How we work.

Our Process

Intentionality
With every engagement we focus on changing how people feel about analytics and their futures. We enter every engagement with intentionality, using our proven Matrix Maturity Model™️, to help you and your team realize your full potential.

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Each new project begins with a full immersion phase designed to quickly build a rich understanding of your brand, your business, and your challenges plus establish trust. At the end of this phase, you will hold in your hand a proven map designed to help you and your team conquer even the hardest of challenges.

People lack trust in agencies because they often design a “blackbox” approach to delivering services, keeping the client off-balance and confused. Agencies do this to secure “agency lock-in.” At 33 Sticks, we think differently, we believe in Sustainable Analytics. Regardless if you decide to work with us or not, you should demand more out of your agency partners including a demand for transparency, knowledge sharing, and mentoring.


Quality
The very worst work that we produce, on our very worst day, never falls below an 8 out of 10. We scrape up against perfection in everything we do. Our engagements are intentionally structured to ensure that everything that we create for you is done at an extremely high level of quality.


Communication
We view our engagements as true partnership which require active, open communication. As we design a custom engagement to meet your unique needs, we will also design a communication plan ensuring rich collaboration whether you are located down the street or thousands of miles away.

Talking to us is like talking to an old friend. We know you are skeptical but we are willing to earn your trust. Don’t believe us? Give our CEO, Jason, a call on his personal cell phone and you will start to understand why 33 Sticks is different.

Why People Buy Services

There are 3 primary reasons why people buy services:

  1. Increase Bandwidth

  2. Add Expertise

  3. Improve Objectivity

Most agencies are comfortable selling bandwidth and most people are comfortable buying bandwidth but high-value services come in the form of added expertise and improved objectivity.

While there are times when we are more than comfortable flexing our bandwidth muscles, “hands on keyboards” as they say in the industry, our real value comes in bringing unmatched expertise and unabashed objectivity to every project we work on. That value is seen in how we affect any room we walk into. Ideas, Decisions, Engagement, and Adaptability all reach their full potential because of our presence.

If you are looking only to increase your bandwidth through buying a contractor, 33 Sticks is not for you. However, if you are looking to solve complex challenges, if you are looking for a partner to cure your condition through added expertise and improved objectivity, then you may be a good fit for a partnership with 33 Sticks.

How We See It

At 33 Sticks, we work with a very elite group of companies that have been hand-selected to enter into a partnership with us.

To better understand if you and your organization might be a good fit for a partnership with 33 Sticks, we are committed to being fully transparent in who we are and who we aren’t.

Who we are.

  • We are here to solve problems

  • We are here to help. if our help is not appreciated then best of luck

  • When we walk away from an engagement, our clients are healthier

  • People come first, the buyer is our client, not an organization

  • We tell clients what they need, not necessarily what they want

  • We charge fees based on value not hours

  • We are trusted guides and business advisors

  • We create deep trust with our clients

  • In over 8 years of business, we have a proven track record of improving our client’s conditions

  • A refuge from the management and cultural issues that inflict larger organizations

  • We discuss value, not price

  • We improve conditions objectively (profit, margins, market share) and subjectively (reduced stress, higher job satisfaction)

  • We improve our clients professionally (high output, greater happiness, job promotions)

Who we aren’t.

  • We aren’t “yes men”

  • We aren’t contractors

  • We don’t perform work at our client’s direction

  • We aren’t a temporary employee

  • We aren’t “junior talent”

  • We aren’t your help desk

  • We aren’t resellers (we have a zero tolerance policy for collecting kick backs or financial compensation for recommending vendor products)

  • We aren’t an agency that pretends we can do it all, we do a few things, and those few things we do better than anyone else

  • We aren’t open to working with everyone, only a select few companies get in the door

  • We don’t focus on the “thud factor” of deliverables, we focus on results

  • You can’t buy us by the hour