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Cool Brand Media is a Texas-based, HUB-certified agency led by Julia McDonald, delivering tailored advertising, marketing, and PR solutions with over 20 years of industry expertise. Since partnering with Flocksy, they’ve expanded their impact locally and nationally.
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Julia McDonald
Founder of Cool Brand Media
“Flocksy is one of the most brilliant things ever invented for people who are self-starters and want to start their own agency. It comes down to the people. There are probably a thousand Flocksy business models out there, but the people who work for Flocksy make it a superior product, service, and company.”
Our Creatives at Flocksy “blew the doors off,” so to speak — and since then, it’s been nothing but sunshine and diamond lassos ever since. As a start-up, Julia worried about hiring the “right people,” but soon realized that not only did Flocksy have talent that “knew what they were doing” and who she “didn’t have to train” — but she was also saving a ton of money with our Unlimited Creative Subscription.
In the past few months, Flocksy has helped Julia grow her clientele and hire her first few employees thanks to the personalized team we put together and the “creative volume” they help her turn out. According to Julia, Flocksy’s turnaround time is so fast that she is “able to pitch more business.” Her ability to quickly deliver content to her clients and generate templates that help her pitch Cool Brand Media has “been a game changer.”
As a marketing manager, Julia understands how important client relationships can be. That’s why she greatly appreciates Flocksy team member Brooke, and her incredible communication skills. She loves how fast Brooke gets back to her with answers to questions and occasionally goes above and beyond with special requests like altering documents to make them easier to manage, saving Julia “tears” and “a lot of frustration.”
The most emotional moment of our interview came when Julia began speaking about her favorite Creative Sofia. Sofia Sanchez, Illustration Team Lead, has helped Julia get closer to her lifelong dream of working with the Texas Department of Agriculture. Julia hadn’t prioritized her business’s website, but after seeing Sofia’s work for her clients, she decided to put herself and her company first. After Sofia took Julia’s childhood memories and made them into beautiful banners and graphics — Julia noticed just how impressed people were with her website.
For Julia, working with Sofia and seeing her ability to “take all these visions from childhood” and represent them perfectly reconfirmed for her that her partnership with Flocksy is making a big difference. Now, her biggest advice for those starting their own businesses is:
“Don’t hire a creative team, hire Flocksy…There’s no need for anyone searching for a business like this to search anywhere else. They’re just wasting their time. Just go straight to Flocksy because birds of a feather flock together, and Flocksy is amazing.”

Sofia – Illustrator on
Cool Brand Media’s Flocksy Team
For Julia, working with Sofia and seeing her ability to “take all these visions from childhood” and represent them perfectly reconfirmed for her that her partnership with Flocksy is making a big difference. Now, her biggest advice for those starting their own businesses is:
“Don’t hire a creative team, hire Flocksy…There’s no need for anyone searching for a business like this to search anywhere else. They’re just wasting their time. Just go straight to Flocksy because birds of a feather flock together, and Flocksy is amazing.”
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