JenRus Marketing

09/25/2026

Happy 9-2-5 Day in honor of the great Dolly Parton!

09/23/2026

It's almost time! you can still register - it starts at 2 pm!
We’ll cover simple digital tools, authentic marketing, welcoming diverse audiences, collaborating with neighboring organizations and businesses, and bringing the whole community along.
And because learning is better when you can put it into action, participants will be eligible to apply for $250 microgrants when the series has concluded.
Choose the webinars that are most relevant to your organization, business or community work. Learn more and register at
https://kansassampler.org/RuralDigitalFrontDoorTraining See less

This fall, we’re teaming up with Kansas Spanish Speakers and JenRus Marketing for a FREE webinar series featuring practical ways to make your online presence welcoming, accurate and easy to find.

We’ll cover simple digital tools, authentic marketing, welcoming diverse audiences, collaborating with neighboring organizations and businesses, and bringing the whole community along.

And because learning is better when you can put it into action, participants will be eligible to apply for $250 microgrants when the series has concluded.

Choose the webinars that are most relevant to your organization, business or community work. Learn more and register at
https://kansassampler.org/RuralDigitalFrontDoorTraining

Check out the graphic or link for the full lineup!

09/14/2026

Had to jump on the 1980's throwback trend!

09/11/2026

𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞

Your website is your best seller. Before someone visits your store in person, they often look you up online first.

Jason from Wall to Wall Carpet and Interior asked us if we can add a place on his website where his customers can pay their bills while including sales tax and service fees. This is exactly the kind of project we love helping with, making it a little easier for small businesses to server their customers every day.

Our very own Amanda did a great job with this one!

Learn more about our website services at jenrusmarketing.com/websites

09/06/2026

We love this. Great advertising and great for community!

They didn't buy these clothes.
They baked them first.

This is America in 1939, deep in the Great Depression. Money is thin. Stores feel far away. And in Kansas, wheat mills are shipping flour in plain cotton sacks—heavy, practical, meant to be torn open and discarded.

But mothers don't toss them.

They wash the sacks. They cut the seams. They turn them into shirts, dresses, pajamas for kids who are growing faster than wallets can keep up. What was once packaging becomes protection. Warmth. Dignity.

The mills notice. Instead of plain sacks with bold logos, they start printing florals, checks, and small patterns. Softer fabric. Lighter ink. Logos placed so they can be washed out. Not as charity. As competition. Because if two bags of flour cost the same, the prettier sack goes home.

By the early 1940s, this practice has a name: feedsack fashion. Pattern companies publish guides showing how many sacks make a dress. Millions of garments are being sewn straight out of flour mills.

This wasn't a trend. It was survival with skill. Creativity under pressure. A quiet collaboration between industry and households that never shook hands, but understood each other perfectly.

No slogans. No sustainability campaigns. Just people refusing to waste what still had life left in it. Maybe we've forgotten what that kind of resourcefulness actually looks like.

09/03/2026

We are so EXCITED to offer this in conjunction with the Kansas Sampler Foundation and Kansas Spanish Speakers. Come learn something new! Details below.

This fall, we’re teaming up with Kansas Spanish Speakers and JenRus Marketing for a FREE webinar series featuring practical ways to make your online presence welcoming, accurate and easy to find.

We’ll cover simple digital tools, authentic marketing, welcoming diverse audiences, collaborating with neighboring organizations and businesses, and bringing the whole community along.

And because learning is better when you can put it into action, participants will be eligible to apply for $250 microgrants when the series has concluded.

Choose the webinars that are most relevant to your organization, business or community work. Learn more and register at
https://kansassampler.org/RuralDigitalFrontDoorTraining

Check out the graphic or link for the full lineup!