The Bar Manual: Your Guide to Crafting A Signature Brand

Welcome to The Bar Manual, where signature brands are built one intentional pour at a time. Whether you’re refining your positioning, sharpening your voice, or strengthening how your brand shows up in the wild, this is where strategy meets personality.

Inside, you’ll find the frameworks, behind-the-bar insights, and practical recipes that help your brand earn its keep, stand out on the shelf, and stay memorable long after the first sip.

Pull up a stool. Let’s get to work.

Craft Your Brand Kristin Lawton Craft Your Brand Kristin Lawton

How to Conduct a brand audit

When was the last time you did an audit of your brand and everything that mentions your brand online? Pulled everything out, dusted off the stuff you haven't reviewed in a while, and looked at it all as a whole? Doing a regular comprehensive audit of your brand and online presence is key to have a consistent, compelling and trustworthy brand.

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Craft Your Brand Kristin Lawton Craft Your Brand Kristin Lawton

Craft Your Perfect Brand Recipe

Crafting your brand recipe is as similar as finding your perfect Manhattan or Martini. When I talk about your brand recipe, I factor in three critical elements that go into how a brand is conveyed and perceived by a potential customer. I'm not just talking about your logo or messaging, it's the branding, brand strategy, and marketing all rolled into one.

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