A Coal Crew Thanksgiving: 12 Pet Turkeys, Tums, and a Knife-Wielding Corgi Have you been invited to yet another Friendsgiving potluck that, due to the collective fear of undercooking a 30-pound bird, will feature mostly desserts? However you plan to spend Turkey Day 2022, we can almost guarantee that your ritual won’t be as bizarre […]
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Beginner’s Guide To DIY Website Building
In 2022, building a new website has a lot in common with renovating your kitchen. You can do it yourself with kits, time and a ton of YouTube videos, or you can pay professionals to do it for you. Let’s assume for now that you want to do it yourself and start at the beginning. […]
Keeping Up With The Coal Crew | October 2022
The Coal Crew’s Scary Movie Picks Ranked from Tame to Horrifying The sheer volume of horror movies we can pick this Halloween season feels horrifying in itself. If you’re flailing and drowning in the abundance of horror flicks streaming platforms are pushing at us right now, we’ll throw you a lifeline, drag you out and […]
Join the team! Coal Creative needs a writer!
Overview Coal Creative is seeking a talented individual to join the Coal Creative team as a content writer! Our ideal candidate should have a passion for writing for websites, social media posts and news releases, as well as excellent proofreading, editing and organizational skills. Applicants should have familiarity with keyword research and search engine optimization. […]
Holly’s heading to the Appalachian Leadership Institute
It’s true. Holly’s going back to school, well, sort of. One of the best parts about being a local marketing agency is telling all the great stories about growth and change right here in Northeast Pennsylvania. But sometimes you see opportunities to do more, to make a difference. Our Chief Executive Officer Holly K. Pilcavage […]
How to stay ahead of your tasks
The unofficial guide from Coal Creative’s most organized team members How many tasks would you say someone like Coal Creative Content Director Samantha Bucher has in queue? A dozen? Maybe 20? The answer might shock you. Before sitting down to write this one, we pulled a Big Brother move and checked her task list. She’s […]
Keeping Up With The Coal Crew | September 2022
Here at Coal Creative, we have only a few rules that the members of the Coal Crew are absolutely required to follow: No sweatpants in the office, respond to emails within 24-hours, and never — under any circumstances make Jay cry. These rules, enacted by CEO Holly K. Pilcavage offer a sneak peek at what […]
Keeping Up With The Coal Crew | August 2022
As any parent will tell you, school should be starting any day now. That got us thinking about a different kind of back to school. We were wondering — given the chance — what the Coal Crew would do if they could follow a different career path. So, we asked: “If you could go back […]
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Coal Creative’s Top 3 Quick and Dirty Tips for Posting Better Social Media Photos
When our collaborators ask for help improving their social media presence, we often focus on image quality and taking their photos, videos and graphics to the next level. Not to knock anyone, but just about everyone could use a little help making their images and videos better. Here’s the best part: it doesn’t take much […]
Coal Creative Behind The Scenes: Fork Over Love
One of the perks of being a storyteller is getting to tell really inspiring stories. That’s exactly what happened when our collaborators at PA CareerLink of Luzerne County asked us to create a video about their partnership with Fork Over Love. This is a story about how our community responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by […]
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