Emerge Virtual Happy Hour: Bringing Your Brand Story to Life

A compelling brand story can generate major engagement and excitement for your brand! Katie Mleziva, Chief Strategist of Real Food Brands and FMI Emerge mentor, shares the building blocks of a strong brand strategy, which is the foundation for creating a strong brand story. Dial in to learn from her approach to building a successful brand story […]

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Emerge Smarter: Marketing Planning Like a Pro with Rajat Kapur

Before you go to market, you need a plan. But what separates a mediocre plan from an effective plan? Raj Kapur, Managing Director of &Marketing, brings over 20 years of marketing and sales strategy development with small, mid-sized, and Fortune 50 companies to the Emerge community. Through his work helping emerging brands, he knows what […]

Emerge Smarter: Digital & eCommerce Best Practices for Food & Beverage Brands

From e-commerce to email marketing, social media to SEO, brands of today need to connect with their buyers online. In the everchanging eCommerce landscape, today’s solution can be tomorrow’s relics. Ed Hoffman, Senior VP of Padilla, has 25 years of experience hacking marketing trends to get results for brands like you, and will be hosting […]

Emerge Smarter: Understanding & Activating Influencer Marketing with Leigh Thornberry

In the age of social media, influencer marketing has made its way to the forefront of product advertising and companies are devoting more time and effort to the strategy than ever before. Influencer marketing allows brands to locate and advertise directly to their target audience. More and more companies are propelling their brand through social […]

Emerge Smarter: How to Develop Retailer-Friendly Trade Promotion Plan with Cathy Shifflett

Effective trade promotion management is an opportunity for many CPG companies, as they spend substantial amounts of money on promotions with retailers designed to boost revenue or increase market share. With proper planning and guidance, emerging brands can learn strategies to develop an effective pricing and promotional plan, tailored to meet the needs of the […]

Emerge Smarter: Leveraging Your Story to Create Strategic Messaging Across Channels

Behind every great brand is a compelling story. It takes time to formulate one that is unique and relatable to your consumer. The next piece to the puzzle is to tailor your messaging for each of your promotional channels such as: packaging, e-commerce, and social media platforms. Dianna, Alex, and Brec from BrandFirst, a creative […]

Emerge Care & Share Virtual Community Call with Proquo AI

Join us for this bi-weekly virtual session, hosted by Julie Pryor and the Emerge mentor community. Celebrate, learn and ask questions, along with other Emerge member teams. Not yet a member? See details here and schedule time for a free 30 minute consultation. All calls are Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Emerge Member Care & Share with Raj Kapur

“It is not the strongest of species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” - Charles Darwin  We all agree that the world has […]