I’m Anna Stanford.

Brand + communications strategist

i work with

creatives + consultants, to design, package and communicate who they are and what they’re selling.

What I bring

I help my clients get genuine clarity and confidence about:

  • Who they are;

  • What they’re creating in and with their business; and

  • How to communicate that to the world in a way that sings.

The ways I work 1-1 with people include:

POSITIONING

A lot of people struggle to find the right words to talk about themselves, their message, or their offerings with all of the clarity, confidence and conviction that those things deserve. Whether it’s for your website, your social media, your proposals, or for anywhere else, I help people find what they want to say, and I help them to say it beautifully.

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WEBSITES

A lot of my clients know that they need to do something about their website, but the idea of “Where do I even start?” can become overwhelming enough to put them off from any action.

I have an excellent process for helping thought leaders, consultants, freelancers and contractors get all of their genius out of their heads and into a format that I can use to create them an amazing website.

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BRANDING

You know when you’re wearing an outfit that you love, how you just naturally show up with more joy and confidence? Having beautiful, authentic branding often inspires the same feeling. You can’t wait to refer people to your website, you get so proud of all the materials that you’ve developed with your branding on them, and you get to bask in the compliments that naturally flow to something unique, meaningful, and ‘so you!’ I work with a few thought leaders a year to develop that kind of unique, meaningful and ‘so you!’ branding.

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Genius bar

Got a positioning, branding or website query that you’d like some expert insight into?

I run a fortnightly Genius Bar, where you can book in a 15 minute slot (no charge!) and we can work through your query together.

Better still, if your website is built in Squarespace 7.1, I’m happy to jump into it and make the change you’re needing.

book in a time

POSITIONING

A lot of people struggle to find the right words to talk about themselves, their message, or their offerings with all of the clarity, confidence and conviction that those things deserve. Whether it’s for your website, your social media, your proposals, or for anywhere else, I help people find what they want to say, and I help them to say it beautifully.

Tell me more.


Branding

You know when you’re wearing an outfit that you love, how you just naturally show up with more joy and confidence? Having beautiful, authentic branding often inspires the same feeling. You can’t wait to refer people to your website, you get so proud of all the materials that you’ve developed with your branding on them, and you get to bask in the compliments that naturally flow to something unique, meaningful, and ‘so you!’ I work with a few thought leaders a year to develop that kind of unique, meaningful and ‘so you!’ branding.

Tell me more.


WEBSITES

A lot of my clients know that they need to do something about their website, but the idea of “Where do I even start?” can become overwhelming enough to put them off from any action.

I have an excellent process for helping thought leaders, consultants, freelancers and contractors get all of their genius out of their heads and into a format that I can use to create them an amazing website.

Tell me more.


GENIUS BAR

Got a positioning, branding or website query that you’d like some expert insight into?

I run a fortnightly Genius Bar, where you can book in a 15 minute slot (no charge!) and we can work through your query together.

Better still, if your website is built in Squarespace 7.1, I’m happy to jump into it and make the change you’re needing.

Book in a time

What my clients say about working with me

  • Rabia Siddique

    “I was worried I would not be able to find a designer that would fully grasp what I did, who I was, the values that were so important for me to express through my work, and all that I wanted my website and branding to say about where my business was heading into the future... Anna Stanford was quite simply a gift.”

  • Melanie Gray

    “Working with Anna was a gift. From the second we met at our first introduction meeting, her radiant smile and presence was indicative of the genuine interest, care and authenticity she would take when working with me. Her intention was clear and thorough, and I was assured that she was the right person for me.

    Anna had a way of combining her process, and deep conversation, that enabled her to draw the information out of me to create an incredible representation of who I am, and what my offering is. From the brand concept, through to the delivery of the final product, the process was seamless.

    Anna’s communication and vision was clear yet stays open to include your thoughts and opinions throughout the journey. I couldn’t be happier with experience and the delivery of the website and brand concepts.

    I would highly recommend working with Anna. She is a highly skilled individual, not to mention, a brilliant human being. “

  • Clive Smallman

    “What can I say? Anna somehow found and communicated a controlled, contained sense of magic and beautiful chaos (her words) in and amongst my ramblings about life, the universe, everything, and translated it into a handsome brand and website.

    Inordinately patient, precise and persistent, what drove the whole process is her engaged enthusiasm for the task of dealing with people like me, who know enough about branding and strategy to be more dangerous than we are competent.

    Her creativity and command of her professional crafts is inspiring. She delivers on time, to specification and on budget, and boy does she deliver.

    Anna in a word? Outstanding!”

  • Mel Kettle

    “Working with Anna was an absolute joy. She took the time to really get to know me and my practice, and this is reflected in the beautiful branding she developed and the website she created.

    Anna's insights helped me identify how I wanted to come across, and, more importantly, helped me see who I really am. I've lost count of how many people have looked at the website and said "it's so you".”

  • Rachel Callander

    “Working with Anna was more like a journey of personal growth and development with a really wise coach. Anna is such an insightful and warm person to work with, and I recommend Anna to everybody out there wanting to make an authentic, brilliant, smart, elegant, thorough and completely relevant website.”

  • Dr Monique Beedles

    “Anna has incredible insight. She was able to quickly discern what was needed and what would work for me…. She went above and beyond in terms of delivering on what she has promised and I couldn't be happier with the outcomes.“

  • Emma Gibbens

    “Working with Anna has been inspiring, insightful and revealing. She has provided me with brilliant advice and has helped to honestly summarize the complexity in what I do and why.“

  • Michelle Browning of Decision Agency

    “My business had reached the point where I needed an online presence, when I reached out to Anna to help me create my first website. She simplified what seemed an overwhelming process and guided me confidently in developing its structure and content. Anna updated my branding in a way that elevated and better reflected the vision I had for my business. I am so pleased with the final result and would highly recommend working with her to others.”

  • Courtney Pool

    “Because of Anna's intuitive process and skill, I went from being intimidated and overwhelmed about a website and branding redesign to being excited... I felt she understood all the abstract desires I gave her and visions I had, and then came back with far more than I'd even hoped for.”

  • Suzanne Waldron

    “I just have to tell you how many compliments I’m getting on my website still! People LOVE it. I’m so grateful.”

  • Amanda Sokell

    “Anna has this fabulous ability to put you at ease, to see through any armour you may have in place, and into your soul. Miraculously she is then able to translate this insight into creative design that truly represents who you are and what you would want to say about yourself, if only you were brave enough.”

  • Julia Steel

    “Anna is a delicious cocktail of creativity, compassion and commercial nous. Not only does she work hard to understand what you do, she dives into getting to know who you are too. The results are brands that truly speak to who her clients are. I’m sure she’ll do the same for yours, too.”

  • Sarah Bass

    “Finding someone who can get to the essence of who you are and the value you add to your customers, and then create something that you love, is a rare skill that Anna has. The process was streamlined, although personally challenging at times as it really made me review the message I was giving. The end result is beautiful.”

  • Dina Cooper

    “It’s been an absolute joy to work with Anna. In the 11 years that I’ve been in business I have never found anyone who really, deeply understands the positioning that I wanted to place out there in the world, and I’ve engaged several marketing experts. But Anna somehow got through the complexity of the way I was showing things, and translated it into a very understandable way through my branding and website. And I feel like it’s represented who I am and the difference that I want to make out there in the world.

    So I just want to say thank you, Anna, you’ve made me easier to buy. You really got and understood deeply what I want to offer in the world, and I can’t tell you how much that means to me after so long to be in this position.”

are people buying what you’re selling?

Experts are often so deep into their own expertise that they forget how to talk about what they know in a way that is immediately understandable to someone who doesn’t have the same level of expertise. If you’re wondering why people aren’t buying what you’re offering, chances are that your target audience either can’t understand what you’re selling, or can’t see the value in it.

This is a communication issue, and it is easily resolvable.

Nail Your Offering is an easy to use product I have created for experts, thought leaders, coaches and consultants.

It gives you a repeatable structure for developing and communicating your offerings, so that they always land with your target audience. 

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Anna Stanford is an ex-lawyer who saw the light and finally gave in to her irrepressible creativity and belief in the beauty of people and their ideas.

Anna Stanford is an ex-lawyer who saw the light and finally gave in to her irrepressible creativity and belief in the beauty of people and their ideas.

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