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Your competition can copy your business,
but your brand keeps them up at night.

We will guide you in fine-tuning your brand to become THE go-to problem solver/preferred provider in your market.

Your potential customers want a problem solved, and your brand is what they’ll trust to do it. 
Disclaimer: This will grow your business.


Your competition can copy your business, but your brand is what keeps them up at night.

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Your Brand IS a Story.
We Will Guide You in Making it Your Competitive Edge.

Your potential customers want a problem solved, and your brand is what they’ll trust to do it. 
Disclaimer: This will grow your business.


white lighthouse - ATB

Your Brand IS a Story.
And We Will Guide You in Making it
Your Competitive Edge.

Your competition can copy your business,
but your brand is what keeps them up at night.

Brand Message Strategy: We surface what connects with your audience while helping you find your spark again as a business owner.

Your potential customers want a problem solved, and your brand is what they’ll trust to do it. 
Disclaimer: This will grow your business.


The operation of your business is the body, and your brand is the soul.
And it's your brand - the soul - that creates separation between you and everyone else.

The operation of your business is the body, and your brand is the soul.
And it's your brand – the soul – that creates separation between you and everyone else.

The journey below follows the path every strong brand takes: from challenge to purpose, from answer to change,
and finally to the result you’re building toward.

This is where clarity begins.
This is where separation starts.

The Challenge:
You Want Separation Between You and The Competition

When your brand blends in, price becomes your only differentiator, and that’s the costliest fight.

Your value is real, but your customers may not get that. However, the best customers will choose clarity and confidence over coupons.

Customers can’t clearly see what makes you different from your competitors. 

When your brand blends in, customers default to price — and that’s the most expensive game you can play. If people can’t feel who you are or why you’re better, they’ll drift toward competitors who may not match your quality.

But when your value is unmistakably clear, price stops leading the conversation.

People choose clarity and confidence — not coupons.

We Get it

You’re a business owner for a reason — pride, passion, and wanting to serve people well. But even strong brands evolve. Comfort is dangerous, and every market gets crowded.

Once your brand finally matches its real value, customers see it instantly. They “get” you. And that clarity makes choosing you feel natural. 

You’re delivering value that your branding isn’t communicating. This is a common issue, and it’s totally fixable. 

Even the biggest names in business hit points where their branding doesn’t match the quality of what they’re delivering. Most corporations initiate a major rebranding every 7 to 10 years, with minor adjustments to branding happening even more frequently. 

Once your brand finally matches its real value, customers see it instantly. They “get” you. And that clarity makes choosing you feel natural. 

This Is How We Fix It

We turn what you do into a clear message people remember and trust, giving you a competitive edge your competitors can’t replicate.

At About The Brand®, we will guide you to uncover and clarify the strengths, stories, and qualities that make your brand uniquely valuable. You’ll be surprised by how many overlooked details can become YOUR gold nuggets; the very things customers should know and remember about you.

The added benefit? The same clarity that attracts new customers often reignites the spark for you, the business owner, too.

This will all help create more separation between you and the competition. 

The Change That Happens

Your brand becomes a magnet: clarity creates separation. When your message aligns with your strengths, customers understand who you are and why you’re the obvious choice.

And you reconnect with the confidence that comes from knowing it, too.

Your brand becomes a magnet: people know you, trust you, talk about you, and choose you, creating a new respect that your brand now commands. Simply put, this drives revenue. 

A soul-led brand has a presence that competitors can’t imitate, and customers can feel it instantly.

That respect creates real distance between you and the competition. And that separation takes you from competing to commanding.

The Results

Your value becomes visible, your brand becomes unmistakable, and your competition becomes less relevant. 

You gain a level of separation competitors can’t match, leading to more referrals, stronger loyalty, and increased revenue. 

You stop being just an option in the market and become the standout.

The next level starts with your brand.

This is why a Fit Call exists — to talk through where your brand is today, what it could be, and how to rebuild the separation you deserve.

Ultimately, the Fit Call helps us both see if our Soul Search can serve your business at this time. 

The Soul Search®

A brand-clarity deep dive for businesses ready to create distance from their competitors.

a focused, two-part, one-on-one discovery session designed to get to the heart of your business; your story, your strengths, and the real value you bring that most customers never get to see. 

We will uncover what’s already working, identify areas of untapped potential, and explore how your brand can create a distinct separation from your competitors.

a focused, two-part, one-on-one discovery session designed to get to the heart of your business; your story, your strengths, and the real value you bring that most customers never get to see. 

We will uncover what’s already working, identify areas of untapped potential, and explore how your brand can create a distinct separation from your competitors.

Who you are as a business

Where you’ve been

Who you serve

What’s currently working well

Where your brand has room to evolve

And what you envision for the future

  • Who you are as a business
  • Where you’ve been
  • Who you serve
  • What’s currently working well
  • Where your brand has room to evolve
  • And what you envision for the future

After the interview (part 1), we’ll craft a written Soul Search Brief (part 2); a clear, actionable outline that includes:

1 Your Current Strengths
A detailed look at what’s going well, what’s resonating with customers, and what you’re already doing that gives you an edge.

2 Brand Opportunities
Not “problems,” but opportunities; areas where adjusting, refining, or elevating your brand will immediately create more clarity, trust, and distinction.

3. Strategic Recommendations
What to start doing, what to stop doing, and what to refine in order to move your brand into a stronger, more separated position in your industry.

4. A Roadmap You Can Actually Use
Simple, practical next steps you can implement on your own; no overwhelm, no jargon, no fluff.

The Soul Search is built on one simple truth: Your business already has strengths worth building on.

At About The Brand, our job is to connect the dots you’ve been too close to see. We uncover the themes, advantages, and differentiators, then translate them into a brand story that’s clear and confident – difficult to imitate. 

Competitors can copy a lot – your services, your pricing, even your marketing, but they can’t copy your identity, your purpose, or your soul.

That’s the separation The Soul Search® creates:

A brand built from the inside out, guided by who you are at your best, and positioned to stand apart with authenticity, intention, and unmistakable value.

1 Implement the plan yourself

You’ll walk away with a clear, professional roadmap you can take action on immediately. Some business owners choose this route and start seeing improvements right away.

2 Have us implement it for you

If you prefer to save time (and skip the trial-and-error phase), you can hire us to bring the plan to life. In that case, the cost of your Soul Search is applied directly toward whichever services you choose, so nothing is duplicated or wasted.

This isn’t a hard pitch; just an option. If you want to run with the plan, great. If you want a partner to handle it, we’ve got you.

A deep-dive strategy call + a customized written brand blueprint.

The Soul Search blueprint includes:

$500

A deep-dive strategy call + a customized written brand blueprint.

The Soul Search blueprint includes:

$500

And if you choose to work with About The Brand® afterward, the $500 investment is credited toward any package you select. 

So whether you take the plan and run with it yourself, or choose to have us handle the heavy lifting, you get full value from the investment.

The Soul Search is your first step toward clarity, separation, and a brand that finally feels aligned with the business you’ve built — and the one you’re ready to become.

On the Fit Call, we’ll determine together whether the Soul Search is the right next step for your brand.

Rebranding isn’t a sign of struggle; it’s a strategic move.

The strongest businesses in the world evolve on purpose. They refine their message, sharpen their identity, and reposition themselves to stay relevant in a shifting market.

A rebrand is how you signal growth, clarity, and confidence.
It’s how you tell the market, “We’re not who we were — we’re better.”

If your business is ready for that kind of shift, the next step is simple.

Book a Free Fit Call.
Let’s find out whether a Soul Search is the right move for where you are,
and where you want to go next.

The Essential 12-Point Brand Health Checklist

Before you overhaul your brand, start with clarity.

The Essential 12-Point Brand Health Checklist gives you a quick read on your brand — what’s strong, what’s fuzzy, and where a few simple refinements could set you apart.

It’s a clean snapshot through four lenses: clarity, consistency, credibility, and connection.

Because a brand review isn’t just for your audience — it’s for you. When the world gets noisy (and negative), this simple check-in reconnects you to your soul; why you started in the first place, and what you really offer in the market.

Enter your email below and we’ll send the FREE Brand Checklist PDF right to your inbox so you can start your own brand diagnostic in minutes.

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From Awareness to Action

You’ve just seen how brands move from confusion to clarity.  Now let’s talk about your version of that story.

During this short Fit Call, you talk, I listen — and we’ll see whether our approach fits your goals and whether we can build something powerful together for your brand.  

When Your Brand Leads,
Success Follows

The end result is a brand that commands recognition and trust before a single interaction. You gain a level of separation competitors can’t match — leading to more referrals, stronger loyalty, and consistent revenue. You close the gaps in your clarity and communication while widening the gap between you and everyone else.

You stop being just an option in the market and become the standout.

The Part Competitors Can’t Copy

That edge comes from your brand. Anyone can copy a service – often a product, too – but no one can copy a soul.

At About The Brand®, we will guide you to uncover and clarify the strengths, stories, and qualities that make your brand uniquely valuable. You’ll be surprised by how many overlooked details can become gold nuggets — the very things customers should know and remember about you.

When your brand is defined with clarity and purpose, separation starts naturally. And in any market, that separation is everything.

Your Brand Starts Doing the
Heavy Lifting

When your business leads with its soul – its brand – people trust you naturally, and talk about you more.

A soul-led brand has a presence that competitors can’t imitate, and customers can feel it instantly.

That respect creates real distance between you and the competition. And that separation is what drives revenue, shifting you from competing to commanding.

Big or Small,
Every Business Faces This

Even the biggest names in business hit points where their branding doesn’t match the quality of what they’re delivering. It happens more often than people realize.

Once your brand finally matches its real value, customers see it instantly. They “get” you. And that clarity makes choosing you feel natural.  

Blending In Will Cost You

When your brand blends in, customers default to price — and that’s the most expensive game you can play.

If people can’t feel who you are or why you’re better, they’ll drift toward competitors who may not even match your quality.

But when your value is unmistakably clear, price stops leading the conversation.

People choose clarity and confidence — not coupons.

Sign up to receive our Essential 12-Point Brand Health Checklist sent to your inbox.

Here are three from the checklist to start you off!

1. My business has a clearly defined “WHY” that shows up in my copy. Not a mission statement; a real reason. 

+ 11 more on the Checklist! 

John was professional, yes, but he was also kind, patient, collaborative… and frankly, easy in a way that makes you think, why can’t everyone be like this? That’s rare. That’s special. And I’d work with him again in a heartbeat.”

~ Richard Dreyfuss – Actor/Author