Shelly DeMotte Kramer, one of the founders of V3 Integrated Marketing, a Kansas City-based social media agency, was recently recognized one of the Top Thirty Women Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter by Forbes.
Kramer has a well-established relationship in the Kansas City business community and has delivered strategic planning and integrated marketing services to clients in the Kansas City area and beyond for some 15 years now. She and business partner, Laura Lake, formed V3 Integrated Marketing in the early part of 2009 and spend a great deal of time working with clients on social media marketing. In addition to all the traditional marketing services they offer, a strong area of focus for V3 these days is helping clients integrate social media and other forms of new media into their traditional marketing strategies.
Recognition by Forbes as a leading entrepreneur to follow on Twitter is a result of Kramer’s involvement in and influence in Twitter and other social mediums and is no small accomplishment. Kramer has long been ranked as the #1 person on Twitter in the Kansas City, MO area and ranks 370 out of a total 5,747,787 Twitter users worldwide. Kramer’s inclusion on the Forbes list is a direct result of her reputation as an entrepreneur, an advocate and source of information on brand management, strategic thinking and innovative and effective marketing tactics and, of course, her engaging personality, which is reflected both in person and in the social media world.
“While being recognized by Forbes in this manner is extremely flattering, for me, the ability to be able to put my skills to work for clients, help them build and grow their brands and achieve their goals is the most reward anyone could ask for. Great press, recognition and awards are terrific but, at the end of the day, if what we advise and guide our clients to do works – that’s all the recognition a gal like me needs,” says Kramer.
