Strategy Project

Brand Strategy

Find the position your destination can own outright, and give your team, partners and community the language to carry it.

Starting at
$13,750
Typical length
5 to 12 weeks
Your team’s time
One executive workshop

How it runs

PHASE 01

Discover

brand audit, competitive review, pre-survey and executive workshop.

PHASE 02

Insights

a Strategic Insights Report you sign off on.

PHASE 03

Define

brand foundation, positioning and message pillars.

PHASE 04

Express

voice, tone and creative examples your team can brief from.

The problem

Most destination brands describe the scenery. Mountains, beaches and charming downtowns are interchangeable, so the messaging blends into the sea of sameness and every new campaign starts from a blank page. When the core message is unclear, partners improvise and the brand drifts.

What we build

A brand foundation built around the most ownable thing about your place: specific, credible, hard to copy and easy to build content around. Then a messaging platform and voice your team can brief from for years, so every campaign after it is easier to write.

Deliverables
Strategic Insights Report
Brand foundation & positioning
Core message pillars
Voice & tone guide
The Brand Playbook
Who it’s for

Destinations with a strong foundation that needs sharpening, and destinations heading into a campaign, website or brand launch year.

Questions we get

A new logo and a clear strategy are different assets. If the brand can’t say what you own that competitors can’t, the strategy work still pays off, and it makes your new identity work harder.