Susan Burke, First Stage Marketing founder and President, has over 20 years of experience in integrated multi-tactical consumer and business-to-business marketing including corporate communications, public relations, and marketing management.

Susan focuses on providing comprehensive strategic and hands-on integrated marketing and communications strategies to small and mid-sized businesses.  Area of specialty include strategic planning and marketing implementation, market and competitor analysis, product development and implementation, mark research interpretation and integration, electronic and print publications, newsletters, public relations, Web content and design, and integrated marketing communications.

She has worked with AT&T, YMCA, Merrill Lynch Financial Services, Coors Brewing Company, STARZ! Encore Group, Regis University, and many other for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

In addition to her extensive experience, Susan has achieved the advanced degrees of Masters of Business Administration in Management and Masters of Science in Marketing.  She is the recipient of the American Marketing Association’s Gold Peak award for excellence in marketing. Susan has the analytical skills and creative insight that lends itself to fulfilling the needs of small start-up companies as well as larger, established businesses.  But, most importantly, she has the passion to learn about a business and help it succeed.

About First Stage Marketing

First Stage Marketing was founded in 2003 in Denver, Colorado to help small and mid-sized businesses with all of their marketing needs. We provide intelligent and affordable solutions specifically crafted for your business and with measurable results.

We understand how time consuming it is to run a business and generate sales. First Stage Marketing handles all of your marketing needs from developing a strategic marketing plan to helping you with your advertising efforts, to creating eye catching marketing collateral to establishing and managing a sales lead generation strategy.

"First Stage" is a term to used describe the fire and combustion that builds prior to the launch of a rocket. And for those scuba diving enthusiasts, it is a term for the portion that connects the oxygen tank to your breathing apparatus.

In other words, First Stage Marketing builds upon the passion and fire you have for your business and breathes life into your sales growth by developing customized and affordable marketing strategies and implementation plans with measurable results.

Industries Represented:

• Education
• Telecommunications
• Cable
• Medical
• Non-Profit
• Entertainment
• Hospitality
• Software Development
• Consulting
• Financial
• Manufacturing
• Recreation
• Tourism
• Association/Membership
• Food & Beverage