Meet Maren
You can almost see the wheels spinning when you ask Maren about personal branding and marketing.
She combines an exuberant mixture of over 20 years of business and marketing experience, passion for people, and drive for excellence to help women raise their visibility in the marketplace, attract a steady stream of clients and make more money.
The real story
Maren's creativity, pursuit of excellence, and enthusiastic entrepreneurial spirit began as a young girl, being born to, and strongly influenced by, two passionate business-minded parents.
Driven at a young age
From the back room of their house, Maren’s mother ran a creative writing and publishing company, and made Maren a part of it very early on. She'll never forget the feeling of accomplishment she had the first time she was allowed, and even paid, to run the mimeograph machine. It was the final printing of one of her own stories, and she must have been all of 10 years old!
Integrating family and business
Integrating the family and business was also important to Maren's father. He was an early pioneer of international banking. Traveling the world for US Bank, he managed the financing of all the imports and exports for Oregon business. It was the norm for him to bring his international clients home for an all-American dinner when they were in town. Maren vividly remembers entertaining and engaging them in dinner conversation the best she could, despite the language barrier.
Always striving for the best
While earning her BS in Marketing at Arizona State University, Maren moonlighted at the Arizona Athletic Club, and as a freelance designer crafting ads for small businesses to get more customers. This is where she learned the simple secret of loyal client attraction: listen to their problems and offer them a solution.
Idea generation and infectious enthusiasm
Maren's enthusiasm for active and healthy lifestyles led her back to the Pacific Northwest to her first jobs out of college at Lloyd Athletic Club, followed by Seattle Athletic Club. She worked in several facets, but especially loved the creative aspects of designing innovative and engaging programs, as well as the challenges of being Marketing Director where her team consistently met or exceeded their sales goals.
Competitive, entrepreneurial spirit never wanes
The inbred entrepreneurial bug bit again, and Maren had to go back to her true bliss. She left the corporate world and along with raising her family, she started a Japanese skincare business, home, Noevir, from home. With hard work she quickly met with success. Speaking, team training, and designing compelling presentations for large groups was Maren's forte, and she loved it. It was a competitive business, but she embraced the challenge and put together campaigns in original and imaginative ways to make her stand apart.
Wildly creative
Maren needed a new creative challenge to add to the mix, so she stepped out and built a commercial holiday decorating business partnering with another creative colleague. Maren uncorked her creative spirit and selectively topped out their client base by adding holiday sparkle to many downtown lobbies, banks, restaurants and hotels for almost 18 years. They heard lots of "oooohs and aaaahs" but, “You get paid for that?” became the most popular comment they heard from those passing by.
Enamored with personal branding
The academic in Maren burns strong, and she gives a whole new meaning to life long learning. She recently earned a Certificate of Marketing Management from University of Washington, and became certified as a REACH™ Master’s Personal Brand Strategist, 360Reach Analyst, Online Identity Strategist, and Hubspot Inbound Marketing Specialist. She has what it takes to help you connect the dots between traditional marketing and the new world of marketing, to attract, engage, and pull in your ideal clients.
She wholeheartedly believes the magic to everyone’s success lies in their distinct personal brand. It’s about being different; profoundly different. She’s known to get her clients excited about how it can be, then finding a way to make it happen.
Maren lives and is active in the heart of Seattle. She views the world through rose-colored glasses, and you don’t have to spend much time with her to catch her contagious laughter. She loves a sporadic boat or road trip with the picnic basket packed, finds inspiration exploring vintage boutiques and art stores, stays involved in her church, loves people, and is passionate about health and good, fresh, local food.
Personal Branding and Inbound Marketing Certifications
