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Strategy & Advice

Clarity before you spend a single franc.

We look at your whole business before we build anything: customers, offer, numbers, marketing and processes. You get a plan that shows what's worth doing and what you can skip.

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Free · no obligation · no rush

Experience from marketing leadership in an international setting, plus a retail business we built as one system.

In short

With strategy and advice, we review your business model, sharpen your offer and work out with you which marketing is worth it in the Rhine Valley and beyond. The business model check is free, and you can still reach us afterwards whenever a question comes up.

  • A fixed price before we start
  • You own everything, no lock-in
  • A reply within one working day

Sound familiar?

  • 01

    Lots of ideas, no plan

    A new website, Instagram, an ad, maybe a shop. It all sounds important, and in the end you do whatever is most urgent.

  • 02

    Five quotes, no overview

    The agency, the graphic designer and the web designer each quote for their part. Whether it fits together and pays off is yours to work out.

  • 03

    Strategy waits until next week

    Day-to-day work eats every hour. Next year's plan has sat at the bottom of the pile for months.

It doesn't have to be this way.

Marketing advice for SMEs: the business model check.

We sit down with you at one table and look at everything: customers, offer, numbers, marketing and technology. We share what we've seen in other projects and tell you what you don't need, too.

  • Business model check, free

    You get one page: ‘What your business needs and what it doesn't’. It lists your target customers, where the money is, your biggest marketing levers and your 90-day priorities.

  • Sharpen your positioning and offer

    What you stand for, who you want to win and what you charge: we clarify it in the check. If a question comes up later, just get in touch.

  • Marketing plan with budget

    Which channels suit you, what comes first and how much money per month makes sense. Plus the numbers that show you whether it's working.

  • Second opinion on quotes

    Got a quote for a website, campaign or software on the table? We tell you openly whether scope and price fit your goal.

  • Presentations and pitch decks

    Documents for investors, partners, banks or the board. Clearly structured, with solid numbers and designed in your look.

  • Delivery at the same table

    Once the plan is set and you want to go ahead, we put it into action: brand, campaigns, website, shop, automation or AI. You don't need to find a new provider.

Live demo

Your plan on a single page.

This is what a business model check delivers: target customers, revenue sources, marketing levers and 90-day priorities. At the very bottom, you see what you can skip.
Demo · sample sheet from the business model check

Four steps to your plan.

  1. 01

    Call, free and unhurried

    You tell us where your business stands and where it's heading. We tell you honestly what makes sense as the next step.

  2. 02

    Check, free

    A short questionnaire, then an unhurried conversation. At your business, by video or in Rebstein.

  3. 03

    Your results sheet

    After the check, you get your page of priorities. It's yours, even if you order nothing else.

  4. 04

    Do what's worth it

    Ready to start? You get a fixed-price quote. If a question comes up along the way, just get in touch.

Or over coffee in Rebstein.

Proof · Retail

Step by step to one system.

As an agency, we built a beauty wholesaler with over 60,000 products. In marketing, Google Ads came first for predictable demand, then social media and email for cheaper repeat purchases. On the operations side, we built a custom CMS, stock management and purchasing with order suggestions from sales data. It also included automatic competitor price checks and automated bookkeeping. Store, stock and online shop ran together in real time.

Beauty wholesaler with a store and an online shop

Retail scaled

A beauty wholesaler with over 60,000 products: online shop, store, stock, purchasing and bookkeeping as one system.

What's inside

  • Online shop with its own CMS
  • Store, stock and online shop in real time
  • Purchasing with automatic forecasts
  • Automatic competitor price checks

Real time · one system

  • Online shopOrder received
  • WarehouseStock updated everywhere
  • StoreTill sees the same stock
  • PurchasingReorder suggested
  • Price checksPrices checked against competitors
  • AccountingReceipt booked automatically
Read the case study

The first step is free.

The business model check costs you nothing. For putting it into action, you get a fixed price before anything starts.

  • Business model check

    Free

    • One page: ‘What your business needs’
    • Target customers and where the money is
    • Your biggest marketing levers
    • Priorities for 90 days

  • Putting it into action, if you want

    Based on effort

    • Whatever pays off from the plan, such as a website or campaign
    • Fixed price in the quote before anything starts
    • Questions along the way cost nothing extra
    • You own everything

Fixed price in the quote · you own everything · no lock-in

The first call and the check are free, and thinking along costs nothing extra afterwards either. You only pay for the work you choose to go ahead with.

All prices and extras

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Questions about Strategy & Advice

What does a business model check give me?
Afterwards, you know who your best customers are, where the money is and which steps come first. The sheet also shows where you don't need to spend money.
Why is the check free?
We want to understand your business before we offer anything. The results sheet is yours, even if you order nothing from us afterwards.
Can I get back in touch after the check?
Yes, any time. Before an investment, when a new quote arrives or when a campaign starts: just get in touch. Advice and thinking along cost nothing extra, and you only pay for the work you choose to go ahead with.
Do you also review quotes from other providers?
Yes. We check whether scope, price and technology fit your goal, and tell you openly where you can save. We do this on the first call or later, whenever a quote lands on your desk.
Do you put the plan into action too?
Yes, if you want us to. Brand, campaigns, website, shop, automation and AI all come from us. For photography, film or legal matters, we bring in specialists from our network. Your point of contact stays the same.

Call · free · no rush

Bring your questions to the table.

Bring all of them, we'll take our time. You tell us where your business stands, and we tell you honestly what's worth doing.

Everything at one table.

hallo@chrismachts.ch

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