If your marketing is not making money, it's costing you money.
Brutal identifies what is underperforming, why it is happening,
and how to correct it.
Every session is live.
Together we examine your marketing and sales assets, identify what’s failing and make clear what must change.
We review everything including:
• Websites • PDFs • Emails • Presentations • Ads & campaigns
• Sales messaging • Customer journeys • Marketing collateral and more
Brutal is not an agency. We don’t execute work or provide other services.
We are 100% independent and never make supply recommendations.
Every session is delivered by Steve Taylor, with over 35 + years of building and scaling companies.
The Brutal Review
The Brutal Review is a 70 minute, one to one live session where we review your real marketing together. You get clear, honest judgement and are shown what is working, what is not, and why.
After payment we send a short questionnaire to identify the key issues and structure the session around your priorities.
Cost $2,500 per session. Limited sessions per day.
Priority slots available. When time is critical express slots may be opened.
Money back guarantee: If you are not completely satisfied for any reason within the first 10 minutes, we will immediately stop the session and refund you in full, no questions asked.
Testimonials
"Steve has been a great help working with us, providing clear commercial guidance for our agency and a focused evaluation of our website. It was tough to hear at first, because we had invested a lot of time and money rebuilding it, but his insights showed us that it still lacked some very basic and essential sales elements. His feedback was direct, honest, commercially grounded, and exactly what we needed to move forward with confidence. He was brutally right, and we are grateful for it."
BC Luxury Kitchen and Bath Design Company
"Steve has been hugely helpful and insightful, and he simplifies our marketing in ways we often miss as a small company. We work in a highly regulated environment, and his clear, practical advice has been extremely valuable. His direct approach keeps me focused when my attention drifts. I would highly recommend him to anyone needing strong marketing direction and advice. Happy to be contacted."
JC Financial Services and Mortgage Advice
"I have known Steve for many years. He has a creative eye and a rare ability to simplify complex ideas in one or two sentences. He consistently adds commercial value and is a valuable asset to every business he works with, delivering with both energy and creativity."
HM Luxury Auction Business
"Steve was a huge help with our emails and communication, always practical, clear, and easy to work with."
Marketing Director Chamber of Commerce
"Steve not only helped me with my marketing, he quickly identified the deeper commercial issues in how my business was structured. Sales and marketing were only part of the problem. His wisdom, understanding, and sixth sense meant he saw quickly what others sometimes never see in a lifetime. Watching him think through the problems in real time made something complex feel calm and manageable. He guided me through what needed to change commercially, motivated me, and put me back on track. I left the session feeling clear, confident, and back in control of my business."
KL Personal Consultancy Business
"Steve was amazing at giving our company a “brutally honest” review. His recommendations of our social media and communications to our customers were on point, and we have received positive feedback since implementing his ideas. Always reliable, dependable, and easy to work with."
EC Chamber of Commerce
Top 5 marketing issues regularly seen:
- Most businesses believe their marketing problem is design or traffic, when the real issue is unclear positioning and messaging.
- Companies invest in execution before clarity of message and imagery. Designers design, coders code, and a commercial gap often appears between intention and what the marketing actually communicates.
- Marketing budgets become stretched across fragmented activity, and focus shifts toward what feels good rather than what is commercially necessary.
- People often know something feels wrong in their marketing, but cannot identify what is wrong, either because they are emotionally invested or simply unsure what to look for.
- Businesses can spend months discussing marketing and still lack clear direction.
“ If a reader has to work longer than 1 second to understand what is being said, it fails. This happens because teams are too close and too emotionally invested to see how it is truly perceived.”
Steve Taylor – Brutal Founder
FAQs
Who is this for?
Anyone who is or about to undertake any marketing activity or sales engagement.
If you are about to design, launch, or spend on marketing, run it through a Brutal Review first.
Is Brutal an agency?
Brutal is not an agency. It provides independent commercial judgement only.
Do you guarantee results?
No. This is not execution or delivery. It provides independent commercial clarity, not guaranteed outcomes.
What should I expect from the session?
A clear, independent view of how your marketing really comes across. We review your live materials together and pinpoint what works, what weakens performance, and where clarity is being lost. You leave with sharper judgement, clearer priorities, and a realistic understanding of how your marketing is actually experienced.