Company & Community

Our first post of 2026 looks back at 2025. It thanks the clients who trusted us with their brands and stories, mentions the workshops we taught on using AI without risking your reputation, and recognizes the team doing the detailed work behind the scenes. It ends with a hint that a few surprises are coming in 2026.

Our 2025 Thanksgiving note. We thank the businesses and non-profits who trust us with their stories, the Evergreen, Conifer and 285 corridor communities that show up for each other at mixers, fundraisers and volunteer events, and the designers, writers, editors and developers on the Wild Iris team who do the work behind the scenes.

Mindy Hanson, founder of Wild Iris Marketing, was president of the Rotary Club of Evergreen when she wrote this 2024 post. She explains what Rotary is (and isn’t), why she joined, and the local and international projects the club supports, from the Evergreen welcome sign to clean water abroad, and invites readers to visit a meeting.

Every February, Wild Iris runs #ShareTheLove and asks you to leave a review for a business you appreciate. This 2023 note explains why those reviews count, both in how search engines rank a business and in whether a potential client picks up the phone. Your doctor, coffee shop, realtor or mechanic would be a good place to start.

In December 2022, AlphaPixel Reach became Wild Iris Marketing. This announcement explains the new name, taken from a tough, drought-tolerant flower that blooms along mountain highways, why “digital” was dropped as clients asked for broader help like print and branding, and why the team you already knew stayed the same.

February means #ShareTheLove, the annual Wild Iris campaign that encourages you to review the businesses you appreciate. This 2022 post explains how reviews shape where people spend their money and can help a business rank higher on Google. If you own a business yourself, it’s a good month to leave some love on your neighbors’ pages too.

Early in 2021, after a hard year for local businesses, this short post asks readers to go beyond shopping locally. It encourages you to spend the rest of February posting reviews for the local businesses that make your days better and, if you run a business yourself, to leave some love on your neighbors’ pages too.

Wild Iris presented “What is Facebook for Business?” at the Evergreen Chamber of Commerce’s September 2019 breakfast meeting. This short post shared the slideshow from that talk on using Facebook professionally and with a plan, along with a thank-you to the chamber and an offer of a free consultation.

People rush to post a review when they’re unhappy but rarely when they’re simply satisfied. This February 2019 post launched the second annual Share the Love campaign, challenging small business owners to spend the month writing reviews for other businesses they enjoy working with, in the hope that others return the favor.

This 2018 post by Clay Robeson looks back on managing a team spread across seven offices in five countries, and how remote work went from strange to a real perk, including a month working from a villa above the Tyrrhenian Sea. His verdict: it suits self-starters, not people who like being micromanaged.