Digital Marketing Strategy Consulting
Develop a coordinated marketing strategy aligned with your business objectives.
A practical marketing strategy should explain which customers the business wants to reach, how it will communicate its offering, and which activities deserve investment.
We evaluate current marketing channels, website capabilities, customer needs, available budgets, and internal resources.
Our consulting scope may include:
- Business and marketing objective discovery
- Target customer assessment
- Market and audience research planning
- Existing channel evaluation
- Brand positioning review
- Marketing funnel assessment
- Channel priority recommendations
- Budget planning
- Content strategy direction
- Marketing technology considerations
- Conversion measurement priorities
- Implementation roadmap
The strategy is designed around what the business can realistically implement and measure.
Typical deliverables: Marketing strategy document, prioritized initiatives, channel recommendations, and an implementation roadmap.
Complete Digital Marketing Audit
Understand the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities across your existing marketing activities.
A marketing audit helps businesses evaluate current digital performance before committing additional resources.
We examine the agreed websites, channels, campaigns, customer journeys, and available performance data.
The purpose is to identify practical areas for improvement rather than assume every underperforming channel needs a larger budget.
Potential audit activities include:
- Website and landing page assessment
- Search visibility review
- Social media presence review
- Paid advertising account assessment
- Brand messaging consistency
- Lead capture workflow review
- Conversion tracking evaluation
- Marketing analytics review
- Customer journey analysis
- Campaign reporting assessment
- Marketing technology review
- Priority issue identification
Recommendations should distinguish verified problems from hypotheses that require further testing.
Typical deliverables: Marketing audit report, findings register, and prioritized recommendations.
Market Research and Competitor Analysis
Understand your competitive environment and identify opportunities for meaningful differentiation.
Businesses often compare themselves with competitors without examining what customers actually value.
We evaluate the market context, relevant competitors, service positioning, communication approaches, and available public evidence.
Potential activities include:
- Market landscape assessment
- Direct and indirect competitor identification
- Competitor website review
- Service and product positioning comparison
- Search presence observations
- Social media communication review
- Advertising message analysis
- Content gap assessment
- Offer differentiation opportunities
- Market entry considerations
- Research findings documentation
Public competitor information may be incomplete and should not be treated as verified confidential business intelligence.
Customer interviews, primary market research, or paid research datasets are separately scoped where required.
Typical deliverables: Competitor analysis, positioning observations, market opportunities, and research recommendations.
Customer Audience and Buyer Persona Consulting
Clarify who your business should reach and what those customers need to know before making a decision.
A business may serve several customer groups with different needs, budgets, and purchasing processes.
We help organize available information about those groups and identify uncertainties requiring further research.
Potential activities include:
- Customer segment analysis
- B2B and B2C audience assessment
- Buyer role identification
- Customer needs and challenges
- Purchase decision factors
- Search and research behavior
- Customer objections
- Buying journey analysis
- Audience prioritization
- Persona development
- Interview and research recommendations
Buyer personas should reflect available evidence and clearly labeled assumptions.
They should not rely on invented demographic characteristics or unsupported stereotypes.
Typical deliverables: Audience segmentation framework, buyer personas where justified, and customer research priorities.
Brand Positioning and Marketing Message Consulting
Make your value proposition easier for prospective customers to understand.
Customers need to understand what makes a business relevant to their requirements.
Unclear positioning, generic claims, or inconsistent messaging can reduce the usefulness of advertising and website content.
We assess how the company currently explains its products, services, capabilities, and differences.
Potential activities include:
- Business positioning review
- Value proposition assessment
- Customer benefit analysis
- Key messaging evaluation
- Service description clarity
- Differentiation opportunities
- Website messaging recommendations
- Marketing claims review
- Audience-specific communication
- Brand tone assessment
Marketing consulting can recommend messaging changes, but complete visual identity development, logo design, and brand guideline production are separately scoped activities.
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Marketing Channel Selection Consulting
Identify which digital channels are appropriate for your customers, business model, and budget.
A new business may not have sufficient resources to maintain SEO, social media, video content, and multiple paid advertising channels at once.
We evaluate the role of each relevant channel and recommend priorities according to the business's current needs.
Potential channels include:
- Organic search
- Local search
- Google Ads
- Meta advertising
- LinkedIn advertising
- Organic social media
- Content marketing
- E-commerce advertising
- Video marketing
- Email marketing where supported
- Referral and partner channels
- Relevant industry platforms
Channel recommendations should explain why a particular activity is appropriate and which resources it requires.
Typical deliverables: Channel comparison, recommended marketing mix, and execution priorities.
SEO Strategy Consulting
Evaluate how organic search can support customer discovery and long-term website visibility.
SEO consulting focuses on the strategic decisions surrounding search optimization.
We examine the existing website, target services, audience search intent, content architecture, and technical readiness.
Potential activities include:
- SEO opportunity assessment
- Relevant keyword theme evaluation
- Search intent mapping
- Technical SEO priorities
- Service page requirements
- Content architecture recommendations
- Local SEO strategy
- International SEO planning
- Internal linking priorities
- Search performance measurement
- SEO implementation roadmap
Detailed keyword research, content writing, and technical implementation can be included separately under the relevant SEO engagement.
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Performance Marketing and Advertising Consulting
Evaluate paid advertising investments before launching or expanding campaigns.
Advertising can generate measurable activity, but channel selection and budgeting should reflect business economics and customer intent.
We assess the current offer, target audience, landing pages, advertising history, lead quality, and available conversion data.
Potential consulting activities include:
- Advertising objective review
- Google Ads suitability assessment
- Meta Ads suitability assessment
- LinkedIn Ads suitability assessment
- Existing campaign evaluation
- Paid channel comparisons
- Advertising budget recommendations
- Conversion goal planning
- Landing page requirements
- Lead qualification recommendations
- Campaign measurement framework
- Testing priorities
Campaign setup, media buying, and ongoing ad management are separate unless expressly included.
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Social Media Strategy Consulting
Develop a more purposeful approach to social media communication.
Businesses may invest heavily in social content without a clear understanding of the intended audience or business objective.
We review whether selected social platforms support the company's products, services, and communication needs.
Potential activities include:
- Platform suitability review
- Social media presence assessment
- Audience communication strategy
- Content pillar recommendations
- Brand voice review
- Content calendar guidance
- Organic engagement strategy
- Community response planning
- Website integration opportunities
- Performance measurement priorities
Daily publishing, creative production, and community management are separately scoped services.
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Website and Conversion Funnel Consulting
Identify opportunities to improve the journey from website visit to meaningful customer action.
Marketing results often depend on the website's clarity, usability, and lead capture process.
A visitor may be interested in a service but unable to find essential information or a suitable contact option.
We assess selected website journeys and conversion points.
Potential activities include:
- Website messaging review
- Service page clarity
- Landing page assessment
- Navigation and information hierarchy
- Calls-to-action evaluation
- Lead form assessment
- Mobile usability observations
- Trust and credibility information
- Customer objection analysis
- Conversion event definitions
- Website improvement priorities
Website redesign, new landing pages, and software modifications are separate implementation activities unless agreed.
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Lead Generation Strategy Consulting
Develop a clearer approach to attracting, qualifying, and following up with potential customers.
Lead generation should be connected to customer relevance and sales readiness.
A campaign producing many low-quality submissions may be less valuable than one producing fewer but more suitable enquiries.
We evaluate the lead journey from initial discovery to sales follow-up.
Potential activities include:
- Lead generation objective definition
- Lead qualification criteria
- Customer enquiry workflow mapping
- Form and landing page recommendations
- Enquiry source measurement
- Sales handoff assessment
- CRM workflow requirements
- Lead status definition
- Follow-up process review
- Qualified lead reporting
- Lead-to-customer conversion analysis
Lead quality requires information from the business's sales and customer management teams.
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Marketing Budget Planning and Allocation Consulting
Create a realistic plan for investing in suitable marketing activities.
Marketing budgets should reflect the business's objectives, competitive environment, resources, and capacity to respond to customer demand.
We help businesses understand the differences between setup costs, recurring management, paid media, creative production, and technology expenses.
Potential activities include:
- Current marketing spend review
- Channel cost comparisons
- Advertising budget planning
- Content and SEO resource planning
- Creative production budgeting
- Tool and subscription assessment
- Testing budget recommendations
- Scenario planning
- Budget priority recommendations
- Reporting and approval processes
Recommendations should use stated assumptions rather than present uncertain returns as guaranteed financial outcomes.
Typical deliverables: Proposed budget allocation, scenario assumptions, and spending review framework.
Marketing Analytics and KPI Consulting
Define metrics that help your business understand whether marketing activity supports real objectives.
Marketing reports often contain numerous numbers without explaining which ones matter.
We help define an appropriate measurement framework using available website, advertising, CRM, and sales information.
Potential activities include:
- KPI definition
- Website analytics assessment
- Conversion event planning
- Organic search reporting requirements
- Paid advertising performance measures
- Enquiry quality indicators
- Sales pipeline measurement
- Attribution limitations review
- Dashboard requirements
- Data quality assessment
- Reporting cadence recommendations
Performance metrics should distinguish leading indicators, recorded conversions, qualified opportunities, and actual commercial results.
Typical deliverables: KPI framework, measurement plan, reporting specification, and data-quality recommendations.
B2B Marketing Consulting
Plan customer acquisition for businesses with complex products, longer buying cycles, or multiple decision-makers.
B2B purchasing often involves technical requirements, commercial evaluation, procurement processes, and several stakeholders.
The marketing strategy should support those decisions with useful information and clear communication.
Potential activities include:
- B2B audience assessment
- Buyer role analysis
- Industry positioning
- Service page recommendations
- Search strategy planning
- LinkedIn marketing assessment
- Professional content planning
- Lead qualification
- Sales enablement content needs
- CRM and sales alignment
- Demo and consultation journeys
- Long-cycle performance measurement
B2B consulting should prioritize buyer relevance over large volumes of unqualified traffic or contact submissions.
SaaS and Software Product Marketing Consulting
Develop marketing priorities for software products with demo, signup, trial, and subscription journeys.
SaaS marketing involves the relationship between product positioning, customer acquisition, onboarding, and long-term customer value.
We evaluate the current website, product messaging, acquisition channels, and available product or sales data.
Potential activities include:
- SaaS product positioning
- Feature and solution page planning
- Target customer definition
- Demo and trial conversion assessment
- Pricing page communication
- Search strategy recommendations
- Paid acquisition feasibility
- Onboarding communication review
- CRM integration needs
- Trial-to-paid funnel evaluation
- Acquisition measurement
- Content roadmap planning
Product activation, retention, churn, and lifetime value require reliable product and commercial data before they are used in strategy decisions.
E-commerce Marketing Consulting
Plan digital acquisition and conversion strategies for online stores.
E-commerce businesses must consider product visibility, pricing, availability, merchandising, customer experience, and purchase-related marketing.
We assess the store's current sales journey and available marketing information before recommending channels or campaigns.
Potential consulting activities include:
- E-commerce website assessment
- Product and category positioning
- Organic search opportunities
- Shopping advertising suitability
- Meta advertising review
- Product landing page recommendations
- Cart and checkout journey analysis
- Conversion tracking assessment
- Repeat purchase considerations
- Reporting requirements
- Budget allocation
- Customer acquisition priorities
Improved advertising cannot independently resolve inventory, pricing, shipping, or checkout problems.
International Marketing Strategy Consulting
Plan market-specific marketing activities for businesses serving customers across countries.
International growth may require changes to website content, search strategy, advertising channels, language, pricing presentation, and sales follow-up.
A global marketing strategy should not assume that customer behavior and competition are identical everywhere.
Potential activities include:
- Target market prioritization
- International audience research
- Global website architecture review
- Country-specific SEO strategy
- Regional advertising feasibility
- Content localization requirements
- Language and translation review
- Market-specific positioning
- Regional landing page recommendations
- Country-level budget planning
- International performance reporting
- Regional compliance considerations
The business should confirm genuine service availability and operating responsibilities before launching country-specific marketing.
Marketing Roadmap and Implementation Advisory
Turn strategic recommendations into an actionable plan with priorities, owners, and measurable checkpoints.
A useful consulting engagement should help the business determine what to do next.
We organize recommendations according to commercial value, implementation effort, dependencies, available resources, and uncertainty.
Potential deliverables include:
- Immediate improvement priorities
- Short-term initiatives
- Longer-term marketing objectives
- Channel-level workstreams
- Technical dependencies
- Content production requirements
- Assigned project owners
- Approval responsibilities
- Proposed implementation sequence
- Measurement checkpoints
- Review and adjustment schedule
The roadmap can be implemented by Alive Inc., the client's internal marketing team, or other selected providers, according to the agreed engagement.