Elevate Brand Communications

Elevate Brand Communications An end-to-end creative, branding and communications partner in Sydney, Australia.

Please don't mention your business was on Shark Tank or Dragons Den...UNLESS you were successfully funded (with your pan...
04/05/2026

Please don't mention your business was on Shark Tank or Dragons Den...
UNLESS you were successfully funded (with your pants UP), a shark, or a dragon.

Shark: "you're a glorified sales person for a manufacturer - you don't have a business without the IP"
Contestant: "I'll show you otherwise"
🀦

Brand insight for founders:

1. Just because everyone knows about a brand, it doesn't mean it's appropriate for you to be associated with it

2. Shows are built to entertain so you have no control of narrative

What are the associations people have about this show or this brand association?
You'll be in that bucket.

How did your segment go? Did you feel absolutely vulnerable when you didn't know your numbers?

Did you sponsor an event that has a snake oil reputation?

Not all publicity is good publicity - sorry.

Sometimes you have to un-PR stuff as well (which takes sooo much more resources).

Yes, sometimes the right brand move is to UNassociate.

BE SELECTIVE about the brand trust signals because they each send a message to your audience about who you are, what the business represents and plays a massive part in their trust build towards a sale.

Outsourcing your social media posts to Ai? Brands are going pearshaped and out of alignment since Ai hit the scene...Ama...
14/04/2026

Outsourcing your social media posts to Ai?

Brands are going pearshaped and out of alignment since Ai hit the scene...

Amalgamated content, and variations of variations...
Sudden change in the nature of posts...
Poorly trained or untrained bots...
All lead to brand dilution.

Imagine speaking to me about this post and I have no recollection of what I've written.
What happens to audience trust?
It tanks.

Trust gets killed very quickly when people get a different experience of you than what they expect.

It needs to make sense.
And most of all we need to protect your brand from dilution and rogue bots that have told you whatever you said was a great idea (but actually it doesn't make sense to your audience or business goals).

Have a look at your brand Comms.
Is there clarity in message? Is there unison of voice? Are you intentionally building trust with each post?
Or is your barometer just what "sounds good"?

Ai accessibility still does not give you automatic skill to go inhouse, sorry. πŸ™ˆ

In all honesty, it would be more strategic and fail-safe to just hire me.

The further I delve into the true impact we make, the less interested I am in proving myself.I find myself reductively i...
20/03/2026

The further I delve into the true impact we make, the less interested I am in proving myself.

I find myself reductively introducing what I do simply as "I'm in branding".

(Which is ironically terrible brand positioning - I know.)

We have solid USPs
We have a solid positioning pitch.

Here I am giving advice to our clients on how to effectively position themselves in their market and I simply say, "I'm in branding". πŸ˜…

As the years in networking pass one thing became clear to me:
​- It's more important that I enjoy our clients company than it is to make a sale ​

Most times, I'm not interested in CONVINCING you that we're awesome at what we do.

Branding is not about performing.

A client of mine shared their concerns regarding their marketing goals - "if I have to be the face of the company, I have to be someone I'm not".
No, you don't.

Branding is not about pretending to be something you're not.
Its about using who you really are as your sticky USP.

Branding is NOT about just looking better. Your brands job is to INJECT MEANING into the minds of your potential clients...
12/03/2026

Branding is NOT about just looking better.

Your brands job is to INJECT MEANING into the minds of your potential clients.

It's about
- Increasing relationship with your clients & potential clients
- Elevating your marketing to communicate your value effectively

So, think:
>>> What do potential clients think about us before speaking to us?

AND... what about the leads who look at us online then don't actually contact us because our messaging was off? The opportunities we don't even know we're missing...

A hard question to sit with.

Holiday period misconception - time to double down?Over the years I've heard many clients and business owners considerin...
12/12/2025

Holiday period misconception - time to double down?

Over the years I've heard many clients and business owners considering holiday breaks a break for their clients too.

For some industries it can be a great time to RAMP UP your sales, branding and marketing (or test that it's a good season to do so).

Since the majority are not running ads or focussing on campaigning:

Your market is less distracted and may be more open to considering new services while taking a break from the day to day.

What does your market reflect on during breaks?

If you are in CONSULTING, OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT, COACHING, MARKETING, FINANCE or your service addresses internal topics which may be set aside because of BAU thinking...

Your market is likely in REFLECTION mode and may be ready for you!

Consider campaigns at strategically placed times this holiday season and see if it's a golden time for you!

People are always looking for reasons why NOT to do business with you. Just yesterday, I got mistaken for a 20 year old ...
04/11/2025

People are always looking for reasons why NOT to do business with you.
Just yesterday, I got mistaken for a 20 year old 🀣

" WOW you have a baby AND A Business?"

"Yes well I've been in business for 10 years so there is some stability"

"10 years?.. How old are you? You look about 20."

When you're talking to friendly folk on your train ride home, being misjudged is not such a big deal.

But what about in business?

SOMETIMES I have clients I need to break news to.

Some examples of probing questions I've asked my clients:
> "You look young, why should I trust you with my business?"
> "You're a woman targeting men audience only - does this check out with your audience?"
> (And a bit of a braver one last week. 😬) "That shirt is too big, you need a fitted one."

If I don't have the kahunas to tell you as your brand parter, WHO WILL?

It's not to make fun or make you feel bad, it's to absolutely own reasons why someone would NOT want to work with you so you can manage them.

Objection handling.

People are always looking for reasons not to work with you. Especially as you go higher up the chain.
"He looks too young."
"What does she know about men's problems."
"He can't even dress himself."

It's not because all people are jerks, that's how the subconscious works!
Those first few seconds of a first impression SET THE TONE FOR YOUR BRAND.

Brand is PERCEPTION CONTROL.

My perception of you is based on the judgements and assumptions I make of you.

So how does what you're putting out there add up?

I start my introductions by actually saying
"Having been 10 years in business, I noticed..."
Because the attention goes to my credibility and trust signals, not my looks.

There are ways to manage.

It's not about being perfect or changing who you are. It's about refining what you're putting out there so people don't even see those potential objections. They see trust, charisma and memorability.

Are you missing business because you didn't leave a memorable first impression?

What are you missing that you can't see?

You need someone brave enough to challenge you, or whisper in your ear that your shoe is untied to be your 110% self.

(and for those of you wondering, I'm 36)

No one wants to refer an UGLY DUCKLING.Here's one for you - because your business is primarily built on referral relatio...
29/10/2025

No one wants to refer an UGLY DUCKLING.

Here's one for you - because your business is primarily built on referral relationships and introductions...

You need to BE WORTH referring.

If you're single and I want to introduce you to a potential match, you better turn up looking good. Or at least shower.
Otherwise, you lose a date, and I'd look like an idiot for referring you!

How you look online and the impression that gives, is also how good you make your referrer look, too.

Not having your sh*t together online damages your chances at attracting new relationships AND discourages people from referring you!

Are you missing out on referrals because your brand looks "amateurish" or "low level"?

The potential lost business is SO REAL.

If you're doing paid ads without solid branding... You're likely burning money 🫠For those ads to work, you need depth, s...
16/10/2025

If you're doing paid ads without solid branding...
You're likely burning money 🫠

For those ads to work, you need depth, substance, storytelling... SOMETHING.

Bold claims get the click - they don't get you a lead or a true sale.

I've watched it happen - clients pumping budget into ads when the brand foundations are non existent. Unclear messaging, weak positioning, inconsistent design, no differentiation....

That's an expensive lesson for the client to learn.

>>> Ads AMPLIFY what's already there.

So if what's there is weak - there are better ways of drilling yourself into the ground.

If what's there is strong Brand foundations, there's a sure fire way to increase your chances of growth.

Brand is the thing that makes someone actually stop scrolling. It builds the trust that turns a click into a real conversation. It's why someone picks YOU over the other 8 options staring at them.

But here's the real kicker where most people get lost on this... you can't track brand like you track ROAS or cost per lead...

There's no dashboard showing you when someone remembers your name six months later. No pixel capturing the exact moment a client steps over the line from "maybe" to "yes."

And that is EXACTLY how SALES work for long term, professional services.

That drives some people absolutely mad. They want every dollar justified with a metric.

I absolutely understand the wanting to ensure ROI. (Especially given the ferociously loud marketing landscape over the last few years.)

The businesses winning long-term understand brand is the infrastructure that all other Comms and tactics are built on.

Honestly - how's your brand foundation looking right now? Is it really to be amplified? Or not...

You can have the tightest funnel, smartest targeting, slickest ad creative... but if your brand doesn't back it up with clarity, credibility, and consistency?
It's a game of luck.

Build the brand first. THEN amplify it.

Hot tip on AUTOMATIONS and impact on your BRAND:Can you notice how impersonal brand experiences are becoming once their ...
03/10/2025

Hot tip on AUTOMATIONS and impact on your BRAND:

Can you notice how impersonal brand experiences are becoming once their audience knows something has been automated? Posts, phone calls, email replies...

That puts more pressure on us to show human qualities like empathy, patience and commitment to COMPENSATE FOR the automated experience.

Eventually, the businesses who continue to allow human qualities to be at the FOREFRONT of their business Comms will stand out.

Automate your BACK END processes to assist in work completion, not relationship or brand building.

I'm a systemisation and efficiently queen (if I may title myself). I made our processes squeeky clean and can easy "robotise" it because I can list what actions happen 1 2 3.

Just don't automate and robotise your front brand communications or client experience!

Example :
I automate task events to ping from asana to Gmail.
I do not automate or bot-write email responding.

I automate CRM info population.
I do not automate LinkedIn messaging.

To be human is to stand out 🌟

If you have multiple businesses, a personal brand is ESSENTIAL.Not only can you easily cross-pollinate your audiences be...
26/09/2025

If you have multiple businesses, a personal brand is ESSENTIAL.

Not only can you easily cross-pollinate your audiences between businesses (because once they trust YOU, they trust any business you have), but also because you then become a thought-leader and perceived expert about a certain thing.

People buy from people and they want to know you.

If you think building a personal brand is for you, ensure you are also worthy of people's attention. Bring something of value or unique to the table that's memorable. Sometimes you need your branding person to pull that out of you and that's cool too - have some Idea though.

I branded a lot of personal brands from 2019-2022 and looks like they're picking back up again. So some words of advice...
Ensure you:

1. Communicate your credibility
2. Don't inflate yourself. Just be real about the outcomes you get and what idea and values you represent
3. Always be building your accolades/skillset - authorship, speakership skills, thought-leadership writing, communication, etc

As there are many in my network exhibiting at a business show in Nov, here's a few pointers for you. (And if you are con...
04/09/2025

As there are many in my network exhibiting at a business show in Nov, here's a few pointers for you.
(And if you are considering having a stall ANYWHERE.)

To best capitalise on your investment and effort, ensure you:
1. Clearly communicate on your signage a pulling reason to stop at your exhibit

2. A very efficient way of collecting the emails / phone of those interested (for example, enter a competition and scan the qr code)

The most valuable takeaway for you is building your database and NURTURING it. So ensure you have your marketing funnel sorted before you go.

For a typical professional service, be prepared to see an ROI on this event 6-12 months after its completed - assuming you have effectively collected leads and you are nurturing the database well.

There are many marketers and brand specialists - myself included - who can help you.
Get someone to help you.

Every time I see a poorly executed stall with terrible Signage or communication of value and no crowd, I wince for them.

It's absolutely imperative you get that first impression visual and Signage communication right otherwise you're not leveraging the environment.

And it takes a mountain of effort to put one of these on!

How will your brand stand out in this environment enough for people to want to interact with you?

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