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Dara Elliott

San Francisco

Brand Strategist. Former Brand Founder. Previously led brand strategy for Sephora, Kendo Brands (LVMH's beauty incubator), Marc Jacobs Beauty, Drybar, and Swarovski. Digital marketing and growth at Trendalytics and Darby Smart. PR and influencer marketing at Bollare and Elle Communications.

Hi, I'm Dara, a curiously inclined Brand Strategist with a penchant for ideating, storytelling, and problem-solving.

I partner with early-stage founders to build brands that resonate. My domain expertise is in the consumer lifestyle space with a focus on fashion, beauty, and wellness brands.

Applying an ethnographic, consumer-centric, and analytical approach to brand strategy, I study trends, human behavior, and data to get to the root of what makes your customers tick.

Then, I partner with you to ensure every element of your brand strategy is fully aligned with your core values on both a business and personal level. I believe this is the foundation for building a brand that resonates, and a business that endures.

Let's partner up to...

- Refine your brand vision and message.
- Clarify and find your ideal target audience.
- Craft a PR-worthy, headline-grabbing pitch.
- Identify strategic influencers and brand partners.

I also advise software and tech companies who are on a mission to innovate and improve the PR, brand, and influencer marketing landscape.

Let's keep in touch! I curate a weekly-ish newsletter on personal growth, branding, and entrepreneurship:

http://darabelliott.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/darabelliott/

EXPERIENCE:
- Brevity Brand (Founder)
- Sephora
- Kendo Brands (LVMH Beauty Incubator)
- Marc Jacobs Beauty
- Swarovski
- Trendalytics
- Darby Smart (Michaels, Gap)
- Bollare Communications (Refinery29, Ruche, ThreadSence, Eberjey, JewelMint)
- Elle Communications (Drybar, MAGIC Market Week, Teen Vogue)

$5.00/min

27 Calls

15 Reviews

29 minutes
Avg. call

Public relations Getting Press Brand Strategy Influencer Marketing Branding Digital Marketing Strategy Fashion Brand Development Strategy Apparel Beauty

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Refine Your Brand Story | Brand Vision + Messaging Strategy

Getting your brand story right is essential.

It's how you'll get editors to feature you, influencers to partner with you, and build a community of brand evangelists.

Editors, influencers, and your target customers all share one thing in common - they're overloaded with information.

Your goal is to capture their attention. To do so, you must tell a brand story that's clear, engaging, and resonates on a deeper, emotional level.

If you're launching a brand or rebranding, let's work together to craft a brand story that cuts through the noise and create a strategy to spread that story.

I can work with you to refine your message to better resonate with your ideal customers, press, and influencers. Prior to the call, please share the area you need help with most. I'll thoroughly review your website and any brand copy you might have before the call, and then share actionable recommendations on the call. Following the call, I'll recap key points and provide personalized, and relevant examples of strong branding.

Clarify + Find Your Ideal Target Audience | Digital Marketing Strategy

Digital marketing strategy for solopreneurs and early-stage founders who are launching or running a fashion, beauty or lifestyle brand on Shopify. This is especially for anyone who is self-funded, on a bootstrapped budget, and personally DIY-ing your own marketing.

After launching my own brand and spending a career in digital marketing, I can relate to exactly what it's like to build a brand from scratch.

I'd love to help you develop a digital marketing strategy that's personalized to your niche, and your strengths.

I believe the best digital marketing strategy starts with getting clear on your ideal target audience.

After the call, you'll have a focused strategy for finding your niche audience. I will also share specific and relevant case studies, tools, and resources that can help you streamline your processes and grow your brand.

Launch or Rebrand | Go-to-Market Brand Strategy

In the process of launching your brand or rebranding? I've been there. Between launching my own business and working on dozens of brand and product launches, I know the biggest challenges are knowing where to focus your time and resources, and getting clarity on your brand vision, message, and overall story.

Why do you exist? What makes you different? Why will people care? I love getting to the heart of why your brand matters and coming up with an actionable go-to-market strategy to get your brand off the ground.

Following our call, you'll have a clear strategic direction, and specific next steps for launching your brand. I'll also send you a recap of your action plan, along with personalized, relevant examples to give you additional context on where to take your brand next.

Identify Strategic Brand Partners | Influencer Marketing Strategy

Identify strategic influencers and brand partners that are most aligned with your brand. Plus, get insights and tips on how to work with fashion, beauty and lifestyle influencers and bloggers. I'll share how to discover and select influencers who would be an ideal partner for your brand. We'll also chat through how to initiate the conversation, and whether to offer product trade, affiliate commission or pay for sponsored post. We can also review specific strategies for creating an impactful influencer campaign that goes beyond one-time partnerships.

Craft a PR-Worthy Pitch | Press Relations + Media Outreach Strategy

Ready to land headline-grabbing press for your fashion, beauty or wellness brand?

Do you need help with crafting a PR-worthy pitch? Do you need to get clear on exactly who to pitch?

In this session, we'll come up with a specific PR campaign. We’ll develop an action plan that will guide you in your research, outreach, and follow-ups.

The perfect for anyone who just getting started and launching their very first PR campaign.

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Walked out with clear advice on next steps. Super knowledgeable and easy to talk to. Dara came prepared for the call and did her research. She was fantastic!

Awad Makkawi Source: Clarity

Great feedback on my brand-based business idea!

Will Murphy Source: Clarity

Wonderful understanding & fabulous knowledge sharing! Would definitely recommend her to everyone out there, looking for a mentor or guide!

Varun Kumar Source: Clarity

Dara is very helpful and provide valuable social media marketing insight.

Max Huang Source: Clarity

Dara was generous with her advice and she has a holistic understanding of the influencer space. Would highly recommend her.

Sai Girish Source: Clarity

great info and direction guidance!

Gavin Tatun Source: Clarity

Thank you Dara for all your advice! Dara was able to look at my brand and quickly point out issue with my aesthetics and how I was capturing my audience.

Gina Trave Source: Clarity

Got on a call with Dara to understand the ecommerce landscape (I am not from the industry) and she had great insights on it including how companies at different stages think about growth, and what their chief motivations and challenges are. Originally scheduled for 30 mins, the call went up to an hour. I sent her some follow up questions as well which she was very thorough with.

Sanket Nadhani Source: Clarity

Dara is amazing! Very targeted, practical advice for my business. She is so knowledgeable about digital marketing. I've gained so much insight during our short call. Thank you! Anna

anna patty Source: Clarity

Dara is a huge help and I look forward to more calls! She is the best!!

Patrick Meyer Source: Clarity

Wow – Dara really packed a lot of info into our 30 mins! I now have loads of actionable advice to get me through the next stage of launching my new fashion brand. We focused on branding, niche, marketing channels and she shared some Kickstarter tips too! It's also really useful (and comforting!) for a solopreneur like me to find someone with expertise to chat with and bounce ideas off. Thank you so much, Dara!

Alexandria Lawrence Source: Clarity

Member since October 2015