Brand Maine Marketing

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BrandME Marketing was founded in 2005, incorporating a year later, with a clear directive to help Maine brands grow by being a part time or temporary marketing director or coordinator-level resource for those in need. Delivering highly qualified and passionate, marketing management support at below-market rates, remains a mantra.We believe that BrandME fills a gap in our service industry. Many fine, growth-oriented Maine businesses and organizations do not have any in-house personnel devoted to marketing. Most recognize the need and purpose, but find general budgeting, management, and oversight to be barriers to internal staff. Likewise, the prospect of a full service ad agency is simply not a good fit for some. They tried it, didn't like it, or heard horror stories from associates. High costs, high egos, paying extra for agency overhead, and major mark up on all production was just all too much, too soon. The marketing mantle then often falls on an owner, a sales manager, or perhaps a staffer who has some limited background or interest in marketing or one of its offspring like advertising, PR, web, direct mail, etc. That scenario can get old and inefficient for some.In short, if I don't want to hire focused help, and I don't want to do it myself ( or should not be doing it alone for the sake of the business ), and I don't want an agency approach, what is left? Welcome to BrandME Marketing.As a marketing consultancy, BrandME, an anti ad-agency of sorts, can offer significant value, without compromising quality, experience, and ideas. We build a team around our client's needs. Led by a marketing and account or project manager ( BrandME Marketing's role ) our trusted professionals get the job done.How can we offer such value? Less overhead for starters. We also encourage net billing direct, from media and other vendors to our clients, allowing us to pass on wholesale rate advantages with NO mark up and NO commissions. It is no coincidence that many of our strategic partners ( as well as our founder ) came from the ad agency world and now find themselves able to charge a lot less for their services as freelancers than when they were agency employees.There are pros and cons to everything. Thankfully, the world does not have the same needs or taste buds! It is vital to point out that the agency model works well for some, and our consultancy model equally well for others. There are also plenty of Maine businesses that do just fine with a more in-house approach, whether with focused personnel, multi-tasking job roles, or cloning! We are all pragmatists at heart, which is why we so often refer folks to great Maine ad agencies, freelance resources direct, or even possible staff hires. BrandME Marketing's hope for the future is to continue to provide maximum effort and support to those who fit the solution we represent - and refer resources and wish the very best of success to those we don't.Capabilities and Services Back to TopBrandME Marketing acts as your part-time or temporary marketing management resource - on either a project, annual retainer, monthly, or hourly basis. Our rates work on a sliding scale based on commitment and are typically blended to drive maximum value to our clients.We can interface with your existing marketing manager/coordinator or other staff and assist them with select projects of importance. Yet, more times than not we are working collaboratively with an owner, partner, or key designate to help drive planning, actions, and then results.If it relates to marketing, it relates to BrandME Marketing. We are not a full-service, in-house ad agency and we do not pretend to be. We are a team of professionals, led by a BrandME Marketing account manager ( acting as your part-time marketing director ) to help you plan and then implement your marketing initiatives.Market Research ( analysis, varied surveys, intercepts, fo