Amber Sims Hinterplattner is a social media pioneer and strategist for business branding and consumer engagement online and has been called a Social Media Marketing Maven. She is passionate about helping entrepreneurs and startup companies, as well as mature businesses, both locally as a Santa Barbara native as well as globally, targeting key markets through strategic online positioning for growth and brand equity development using effective and traceable marketing tactics.
Amber specializes in marketing clients on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, WordPress, Flickr, MySpace and emerging niche social sites. Since 2005, she has helped grow many profit and non-profit organizations in a variety of industries using social media as a marketing tool within an effective strategy developed cohesively through sound marketing principles and real-world success stories.
Amber at All Stages Marketing is one of the savviest people in the web marketing world. The ideas generated and marketing plan that has been developed has become an integral part to the success of my business. I could not have done it without Amber. I highly recommend All Stages Marketing.
-Carlos Flores
Amber holds more than 15 years of professional experience in marketing, business development, public relations, management, sales and customer service from a range of different industries, making her knowledge-base invaluable when it comes time to market a variety of businesses and brands directly to consumers.
Amber is a regular volunteer guest lecturer and consultant for local entrepreneurs in Santa Barbara through the Women’s Economic Ventures program as well as the Entrepreneurship Training Program and entrepreneurship courses offered by the Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation through Santa Barbara City College. She is also currently an active consultant through the SBDC/Economic Development Collaborative for Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
While obtaining her B.A. in Marketing and Communications from California Lutheran University, Amber served as President of the American Marketing Association, CLU Chapter, for two years with a focus on introducing social media as a marketing vehicle, developing community partnerships and business alliances and researching emerging marketing trends during the fundamental shift taking place over the internet.
She has lived and worked in major cities both in America and Austria/Europe, which also brings a broader perspective of experience into her business consulting and marketing capabilities.
In 2011 Amber was chosen as one of the 40 Under 40 business leaders by the Pacific Coast Business Times as well as one of the 25 alumni who were honored as Silver Anniversary Alumni for the California Lutheran University School of Management’s 25th anniversary celebration.
Specialties include:
Startups, Community Platforms, Luxury Retail, Bestselling Authors and the Publishing Industry, Professional Speaking, Action & Extreme Sports, the Wedding and Event Industries, Health and Beauty Products, Academic and Educational Materials, Non-Profit Development, Pet Nutrition and Gardening.
