Who We Are
V3 was formed based on the premise that doing great work and having fun in the process need not be mutually exclusive. To say that we’re passionate about our clients is an understatement. We’re the geeks who go to sleep thinking about our clients’ businesses and the nerds who wake up in the morning still thinking. Those people put their marketing challenges, their ideas, their problems and their hopes and dreams in our hands and count on us. They count on us to get it right. And we do.
Here’s what we believe are the keys to success:
- Always do great work
- Work with really smart people who know more than you do
- Give back all that you can
- Make a difference
- Have fun
- Don’t take on clients we don’t like, market products that we don’t believe in or agree to do the work if we don’t think we can be successful. (because that would make all items 1-5 all but impossible)
Shelly Kramer
Shelly Kramer is the Founder and Chief Imagination Officer of V3 Integrated Marketing and Kramer & Co, both headquartered in Kansas City, MO, and doing business with clients all over the world. A 20+ year marketing veteran, she’s a strategist, brand builder, deep thinker, information junkie, communicator extraordinaire, buzz builder and lover of all things related to digital marketing and social media. She laughingly refers to herself the “Chief Imagination Officer” because if you can or want to imagine something incredible happening with regard to your business, she’s the one you want to rely on to make it happen.
Shelly’s adept at helping individuals and brands find their voice in the realm of new media and all forms of digital communication and marketing. She understands the importance of diving into this ever-changing new world and integrating smart strategies into your traditional marketing mix. Her practical, no-nonsense approach to both business, and life in general, coupled with her savvy business acumen, make her a terrific asset to any business to any organization. She’s an engaging speaker, a great listener and someone who can always be counted on to tell it like it is. And, when it comes to business, her clients will be the first to tell you she is, without question, their secret weapon.
Shelly has been on the board of the National Association of Women Business Owners, as well as very involved with the Kansas Women’s Business Center and has served as a mentor for some of their clients. She has also been an integral part of their CEO Roundtable Program and a featured speaker at some of their events. She is also involved with One KC For Women and provides strategic marketing services to them on a regular basis.
In October 2009 she was named one of the Top 10 Twitter Influencers by voting of her peers at the 140 Characters Conference in LA. In November of 2009, she was named as one of Forbes Top 30 Women Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter, in December of 2010 she was recognized as #12 in the list of the World’s Top Tweeters and in January of 2010, she was again recognized by Forbes as a writer of one of the Top 20 Best Marketing and Social Media Blogs. She writes about integrated marketing, brand strategies, social media and anything else that moves her at http://www.v3im.com/blog.
Linda Buchner
Linda Buchner’s personal mission statement is to “inspire creativity and spirituality by opening minds, healing situations and bringing peace to the moment.” But all that warm fuzziness doesn’t mean that she’s not one smart and savvy businessperson. She is tenacious, a lover of adventure and always in search of yet another challenge. She is a believer in under promising and over delivering and her clients will tell you that that over delivering is something Linda can routinely be counted on to do.
Linda’s 20+ years of experience in marketing, media, PR and photography make her an excellent addition to any team and she’s especially adept at brand building, strategic thinking and efficiently and effectively managing a project from start to finish – with consistently great results.
In January 2010, she launched a second company, CauseNation, which focuses its energy on joining brands with non-profit entities for the mutual benefit of both. Cause Marketing is something she is extremely passionate about and through this company, she hopes to utilize her experience, strategic mind, and connections to make a difference for companies, non-profits, as well as in many people’s lives.
Michelle Lamar
Michelle Lamar has over 15 years of marketing and media experience working with Fortune 500 clients. She has focused the last 5 years advising clients on how to mix online media and online content into traditional advertising plans. She has worked with many national brands including Disney, Jiffy Lube International, Wal-Mart, McDonald’s Apria Health Care, Penske Automotive, Jenny Craig and many others.
Michelle’s work was published in two books about social media
She is a featured speaker on the topics of online marketing and online media. She is addicted to Twitter (@michellelamar
Some of our clients have and do include:
Disney, Jiffy Lube International, Wal-Mart, McDonald’s Apria Health Care, Penske Automotive, Jenny Craig, Cisco, Sprint, General Electric, John Deere, Maytag, JennAire, Chipotle, Krispy Kreme, T2, Back Alley Films, Your Wellness Connection, Travel Concepts, The Community Blood Center, Children’s Mercy Health Partners, Healthy Meals, Inc., Brickhouse Studios, Kansas Women’s Business Center, Chef Debbie Gold, 40 Sardines, The Capital Grille, Vital Synergies, Time Equities, The Hotel Phillips, RED Development, The City of Edwardsville, KS, City Center Square, Romanelli Optix, Veracity Solutions, IntegriCorp Technologies, AIDSWalk, Warehouse 1, Zarda Bar-B-Q, American Italian Pasta Company, EBT Restaurant, Blue Ridge Bank & Trust (now Union Bank).
