Marketing Retainers

You’re Building Your Brand
Every Single Day

Building a strong brand requires time, expertise, and—most of all—consistency. Our team of marketing, copywriting, and graphic design experts will manage your communications and allow you to focus on what you do best.

Meet Your New Marketing Team

Green Gate’s retainer partnerships work with your internal resources to fill in gaps, maximize value, and level up your communications.

Whether you’re a senior marketing or development professional who needs help with communications, a team of marketers in need of strategic oversight, or even if you have no marketing personnel whatsoever, our retainers are designed to support YOU.

Strengthen Your Brand

A strong brand isn’t a deliverable—it’s what you do day in and day out. Consistent marketing allows you to build understanding and trust with audiences over time, resulting in greater ROI for ALL of your marketing initiatives.

Increase Revenue

Consistently engaging with audiences ensures your brand stays top of mind when they’re making decisions about where to donate, purchase, or invest.

No More Staffing Stress

Building a staff of marketing experts is hard, and retaining them is even harder. Never worry about turnover again. We’ll work with your team to ensure that you have the experts necessary to get the job done.

Focus on What You Do Best

Just imagine what you could accomplish if you didn’t have to worry about social ads, newsletters, website updates, or year-end reports. We’ll sweat the small stuff so that you can focus on the big picture.

What’s Included?

Retainers give you the expertise (and extra hands) you need to execute a wide range of marketing initiatives consistently and effectively over time.

Each partnership is custom-built to meet your specific needs with clearly-defined deliverables and a flat fee. While the details may vary, most include some combination of the following:

Regular Meetings With a Dedicated Account Manager
Project & Account Management
Social Media Ad Campaigns
Email Newsletters

Email Communications
Blog Posts
Website Content Audits
Website Updates
Donor Communications
Annual Report

Book a Call Today

*12-month contract required for a flat monthly rate.

In-House Vs. Marketing Retainer

In-House Marketing

Costly and time-consuming
The average monthly cost of a mid-level marketing or communications staffer is between $4,300 - $6,250.
The turnover rate for marketing specialists is among the nation’s highest at 20%.
The cost of replacing employees is between 10% and 30% of their annual salaries.

Partnering with Green Gate

Flexible and convenient
Clearly-defined roles and scope of work.

Access a full team of marketing specialists.
Leverage your own resources and expertise to be more cost-effective.
Scale your support up or down as needed.

Getting Started Is Easy!

We’d love to learn more about your organization and its goals. To begin, simply fill out and submit the form and one of our team members will reach out to you shortly.

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Kind Words From Our Clients

“It’s been a joy to work with Green Gate. It’s their professionalism. Their listening. Their ability to help distill our identity and then imaginatively share it with the world. The Green Gate team has helped us find our future!”

The Right Rev. Robert Wright
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
“I am incredibly grateful to Green Gate for teaching me about what was possible when it comes to communicating our mission, our stories.”

Staci Fox
Former President & CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast
“Green Gate’s creativity and expertise have been invaluable to Emmaus House. Green Gate pays close attention to detail, meets deadlines, and is a joy to work with. I highly recommend them.”

Greg Cole
Former Executive Director at Emmaus House

Frequently Asked Questions

All of our retainers require a 12-month contract. However, we understand that things change and your success is important to us. Therefore, if you need to cancel during this time, you may do so with 90-day written notice.
We work with organizations that range in size and staffing structure.
Our clients have revenues ranging from under $1m to over $100m per year. All projects, including brand development services, require a designated point of contact from your organization to review and approve our work.
Green Gate is a brand development firm and is known for incorporating insightful strategy with award-winning design and storytelling. In addition to brand development services, we offer strategy consultations, messaging and content strategy, and more. To learn more about our list of services, visit our Services Page.