Brand Iron - Denver, Colorado

Kwa K. C.

The team at Brand Iron is excellent to work with, very attentive when developing the content you need and extremely thorough in their follow up. Michael has set a great standard as their leader and I will be gladly recommending their services to those in my network.

Thank you Brand Iron!

Bob V.

Michael and Bree at Brand Iron have been a delight to work with. We have a new company and they have been extremely valuable in helping us capture our vision in words and images as well as helping us think through how we describe who we are, what we do, and the value we bring to clients. I would highly recommend them.

Jen F.

They are amazing!
I would give them 100 stars if I could!
The team is super passionate about what they do and they truly care about you/your business.
They took the time to answer my questions and help me with my business. I got really good advice from them! Brand Iron is extremely professional, attentive, and hard-working. I would thousand percent recommend them!

Kelly O.

I have worked with Michael and his team at BrandIron for almost 2 years. Each of them, Edward being the latest, has been professional, knowledgable, and always accessible. They have helped me focus my attention on my key messages, identify my customers, and to adeptly manoeuvre social media. I couldn't ask for a better team to work with!

Hugh B.

Brand Iron has patiently, professionally and effectively helped our new start up with a BrandStorm that helped us determine our overall brand and then helped us continue to develop our brand. They also have created a capital raise deck that looks professional and clearly communicates who we are and what we do. We have already used it with major investors. Thank you Michael and Bree.

Truman L.

We struggled for a while to get our messaging and branding nailed down...until we started working with Brand Iron. After going through their BrandStorm process, they helped us with how to communicate our story and our vision in a compelling way. We now have a brand that we love and a cap raise deck we can effectively use. I would not hesitate to recommend Brand Iron to anyone looking for marketing and branding help!

Jeanne M.

Michael and team have been great to work with in developing content for our brand. The team is conscientious about listening and turning ideas into a variety of media for our clients and potential investors. It has been an enjoyable experience working with the team.

Jonathan B.

From March to July, 2018, my firm, Bernstein Crisis Management, paid Brand Iron Marketing more than $22,000 to develop and launch a new business development program for us using marketing automation techniques, amongst others. Plus the costs of the SharpSpring marketing automation software under their license.

By July, we had zero ROI (return on investment), no business developed whatsover. We had some improved tools (e.g., a capabilities presentation) with which Brand Iron had assisted, but hardly any decent leads and none which converted into new business - or even close.

Also in that first six months, we had continuous issues with the relatively junior account person assigned to write new business pitches and teach us how to use SharpSpring effectively as a marketing automation tool. Frequent typos. Frequent demonstration of the fact that she didn’t really understand what we do for a living.

Belatedly, one of their most senior people stepped in and they actually provided two more months work, gratis. But here’s the deal. There was STILL zero percent ROI. Zero.

We dropped them. We dropped SharpSpring. We hired an independent marketing rep to do virtually the same thing. Six weeks from when he hit the ground running, we had eight STRONG new relationships with senior partners at national law firms (major referral source for us) that bill over $50M annually. Within two days of an intro meeting with one of those attorneys, that lawyer referred another lawyer at his firm to us, and we billed a quick $5K+ in two days, more than paying for all of my sales rep’s first two months fees. He even re-pitched some of the same attorneys to whom Brand Iron had reached out - and landed more appointments.

So, proof positive that it could be done - but Brand Iron failed. When I asked for at least a partial refund, this was the reply from Brand Iron president Michael Doyle:

“Jonathan - I am happy that your current "sales guy" is producing results for you. I know we worked hard for you to get the program set up for you all and fulfill our contractual obligations. We actually delivered more emails and collateral than what was in the proposal. Brand Iron will not be offering a refund for any services.”

In other words, Mr. Doyle thinks that just because they sent out a lot of emails, they’ve earned their keep. With zero ROI, I don’t think so. Caveat emptor.