Become the most successful brand owner you know.

Strategic marketing and positioning for ambitious founder-led brands.

I’ve invested time, money and energy into marketing but growth is inconsistent.

If this resonates, it’s time to harness your ambition and get strategic….

  • You’re building a strong brand, but your marketing doesn’t yet reflect the level you’re operating at or aiming for

  • You want positioning that’s distinct enough to scale, and messaging you never have to second-guess

  • You’ve tried the templates, but you’re done reacting to trends

  • You know you don’t need more activity; you want intentional and sustainable

  • You know your brand deserves clearer differentiation and a strategy that turns attention into sustainable sales

You don’t want to chase people; you want to create demand so your audience can’t and won’t live without you.

Your marketing shouldn’t feel like a chore. It should reliably create momentum and sales, and support the life you’re building alongside the business.

“ I help ambitious founders build strategically positioned brands that generate structured, sustainable growth and support the life they’re building alongside the business

Let’s build this properly….

Hi, I’m Claire

I’ve been in marketing for over 20 years, growing and launching for some of the biggest and most loved brands on the planet.

It’s been the dream experience.

Big budgets, big brands and world-class marketing teams…..But it was when I built my own snack brand that everything changed.

It was a business that failed.

That forced me to realise that marketing knowledge isn’t the same as strategic positioning and brand building.

Many hard (and expensive) lessons later, I help ambitious founders build the foundations I wish I’d built right. Distinct positioning, brilliant audience insight and structured growth through customer journey mapping.

My mission is simple: help 1 million founders build their businesses on their own terms with structure, confidence and strategy that actually holds up.

STRATEGY IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EFFORT AND RESULTS....

My work is about creating your structured marketing foundations that will support sustainable growth and align with your ambition, capacity and long-term vision.

WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE:

The MAP Framework:

The Strategic Foundations Behind Sustainable Growth

Mindset & Goals

  • Verify the growth direction and market fit

  • Clarify your commercial goals and metrics.

  • Align your ambition with measurable targets

Audience & Message

  • Define exactly who your brand is for, and who it isn’t

  • Understand the problem they recognise, the alternatives they’re considering and the belief that makes you the obvious choice

  • Translate those insights into a distinct brand point of view and messaging that differentiates you consistently

Path to Purchase

  • Map the journey from first interaction to purchase, defining the stages that move someone from awareness to decision (conversion)

  • Align your channels, messaging and content to each stage so your marketing works as a connected system, not isolated activities

  • Use a customer journey sales structure that turns attention into consistent, measurable results

My mission is to help 1 million founders build their businesses on their own terms with structure, confidence and strategy that actually holds up.

Claire Dolan The marketing strategist

The Marketing Strategy is for those who…..


Already own a product or service business …

And are ready for a proven strategy to create repeatable sales

Are launching a new product or service….…

But no idea where to start with creating awareness and sales

Have already tried DIYing it with ads, agencies, freelancers…

But still haven’t moved the needle

Strategise with CLAIRE

Let’s create a strategy that helps you attract and connect to the right people, so you do marketing that hits home every time.

I’ll help you get the confidence you need to show up for your people, and it feels good!  

All with a brand voice and identity that mirrors you and your energy, so your marketing works and creates a business you love!

For me, the results are nothing short of amazing! I am now extremely clear about my offering and my old chaotic approach to marketing has been replaced with clarity and structure. I no longer waste time and energy trying to attract every customer, because my marketing is now very specific and I have a framework that I work within to attract the customers I want.

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Patricia Niland, founder of Patricia Niland Photography

Founder, Patricia Niland Photography

@patricianiland

Patricia Niland.