Starting a business was fun and exciting (if a little bit terrifying). Being your own boss is a dream - your business can can ebb and flow with your personal growth and interests, you're not locked into your employee contract doing the same shit every day...
But if you're being honest with yourself, when you're wearing all the hats, they can get really heavy.
You have a lot of big ideas and grand plans but don’t know how to get the ball rolling or which step comes first.
You were booked and busy but now your life is a little chaos and you don’t know how to get back to where shit was chill and fun.
You're burnt out trying to find your next client because you were coasting on the good times and now the referrals have dried up.
You feel scatterbrained, burnt out, uninspired - like throwing in the towel and getting a 'real' job.
You've lost the plot in all the trends and noise, throwing spaghetti at the wall, jumping from offer to offer.
You have a great support system when it comes to your personal life, but they don't always get it when it comes to self-employment.
But once you get clear on what you have to offer, how you are different from the next person they could hire or buy from, what it means to be your client - they’ll be landing on your Instagram like
“oh shit, I want them!”.
Though rich with potential (!!), what your customer sees right now is a rock.
And they don’t want to buy a rock.
They don't need a rock.
They want gold, baby. Solid gold.
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If you've gone to ducks and Dawn dishsoap, just come back to rocks for a second because it’s a perfect metaphor for what we’re going to do with your business...
The first potentially messy but crucial phase, a brain-dump hang to dig deep and uncover the root of your challenges. In this casual, lay it all out there session, we can help you identify what's holding you back, and lay the groundwork for transformation.
When you're deep in the day-to-day, you start to overlook what makes your brand special. It’s also hard to see the value you provide when it comes so naturally to you - but your clients do not share that sentiment, they need you.
This is where we step in to refine and highlight the nuances and strengths you've neglected to showcase, and giving your brand the clarity and direction it needs.
Just as alchemists transformed base metals into gold, Brand Alchemy elevates your brand to its highest potential. Through deep strategy work, refined messaging, and striking design, we make your brand irresistible to ideal clients, converting views into loyal customers.
That glint in the sand, sparkling amongst thousands of other options?
That's you, baby - solid gold.
When you're deep in the day-to-day, you start to overlook what makes your brand special. It’s also hard to see the value you provide when it comes so naturally to you - but your clients do not share that sentiment, they need you.
This is where we step in to refine and highlight the nuances and strengths you've neglected to showcase, and giving your brand the clarity and direction it needs.
Just as alchemists transformed base metals into gold, Brand Alchemy elevates your brand to its highest potential. Through deep strategy work, refined messaging, and striking design, we make your brand irresistible to ideal clients, converting views into loyal customers.
That glint in the sand, sparkling amongst thousands of other options?
That's you, baby - solid gold.
The first potentially messy but crucial phase, a brain-dump hang to dig deep and uncover the root of your challenges. In this casual, lay it all out there session, we can help you identify what's holding you back, and lay the groundwork for transformation.
but if you're anything like me, trying to do this solo often sends me down more rabbit holes than I started with.
Let me introduce you to the Brainstorm Sesh.
This is your time to unload on someone who gets it, reframe your thinking, and make a plan. It's like business therapy, but also chill coffee with a friend (like if you need to nurse or appease little snack monsters, I get it). Where are you getting stuck? What's the big picture? Do you really need to make 6 Reels a day? (No.)
You'll sign off with clarity, ideas, a path forward, and/or where to use (or conserve) your energy. If it makes sense to dive into a larger project from here, your session and it's fee can be put towards that next step.
The first (and easiest) step to getting you feeling back on track + in control is sitting down to plot out what's going on (and what isn't).
What you need is a strategy and system to build a brand that thrives with authenticity, and resonates with those perfect clients.
You don't need another freebie to get lost in your downloads folder, or to binge-watch Reels hoping for a breakthrough IDEA.
Let's say you're a few years in, life happens, and you've kind of lost the plot when it comes to what you offer.
Maybe you were coasting on referrals that seem to have dried up; you've pivoted your services from where they started; or maybe you're just not the same person you were and it doesn't feel authentic.
It takes just 7 seconds for a potential customer to create a perception of your brand in their mind, and I don’t know about you but it's hard enough to get seen these days - I'm not looking to waste those views.
Your social media, website, packaging - every touchpoint - should work as hard as your logo does when it comes to representing your brand, which calls for a more strategic, thoughtful identity process and system.
But when it comes to your logo and standing out, Canva is not it.
Sure, you can use a template to create your logo. I’m not one of those designers that’s going to tell you Canva sucks, because even as a university-educated designer who’s paid Adobe thousands of dollars, I am a fan.
Our needs also ebb and flow, one month you may need emails, images, web updates for a launch, then it’s crickets for the next two - so retainers or having a designer on staff don’t work either.
There’s a lot that goes on in running and marketing a business, and there isn’t always a one-size-fits-all approach or a lot of time to prepare.
This is where Design or Intensive Days step in, ideal for when projects and deliverables are nuanced, or are needed on a quick turnaround.
Booked most often for:
Having our branding completed professionally changed everything about our business,
and Millson + Main is a national treasure.
This is one of the investments I worried about most since starting my business, wondering if it would be worth it. I wish I did it a year ago.
Bouncing ideas back and forth with someone so creative and whose opinion you value so highly is honestly one of the greatest experiences as a small business owner.
I couldn't be happier, you literally took it to the next level and created a logo/brand even better than I could have imagined.
Bouncing ideas back and forth with someone so creative and whose opinion you value so highly is honestly one of the greatest experiences as a small business owner.
Having our branding completed professionally changed everything about our business and Millson + Main is a national treasure.
I couldn't be happier, you literally took it to the next level and created a logo/brand even better than I could have imagined.
This is one of the investments I worried about most since starting my business, wondering if it would be worth it. I wish I did it a year ago.