Meet Lauren Buchanan & Morgan Bowles | CEOs of LoMo Social Media Co. LLC

We had the good fortune of connecting with Lauren Buchanan & Morgan Bowles and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Lauren Buchanan & Morgan Bowles, what was your thought process behind starting your own business?
We were inspired to start our own small business after we saw a need in the community for locally-based, personal social media management. Born and raised in Fort Collins, we both have deep roots in the Northern Colorado area and have watched our town and local businesses grow along with us. We were seeking an opportunity to give back to the community that has raised us, while creating a career that we are passionate about. Our side-hustle for managing a few businesses’ social media pages in town rapidly started to grow, and that is when we decided to start LoMo Social Media Co. LLC as our full-time business. We noticed how many amazing businesses don’t have the time to promote themselves through social media, and we want to use our knowledge of social media trends and experience with social media platforms to help give these businesses the recognition and reach they deserve. Although our services now reach outside of our hometown, we will always prioritize working with those in the NoCo area as a way to keep our community growing and thriving.  We are so thankful each and every day to be realizing our dreams through this business.  Huge shout out to all of the amazing people and businesses we have met along the way!  It has been a pleasure connecting with others in our community through this process of creating a business.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
What started as two longtime friends creating content for professionals through word-of-mouth has turned into a dream career, and we couldn’t be more grateful. We have learned so much through the process of starting and running a small business, and we are excited to continue learning from other professionals as well as share our newfound knowledge with other start-ups.

At LoMo Social Media Co., we are proud to be a small, local, women-owned and operated entity. We believe in personal yet professional social media management that provides your business the exposure it deserves. We work with you to post and create beautiful, intriguing, and simplistic content that is always authentically “you.” You’ve worked hard to create your business, now let us work hard to boost your social media presence and help you grow!

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
If we were to take you on a LoMo tour of Fort Collins, here are some of our favorite places to go:

Breakfast & Coffee: Little Bird Bakeshop, Cafe Bluebird, Bindle, Starry Night
Lunch: The Fox & the Crow, Restaurant 415, The Blind Pig, Tap & Handle, Choice City, Music City Hot Chicken

Dinner: Tasty Harmony, The Regional, Cafe Vino, The Still Whiskey Steaks, Jim’s Wings

Sweets & Treats: Explorado Market, Walrus Ice Cream, Me Oh My Pie
Bars & Breweries: Rally King Brewing, The Sunset Lounge, The Magic Rat, Ace Gillett’s, Odell Brewing

Shopping: Funktional, Kansas City Kitty, Curiosity’s, Magpies, the shops at Jessup Farm

Activities: The Lyric Cinema, paddle boarding & hiking at Horsetooth Reservoir, Extra Arts & Drafts, tubing down the Poudre River

All of these places have the LoMo stamp of approval. There is no shortage of awesome local places to check out in Fort Collins!

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
We want to give a huge shout out and thank you to a few people in the community who have helped us immensely on our journey to become a business. Thank you to Payton Gonzales at Brand New Branding LLC for helping us brand ourselves as a business and help our vision of LoMo come to life. Payton was incredible to work with and made sure that we loved every detail of our logo and brand design.

Thank you to photographer Connor DeMott at Pineapple Labs for helping us look and feel the part by providing us with great new headshots. Thank you to Jocelyn Gentry at the Tap Truck Fort Collins for going out of her way to provide us endless opportunities for networking and growing our business, and for supporting and believing in us. Thank you to Sarah Tyler for connecting us to the people in her network and for being our first client! Lastly, thank you to our friends and family who have shown an endless amount of support and love to us along the way. We couldn’t do this without you!

Instagram: @lomosocial

Other: lomosocialmedia@gmail.com

Image Credits
Connor DeMott at Pineapple Labs (Headshots)
Payton Gonzales at Brand New Branding (Logo & Branding)