website for www.blueyesbelow.com and just finished a refresh and added a blog. If you like shipwrecks and the Great Lakes, do we have a site for you! Check it out. Thanks Blueyes below for the cool stuff you do.

Blueyes Below Home - Blueyes Below Welcome to Blueyes Below. Finding, exploring and documenting Great Lakes shipwrecks. Come join us!

Welcome to Full Circle Family Engagement. They will be opening soon, and providing mental health support, consultation services for child protection cases, file disclosure support and family engagement meetings facilitation.

It's been an honour to play a small part in helping bring this service to life. Check them out!

Home - Full Circle Family Engagement Full Circle Family engagement provides family engagement services tailored to advocation, support, information and professional consultation.

Music for the Mind Fundraiser So glad to see your event go so well! You're doing great work in the community.

www.musicforthemindck.org

Good news Chatham-Kent. A new mental health professional is opening their doors. We were honoured to be chosen to create their website.

Burning Ember Counseling Home - Burning Ember Counseling Burning Ember Counseling is located in Chatham-Kent to help address a huge need-and gap-in the availability of mental health care. Contact us if you need help.

Looking forward to 2023!

Happy Hollidays to all my friends, family and supporters!
Thank you for an amazing year of Great Lakes shipwreck exploration.
I look forward to getting started on next years adventures after some boat upgrades 🤓⚓️ - Dusty

Something must be going right, as we have been too busy to post much! Looking forward to revealing a couple of the local projects that have come our way.

This was a good introduction to cold emails.

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You have a great business idea, right? You know you need to market that business, but do you know who your customers are? In reality, "anyone" isn't a great answer. Candid Badger Creations can help you begin to understand who your most likely customers are. Wouldn't that be a good thing to know?

Sometimes when you write blogs for companies you are essentially a ghostwriter and this is fine. Every once in a while, though, they put your name on it.

Blogging: An Essential Component of Your Marketing Strategy Blogs are an asset in your marketing. Your company blog is an opportunity to cut through the clutter and position yourself in front of your prospects.

Meet Tom Slager, our Senior Marketing Consultant! He is a true believer that business is really about education and Tom uses what he's learned through his various experiences as a Teacher, Corporate Client Trainer, Employment Consultant, and Director and applies them to help people achieve their goals.

Welcome, Tom!
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Customer Service is important. But your staff are even more so.

Remember a while back when we said 'Enough is Enough' and that we were tired of being bullied when we're just trying to run a business? Well, here's a reminder in case you forgot.

Summer business brings the return of customers who swear, yell, laugh in our faces, name-call, belittle, bring us to tears, and threaten negative reviews or to never come back. Spoiler alert: this year they are as relentless as ever. Restaurants like ours staff Good Humans to provide quality service—to the best of our abilities. We are doing the best we can with what we have, and that often means short staffed during peak business levels with guests yelling in our faces. And sadly, this is the "norm" in the service industry—just ask anyone in it. First and foremost: We will not tolerate this negative behavior. We will ALWAYS have our staff's backs so don’t be a jerk. And secondly: Good things take time. If you come here during the busiest time of the year, you're going to wait. Period. And we’ve streamlined our operation to create an experience that takes HALF the time it has in recent years. Plus, you can enjoy a bev and hang till your table is ready. We're not perfect, and things don't always go according to plan. We welcome your constructive feedback so we can keep learning and adapting, but if you can't be kind, we can't help you.

Honored to help with the website refresh for Advocates for Mental Health of MI Youth

They are working to change the system which consistently fails families and youth with severe emotional disorders.

Check out the new look!

Advocates for Mental Health of Michigan Youth | Advocates for MI Youth Mental Health Mental health challenges in children, adolescents, and young adults are real and widespread… Feelings of helplessness, depression, and thoughts of su***de — and rates have increased over the past decade. The future wellbeing of our country depends on how we support and invest in the next generat...

Just putting the finishing touches on a project today (to be revealed this afternoon), but I wanted to send a shout-out to David at New Blog Hosting. He has been great to work with.

Check them out.