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Where Faith Meets Technology for Brands who Mean Business.

Frustrated with marketing schemes that overpromise and underdeliver? Nobody on your team have the design or business skills you need to scale? Work with a faith-based design agency so that the challenges keeping you up at night are conquered with creative solutions and a shared determination to see your purpose realized. The world needs to know you are here.

With 10+ years of experience and nearly 500 design, marketing and brand campaigns launched, Brand Evangelist™ is a faith-based branding agency that supports purpose-driven CEOs, entrepreneurs, C-suite executives and professionals to skyrocket their growth by using their authenticity as a superpower in storytelling, sales, strategy and sustainability. Founded by trusted professional, Cortina Jenelle Caldwell, Brand Evangelist™ is not your average marketing agency – the interplay of faith, business, technology, design and leadership development means that inside each client deliverable is an embedded blueprint for impact, legacy and wealth. Let us become your messenger and spread your good news

We offer marketing, website design, copywriting, brand culture and business development. All backed with a 100% guarantee.

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A WORD FROM THE FOUNDER

WHERE FAITH MEETS TECHNOLOGY
FOR BRANDS WHO MEAN BUSINESS.

The seed for Brand Evangelist was planted in the summer of 1998 while I was working for my family’s first entrepreneur – my grandmother. She gave me my first education in business, servant leadership and how to build clientele and I was amazed. That small catering company took us to church parking lots, colleges, festivals, block parties, family reunions and school functions and more importantly, made a significant dent in our vicious cycle of poverty. After trying to take a traditional route with nursing, then social work,  things came full-circle in 2012 and I was ready to take my leap into entrepreneurship as well. Unfortunately, these were the days of websites before Squarespace, Wix, Weebly and in the early days of WordPress themes and plugins (for public use). Committed to my consulting business, I took a leap of faith to design it myself. My business plan and design work earned me Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year, a coveted spot in 40 Under Forty, nomination for a leadership cohort and countless press interviews and business opportunities. By 2014, I transitioned the business from its tourism development niche to doing design + creative strategy work full-time to meet the increasing demand of people wanting me to do for them what I had achieved for my business. I served as freelancer to some, fractional CMO roles (Communications, Community Relations & Engagement Coordinator) for others – always staying committed to continuous improvement. Over the years, I became frustrated by workplace culture, mainstream media and marketing industry norms. The dishonesty, exploitation and race for more money, fame or attention made me more compelled to be people-first and see business as loving action. Brand Evangelist™ is the result of 10+ years of preparation and I’m excited about what the next 10+ years will look like, doing good works, advocating for better business practices and strategies, celebrating purpose, and having a direct role in the increase of in-demand, purpose-driven brands around the world. We can. Above all, we are servants first, and in all things. 

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SERVICE MENU

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Copywriting

Enhance your brand story with expertly crafted, authentic content tailored to tell your audience what problem you solve and why.

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Web Design

Stand out with a masterfully crafted website on Wordpress, Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, Google Sites, Weebly, Hostinger, Framer or custom build.

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Marketing

Make your value clear with attention-grabbing designs shaped by your authenticity and get coaching for designing  by yourself in the future.

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Business Development

Craft an inclusive culture; recruit
and retain leaders; improve brand reputation; or revamp your internal manuals for culture of belonging.

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Brand Culture

Design an event that builds community and brand loyalty; launch a creative placemaking project; or engage in a strategic plan.

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Snail Mail

125 S. Lexington Ave, Ste 105A #133
Asheville, NC 28801

A website is the most important real estate you could invest in online even though the world is funneling you towards social media. Human-centered design is the blueprint for all work produced by Brand Evangelist, especially websites. While many other experts can help you with social media, our specialized expertise is websites – how to build, the latest technologies to use, the cost-efficient options and how to evolve them over time – all authentic to your brand. By focusing on authenticity, clients are happier, product goes to market faster and your business has its best chance at sustaining your growth. And to make sure we stay focused on value and not just profits, you are given tools to manage and update the website over time and/or level up. Tell the world you’re “Open for Business” with a site designed for your today and securing your tomorrow.

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A CASE FOR WEBSITES

Secure Your
Digital Real Estate

OUR SIX-STEP PROCESS:

BUILDING WEBSITES USING
HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN

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USER STORIES

We work together to craft a short, user-focused perspective – we outline function of the website, then do matchmaking with features and create storyboards based on the value being offered to users.

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DESIGN + DEVELOPMENT

We move from mockup to real-time design, crafting the look and feel to bring that big idea to life and work together to create best possible experience for the user of your site on the chosen platform of your website.

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DESIGN GOES LIVE

We publish your site and make it available to the world! Usually accompanied with a big splash on your socials, e-newsletter or press release about the new site, here the goal is to let the public know about your new site.

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PROTOTYPING + MOCKUPS

We visualize, test and refine concepts during scheduled design sprints to align everything back to user stories. We create a mockup using pencil sketch, Figma, Canva or other design tools so the design concept is locked in.

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TESTING + DEBUGGING

We systematically evaluate and test every feature of your site and check it against initial expectations – replacing features that don’t fulfill user story and fixing any issues so that when we go live, it’s the best possible experience.

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MAINTENANCE & UPDATES

We wrap-up every website design project with videos that train you from the backend of your exact website –  how to login, update plugins, update content like pages, media files and copyright info at the bottom of the site.

BRAND EVANGELIST

WORK FLOWS

DISCOVERY CALL / 30 MIN

Meet virtually over Google Meet, Zoom or via phone call for an introductory talk. We’ll go through a series of Discovery questions about your brand/business to check for alignment and establish focus. 

Cost Range:

$0

COACHING CALL
/ 60 MIN

Jump start your business journey on to road to making your brand a household name. Benefit from 10+ years of experience, education and trial-and-errors during a 1-on-1 call with Brand Evangelist’s founder.

Cost Range:

$100/hour

STRATEGY CALL
/ 60 MIN

Let’s get strategic. Set up short- or long-term branding work or use this service option as a one-time session to go deep with an award-winning professional who’s been in your shoes – come ready to get right to work!

Cost Range:

$250-500/one-time

SUBSCRIPTION
/ MONTHLY

Curb the need to hire full-time staff, reduce spent recruiting new contractors with a month-to-month plan. Offload copywriting, PR, design and marketing needs to a trusted professional who gets your mission.

Cost Range:

$2,500-4,500/month

CUSTOM DESIGN (BUILD) / 21 DAYS+

Bring your creative projects to life – website design, graphic design, storytelling, videos, reels, social media campaigns and editing are just a click away. Hire Brand Evangelist to help spread the news. Website design build options available are WordPress, Squarespace, WIX, Weebly, Hostinger, Shopify other drop-shipping + e-commerce sites and includes a training video for post-project updates to keep the site rolling!

Cost Range:

$2,500-10,000/design

CREATIVE DIRECTION / VARIES

Unlock your team’s greatness! Brand Evangelist is here to help you stay lean by organizing data, delivering trainings and putting systems in place to sustain success, long-term. The process is a unique blend of human-centered design, creative facilitation, Agile methodology and social responsibility. No need to guess at the communications or design systems you need to carve out your own lane in your industry. 

Cost Range:

$5,000-10,000/team

BRAND IDENTITY / VARIES

Curious how to translate your business, church, community event, product or organization’s personality into compelling visual communications? You need to cement your brand and Brand Evangelist is here to help. Outputs from this work could include logo, typography, color palette, SEO strategy, photography, design templates, social media strategy, on-brand copywriting and other brand assets.

Cost Range:

$15,000-40,000/brand

How does a Faith-Based Design Agency Work?

The Approach

Highly regarded as leader in technology, design and culture,
the work we do together is intentional. Brand Evangelist pushes back against outdated norms in the marketing and media industries in order to inspire brands to unite in a mission of better business, with the full belief that our faith is a more firm foundation for anything worth dedicating our lives to. We’re constantly seeking out strategic partnerships with those
who are mission-aligned. The values that guide our work:

Businesses are the cornerstones of community and entrepreneurship represents freedom. These are notions
held as fact the Agency. Since our origin, we have been a 100% referral-based boutique design agency focusing on brand culture and brand identity. Some might say that our Founder’s graduate school research paper called “Branding Authenticity” planted the seed, but we believe it’s actually our faith that compels us to design and build; brand and coach. Our niche is faith-based brands, but we are excited to work with servant leaders, ministries, nonprofits and businesses who have good news worth spreading. 

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CREATIVE FACILITATION

Weave creativity thru entire process, from whiteboarding to mockups to deployment

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DIGITAL INCLUSION

Guide the process of technology integration with workflow apps, software and AI

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HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN

Encourage the voice of the client, aiming for the best design in the shortest turnaround

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BrandS for Better Business

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Brand Evangelist™ is a faith-based, founder-led design agency specializing
in branding, marketing, websites, copywriting and business. Your brand
has a story worth sharing. We are messenger for the purpose-driven.

"Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven." - Matthew 5:16