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Revitalize rural Iowa with passion, planning, and purpose.
About Emerge Marketing Solutions
Emerge Marketing Solutions was founded to help revitalize rural Iowa. We support communities, businesses and non-profit organizations in reaching their potential through strategic planning, brand development and marketing planning. Although every community and business is unique, the process to identify a brand, develop a marketing strategy and execute an effective marketing and communications plan is similar. Emerge Marketing will inspire and activate your community to emerge from your comfort zone, discover your potential and explore new opportunities.
OUR PROCESS
We begin most client projects with a Huddle Up or Discovery session where we meet with key stakeholders to identify the vision, needs, opportunities and challenges, facilitate many various perspectives, and begin to set the stage for moving everyone in the same direction. From that point we typically develop a proposal for next steps depending upon the client’s needs and the strategic direction we believe will be most effective.
Inquiry
Discovery Session
Proposal
Contract & Invoice
Team Assignments
Huddle Up
Strategic Planning
Project Execution
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU!
Shelly Greving | Owner
Hi, I’m Shelly Greving, a marketing professional with experience in strategic marketing, community revitalization, brand development and non-traditional marketing and fundraising efforts throughout the state of Iowa and beyond. I launched Emerge Marketing Solutions to achieve my vision of helping revitalize rural Iowa because I recognizes the potential for businesses, communities and organizations to attract new audiences and deliver the products, services and quality of life that Iowa is best known for.
My assertiveness and can-do spirit is contagious, and our team will inspire and activate your organization to emerge from your comfort zone, strategically explore new opportunities and discover your potential.
Katie Lange | Project Manager
Hi, my name is Katie Lange, and I am a Project Manager for Emerge Marketing! I grew up in Manning, Iowa and currently live in Storm Lake, Iowa, with my husband, AJ, our daughter, Harper, and sweet dog Nila! I love the Iowa Hawkeyes (and somehow this wasn’t a deal-breaker for Shelly! ;)), summer, shopping and traveling. I joined the Emerge team in January 2020 as a Creative Specialist!
I graduated from The University of Iowa in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communications. Throughout college I served as a reporter for the Iowa football team, a marketing intern at a non-profit and an event planner and recruiter for the journalism school. In 2019 I received a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership.
I love to write, build relationships and help people share their stories! I am passionate about helping people see the rewards of living in a small town and helping revitalize rural America! I look forward to using my skills to help you build or shape your brand into something even greater! By utilizing and building on my current videography, social media, writing and strategic planning skills and further developing other digital marketing skills I hope to help you and your organization stand out.
Claire Zaiger | Graphic Designer
Hi, my name is Claire. I am from Audubon, Iowa and graduated from the University of Northern Iowa, studying Graphic Design and Entrepreneurship. To be honest, I chose that direction on a limb, however, I know it was meant to be because it has quickly turned into my passion, not just a job.
I find most of my inspiration in the natural world through plants, flowers, colors of the sky, or even chatting with friends about their everyday lives. My dream is to live in all different kinds of places (near water, in the mountains, big city, on a farm, etc.) just so I can experience it all. I love a good latte and spend my free time reading a book or being outside in the fresh air.
I can’t wait to bring your project to life!