Branding for businesses on a mission.

Stand out & connect with the people who need you.

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Quick Take ⏱️

Branding that respects your time and your vision. In five days, you'll get the clarity and strategy to move your business forward—with a live brand strategy intensive, custom market playbook, and a launch-ready roadmap designed to work in the real world.

You’re changing the world. Your brand should feel like it.

I know how it feels to pour your heart into your mission and still feel invisible. With 20+ years helping purpose-driven brands become impossible to miss, I can change that—fast.

The Problem

  • External: Your brand looks and sounds just like every other company claiming to make a difference.

  • Internal: You feel frustrated that the people who need you most can't recognize you're for them.

  • Philosophical: You deserve a brand that does your purpose, and your business justice.

The Plan

  • Clarify your core message.

  • Create an identity that clearly signals who you're for.

  • Launch with confidence and consistency.

What’s at Stake

  • Fail: Keep blending in and miss out on the opportunities, growth, and relationships you deserve.

  • Win: Be instantly recognizable to your ideal clients, and watch those who've been searching for you finally find their answer.

Uncover your brand's true power in one purposeful session

No fluff. No overwhelm. Just clarity that connects.

Stop wasting months on branding processes that leave you more confused than when you started. You don't need a bloated branding package or endless strategy calls. You need a focused session that uncovers your brand's true essence—so the people looking for you can recognize you immediately.

That’s the The Heart Lab.

  • Walk away knowing knowing exactly how to signal who you're for and what makes you different

  • Know exactly how to be found by the people who need you most

  • Get a clear strategy & roadmap delivered within 2 days

  • Launch confidently from your bespoke strategic foundation

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    I'm beyond in love with the brand design and strategy that Brad created for us. Every single time I put something new into the world under this brand, I feel an extra boost of pride. Brad's structured process made sure we didn't drop anything, and his high bar and collaborative spirit made sure we pushed it to the upper realms of amazing. You should work with him.

    Tim Leake - Let’s Lightbulb

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    It was incredible working with Brad to bring our vision to life. He truly listened, digging into our mission, passion, and long-term goals to shape a thoughtful brand identity. Throughout the process, Brad made us feel understood and often uncovered ideas we hadn’t articulated yet. We felt creatively supported every step of the way.

    Shannon Godfrey - The Commons

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    “Brad has an innate ability to connect to the core truth of a brand and express it in a unique (differentiating), meaningful (strategic), and beautiful (wonderfully designed) way.”

    Cindy Frigard - Similar Blue

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    “We've worked with Brad for 20 years, and his superpower is capturing the essence of our ventures with clear, clever, and impactful branding. He's fun, wildly creative, articulate, and kind.”

    Will Fendon - Fendon Properties

  • Smiling woman with short curly brown hair wearing a blue jacket and sunglasses on her head, outdoors in front of a wooden deck with green plants in the background.

    “Oh my goodness I can't say enough good things about Brad and the work he did for us. Brad was passionate about our issue and understood what we were going for immediately.”

    Nancy Hirshberg - The Crossroads Initiative

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I help thoughtful founders create brands that feel right and get results.

You deserve a brand that does more than just look good. You need to uncover your difference and share it so your ideal clients know you're for them.

Where most branding processes are slow, expensive, and packed with unnecessary fluff, you'll get something fast, focused & built for real-world momentum. You'll skip the bloated timelines and endless revisions for clarity, collaboration, and measurable results.

This approach has helped businesses stand out in saturated markets, launch with confidence, and connect with the people who matter most.

Because you're not just building a brand—you're creating a way to show up clearly, confidently, and unignorably, without losing your soul in the process.

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So, how does this work?

One : Discovery Call

  • Book your free call—we’ll chat goals, fit, and how branding can move you forward

  • No sales pitch, no pressure—just thoughtful questions and real insights

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Two: The Heart Lab

  • 1-day strategy intensive to uncover what makes you unignorable to your ideal clients

  • Heart Lab Brief in 48 hours with clear positioning, messaging that resonates, and opportunities to be found

  • Credit toward Launch if you decide to move forward

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Three: Launch Your Brand!

  • Custom Launch package that makes you instantly relevant to the people looking for you

  • Visual identity, messaging, website & more—delivered fast

  • Fraction-of-the-time process so you can hit the ground running

Stop being invisible to the people who need you. Start building a brand that gets you found.

Schedule a free Startwith Clarity call and get clear on what's keeping the right people from finding you, plus a friendly, zero-pressure conversation to kickstart your transformation today.

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