Prosper is a niched naming and branding agency serving professional service firms in the UK and worldwide. The agency is owned and run by Ben Stanbury.

I name, brand and develop websites for my clients, allowing them communicate their point of difference, stand out in the marketplace and connect with their audience.

You can see my services overview here. Typically I help clients with the following: 
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Brand strategy workshops
Naming
Messaging and tone of voice
Brand identity development
Brand guidelines
Website design

Generally, I see my clients in three situations.

1) They are a start-up beginning from scratch.
My clients may be leaving an existing firm to start their own company and they want brand development, identity design and a website for example.

2) They are an existing firm with a good reputation but need to be more consistent with their branding.
They are a successful company with years of experience, but their branding and online presence is somewhat lacking and needs refreshing. They're looking for their existing brand to be more consistent across their customer touchpoints (such as their social media and their website) but do not want to change their name.

3) They are seeking a re-brand because they want to modernise the way their firm presents itself.
They may want to attract the right kinds of clients and staff. They feel their brand identity is tired compared to the competition, and often it looks much the same as the next firm or it no longer represents what their company stands for.

Yes, I can deliver my entire process remotely. I'm a firm believer in face-to-face communication, even virtually, which is why I encourage Zoom / Google Hangouts / Microsoft Teams etc.

I can present your new branding online via my branding presentation method and I'll keep you in the loop throughout, as I did it for Kinline in the USA, Numerity in Canada.

Don't worry this is a common question... the first thing to bear in mind is I work with you collaboratively. My brand strategy workshops are done with you, and together we will discuss your answers, talk about what your business means to you, and what you want your business to mean to the people you serve.

This is the essence of the strategy work I do with clients before I undertake any naming or design work. You should find it interesting, involving, and also fun!

Typically working with me happens in several stages and could look a little like this:

1) Contact me via the Prosper website.
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2) I'll send you our document 'What to expect when you work with Prosper' which outlines my process, prices and deliverables.
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3) If you like what you see, we can have a (free) video call to talk about your business, and l'll run you through my approach to developing brands.
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4) From there, armed with an idea of how I work, and what I charge, you may wish to engage in a brand strategy workshop, which can lead on to naming, branding and website development.

If you do decide you'd like to go ahead, I'll draw up contracts and timelines and a project agreement form detailing the service or services your require, the fees and expected timelines.
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Here are some things to remember working with Prosper; 

1) I purposely work with a very limited number of clients at any one time, so you get 100% of my attention. 
2) I'm big on communication and keeping clients 'in the loop' and you'll be dealing directly with me.
3) Your satisfaction matters to me.

It's not essential, but we will be having a discovery call (over the phone, or better still via video) to find out a little more about what kind of projects you have in mind. We'll also have plenty of phone calls or video calls as we go through our process with you.

I purposely work with a small number of clients at any one time, so you'll deal directly with me (Ben), face-to-face, on the phone and during presentations. And where matters of copywriting are concerned, you'll work with Danielle my long-term copywriter.

There are a lot of ways to define branding and brand strategy, but let's keep it fairly simple.

Brand strategy is working through a process to help you understand your point of difference, who your audience is, and what matters to them and then communicating that difference. Put another way, it's helping your audience understand your 'Why'. Brand strategy will help you uncover your positioning, your USP (unique selling points) and your values, ultimately shaping the 'personality' of your brand and in turn, influencing the way you present yourself through your brand identity.

Your brand identity is the visual and verbal manifestation of that brand strategy. At its core, it's your colour palette, use of fonts, the kind of language you use, your logo and your website design. When these elements are combined they work together to position your company in the mind of your audience and set you apart from the competition.

I will run you through a short visual presentation on how to understand brand strategy as part of an initial discovery call when you get in touch. Hopefully you'll find it all very interesting and informative!

I don’t supply ‘just’ a logo to my clients, because a logo is a part of an overall brand identity system I design for clients.

Yes, naming is a process I take clients through as I develop their brand identity. I wrote a guide about choosing a memorable and interesting name for your company here.

In almost every circumstance websites are designed from scratch because this is part of my efforts to differentiate your firm. Some companies offer clients a menu of pre-designed websites, but our clients don't want that sort of thing when they are investing in their branding with us, because understandably they don't want the same website as the next firm...

Yes, you can change text, images, headings and links. This is done via the Editor which is a very easy website editor that you and your staff can log into and make any changes as you see fit. I'll also provide a short training video showing you how to make changes on your own website.

It's not very complex, and I do provide video training, but, yes, I can help you with that if need be. Just ask, and I'll arrange something with you.

Yes, normally my long-term copywriter Danielle will write the copy for my clients websites. This is done after Danielle and I deliver an initial online copywriting workshop with you to understand more about the services you offer and how you'd like to come across (while keeping your target audience in mind). From here Danielle will then craft compelling, human sounding copy so it reads naturally, and is structured properly.

We will also write SEO friendly Page Titles, Page Descriptions and Google Descriptions for your website, to ensure you're saying the right things in the right places.

Via a CMS (a Content Management System) your website can feature a blog, case studies and resources such as ebooks and downloads, which you can add content to via the Editor as well. Writing original blog articles is a great way to show some thought leadership and give your social media content some credibility.

Yes I can integrate most things such as Mailchimp contact forms, Calendly embeds, Google maps, and links to client portals for example.

Two reasons.
1) Prosper is a branding agency, so it's strengths are in developing effecting brand identities for clients.
2) Google PPC campaigns and social media campaigns (when done properly) are specialisms in themselves.

We use specialists to do these things for us, and yes, we can introduce you!

It varies a lot as you can imagine. Contact me here and I'll send you over my document 'What to expect when you work with Prosper'.

I understand. If you're shopping around and making a decision based only on price, then Prosper is probably not the agency for you.

A branding agency will take you through a process over a period of weeks, developing positioning statements, identifying your USP and even helping you name your firm. There's a marked difference in the deliverables and the positive ramifications for your firm when you work through a strategic branding process, which is why it costs a lot more and takes a lot longer.

Depending on deliverables, usually between four to twelve weeks.

Usually between four to twelve weeks.

There's an expectation for you to be invested in the process. This is a collaboration, and you know your business better than anyone else. You're also investing a fair amount of money, so it is worth investing the time and energy where you can as well.

My policy for new clients is 50% upfront, 25% stage payment and 25% upon delivery. For larger projects I can offer more flexible terms. All payments to be made in GBP.

No. I accept electronic payment via bank transfer only. If you are not based in the UK I can supply you with the necessary information for your bank to process the payment to our UK bank account.

Great, in the first instance, get in touch with me (Ben) via the website here and I'll contact you to arrange a good time for a chat to find out some more about your project.

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