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Brand Strategy

Brand strategy is the roadmap that defines how your business communicates its mission, vision, and value to the your customers.

Developing a solid brand strategy is essential for aligning a company's goals with its market presence. Brand strategy involves defining the company's mission, vision, values, and positioning to create a cohesive identity that resonates with the target audience. It serves as a roadmap for all branding efforts, guiding decisions and communications to ensure consistency and effectiveness.

During the Curation phase—the second step of our process—we focus on crafting a comprehensive brand strategy. By understanding our partners' unique strengths and market opportunities, we develop strategies that differentiate them from competitors and connect deeply with their customers. This strategic foundation is crucial for building a strong, recognizable brand that supports long-term growth and success.

OUR BRAND
STRATEGY PROCESS

Discovery
and Research

During the second phase of our process we take an introspective look at your business to identify the gaps in communication. In order to find a path forward, we have to first identify where your are.

brand audit
and analysis

Our process begins with a comprehensive exploration of your business. We conduct in-depth research to understand your industry, competitors, and audience. This phase includes stakeholder interviews, market analysis, and a review of your current brand positioning.

strategic framework development

We develop a strategic framework that outlines your brand's vision, mission, values, and positioning. This framework serves as a foundation for all branding efforts, guiding your brand's communication and visual identity.
These first three phases occur during Compass.

creative
execution

With a clear strategy in place, we move into the creative phase, where we develop your brand's visual identity, including logo design, color palette, typography, and imagery. We ensure that every element reflects your brand's personality and resonates with your audience.

implementation
and monitoring

We assist in implementing brand strategy across all channels, ensuring consistency and alignment with your strategic goals. We also set up monitoring tools to track performance and make necessary adjustments to optimize brand impact.

OUR BRAND
STRATEGY PROCESS
01

Discovery
and Research

Our process begins with a comprehensive exploration of your business. We conduct in-depth research to understand your industry, competitors, and audience. This phase includes stakeholder interviews, market analysis, and a review of your current brand positioning.

02

brand audit
and analysis

Our process begins with a comprehensive exploration of your business. We conduct in-depth research to understand your industry, competitors, and audience. This phase includes stakeholder interviews, market analysis, and a review of your current brand positioning.

03

strategic framework development

Based on our findings, we develop a strategic framework that outlines your brand's vision, mission, values, and positioning. This framework serves as a foundation for all branding efforts, guiding your brand's communication and
visual identity

04

creative
execution

With a clear strategy in place, we move into the creative phase, where we develop your brand's visual identity, including logo design, color palette, typography, and imagery. We ensure that every element reflects your brand's personality and resonates with your audience.

04

implementation
and monitoring

We assist in implementing brand strategy across all channels, ensuring consistency and alignment with your strategic goals. We also set up monitoring tools to track performance and make necessary adjustments to optimize brand impact.

SUB-SERVICES OF OUR
BRAND STRATEGY OFFERING

Mission, Vision, Values, Development

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Mission, Vision, and Values Development involves crafting and refining the foundational statements that define a company's purpose, aspirations, and guiding principles, ensuring alignment and clarity throughout the brand.

Nomenclature

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Nomenclature involves developing a memorable and meaningful name for a business, aligning it with the brand's identity and appealing to the target audience to establish a strong presence in the market.

Brand positioning

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Brand Positioning involves defining the unique space a brand occupies in the market, highlighting its distinctive value to differentiate from competitors and resonate with the target audience.

Customer Journeys

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Customer Journeys involve mapping and analyzing the steps customers take when interacting with a brand, allowing businesses to optimize touchpoints and create strategies that enhance engagement and conversion.

Voice and Messaging

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Voice and Messaging involve crafting a consistent and authentic communication style that reflects a brand's identity, helping to connect with the target audience and build lasting relationships.

Rebranding

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Rebranding involves revitalizing an existing brand to better align with a company's current goals, values, and market position.

Marketing Strategy

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Marketing Strategy involves creating a comprehensive plan to reach and engage your target audience effectively, aligning marketing efforts with your brand identity and business goals to drive growth and success.

Growth Strategy

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Growth Strategy involves creating a comprehensive plan for business expansion, identifying opportunities, and developing actionable steps to drive sustainable growth aligned with your brand and business goals.

Recession Planning

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Recession Planning involves creating strategies to help businesses remain resilient during economic downturns, focusing on risk mitigation and sustainable practices to ensure long-term stability aligned with the brand.

Selected Work

001

Kvinna Studio

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Kvinna Studio provides a bespoke photography experience, and dedicates their practice to developing distinctive printed imagery which recognizes and materializes beauty.

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An overview of brand identity design, logo design, stationery, photography, print design, and collateral for Kvinna Studio in Little Rock, Arkansas Made by Unbound Brand Consultants
002

The Ouachitas

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The Ouachitas is a coffee roaster and brewery with dual culinary and community ambitions in the Arkansas River Valley.

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Branded Coffee Bag Packaging for The Ouachitas in Mena, Arkansas.
Beer Can Package Design and Branding for Dead to Me, Blackberry Shandy at The Ouachitas in Mena, Arkansas.
Branded Coffee Bag Sticker Label Rolls for Packaging Coffee at The Ouachitas in Mena, Arkansas
Beer Can Package Design and Branding for Madd Ox, West Coast IPA at The Ouachitas in Mena, Arkansas by Unbound Branding Agency
Graphic Design, restaurant illustration and Americana typography for menus at The Ouachitas in Mena, Arkansas by Unbound Branding Agency
003

MedTrust Health Alliance

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MedTrust is a group purchasing organization empowering senior care facilities by ensuring cost-effective procurement and transparent pricing.

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Letterpress-printed, foil-stamped and diecut copies of the Embark Senior Living Summit VIP invites for MedTrust Health Alliance in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
MedTrust Business Card Design Back with Transparency Art Direction.
Overview of all Embark Senior Living Summit by MedTrust, attendee collateral print design, name tags, invitations, and itinerary inside of printed booklet.
MedTrust branded, die-cut sales  pocket folder package design showing semi-open view.
MedTrust art direction, iconography, and slide deck presentation in brand identity motif.
004

Handle Barbershop

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Handle is a bespoke barbershop in downtown Little Rock that was created with a deep respect for the history and craft of barbering.

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Victorian-inspired window detail window design install and branding with illustrated raven, for Handle Barbershop in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Interior Design of Handle Barbershop in Little Rock, AR
005

Fletcher Sparrow Capital Management

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Fletcher Sparrow is a hedge fund focused on delivering above-average market returns through their “Floating Castle” fund.

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Fletcher Sparrow Capital Management Quarterly Results Print Design Newsletter for Investors Made by Unbound Branding Company
Fletcher Sparrow Capital Management Hedge Fund, Premium Business Collateral, Business Card and Stationery Design with matte brass foil reflection.
Fletcher Sparrow Capital Management Hedge Fund, Premium Business Collateral, Business Card and Stationery Design.
006

Better Fellas

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Better Fellas is a nimble PPC Agency of two, obsessed with one thing—better Google Ads.

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Premium letterpress business card design with embossed, and matte foil Better Fellas logotype, showing badge design stamp Made by Unbound Branding Company
Office stamp illustration and graphic design for Better Fellas, Pay-Per-Click Agency in Little Rock, Arkansas Made by Unbound Branding Company
Premium letterpress business card design with embossed, and matte foil Better Fellas logotype Made by Unbound Branding Company
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Poco's Beer, Wine, and Spirits

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Poco’s Beer, Wine, and Spirits is the first permitted liquor store in Polk County, Arkansas featuring an outlaw cowpoke mascot.

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Poco's Beer, Wine, and Spirits Logo and Cowboy Mascot illustration printed on paper sack for liquor store brand identity collateral by Unbound Branding Agency
Poco the cowboy mascot. illustration and brand identity for Poco's Beer, Wine, and Spirits in Mena, Arkansas by Unbound Branding Agency
Custom, condensed, vintage western slab serif typeface, Poke promotional graphic by Unbound Branding Agency