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Brand Audit Worksheet

A guided self-audit to evaluate your positioning, messaging consistency, and audience alignment. Work through each section with your leadership team.

How to Use This Worksheet

  • Score each item: 1 = not true, 3 = partially true, 5 = fully true
  • Be honest — a lower score is more useful than an inflated one
  • Complete with your leadership team, not just the founder
  • Revisit every 6–12 months as the business grows

Section 1 — Positioning Clarity

How clearly does your firm articulate who it is for and what makes it different?

1. We can state our target client in one specific sentence — not 'anyone who needs our services.'

E.g., 'B2B professional services firms between $1M–$5M in Houston'

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2. We can name the exact problem we solve and the consequence of not solving it.

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3. Our differentiator is something only we can credibly claim — not a generic virtue like 'quality' or 'responsiveness.'

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4. Our positioning statement has been tested with real prospects, not just written by the founder.

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5. We turn down work that falls outside our positioning without hesitation.

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Section 1 Total: ___ / 25

Section 2 — Messaging Consistency

Does your firm communicate a consistent message across every surface?

1. Our homepage communicates who we serve and the problem we solve within the first scroll — without the visitor having to guess.

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2. Our LinkedIn company page, website homepage, and proposals all use the same core language to describe the firm.

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3. A team member who was not involved in founding the firm could describe it accurately to a cold prospect.

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4. Our brand voice sounds like the same person wrote it — across emails, proposals, social posts, and the website.

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5. We have a documented messaging guide or brand standards doc that the whole team references.

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Section 2 Total: ___ / 25

Section 3 — Digital Presence

Is your firm findable, credible, and converting online?

1. A qualified prospect who finds us through a Google search would immediately understand whether we are a fit within 10 seconds on our homepage.

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2. Our website generates consistent inbound inquiries from qualified prospects — not just referrals we already knew.

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3. We rank on the first page of Google for at least one search term our ideal client would use to find us.

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4. Our Google Business Profile is complete, accurate, and has reviews that reflect the caliber of our work.

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5. We have a clear content strategy tied to our positioning — not just occasional posts when someone has time.

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Section 3 Total: ___ / 25

Section 4 — Sales & Conversion

Is your brand doing the trust work before the first conversation?

1. Our close rate on qualified proposals is above 60%.

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2. Prospects who reach us already understand what we do — they rarely ask 'can you explain what you actually offer?'

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3. We rarely lose deals on price with prospects we believe are the right fit.

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4. Our proposals reinforce the same positioning as our website — they do not feel like they came from a different firm.

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5. New clients rarely require significant expectation management in the first 30 days.

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Section 4 Total: ___ / 25

Scoring Your Results

85–100

Strong Brand Infrastructure

Your brand is doing its job. Focus on optimization and growth channel deployment.

65–84

Solid Foundation with Gaps

The core is working but specific areas are leaking. Prioritize the lowest-scoring section first.

45–64

Positioning Work Needed

Brand inconsistency is actively costing you deals. Start with Section 1 before touching anything else.

Below 45

Brand Infrastructure Missing

You are relying on founder relationships to carry work that a brand system should do. The constraint is significant and compounding.

Total Score: ___ / 100  |  Scored by: _____________  |  Date: _____________

Top 3 Priority Actions

Based on your lowest-scoring items, list the three most urgent things to fix:

Priority 1

What to fix:

Why it matters:

Owner & target date:

Priority 2

What to fix:

Why it matters:

Owner & target date:

Priority 3

What to fix:

Why it matters:

Owner & target date:

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