This Fourth of July, I set off some fireworks of my own. Rather than cozying up on a blanket and watching the sky light up with friends, I spent my evening packing up my Nissan Altima and sending out those final “I’ll see you soon!” texts. The next morning I crawled out of bed, made [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDay President Selected as 2018 Irish Echo Small Business 50 Honoree
McDay President Susan Stipa Selected as
2018 Irish Echo Small Business 50 Honoree
Philadelphia, PA – April 30, 2018– McDAY, a strategic marketing communications firm based in Center City, Philadelphia, today announced that its president, Susan Stipa, has been named to Irish Echo’s 2018 Small Business 50 list. The Irish Small Business 50 recognizes entrepreneurs [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Oh What a Wonderful (Mc)DAY: The View From My First Three Weeks
I had the pleasure of meeting Susan Stipa, the President of McDAY, a year and a half ago in Asheville, NC during a trip to support a dear friend running a marathon. Full transparency, we were not participating in the race! However, we were slinging waters and protein bars with the best of them. We [ Click Title for Full Article ]
A Guide To Virtual Offices
As a marketing and English major at the University of Maryland, the opportunity to intern at McDAY over summer seemed almost too good to be true. An internship that combined both of my majors, offered experience I never expected to gain as a rising junior; with the ability to have flexible hours and sit in [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Holiday Ads Are Here
Not The Super Bowl…But…Almost As Great: Holiday Ads Are Here! And it’s not too late to get on Santa’s Nice List
I’m that girl. The one that watches football with the guys. Hates to be in the kitchen washing dishes and gossiping when there’s a game on. But secretly I also LOVE commercials. And it [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Treating Clients Like People
It was a strange moment. A colleague said to me last week: “Someone told me that I should become more of a “b*tch” to really make it in the business world. They say I’m just too nice.”
I turned so fast I almost swerved across the yellow line (yes,I was driving), to deliver my answer: [ Click Title for Full Article ]
To Teach Our Girls
To Teach Our Girls
How to Encourage Bravery and
Get More Engineers Alongside Us
When we teach girls to be brave, and have a supportive network cheering them on, they will build incredible things. I see this every day at McDAY.
Reshma Saujani is the founder of Girls Who Code, and her [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Happy Mother’s Day!
Mother’s Day is not just the ‘mother of all mail days’ as proclaimed by Jerry Seinfeld’s arch nemesis, Newman. It’s Mother’s Day! Our day to celebrate our moms and show gratitude for everything they have done, and continue to do, for us. I went around the office and asked some of my co-workers to share [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Former President of McDAY to receive local award
February 15, 2016 – The McDAY staff would like to congratulate Bill & Natalie McLaughlin on receiving The 2016 Taoiseach, or “Chieftain,” Award from the Irish American Business Chamber’s (“IABCN”) Ambassador’s Awards.
Natalie McLaughlin is the former president of McDAY and she and Bill McLaughlin continue to advise and assist our McDAY team on a regular and [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Bad Habits Hit Home
Bad habits do hit home, literally.
I recently came across a list on Business Insider’s site discussing 12 bad habits that keep us from being productive and I was struck by how close to home it hit for me. And I say this literally, because I am one of the lucky, in a growing trend, that has the [ Click Title for Full Article ]