Meet Marketing Consultant Courtney DeWinter

Marketing consultant Courtney DeWinter has more than 30 years of experience in a dual-track career that includes branding, marketing, PR & website development, as well as experience as a working journalist. She also has worked as a business reporter, staff editor, managing editor, and is a long-time magazine feature story writer.

In 1997, she founded DeWinter Marketing & PR after working at a variety of local PR agencies and in corporate marketing & PR. Since then, she and her agency team have:

• Helped startups, small & mid-sized businesses generate awareness of their products or services, and
• Launched many companies, products & services…with the goal of helping startups, small & mid-sized businesses grow and become successful profitable ventures;
• Succeeded in growing businesses to the point that the owners could sell their company, and retire.

As the chief marketing consultant at her agency, Courtney serves as the lead strategist, branding & creative director, and she personally handles the branding, messaging, and strategic planning, along with writing, content marketing & scripting.

Courtney has served as a marketing consultant for companies in a wide range of industries, and has achieved many notable successes for her clients. Some businesses have increased or doubled their revenues. Other clients have become leaders and/or thought leaders in their industries because of Courtney’s guidance and counsel. In some cases, the DeWinter Marketing team marketed & built up the client’s business so they could sell it and retire. Courtney DeWinter also handled the launch of a Colorado tech start-up and ongoing promotion; that tech start-up is now a $300 million public company.

Prior to founding DeWinter Marketing & PR in 1997, Courtney DeWinter:

• Worked as a public relations consultant at two Denver-based PR agencies
• Served as the managing editor at a publishing company, where she oversaw multiple travel publications  & a Colorado travel website
• Handled public relations, employee communications & sales support programs for a publicly traded technology company
• Served as a communications specialist at a trade association
• Worked as a business reporter for Denver Business Magazine, and as staff editor for an industry trade magazine

A Chicago native, Ms. DeWinter graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in technical journalism. In her spare time, she follows the offerings of the American & foreign cinema; and enjoys competition dancing, dogs, horses, and abstract painting. She also is an avid “foodie,” and has served as a restaurant critic for 5280 Magazine, and grows her own organic food in an urban garden.