Left Coast Marketing has expanded its service offerings to include digital marketing (email marketing, web and social media content publishing), graphic design, printing and custom publishing services via Wine Country Lifestyle Magazine – a custom magazine, tailored to wine clubs. Left Coast Marketing is also excited to announce the addition of new team members, including Marcy Joyce as Creative Services Manager and Sue Straight to lead the Digital Marketing division.

Dan Chapin, President of Left Coast Marketing and Founder of Wine Country Lifestyle Magazine stated, “We are very excited about the expansion of Left Coast Marketing’s creative, print and custom publishing services and we are equally excited about the addition of Marcy and Sue to the Left Coast Marketing team. Their diverse backgrounds and skill sets are a perfect fit for the new services that we are offering, and more importantly, the customer-focused “work hard, play hard” culture we have established with our growing portfolio of loyal clients.”

Left Coast Marketing, a Northern California-based Digital Marketing and Creative Services Agency was founded in 2008, with a focus on digital marketing, product photography and video production services for wineries in Napa and Sonoma Counties. Left Coast Marketing has since built a portfolio of over 75 clients in the wine, beer, spirits and specialty food industries across North and South America.

Marcy Joyce is a visual communications expert who contributes her talents across print and web design, custom publishing, copywriting and editing. A graphics guru with a passion for her craft, she had a major role in developing the digital advertising presence of PressDemocrat.com on the Yahoo! and NYTimes.com networks. In her 20 years of experience, Marcy has helped a wide variety of clients to achieve success in their marketing efforts. She has done everything from initial planning to project management and implementation of every aspect of the final product.

Sue Straight, aka The Wine Wench®, has a diverse, wine-drenched career that spans over 30 years. She has worked in and managed tasting rooms, developed profitable wine clubs and other DTC programs, and built successful wholesale distribution networks. In 2013, she founded DTC Winery Coach, a successful DTC consulting business for wineries. Straight is a professional wine writer and wine judge. She has been a regular contributor to The San Diego Union Tribune and Wine Country This Week Magazine, does freelance projects and writes her own blog, www.wine-wench.com. She has been judging the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (and others) for many years.