The Little Marketing Department recently made a little move of its own, crossing Church Street in Mathews to its new digs at 36 Court Street.

Jen Little, who owns and operates the one-person marketing consulting business, began her lease at the new location in the Court House area on Aug. 1. Little previously had her offices in a building a couple hundred yards away at 20 Church Street.

She leases the space from Jay and Lori Black; Lori Black uses part of the office space at 36 Court Street for her genealogy business. Together, Lori Black and Little are co-owners of a third business, Dixie Moon Concierge.

Little began the Little Marketing Department in 2011, after her position as marketing director at Courthouse Construction was eliminated. "It was a blessing to be laid off," she said, because that forced her to "learn how to sink or swim."

The goal of the Little Marketing Department is to provide small and not-so-small businesses on the Middle Peninsula who may not...