Turn your expertise into in-demand authority—without burning out or selling yourself.
Take it from me: you can exceptionally good at what you do and still be underpaid, overbooked, and vaguely invisible.
If you’re advising like a partner but billing like a vendor, you’re not just undercharging—you’re undermining your own credibility.
If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
Whether you’ve been consulting for years or just exited a senior role, odds are no one taught you how to position yourself as a premium independent professional.
You likely built a career through a resume, interviews, and internal credibility, and began growing your independent business through referrals.
That’s how I started, out, too—and soon ran into the familiar traps:
not-quite-ideal clients
uncontrollable scope creep
ghosted proposals
being treated as an experienced doer—not a strategic advisor
You’re not alone—I’ve been there, too.
It just means you’re still operating like a generalist-for-hire—when what you actually are is a premium advisor without the infrastructure to back it up.
Securing high-ticket retainers requires more than warm intros and an impressive resume.
You’ve likely…
Worked with ChatGPT for hours to write proposals that never got answered
Hired a business coach who gave great direction, but no plan to execute it
Googled the daylights out of pricing with no conclusion as to what’s “normal”
Hired a “recommended” designer who spoke in jargon… and ended up with “okay” visuals that didn’t move your bottom line
And so you’re still paying high emotional tax by…
Toughing out six-week sales cycles while competitors close in six days
Taking on obvious red-flag clients that blow up your weekends
Cobbling together random projects that overexend you—just to keep cash flowing
Wondering why you get plenty of LinkedIn profile views from dream clients who never make a move to get in touch
None of this means you’re not capable.
It’s just that no one taught you how to translate your expertise into competitive positioning for independent work.
That’s where I come in: to make sure your next pivot points up, not lateral—and not another flavor of feast-or-famine.
High-ticket retainers don’t close on hustle or “posting more.”
They close in the 5 seconds it takes a buyer to recognize you have:
authority positioning
a no-brainer offer
clear messaging
and visual credibility
That’s why I help fractionals and consultants translate their difficult-to-encapsulate value into premium positioning that does the pre-sales work for you.
When we create a high-ticket positioning strategy that protects your bandwidth, everything gets quieter—in the best way.
Consulting work stops feeling like churn-and-burn, and starts looking like:
Your visuals pre-selling the work for you
Fewer custom proposals, more confident yes/no decisions
Confidently leading pricing conversations—not caving
Being seen as the obvious choice—without over-proving yourself
Work that fits your life—not the other way around
This isn’t just possible. I’m proof it works.
I’m Megan—a brand strategist, designer, and advisor with 20 years of experience developing high-converting psychology-based brand strategies.
Over the last nine years, I’ve supported 100+ clients across 25 industries in driving sustainable business growth—helping them package and position their expertise to match the premium outcomes they deliver.
I’ve been trusted by organizations like the International Coaching Federation and the VIA Institute on Character—on work that increased conversions by 50%.
But before that, I was on the other side of independent burnout.
After graduating university with a BFA in Graphic Design and a minor in Psychology, I spent the first 10 years of my career in brand strategy + design.
I climbed the ladder at two award-winning agencies, a world-renowned art museum, and a Fortune 500 investment firm—partnering with global brands including Hilton and Under Armour.
I loved the missions my work supported and the teams I collaborated with, but full-time employment never quite fit. I always felt like a square peg, and like my growth had a ceiling.
In 2016, my body hit the brakes—hard. Multiple hospitalizations for acute viral meningitis + transverse myelitis forced me into a full-system reset.
0/10 do not recommend. But I listened.
6 months later, with my neurologist’s cautious blessing, I resigned and bought a one-way ticket to Bangkok.
Taking only a backpack and my laptop, I spent the next two years traveling solo through Southeast Asia while building an independent design + consulting business.
But the independence came with a learning curve. I ran straight into the classic traps: feast-or-famine income, scope creep, undercharging, and messaging that didn’t match the outcomes I was delivering.
Everything changed when I got ruthless about the day-to-day life I wanted—and reshaped my business around it.
That clarity:
sharpened my yes/no decisions
informed how to package my expertise around my capacity and outcomes (not skills and deliverables or time for money)
transformed sales conversations from tricky to natural
(And yes, I got to cheat a little on the high-ticket design part—I already had that piece)
The results?
My working hours have reduced from ~35 to ~16 per week
My revenue has increased 60%
Best of all, I’m happy—my work is fulfilling, profitable, and I have time to do things I enjoy with people I love
That’s the same positioning strategy I now bring to my clients.
In building both the structure and the presentation your business needs to support premium work with less friction, we partner to:
Create your premium lane: grounded in how you want to spend your working hours, the client outcomes you alone can create, and your income + capacity goals
Engineer your no-brainer core offers: with clean packaging, confident pricing, and clear scope edges that protect your bandwidth
Align your visual assets: through a custom, high-trust look and feel that signals authority and presents you as the obvious choice
Develop your authority messaging playbook: in your authentic voice—so the right clients instantly recognize the fit (and move faster)
Your positioning is either doing the selling for you—or making you hustle.
Does your positioning say “high-ticket” or “close but not quite”?
When you’re ready to tighten your positioning and step into a premium lane that actually fits your bandwidth, I’d love to hear what you’re working with.
I’ll be opening a limited number of 1:1 Laser Audit Positioning + Strategy Sessions soon—designed to give you sharp clarity, a confident direction, and next steps you can execute quickly to pivot up.
Send me a message to get early access and be the first to know when spots open.