“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces,...
When you have a bad day, you pull open a video and get lost in the image. I was watching one of my favorite videos for Great South Dance Academy and no matter what bad things are going on, these images just make me smile so big. I had so much fun going through all of...
"I could not always see my opponent and jiu-jitsu gave me a deeper understanding of what it means to see and know with the body and perceive beyond the 5 senses, and use that information to guide my movement and decisions." -Stephanie Stean I have not been able...
For the first time in our 13-year history, we have all of our videos appearing on the website, from our Groundwork Promotions Vimeo Gallery. You can go to the front of our website and find the link, and see all of the videos Groundwork has made over the years. I had...
Continuation of Power Behind the Punch For most clients, we take the role of directing and actively engaging with them. We interview them, we create their media, we make their marketing plans, we manage social media and campaigns, we host, create and update their...
Continuation of Grappling With The Data Once we interview you and come up with a plan, we then create media for you. We create visual content. We do this most often in the form of photography and videos, but we also play with other forms as well. We have a specific...
How do we get to know you? What are the ways we get to know what you want and who you are? Groundwork Promotions begins every relationship with an interview process. We get together, either by phone, in person, or via video. We ask you questions, we let you talk and...
There is a fear often, of making mistakes. Of doing the wrong thing, saying the wrong thing, and making the wrong move. When we started out, we were working with serious-minded people and many of them were self-conscious about themselves on video and photographs. Many...
I have always loved power. Not just power of the body, but also power of the mind and spirit. I was a highly competitive athlete in college and I have not been able to lift weights in over 10 years, so my body is not the way I want right now. You do not realize how...
How do you know when someone is telling you the truth? Especially when you are shopping for combat training or specialized martial arts training? People say they are knowledgeable and they advertise themselves as equipped to teach the proper skills. They affirm they...
We do marketing and promotions for companies, organizations and professionals. We take their pictures for visual content with media creation. We take video, we write for them, we post for them and share them online. We do everything we can to make them more...
It's hard to be told what to do. Some of us have opinions, we have viewpoints, we have strong egos. Allowing a teacher or master-level knowledge to instruct us and guide us, can be almost impossible. When you start something new, it's a bit easier, but as you get...
I was a star track athlete in college and a bodybuilder when I was younger. I was very ambitious, and if I'd had access to the internet and all the skills I have now, I would have promoted myself. I would have built a career as a professional athlete. It would have...
I have had so many life events happen, where I wanted coach or I needed a teacher who knew what was going on or how to take care of my situation. For the past several years, I could have used a really good coach because it would have helped protect me, save me time...
I watch the news with my mother regularly. I had taken a break from technology for over 2 years and I am just now getting involved with it again and I am having to relearn many things, especially with web design. Everything evolves and advances and you have to master...
Since we are getting ready to change our name, brand, and presentation, I have decided to out us today and tell the truth about Groundwork Promotions. Paul and I are mystics. We are mystics with media creation. We are mystics with marketing and promotions. Paul is a...
The power of your message is crucial to getting people to understand and remember you. You have a brand and a purpose, and you want people to recognize it and associate with it. Alignment is one of the most important parts of marketing and promotions for Groundwork...
"Groundwork Promotions was founded on love. It was founded on fun. It was founded on play and having a good time. It was even founded on being crazy..." When we moved to Arizona in 2011, we started playing with social media. We experimented and tried so many things,...
I have been using the internet and the web now for most of my life. My husband introduced me to the internet (and the computer) in college and then Paul, my best friend and business partner, introduced me to social media around 2005. What I have noticed the entire...
"Something magical happens when we come face-to-face with ourselves, when we read ourselves, listen to ourselves, and see ourselves in our best form." "Most of us have no idea who we are." Being online is a struggle. Everyone feels "opponents" online, no matter what...