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Elevate Next designs websites and marketing strategies for small businesses, nonprofits, and creatives. We're also the publisher of ELEVATED NEWS, an award-winning monthly newsletter that brings our community together — events, news, and exclusive business tips and strategies you won't find anywhere else.

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Website Design
Website Design

Transformative Web Design and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Services

Our agency specializes in developing transformative, custom-designed websites that align with your brand identity and business goals.

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Digital Marketing
Digital Marketing

Comprehensive Marketing Solutions to Promote Your Brand and Reach Your Target Market

We empower clients to connect with their ideal audience through comprehensive, tailored marketing strategies that position the right products and services at the perfect moment.

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Strategy
Strategy

Tailored, Strategic Services to Propel Your Brand Forward

At Elevate Next, we specialize in delivering strategic solutions customized to your unique needs, ensuring your business achieves its full potential.

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LATEST ARTICLES

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Scout, Verify, Decide
Scout, Verify, Decide

When a honeybee swarm outgrows its home, hundreds of scouts search, report back, and check each other’s findings until a quorum agrees. About 90% of the time, the swarm chooses the best available site. We offer three lessons from the swarm to help you make better decisions in the workplace and at the polling place.

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Reputation, Reach, and Relevance: How Robots Are Redefining Results
Reputation, Reach, and Relevance: How Robots Are Redefining Results

Audiences haven't stopped caring; they've stopped looking where you've always been. From AI search powered by earned media to podcasts that need a plan more than a studio, here are six takeaways from the 2026 Southern Public Relations Federation conference that small businesses, nonprofits, and creatives can implement now.

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ELEVATED NEWS

Your Inbox, Elevated.

ELEVATED NEWS is Elevate Next's award-winning monthly newsletter, delivering actionable business and marketing insights, client highlights, and a curated calendar of community events to small businesses, nonprofits, and creatives on the Emerald Coast and beyond.

Elevated News Logo depicting a hot air balloon made of circles in blues and greens with some of the circles floating away; graphic design features the text 'ELEVATED NEWS' and 'experience'
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Your Award-Winning ELEVATED NEWS in October
Your Award-Winning ELEVATED NEWS in October

Last month, ELEVATED NEWS earned a 2026 Lantern Award from the Southern Public Relations Federation. The October issue shares takeaways from the SPRF Conference on how AI is changing the way audiences find and trust organizations. It also covers client news from the Panhandle to Tenn., a therapy dog's library visit, goat calendars with a cause, and a full slate of October events.

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ELEVATED EXPERIENCE

A curated collection of events with our talented clients, partners, and friends

The Elevated Experience
2026 Witch Ride Benefiting CVHN
Oct 30
Destin, Niceville, and Santa Rosa Beach Along Scenic 30A
2026 Witch Ride Benefiting CVHN
Destin, Niceville, and Santa Rosa Beach Along Scenic 30A

Grab your broom and your bike. The annual Witch Ride returns Oct. 30 to Santa Rosa Beach, Niceville, and Destin, and every ticket supports children’s health care.

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Destin, Niceville, and Santa Rosa Beach Along Scenic 30A
11th Annual Barktoberfest
Oct 30
Grand Boulevard at Sandestin
11th Annual Barktoberfest
Grand Boulevard at Sandestin

Join Dog-Harmony for the Emerald Coast’s most beloved doggie costume contest and canine-only trick-or-treat celebration at Grand Park in Grand Boulevard at Sandestin on Friday, October 30, 2026, from 4:30–6:30 PM!

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Grand Boulevard at Sandestin
Frame Gallery's Fall Makers Market
Oct 31
Frame Gallery Gifts & Art
Frame Gallery's Fall Makers Market
Frame Gallery Gifts & Art

Frame Gallery Gifts & Art hosts its free Fall Makers Market in Sewanee on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Watch local artists make wreaths and paint en plein air, shop fall decor, and register for Doodle-O'-Lantern pumpkin decorating or a pumpkin pansy planter session. Rain or shine.

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Frame Gallery Gifts & Art
Emerald Coast Hispanic Heritage Festival 2026
Oct 31
The Landing at Fort Walton Beach
Emerald Coast Hispanic Heritage Festival 2026
The Landing at Fort Walton Beach

Join us on October 31, 2026, at The Landing in Fort Walton Beach for the Emerald Coast Hispanic Heritage Festival! Experience a vibrant, family-friendly celebration of Hispanic cultures featuring live music, colorful dance performances, authentic cuisine, local artisan vendors, and hands-on activities for all ages. Admission is free—come connect, learn, and celebrate the rich traditions that unite our community.

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The Landing at Fort Walton Beach
Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival
Nov 6
Seville Quarter
Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival
Seville Quarter

More than 200 juried artists, heritage craft demos, live music, and a Children’s Festival fill Pensacola’s Seville Square Nov. 6 to 8 at the free Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival, one of the nation’s top art shows.

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Seville Quarter
34th Annual Flutterby Arts Festival
Nov 8
Watersound Town Center
34th Annual Flutterby Arts Festival
Watersound Town Center

Butterfly wings, paintbrushes, and a parade take over Watersound on Sunday, Nov. 8. See what’s in store at the free 34th Flutterby Arts Festival.

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Watersound Town Center
From Inbox to Lantern: A Case Study in Award-Winning Public Relations
Nov 10
Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce
From Inbox to Lantern: A Case Study in Award-Winning Public Relations
Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce

Christie Solomon, MBA, presents "From Inbox to Lantern: A Case Study in Award-Winning Public Relations" at ECPRO's Lunch & Learn on Nov. 10. Discover how the ELEVATED NEWS newsletter won a Southern Public Relations Federation Lantern Award and how small teams can apply the RPIE framework to build award-worthy PR campaigns. Registration closes Nov. 4.

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Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce
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    “Christie strives to deliver her client’s mission and brand on a heartfelt level that instantly connects with customers. Boutique service with rock star results!”

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    “You and Christie have done a magnificent job with this website! Thank you both so much!”

    — Stephanie S.

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    “ADM Talent Recruiting had the pleasure of working with Elevate Next this past year. Christie did a tremendous job of listening to our needs, creating a logo and taking our website to the next level. I would highly recommend Christie and Elevate Next in helping your business with any social media needs you may have.”

    — Anne Douglas Miller

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    “Christie’s availability and genuine concern for the success of other people make it a pleasure working with her on a daily basis. Christie commits to achieving a goal and delivers.”

    — Jason Salinas

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    “Even from a distance Christie keeps Frame Gallery Gifts & Art going through social media and my website. She is so positive and easy to work with!!”

    — Harriet Runkle

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    “There are no words that can adequately convey our gratitude for all of your advice, considerable expertise and experience, and shared passion about Housing Hub! And all of your contributions have assured a fabulous and continually updateable digital presence. We thank you! And look forward to our continued partnership!”

    — Lee Limbird