Sharper Brands

Smarter Marketing

Stronger Sales

NZ businesses don’t lack great ideas, but they often lack decisive strategies and the ability to execute them.

Our combined thinking across brand, marketing and sales creates bigger impact and repeatable wins for companies wanting a step-change in performance – at home and in international markets.

Why us?

Simple truth: Growth is hard

You don’t need more options, you need a better plan

You’ll get:

Practitioners who’ve done this before
Proven frameworks and tools that actually work
Experience launching and scaling brands internationally
A strategy that gets implemented
One team across brand, marketing and sales
– so nothing slips through the cracks

Taking New Zealand brands to the world

We help companies prioritise, enter, and win in offshore markets – from strategy to in-person selling.

We have expertise in…

Markets – AU, US, Canada, UK, Europe, Asia
Exporting, distribution, retail, and e-commerce

We do brand marketing sales growth advisory

Our hybrid approach blends strategy, execution, and advisory so you get one joined-up plan. You’ll get clarity, momentum, and measurable results – without the overheads of a big agency.

Problems we help solve:

When your brand lacks clarity – we’ll define your meaningful point of difference

When your sales pipeline is weak – we’ll help you fill it up and win deals

When your marketing lacks impact – we’ll sharpen your story to generate demand

When you need scalable growth – we’ll help you capture new opportunities

Who we work with

Since 2018 we’ve partnered with over 100 companies – we’re run by people who’ve actually led brands and sales teams at scale.

We work with challenger brands, established businesses, corporates and non-profits who want an agile, senior alternative to big agencies.

Advisory Board, Fractional Sales Director, brand strategy, marketing and social strategy, marketing coaching

Almighty

Advisory Board, international strategy

GoodnessMe

Brand strategy, brand development, marketing plan, marketing implementation (including social media)

Grandpa's

Distribution strategy, sales negotiation

The Pure Food Co

Customer Insights and Brand Strategy

Heartland Bank

Customer insights, brand and communications strategy

Livi

Hong Kong insights, direct marketing campaign, brand campaign, hybrid selling strategy

New Zealand Bloodstock

Brand strategy, brand book, internal marketing

World Vision

Insights, brand strategy, Go To Market

Gallagher

Brand strategy, international marketing plan, website design and development, USA social strategy, brand design, brochure, merchandise, packaging design

Clayton Hops

International market development plan (Asia)

Pamu

Empathy insights

Bremworth

Fractional Sales Director, international distributor model, brand strategy, brand book

Triumph & Disaster

Customer insights, brand strategy

Two Islands

Australian insights, brand strategy

Oasis

Fractional Sales Director, international sales strategy

Nature Baby

What our clients say

“We’ve been working with Unleash for 6 years and grown sales by 756%.”

“Achieved +174% sales growth and +44% unit growth within the first year.”

“Following the strategy reset and channel expansion, sales are forecast to grow +400%.”

“Demand grew so quickly we had to double our warehouse capacity.”

“They’re hands-on, challenging and supportive - exactly what we needed.”

“Unleash helped us navigate uncertainty and gave us the confidence we needed.”

“Their insight-led approach shifted brand perception and drove real growth.”

“The launch successfully placed us into premium restaurants across NZ, Hong Kong, and the UK.”