Let's Do Great Things Together
COMMUNICATE STRATEGICALLY
Tired of hit-or-miss freelancers and DIY communications “strategy”? Want to upskill your team? Let’s build a strategy that works.
NAIL DOWN YOUR BRAND IDENTITY
Make a big impression on your audience with abrand strategy workshop and playbook that bring your brand message to life.
GROW YOUR BUSINESS WITH SMART MARKETING
Ready to get intentional with your marketing? Optimize your budget and grow your business with expert marketing guidance.
WIN HEARTS, MINDS, DEALS, AND DOLLARS
Short on writing expertise but big on initiative? Learn how to build powerful business cases in my persuasive writing workshops.
Does This Sound Like You?
Small Businesses, Fast-Growth Companies, Startups, Entrepreneurs, and Solopreneurs
I lead eye-opening brand strategy workshops and build detailed brand strategy playbooks for new businesses, businesses seeking momentum and growth, and businesses seeking investors or acquisition.
Growing Small Businesses, Mid-Sized Businesses, Tech Firms, and Established Nonprofits
I provide chief marketing officer (CMO) support on a month-to-month basis to enable organizations to build ambitious, goal-oriented marketing strategies and a strong foundation for long-term business growth.
Mid-Sized Businesses, Enterprise Organizations, Government Agencies, and Military Branches
I give teams at the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon), U.S. Air Force bases nationwide, and corporations nationwide a persuasive writing jumpstart in my onsite, interactive, daylong persuasive writing workshops.
Branding, Marketing, Change Management & Communications
SAVE TIME, MONEY, AND FRUSTRATION
Don’t waste another minute feeling confused about what to do. I’ll show you how to optimize your branding, marketing, and communications dollars.
DITCH DIY INEFFICIENCY AND ANXIETY
Ditch the random acts of branding, marketing, and communication. I’ll show you and your team what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next.
STOP HIRING RANDOM FREELANCERS
Learn valuable branding, marketing, and writing basics that give you forward momentum. I’ll show you exactly what to do and exactly how to do it.
WIN HEARTS, MINDS, DEALS, AND DOLLARS
Stop relying on terrible freelancers and agencies that don’t live up to the hype. I’ll show you how to build strategies that actually move the needle.
Well, Hello There. I'm Carolyn.
I’m Carolyn Daughters, and I’ve helped hundreds of companies build their branding, marketing, and communications foundations. I know what works, what doesn’t, and why. I work with clients at home here in Denver, Colorado, and I’ve traveled across the country to provide in-person marketing guidance and lead marketing strategy, critical thinking, and persuasive writing workshops.
Marketing tactics change by the day, but strategy, creativity, and passion are evergreen, and they inform everything I do. At every turn, I empower organizations to win hearts, minds, deals, and dollars by telling the best story possible.
Big Secrets. Life Lessons. Beautiful Words.
The Novel (James Reiss)
After “Gatsby” and “Catcher” and Gaddis it didn’t look back. It honed its approach for cell-phone mini-books, then buffed up, tried on smirks, and tramped
Flight by Christian Wiman (A Poem)
Flight by Christian Wiman — In the end we love the line love cannot cross. In the end we fall for what we fail. Forget
Grammar Is a Piano I Play by Ear
“Grammar is a piano I play by ear, since I seem to have been out of school the year the rules were mentioned.” Joan Didion
The Price of History
The Price of History Jeffrey McDaniel You’re at a bus stop, wool hat tugged down. Slush sprays up from the trees of a bus wheezing
The Snow Man (Wallace Stevens)
— One must have a mind of winter To regard the frost and the boughs Of the pine-trees crusted with snow; And have been cold
My Stepsister’s Music
My Stepsister’s Music — When my mother’s third husband took me thirty years ago to see his daughter from his first marriage smash the cymbals
INSTAGRAM GOODNESS
You made it all the way to the bottom of the home page. That’s amazing. You? You’re amazing. So amazing in fact that I have some questions for you.
What’s your brand identity and personality? Does your brand messaging make it clear just how amazing you are? What problems does your business solve, and what value do you provide? What do you absolutely, positively want your target audience to know?
Never settle for check-the-box marketing that makes you look exactly like everyone else. Remember, this is your brand we’re talking about. Wear it. Own it. Live it.
Why fit in when you were born to stand out?