Eric E. Eiesland is the founder and president of E3 Consulting Services, a digital marketing and web development agency based in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. He works with businesses throughout the region and across the country to transform their websites and online visibility into consistent drivers of growth through custom development, advanced SEO, and tightly integrated digital marketing.

Eric E. Eiesland, Founder & President, E3 Consulting Services

Eric’s professional path began in the U.S. Air Force as a public affairs specialist at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base in South Carolina, where he served as a newspaper editor and handled media and community relations. After leaving the Air Force, Eric joined the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce as a publicist, promoting the South Carolina coast and working with journalists, tourism partners, and local businesses to market the Grand Strand. His work on a major destination marketing initiative earned the Best Tourism Campaign in America Communications Award of Excellence from the American Chamber of Commerce Executives Communications Council.

That experience in tourism and economic development led Eric back to Minnesota, where he moved into chamber of commerce leadership. He served as President & CEO of the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce, leading business advocacy, membership growth, and regional promotion for a lake‑region community with a strong tourism, agriculture and small‑business base, and later as President & CEO of the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, working with business owners and civic leaders to strengthen the local economy and support entrepreneurs. These roles gave him a deep understanding of what small and mid‑sized organizations need to survive and grow.

As the internet reshaped how people discovered destinations, products, and services, Eric realized that his background and experience could help businesses and organizations make the shift to digital marketing. He founded E3 Consulting Services in Grand Rapids with a focus on custom website development and search visibility so clients gain not just a site, but a clear strategy to be found, chosen, and drive business growth.​

Under Eric’s leadership, E3 Consulting Services has grown into a full‑service agency that blends traditional and digital marketing, with custom website development and search engine optimization at its core. The firm builds everything from small‑business and professional‑service sites to larger corporate and e‑commerce websites, with an emphasis on performance, user experience, and measurable results, supported by SEO, SEM, social media, email and content marketing, conversion rate optimization, and online reputation management.

Eric’s approach is deliberately relationship‑driven. He prefers to act as a long‑term strategic partner, taking time to understand how a business operates and what its customers value before recommending tactics. His background in marketing, public relations, media relations, crisis communications, digital photography, and video production allows him to blend clear messaging and strong visuals with technical SEO, SEM, and web development, and clients often describe him as responsive, proactive, and invested in their success.

Eric is a graduate of the Institutes for Organization Management at the University of Notre Dame, a program that reflects his interest in how organizations function and compete, and gives him a practical lens for evaluating marketing decisions so every website, campaign, and tactic supports a clear business goal. Alongside his client work, he remains active in community and regional initiatives involving local government, tourism, and nonprofits, particularly around website strategy and digital communication.