• 94-year-old woman drives 300 miles to vote in 2020 election.
  • https://www.wxyz.com/news/election-2020/94-year-old-woman-drives-300-miles-to-vote-in-2020-election
  • https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/94-year-old-comes-300-miles-with-family-to-cast-her-vote-in-person-in-detroit

Digital marketing is essential for businesses. In recent years, the vast majority of them — 63% — have increased their marketing budgets, notes HubSpot. And those dollars are precious, especially for small- to mid-sized businesses.

Banks opened her Detroit-based agency in 2009 with a focus on designing and executing marketing and advertising campaigns for clients in diverse industries. Among her company’s largest clients are the Detroit-Wayne Joint Building Authority and Detroit Jazz Festival. Several clients have been with her firm for more than a decade.

When Sharon Banks decided in 2009 that it was time to step out on her own, she had no way of knowing where that step would lead. She only knew it was time for a change, and time to take control of her professional life. She had the experience, she had the skills, she had the drive, and she certainly had the contacts to start her own business. Most importantly, she had the confidence.

In celebration of Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 11, we take a look at some local ladies who not only share the flesh and blood of family ties, but the sweat and tears of running a successful business together. Shockingly, they make it seem effortlessly easy.

For more than 25 years, Sharon Banks has exemplified the essence of a marketing communications professional. With an impressive portfolio of skills and expertise, Banks’ marketing fingerprints have been attached to numerous local and national marketing projects and campaigns in the public, private, education, and non-profit sectors.