At the heart of brand strategy, you'll find it's SO much more than just selling.
we're bringing back the heart and soul of business, one client at a time.
it's about serving deeply - not selling.
it's about actually solving a real problem for your customers.
it's about creating an emotional experience when they visit your store, website, tradeshow, or event.
it's about increasing your impact inside and outside of your community.
it's about seamlessly interweaving your company into your customers' lifestyle.
it's about creating a legacy for yourself, your family, and the industry around you.
it's about curating a unparalleled product assortment that your customers crave and tell a story.
it's about fulfilling your customers' hopes and dreams.
This is what brand strategy means in our world.
We are a Brand Strategy + Creativity Consulting Studio paving a fresh, new path forward for the future of commerce.
led by deanna mcintosh
Our Brand Strategists help Vision-driven Individuals, Retailers, and Businesses creatively grow their revenue, community, innovation, and most of all - their impact.
What We Do
like helping authors deepen their connection with their readers by literally bringing their characters to life through dolls.
or helping therapists continue their client support in-between sessions through creating their own set of journals.
and helping product-based businesses create new, innovative revenue streams using the product lines they already carry + sourcing new ones.
like helping business coaches magnify their client transformation through creating a physical box with tangible worksheets + tools.
and even helping funeral homes provide meaningful gifts to their grieving clients through creating personalized mementos.
We also work with you to create innovative revenue streams, curate swoon-worthy spaces and engaging customer events, transforming how we conduct business and acquire customers today.
If you're ready for growth, you're in the right place.
We challenge norms.
(and demand the same from our clients)
We dream bigger than what we see in front of us.
We simply believe that businesses lost their way when the focus became just about selling, selling, selling...
versus
...serving customers and actually solving a [worthwhile] problem for them.
It feels at times that business has lost its heart and soul, and our Brand Strategists are working with Visionary Founders and Groundbreaking Leaders (like you) to bring it back.
I’m a brand strategist and creativity Consultant, ex-corporate buyer, travel junkie, ice cream feign, boy mama, football coach wifey,
blue - haired, new-idea-by-the-minute kinda woman.
Business as we know it has been forever changed - but with change, comes so many great things. Innovation, being one of the greatest. Some of today's greatest, most popular companies were birthed during some of the toughest times in history (Instagram, Disney, IBM). Why? Because when there is pressure, when things around us seem to be out of our control and it feels that there's no way out - the curious Entrepreneurs like you find a way.
You look in places others don't. You do things others won't. You turn failure and downturn into opportunity. You are the exact type of Entrepreneur and Business I proudly work with every day.
You are the one that is changing and innovating the landscape of commerce today. I jump in as your wing woman each time you want to dive in and take a fresh look at your business to discover new opportunities to both increase and diversify your revenue and serve your customers, or your employees, at a deeper level.
I spent 11 years working inside the corporate offices of some of the US's biggest brands, as an Art Director, Buyer, Strategy Manager, Merchandising Director, Logistics Analyst, and Product Development Manager. Fast forward to today, my team and I are the driving force of creativity, innovation and revenue behind businesses like yours worldwide.
Yep. I change my hair a lot, but the blue is always consistent :-).
The Woman Behind The Studio
Innovative
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You believe that measuring revenue is equally as important as measuring impact.
Is this you?
You're not looking to "sell stuff", your vision is to create an innovative solution to your customers’ problems utilizing products, services, experiences, and tech.
You understand the importance of building both a community inside your brand with your customers - and a community outside your brand by immersing yourself in your local area.
You feel it in your bones that your business is bigger than you. You’re building something that will create a legacy for yourself, your family, and perhaps even your entire culture.
Screaming in your head YES this is me? Let's chat.
