The Brand Growth Control Model

Products Three ways to grow

Choose the right level of marketing intervention.

Most marketing problems are decision problems.

Instant Crush gives you three ways to bring senior, independent judgement into your marketing system: Focus for rhythm, Direction for speed, and Alignment for alignment.

The model is the same. The right product depends on where you are stuck.

Start today and grow with confidence

Pick the intervention that matches the problem.

Focus creates rhythm. Direction forces clarity. Alignment creates alignment.

Ongoing decision system

Instant Focus

Ongoing decision system. Daily insights, monthly reframe.

Who it's for

Founders making marketing calls alone, with ChatGPT, advice from their network, or instinct.

What's broken

Too many ideas. No real priority. No stable rhythm.

What you get

Daily insights as new ideas, signals, and questions come up, plus a monthly reframe that resets priorities and decides what to stop, continue, and start.

Format

Recurring, always-on

Ends with

A decision rhythm you can rely on, month after month.

Price

€450 / month

Start Instant Focus

Strategic foundation

Instant Direction

The strategic foundation your marketing runs on.

Who it's for

Founders who need senior marketing thinking without handing over the execution budget.

What's broken

Spending and feeling something is off, or about to spend €10K-€50K and wanting to avoid wasting it.

What you get

A focused engagement that sets the foundation you make decisions from for the next 6-12 months: who you're for, why they should care, where to show up, and what to stop doing.

Format

Fixed scope, delivered in days

Ends with

A strategic framework grounded in science, data, and experience, not instinct or trend. Fully filled in, built to hold for twelve months. The clarity to commit: what you're doing, what you're aiming for, and what you're refusing to chase.

Price

€3,500 fixed fee

Contact us for enrollment

Board-level intervention

Instant Alignment

Board-level intervention. Built to end the deadlock.

Who it's for

Leadership teams where marketing direction is stuck.

What's broken

Founder thinks one thing. Commercial lead thinks another. Agency pushes a third. Nobody agrees on what better looks like.

What you get

A facilitated process that surfaces the real disagreements and forces decisions, with clear ownership.

Format

Fixed scope, leadership team in the room

Ends with

A decision list: where growth is leaking, which trade-offs have been avoided, which decisions need to be made now, who owns each one.

Price

€9,000 fixed fee

Contact us for enrollment

Avoid excessive marketing spend

The cost of marketing without a foundation

Most marketing money isn't wasted on bad ideas. It's wasted on good ideas that get prioritised wrong, run too long, or never had a clear reason to exist in the first place. That's not a judgement problem. It's a foundation problem.

Most founders are first-time marketers, or are running marketing alongside ten other things. AI gives them more options. Workshops create more discussion. Agency audits often lead to another pitch. Fractional CMOs can become another expensive dependency. None of these fix the layer underneath: a clear, science-backed foundation to make decisions from.

Instant Crush exists for that layer. Sharper thinking, cleaner priorities, and decisions that hold up because they're built on something real.

What you're actually buying:

  • Direction sets what to work on.

  • Focus keeps you on it, and honest about results.

  • Alignment gets the leadership team to commit to the same thing.

  • You are not paying for more marketing activity. You are paying so the next activity is built on something solid.

FAQ Frequently asked questions

Questions that usually come up before booking.

If you are close to choosing but still unsure about fit, sequence, or format, these are the short answers.

Which product should I start with?

+

Start with Direction if urgency is high, Focus if the need is ongoing, and Alignment if the main issue is team alignment.

Can Direction lead into Focus?

+

Yes. Direction is often the reset that makes a longer Focus rhythm more effective.

Do I need Direction before Focus?

+

No, but it helps. Direction gives you the starting reset. Focus keeps the thinking sharp after that.

Is Alignment only for larger teams?

+

No. It is for any group where decisions are slowed down by conflicting priorities or unclear ownership.

Who needs to be in the Alignment session?

+

Every decision-maker who has a say in marketing direction. Usually three to six people.

How long does Direction take?

+

Days, not months. Most Direction engagements finish within two weeks of booking.

Can I cancel Focus?

+

Yes. No long contract.

Do you execute marketing work?

+

The core offer is decision quality, not output production. Execution can follow, but it is not the product itself.

Next step for better marketing

Start with one decision

You do not need to commit to a long project. Start with a short conversation. We will tell you which product fits your situation, or we will tell you that none of them do.