Brand Strategy Consulting
From new company launches to rebrands — we can work magic.
Because a company without a sense of its brand is like a person without a soul: boring.
Our process goes a little something like this…
Here’s how we bring your brand to life
01. Internal audit
While we love the brand development process, what we don’t love doing is coming into your company like a hurricane and upsetting people along the way. Instead, we like to interview internal folks across all areas of your brand portfolio to help us understand your products and services and uncover hidden nuggets that make you stand out.
02. Audience insights
We’ll look at who your target audience is and what drives them and figure out if there are others that you might be a good fit for. In other words, customer segmentation. Then we’ll go deep on who they are and how and where to reach them — and make sure we’re all clear on why they should love you with a capital L.
03. Competitive audit
If you think you don’t have competition, you’re wrong. If you don’t know who they are, by conducting market research, we’ll find them and figure out what you do better than them and vice versa. And most importantly, we’ll pinpoint your competitive differentiation. We’re not just any brand consulting firm — our proven approach goes deep into SEO research and social media listening during this phase to uncover relevant data points. Sometimes we’ll throw some curveballs your way that will help with the brand management process.
04. Brand positioning
Creating a brand messaging platform is key. Who the heck are you and what’s your mission? What’s your brand purpose at its core? What sets you apart? What are your values? Why should consumers believe that they need you more than a kid needs a new ice cream after theirs falls on the floor? We’ll draft your heartfelt brand story and statement here. And develop your brand architecture along the way.
05. Voice and tone
This is the fun part. Are you serious? Snarky? Witty? Quirky? High-brow? Artistic? Blunt? Serious? Approachable? Without an effective brand voice and tone exercise, your copy, content, and visuals will look, sound, and taste like a really bad stew (and no one wants that). Did we just say stew?? We did, yuck. You get the point.
06. Brand identity
You want consumers to instantly recognize how you look and sound — and most importantly, how you make them feel. During the final creative development stage, we take everything we’ve learned from the strategy and design your shiny new book of brand guidelines that will inform your long-term marketing efforts. This will help guide how you build incredible customer experiences by creating a standout creative production and marketing strategy to drive growth.
If you want to build a strong brand (ahem, not boring), talk to us.
Let’s face it: You’ve made it this far down the page in your search for a brand strategy firm — and you feel like we might be passionate and fun folks who have a dash of sarcasm, and love a good sense of humor— you understand our process does. Let’s put our deep expertise in brand consulting to create an extraordinary one for you. Hiring a brand team you gel with goes a long way.