Meet
Brand Oracle.

Brand Builder guides you through the Eight Brand Marks™, asking the questions a strategist would ask to uncover the stories, beliefs, ambitions and characteristics that make your brand distinct.

Follow a question beyond its first answer, gather the evidence and recognise the threads worth carrying forward. You bring the knowledge; Builder helps you look closer.

You don’t need a big team, a substantial marketing budget or previous branding experience to start thinking strategically about your business.

Whether you’re developing an idea, building your first brand, shaping a personal brand or finding new direction in an established business, the Eight Brand Marks™ give you a structured way to uncover what makes you distinctive.

Work alongside the Brand Builder Map to capture your thinking as you go. The findings you choose to save contribute to your Brand Profile, creating the strategic foundation Mentor and Writer can work from.

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A process of discovery.

1. ExploreStart with the question and the experiences behind it.
2. CaptureKeep working notes, stories and observations in the Map.
3. RefineLook for patterns and bring the strongest thinking together.
4. FileReview and save your findings for each exercise.

A decision. An opportunity. A challenge. An idea. Bring the situation and the context, and Brand Mentor helps you look at it from another angle.

What’s on the table?

• A partnership opportunityDoes it fit what you stand for and who you want to matter to?
• A new service directionWhere does it take the brand, and what might you need to protect?
• A pricing changeWhat does it communicate about the value and experience you offer?
• A campaign conceptIs it recognisably yours, and what are you hoping it changes?

Brief Brand Mentor with what matters. It draws on your saved brand context to help you examine the options, question assumptions and consider the implications.

Another perspective can make your judgement clearer. It doesn’t remove the need for your knowledge or replace specialist advice where that’s needed.

Your story, beliefs, character and perspective give the words somewhere to begin. Brand Writer helps you develop content and communication from that understanding.

What are we working on?

Social · Email · Website · Article · Script · Campaign · Ad · Something else

1. BriefWho is it for, what should it achieve and what needs to come through?
2. ReferenceShare relevant information, examples and details Writer should consider.
3. DraftDevelop a piece that draws on your brand context.
4. EditReview, question and refine until the words feel like yours.

Use your Brand Profile as a starting point, then add the specific context for the work at hand. Your perspective and judgement shape the final piece.