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Better Together is challenging families across the province to share their go-to hacks for making family meals happen in the first-ever Kitchen Hacks Challenge. Open until May 22, the challenge aims to bring awareness to the importance and lifelong benefits of sharing and prioritizing family meals, while also supporting BC families and communities that are facing added hardship accessing food during this pandemic. Share a 60-second (or less) video with your very own kitchen hack for a chance to win cash prizes up to $1000! The best part: For every entry received, $100 will be donated to the Food Banks BC.

We're entering new territory these days, with all of the uncertainty this global crisis has brought. Working (and spending all of our time) at home - with our entire family around - is new to pretty much all of us. To help each other navigate this time and stay sane, we've put together our team's WFH and social distancing tips - click below! A few highlights: 1. Midday workouts with DoYogaWithMe.com online classes with Modo Yoga Burnaby and Niketraining... 2. Get a culture fix via online concerts - check out Vancouver Improvised Arts Society and Royal Opera House 3. Virtual socializing via Houseparty, FaceTime wine with friends 4. Storynory or Brains On to entertain your kids. 5. Cooking inspo via Yummly and Jessica Seinfeld 6. Business info via StoryBrand See more

In honour of Valentine’s Day - or better yet, Galentine’s Day! - we thought it would be a great time to chat self-care with Gretchen Oppenheim, our favourite skincare expert. Gretchen is the owner of Wildflower Beauty Bar, a Port Moody-based spa specializing in holistic esthetic services.

Ready to take your your online marketing efforts to the NEXT LEVEL this year? At TSA, we specialize in creating custom Strategic Plans that help our clients thrive on social media, providing powerful "big-picture" insights and a detailed strategic roadmap for success, so your team can easily manage and execute the day-to-day activities across your social channels. Click below to learn more, and give us a call if you need help up leveling your marketing in 2020!

2019 Marks 10 Years of TSA being in the biz! Today, we're sharing 10 big lessons we've learned running an agency this past decade... on topics from cashflow to contracts to taking things personally. Co-founders Monica Krake + Kirstin Richter were young and starry eyed when they first launched the agency. 10 Years in and much of our original purpose and passion remains the same: To work with great clients, tell great stories, and uphold our work life balance aka sanity. Read on...

Heads up job seekers! Our agency is on the hunt for a talented Account Coordinator + Content Writer to join our team on a part time basis. This is a great job opportunity for someone who has experience managing social accounts, is detail oriented, and looking for a creative, dynamic, and flexible position. Do you know any passionate, talented social media experts? Please tag them or share this post!

Gearing up for your next PR campaign? Hoping to attract some media or influencer buzz? These 6 tips via our PR pro Krystal Lim will help you write an effective media pitch: 1. KISS. Keep it simple stupid. Get to the point and make sure your pitch reads well. 2. Have a clear objective with what you want to say, and how. What are you selling? Make your message crystal clear, start to finish. 3. Personalize it. Nobody wants to receive a generic email. 4. Tap into cu...rrent events relevant to your pitch. Media love this. 5. Back it up with facts + figures. 6. The subject matters. Make your subject line stand out. Everything else you need to know can be found in the article- click below to read! And if you need professional help, send us a message! See more

We love our BC Farmers Markets and couldn't be happier to be promoting the #bcfarmersmarkettrail program this summer; it's the easiest way to find local food + products around BC. Thanks Global BC for spreading the word about this awesome program- yay!

Are you feeling annoyed with the new Instagram algorithm? Our latest blog post delves in and asks the question: Has Instagram become pay to play? If your Instagram presence is taking a hit, read on....

Our friend Josh at The Status Bureau wrote this great article for BCBusiness on common SEO disasters that might be happening to your website right now! Everyone with a website needs to read this.

It's Monday so of course we're looking ahead to next weekend's plans. We're very excited about this pop up Vegan Feast hosted by Flavours of Hope and Kula Foods - this is a fundraiser to support refugee women with meaningful employment. Experience a unique and delicious Persian and Kenyan FEAST! (pssst. these events always sell out so don't delay on getting a ticket!)

Weekend tip! Make a cooking video with your kids or family or friends and enter to win $1000 cash prize via the BetterTogether Hands-on Cook-off. This is seriously one of the coolest contests we've seen because it's about creating lifelong memories. Happy weekend, y'all.

We can't wait for Luminescence IV to kick off this weekend at the Deer Lake Art Gallery! Did someone say something about a fire-breathing dragon?