Maison is a branding studio that tempers creativity with logic in order to take a realm of infinite possibility (aka overwhelm) and reign it into a proven, repeatable framework with guaranteed results.
A brand that feels like the business it was born to be. The right customers that identify with it, instantly.
This workflow is called the Build-Your-Own-Brand Formula, or BYOB for short.
That’s how we offer short time blocks to complete projects called intensives.
It’s five stages of branding and marketing activities that simply need to be done in the order they’re listed in.
You pick what makes sense for your business.
From $420 to $840 + HST
Start with a free hour with studio Founder and Principal Dasha Zolota.
Followed by receiving your custom visual and/or marketing Blueprint, if you’re starting from scratch without a plan.
Brand strategy is the most important part of any project, and applies to absolutely everyone.
If you are planning on any design or marketing project, and don’t purchase strategy with Maison, please come prepared with your own.
From $420 to $4200 + HST
Next we create the dream business your ideal clients want to see.
Packages can cover everything from a logo system, icon set, colour palette, license fonts, branded patterns, and even the personality and story that ties the visual design and multimedia narrative together.
Built in a fixed block of days.
Brand identity design is for the business that has been around long enough to know that people want to buy their services.
You’ve outgrown the brand your friend or relative made you, or the one that you made yourself on Canva.
From $125 per hour + HST
If your brand navigates the world through merchandise, stationery, signage, packaging, or print publications – we lay it out and can assist with your vendors.
Maison can also assist in creating a cohesive presence in all the places your brand resides online through website design and development, social media visual planning, and relationship nurture email marketing campaigns.
Print and website add-ons are a great addition to a brand identity design package, or if you have an established brand identity but need more cohesion across the board.
Grab this if you’ve been doing all your design yourself and don’t want to anymore, or if you don’t have a dedicated designer in-house to do it for you.
Inquire about your custom bundle to save.
From $20,000 + HST
Less than hiring one full-time marketing coordinator
If your business has a dedicated marketing specialist who is always backlogged and needs support on those few big-but-not-urgent-enough things that have been put off for years now, rent Maison for a short amount of time and bundle your unique needs into one package.
Rent our marketing team if you’re an established business that’s outgrown and outpaced its existing marketing infrastructure and is too busy servicing clients to service itself.
You have good problems to have.
We offer good solutions to good problems.
From $3,500 to $20,000 + HST
For the inspired-to-distracted founders and leaders that are creative-yet-chaotic. One to seven days at a lake in Ontario’s cottage country. Instead of time getting away from you, you leave with the thing you’ve been putting off.
From $500 + HST per month with a minimum 3?month commitment
A monthly retainer that expands your brand and keeps it current.
Expand your client experience by developing helpful guides to integrate through your sales process.
Maintain your website and expand its organic SEO.
Nurture your relationship with your audience through thoughtfully curated social media management and email marketing.
BRANDING OBJECTIVES
Stages I & II:
Figure out your storytelling elements first, or you’ll have to back track – which wastes time, money, and headspace.
MARKETING TASKS
Stages III – V:
Design tangible items first, online material second (because platforms don’t last forever), and experiential once your foundation is ready.
Visual Language
market research
mood boards
dynamic logo design
icon development
background or pattern pairing
colour palette
fonts
Multimedia Narrative
brand script
graphic repository
photo library
cinematography
product renderings
merchandise design
Print Identity
brand guidelines
stationery
business cards
pitch decks
catalogues
posters
POS material
signage
packaging design
Digital Presence
social media strategy
content creation
visual planning
flat website design
email templates
SMS marketing
ad design
Brand Experiences
trade show booth design and mockups
indoor + outdoor signage
decal design
vinyl wrap design
carts & stands
brand activation popup
event planning
client care, yearly campaigns + automation
unexpected mail
education campaigns
Brand
Blueprint
For: Everyone
Length: Half-Day to One-Day
Deliverable: Visual Mood Board and/or Marketing Strategy Deck
Price: $420 – $840 + HST
Brand Identity
Development
For: Businesses that outgrew their homemade brands
Length: Half-Day up to Five-Day
Deliverable: Stages I – II, Visual Language & Multimedia Narrative
Price: $420 – $4200 + HST
Print & Digital
Add-Ons
For: Businesses with brand identities that need elevation and cohesion
Length: Half-Day to 30 Days
Price: $125 per hour + HST or inquire for a custom bundle
For: Everyone
Length: Half-Day to One-Day
Deliverable: Visual Mood Board and/or Marketing Strategy Deck
Price: $420 – $840 + HST
For: Businesses that outgrew their homemade brands
Length: Half-Day up to Five-Day
Deliverable: Stages I – II, Visual Language & Multimedia Narrative
Price: $420 – $4200 + HST
For: Businesses with brand identities that need elevation and cohesion
Length: Half-Day to 30 Days
Price: $125 per hour + HST or inquire for a custom bundle
The Pocket Marketing
Department
For: Businesses with an overburdened in-house marketer
Length: 90 to 180 Days
Price: From $20,000 + HST (less than hiring one full-time marketing junior for a year)
Brand Development
Retreats
For: Inspired-to-distracted founders and creative-to-chaotic leaders who procrastinate
Length: One to seven days
Price: $3500 – $20,000 + HST
Brand
Maintenance
A monthly retainer that expands your brand and keeps it current.
Price: From $500 + HST per month, minimum three-month commitment
For: Businesses with an overburdened in-house marketer
Length: 90 to 180 Days
Price: From $20,000 + HST (less than hiring one full-time marketing junior for a year)
For: Inspired-to-distracted founders and creative-to-chaotic leaders who procrastinate
Length: One to seven days
Price: $3500 – $20,000 + HST
A monthly retainer that expands your brand and keeps it current.
Price: From $500 + HST per month, minimum three-month commitment
Book a free brand strategy session and we will suggest creative solutions for your needs, or introduce you to someone who does what you’re looking for.
Book a free brand strategy session. Sixty to 90 minutes with Maison Zolts founder Dasha Zolota. We go through your business, your brand, your goals, your concerns and the questions you have been sitting on, and you leave with a custom, high-level evaluation through the guidebook. You leave with options of what you can do.
We accept direct transfer and credit card payments. Credit card payments will require a 2.9% platform processing fee.
For projects $4000 and under, we take a 50% deposit to secure your project slot, and the final 50% upon project delivery. Larger projects can request a custom payment plan. Typically those will have a 25% deposit and then milestone based payment structure. Your payment structure is explicitly outlined and tracked through your project invoices.
![this september at maison: replenishing creative energy by running as far, far away from ai and internet as reasonably possible aka 300 km north to hike 25 km with some of my favourite people in my favouritest places
this time of year hurts so good with its fleeting beauty and transition into the cold and still of dark
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