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Strategy, community, and expert-led marketing support for women who are done figuring it out alone.
From $42/month. Cancel anytime. Founder pricing locked for life.
Most marketing advice wasn't written for women like you.
this was!
sound familiar?
She wakes up early because someone in her life always needs something before she does. By the time she sits down at her desk, the world is already pulling at her sleeves.
✗ She posts when she remembers.
✗ She writes captions between soccer practice and dinner.
✗ She has platforms everywhere and a system nowhere.
✗ She has tried every grow-fast formula on the internet and felt smaller each time.
✗ She is talented, tired, and fitting her marketing into the cracks of her day.
You do not need more ideas from an expert who has never walked in your shoes. You need a map that honors the life and business you are building!
what if?
the vision!
She wakes up early because someone in her life still needs something before she does BUT…
Now her marketing isn't one of them. The system she built is already moving.
Her platforms are talking to each other. The world can pull at her sleeves all it wants because her business has its own ecosystem now!
! Her content is posting itself across the platforms she chose with intention.
! Her email is landing in inboxes that actually want to hear from her.
! Her platforms are feeding each other while she takes her daughter to school.
! Her community of women is already in the chat, building right alongside her.
! Her guide has walked this exact path and left a map she can follow.
That is what MEL built.
That is what the Lounge holds.
Meet MEL
The Marketing Ecosystem Loungeâ„¢
A guided community
built around four marketing ecosystems that help you simplify, expand, connect, and finally implement.
Inside the Lounge,
your marketing grows in stages.
You don't try to build everything at once.
You build the foundation first,
then add depth,
then add layers,
then rise into full visibility.
One ecosystem at a time,
in the order that makes them actually work.
Two ways into the Lounge.
Same world. Same guide. Two depths.
The oasis
The full Lounge experience. Where you land, settle in, and start building alongside women who get it.
Includes:
✓ The Living Room, Lightbulbs, and The Library
✓ Monthly Lighthouse sessions with Amy and a rotating guest expert
✓ All session replays, kept forever
✓ Beyond the Velvet Rope (insider space)
✓ Your Arrivals onboarding The Lobby, Your First Key, The Lost & Found)
✓ Permanent founding member badge
✓ Founder pricing locked for life
✓ First access to every future launch (this is just the beginning)
✓ 10% off every future MEL product, forever
the canopy
For the woman who wants to go deeper. Where strategy turns into something built.
Includes:
✓ Everything in The Oasis, plus:
✓ The Lagoon — monthly implementation deep dives with Amy
✓ 20% off every Lantern session ($120 instead of $150)
✓ 20% off every future MEL product, forever
✓ Priority access to every future launch
Both tiers can add The Lantern | a private 1-on-1 session with Amy tied to the month's topic. $150 per session. $120 for Canopy members.
Save with biannual or annual plans. Annual members get two months free.
Cancel anytime. Founder pricing stays with you for life of your membership.
18 Years of Hands-On Marketing Experience
70+ Brands Built
B.S. in Graphic Communications
Meta Certified
Canva Partner
Google Ads & Analytics Certified
Flodesk Partner
Squarespace Circle Member
40+ Workshops Facilitated
'Built To Be Seen' Speaker
Mom
Wife
Daughter
Friend
18 Years of Hands-On Marketing Experience 70+ Brands Built B.S. in Graphic Communications Meta Certified Canva Partner Google Ads & Analytics Certified Flodesk Partner Squarespace Circle Member 40+ Workshops Facilitated 'Built To Be Seen' Speaker Mom Wife Daughter Friend
Meet the Woman Behind MEL
Amy Carlson
Creator of MEL | Founder & Creative Director, Gate Forty Two Marketing Agency
I have spent 18 years in the trenches of marketing. Not watching from the sidelines. In it. Building brands, writing strategy, designing systems, and doing the work that most people only talk about.
I have also spent those same 18 years being a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a friend. I have packed lunches and written brand strategies in the same hour. I have rewritten website copy in airport terminals and answered client emails between school pickups. I know what it feels like to carry everything and still want to build something that matters.
I built MEL because I needed her before she existed. I built the Lounge because I know what it costs to build alone, and I know it does not have to feel that way. I built Gate Forty Two because I believe marketing should feel like a living ecosystem, not a frantic checklist.
Whether you learn the framework yourself inside the Lounge or hire my agency to build it for you, the philosophy is the same: your marketing should support the life you are actually living.
Frequently Asked Questions
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It is a membership community and guided framework for women entrepreneurs who want to build a marketing system that fits their real life. You get access to a community of women who get it, monthly live sessions with Amy and guest experts, daily conversation spaces, and a framework built around four marketing ecosystems. It is not a course you consume alone. It is a room you walk into and keep coming back to.
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The Oasis is the full Lounge experience. It is not a lesser version of anything. You get access to every community space, every monthly Lighthouse session, all replays, and insider access Behind The Curtain. The Canopy is for women who want to go deeper. You get everything in The Oasis plus monthly implementation sessions with Amy in The Lagoon, 20% off private Lantern sessions, and priority access to every future launch. The language is always "go deeper" not "get more."
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As much or as little as you have. The Lounge is designed for women who carry full lives. Some weeks you will spend an hour in The Living Room. Some weeks you will pop in for five minutes to read a thread and feel connected. The monthly Lighthouse sessions are about an hour. There is no homework. There is no falling behind. You show up when you can and the room is always there.
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Yes, and honestly, you might need it more than the women just starting out. Established business owners often carry the heaviest marketing chaos because they've spent years adding platforms, tools, and tactics without ever stopping to build a system that connects them. The Lounge isn't beginner content. It's a four-stage ecosystem framework that works whether you're starting at the Desert or rebuilding the foundation underneath a business you've already grown. You'll move through the ecosystems faster than a newer business would, but you'll still benefit from the structure, the implementation rooms, and a community of women who get what it takes to run something real.
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Yes. The ecosystem framework starts in The Desert, which is built for exactly where you are. Simplicity. Clarity. Three platforms. A foundation you can trust. You do not need to be established to benefit from a system. You just need to be ready to stop guessing.
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Yes. Both tiers offer monthly, biannual, and annual pricing. Annual members save two months. You can start monthly and switch to annual whenever you are ready.
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Founding members are the first women through the door. You get a permanent badge that can never be purchased later, locked-in founder pricing on every future product MEL creates, and first access to every launch. It is not a discount. It is an identity. Once the founding window closes, it is gone.
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Then it is not for you, and that is okay. There is no contract. No guilt. No hard sell. The Lounge is for women who feel the pull. If you are reading this and something in you is saying yes, trust that. If not, MEL will still be here when the timing is right.
still on the fence? let’s talk!
If you've made it this far and you're still circling, that tells me something. You're not a no, you're a not yet, and there's a reason for that. Maybe you want to know if MEL is actually built for the business you're running. Maybe you want to know if Amy is the kind of guide you want walking with you. Maybe you want to ask the question you can't ask in a sales page.
Book a 20-minute call with Amy. Bring your questions, your hesitations, your but-what-abouts. You'll leave the call knowing whether MEL is right for you, and if it is, the $42 call fee applies straight to your first month inside The Oasis.