Expert marketing solutions to connect with
your community
Scary Plants Media’s expert content marketing services are designed to empower businesses and nonprofits with small budgets. Our tailored strategies help you connect with your community and achieve your brand goals.
What we do
At Scary Plants Media, we specialize in providing comprehensive content marketing services that break down financial barriers and help small businesses and nonprofits share their stories effectively.
Strategic Content Marketing Services
There are so many ways you can reach your ideal community. Here are some of the ways Scary Plants Media and our creative partners help entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits connect.
Brand Building
We’ll help you develop a deep understanding of your authentic identity and how to reach the people who benefit from what both you and your business have to offer.
Content Strategy
Our content marketing services include crafting a robust strategy that outlines key audiences, themes, and platforms to meet your business objectives.
Content Planning
Once you know have the map, you’ll need to find the route that will most effectively get you there. Where will you meet your people and how will you leverage your story to connect?
Content Creation
Our content marketing services offer a range of options, from DIY support to full-scale production, ensuring your message resonates with your audience.
Who we are
Scary Plants Media sprouted from a burning desire to offer affordable marketing packages for folks without corporate budgets. We’re here to tear down the barriers that keep entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits from reaching their communities. With nearly 20 years of experience in media and marketing (specializing in regulated markets), we’ve seen how the corporate game works and what it takes. We want to use that knowledge to help businesses with a mission tell their tales without draining their wallets.
Our ideal clients? They’re the ones who want to forge deep, meaningful connections with their customers. We’re looking for the small business owners, the trailblazing entrepreneurs, and the fearless nonprofit leaders who believe in building a community of devoted advocates.
We’re here to help you unlock your existing potential and offer strategies to help you grow.
At Scary Plants Media, we’ve got a set of guiding principles that keep us grounded in authenticity, humanity, and confidence in our mission to help you forge emotional connections with your audience. We know that success lies in being unapologetically yourself, in leading from the heart, and in embracing others. We’ve got a team of fierce storytellers, brand builders, and content creators who share our vision and are eager to help you unlock your business’s true potential.
We’ve got the chops to tell your story on any platform, in any format. We dig deep and get to know niche markets like nobody else. We’ll show you how to find your people, how to reach them, and how to speak their language.
Ready to elevate your brand with expert content marketing services? Scary Plants Media is your partner in creating impactful connections.
Let’s start connecting through content!
Lesley Nickus, Founder
Lesley is a creative force, a community builder, and the driving spirit behind Scary Plants Media. Her mission is clear: to amplify the voices of small businesses, one captivating story at a time.
Lesley’s journey is defined by her content creation and community-building skills. She excels in crafting dynamic narratives that breathe life into brands, ensuring they connect with their target audience on a profound level.
At the heart of Scary Plants Media is Lesley’s commitment to empowering small businesses. She has an innate ability to unravel the unique essence of each business, translating it into compelling content that sparks customer engagement and loyalty.
With a background rooted in journalism, her hands-on work experience includes content production, event planning, and all marketing channels, emphasizing social media and long-form digital content.
Jaclyn Sears, Art Director
Jaclyn is a design expert who has transformed her passion into a thriving profession as the owner and founder of Hellbeing Creative.
She’s the creative mind behind brand identities, websites, packaging, and content, with a stellar track record in regulated industries like tobacco, wine, spirits, and cannabis.
With over 15 years of global brand experience, Jaclyn’s a master of every product creation aspect, from strategy to design execution. Her secret to success? Building lasting client relationships, resulting in repeat collaborations.
Jaclyn is a perpetual learner, unafraid to try new things. Her design philosophy emphasizes honesty, kindness, and a keen focus on both form and function.
Outside of work, Jaclyn balances her life with outdoor adventures, antique hunting, and cherished moments with family and friends.
Where you’ve seen our work
We’re privileged to have worked with some awesome people that we’re still connected with today!
