Marketing systems for the AI era

Clarity above. Depth below.

above below is a marketing consultancy for companies finding their way in the age of AI. We're guiding brands how to use AI and when to not. We're teaching teams how to use the right technology for faster content creation and personalization. We're proving how moments of deep brand connection can turn your audience into buyers.

Clarity Audit · sample readout
02 · Be UnderstoodVoice inconsistency due to lack of governance.
0/100Clarity score
Where AI is running today
  • Narrative and positioning85%
  • Claim substantiation upkeep34%
  • Competitive reporting27%
  • Brand drift monitoring42%
AI on the judgment work, absent from the monitoring
Microsoft
Starbucks
Alaska Airlines
T-Mobile
Bing
Woodland Park Zoo
SIFF
Quiznos
GoSmart Mobile
Microsoft
Starbucks
Alaska Airlines
T-Mobile
Bing
Woodland Park Zoo
SIFF
Quiznos
GoSmart Mobile
The market thesis

AI is exposing which brands have a real market narrative.

Customers research, compare, and form preferences before a brand can introduce itself. Weak narratives, no substantiation and fragmented content systems become obvious to your customers, and the last mile of the decision is where that credibility gap gets paid for.

above below recommends starting our engagement with a Clarity Audit that informs subsequent work in the following outcome categories:

Found

Can customers and AI systems discover you?

Understood

Does your brand have a clearly defined position?

First

Can you reach the market first with the next offer, product, or feature?

Chosen

Is your proof credible enough to act on?

Start with the Clarity Audit.

Two weeks to a clear answer on where you should be using AI in your marketing systems, and where you should not. What follows depends on what it finds. Read how we work.

Two weeks · $7,500 to $15,000

Clarity Audit

Stakeholder inputs, external review, AI visibility sampling, and an executive readout. You leave knowing where AI belongs in your marketing systems, where it will cost you, and what to do about both.

  • 12 to 16 question diagnostic
  • AI allocation map: where AI belongs in your marketing systems, where a person still has to create the work, and where automating would cost you trust.
  • Found, Understood, First, Chosen score
  • Prioritized 90-day decision brief
Try our free mini-audit

Prefer to self-check first? Take the free assessments.

What the audit finds becomes a custom engagement across Be Found, Be Understood, Be First, and Be Chosen. Ongoing quarterly partnership follows for teams that want us running the systems with them.

clarity and depth. above below.
"They didn't just hand us a strategy. They rebuilt the operating system underneath it. Six months in, our team is faster, sharper, and being cited in the answers that matter."

VP Marketing · Global consumer brand

If you're rebuilding marketing for the AI era, we want to talk.

Most engagements start with a two-week diagnostic. You'll get a clear read of where your marketing system stands today and a practical map of the shortest path to the outcome you want.

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