Independent strategic advice

Get more out of your ideas, agencies and budgets.

Spek Strategy helps founders, marketing decision makers and agencies independently assess and sharpen plans, assumptions and strategic choices. So ideas become stronger, decisions have a firmer basis and time and budget work harder.

Before you commit, check the thinking.
Before you commit, check the thinking.Independent thinking. Better decisions. Stronger execution.
01 / The right moment

Before a decision becomes work.

You already have a team or agency. An independent senior perspective alongside you sharpens the questions, strengthens the choices and gives everyone a clearer direction. Sometimes one critical check is enough. Sometimes you need more strategic thinking.

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Before you brief an agency

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Before you commit to a positioning

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Before you develop a campaign

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Before you launch a proposition

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Before you approve a marketing plan

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When your team is stuck on a choice

02 / Working together

The right support for the decision.

Bring in the amount of senior strategic thinking your decision needs. From a focused check to a larger piece of work.

A FOCUSED QUESTION

The Strategic Check.

An independent assessment of a brief, positioning, proposition, campaign or marketing plan before you take the next step.

  • Review of your question and material
  • A focused working session of up to two hours
  • Compact advice with direction and next steps
€750
Introductory fee excluding VAT
For the first five assignments
Discuss your check →
FLEXIBLE STRATEGIC SUPPORT

Extra thinking. When you need it.

For agencies and marketing teams who need a senior sounding board, want to develop a strategic project or need extra capacity.

  • Strategic discussion and advice
  • Positioning, briefing and campaign development
  • By the hour, by project or through a prepaid block of hours
Scope and fee based on
the question and the work required
Discuss working together →
03 / The experience

A fresh perspective before you commit.

Spek Strategy draws on more than 25 years in brand, marketing and communication. From complex international brands to entrepreneurs who need to decide quickly. That experience helps uncover assumptions, make choices and turn complexity into a direction people can act on.

“The senior strategic brain you bring in before an important decision becomes an expensive one.”

Valentijn SpekValentijn Spek25+ years in brand, marketing and communication
Experience in work for brands including Coca Cola · Mastercard · Samsung · Johnnie Walker · Hasbro · Omoda · Rivella
Johnnie Walker

Campaign strategy for Eastern Europe, with results in volume and value.

NERF / Hasbro

The strategy behind an award winning campaign that made play relevant again.

Beter Bed

A positioning direction built around moving from choice overload to confidence.

04 / Put the thinking to work

Your business has moved on. Has your story?

A clear assignment makes better work possible. The Briefing Coach helps you choose before briefing an agency. The Brand Compass helps you first clarify why people should choose your brand.

Explore the Briefing Coach →Explore the Brand Compass →

Briefing Coach: first two briefs free. Brand Compass: €49 once, including applicable VAT.

05 / Contact

An important decision ahead?

Tell me what you need to decide. We can work out which support makes sense and whether a Strategic Check is enough.