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MST - BrandBook - VV - 08.10.2017 (SOL)
MST - BrandBook - VV - 08.10.2017 (SOL)
PHILOSOPHY
is a passion and focus on meeting the needs of
business owners who seek to sell their companies for
the maximum price possible. Armed with decades
of experience, attention to detail, and a database
of businesses for sale, and potential buyers Seiler
Tucker International closes 99% of written offers.
Seiler Tucker International sells businesses for an
average of 30-40% higher than list by matching the
right buyers with the right business. The company
also offers consulting services to companies that
must first grow or fix their businesses before they
can demand top price for their businesses.
URL www.michelletuckerinternational.com
COMPANY
MAILING ADDRESS Capital Business Solutions
400 Poydras Street, Ste. 1460
New Orleans, LA 70130
ABOUT
gets a selling price that’s 30-40% — and sometimes
60% — higher on average.
OUR
TEAM
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BRANDABLE
CHUNKS
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COMPETITIVE
Full Name & Age: Gene Decker, 52 and Sara Decker, 44
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Own and run a chain of four furniture
stores around Oklahoma City.
Annual Business Revenue: $1.75 million
OUR
Location: Fort Worth
PERSONAS
sales manager. He met Sara in his 20s, while she was studying finance.
Eventually they bought their first furniture store, a long dream of Gene’s,
with him as chief salesman and her as head of finance.
They bought their first store 15 years ago, opened a second store two
years later and opened two more in the next decade. The three newer
stores are doing well, but the original store is falling behind. Gene and
Sara survived the great recession but their marriage has been rocky
lately, and the word divorce keeps coming up. They both want to sell the
business and move to California. Gene intends to take the sale money
and start or invest in a new business. In any event, they need help for
their next steps.
D E L I B E R AT E V S . Q U I C K
Occupation: Owns a chain of eleven frozen custard stores
Needs Endorsements Needs Testimonials
Annual Business Revenue: $7 million
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Johnny grew up dishing out custard at his dad’s shops (dad owned
three at the time). He learned the business and went from high school
to working full time for his father. When his father retired, Johnny took
over and expanded. He upgraded, added new ingredients, featured the
stores in creative advertising and his chain of stores did very well – one
was even grossing $1 million annually.
METHODICAL HUMANISTIC
But the business is taking its toll and Johnny doesn’t want to compro- Wants to see Case Studies Wants Stories
mise his increasingly precious home time with his wife and child, even if
the stores run like well-oiled machines, with the staff serving custard at
a blinding pace and shortening long lines with ease.
Johnny has looked into franchising, but isn’t convinced that the experi- LOGICAL VS. EMOTIONAL
ence can be duplicated. He’s also grown tired of the grind as much as he
loves the creativity of the marketing. The nuts and bolts of the business
have become painful for him. He has decided to sell, but wants sell to
someone committed to keep the brand (and his name) strong.
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SELL
Seiler Tucker International sells businesses for more
then they are worth. We work with business owners
to prep their business for sale, walk with them through
every phase of the sale.
FIX
SERVICES
help them fix their businesses and prep them for sale.
GROW
For some businesses to command top dollar from
buyers they simply need to scale up their company.
Seiler Tucker International consults with business
owners to support their efforts to grow their
companies and ready them for sale.
OUR VOICE
We tell it to you straight, but we expect you to take the truth we speak and move on with it. Our voice is to the
point, in-your-face, but with a good attitude.
We can make statements that describe the truth, but we do it to serve you: our job is to help clients sell their
businesses for maximum profit in the shortest amount of time. Sometimes that means we need to talk tough, but
there’s respect and feeling in how we communicate.
There’s no fluff. We speak the truth, and clients wouldn’t be served if we held back from giving them the hard facts
about their business and their prospects. We want to use language that is friendly, firm, confident and considerate.
Selling a business can be a complex, emotionally entangled and often divisive process. It involves some-
SPELLCHECK Read emails aloud to ensure that they sound correct, and to make double sure that you are times-difficult negotiations and an ability both to protect an owner’s confidentiality and proprietary infor-
not revealing any proprietary information. Use proper business language and avoid slang, mation but to be transparent about the business for the buyer.
YOUR EMAILS
but don’t be stuffy. Do not be sarcastic or irreverent, since negotiations are delicate. Be
cautious about tone: emails do not permit facial expression or vocal nuance – it’s better to As such, Seiler Tucker International stands for :
be sedate than humorous.. Email communications can be misunderstood. Honesty | Accurate and thorough due diligence | Top-to-bottom financial accountability.
»» Know-It-Alls. No one knows everything, and business owners aren’t always aware of what the ups and downs of their own businesses
might be. Business brokers come to the table prepared to discover what makes the business work or not.
SPELLING & Grammar is good, but keep the copy relatively informal, down to earth, yet professional. Be
conversational. Spellcheck your emails. Read them aloud to ensure that they sound correct »» Lack of Curiosity. Seiler Tucker International loves working with a variety of businesses, and takes nothing for granted. We’re open to
GRAMMAR learning, and we need to be in order to help sellers tackle their biggest challenge: selling their life’s work.
(if in doubt, ask a colleague to edit the email to be sure). Be sure to use proper language and
MATTER »» Incomplete Disclosure: When sellers don’t tell Seiler Tucker International everything about the business they want to sell, there will
avoid the use of slang. Do not be sarcastic or even irreverent (this can be misinterpreted). Be
always be problems, because something always comes up that the seller didn’t disclose. Discretion is great, but full disclosure to the
cautious about tone: emails do not permit facial expression or vocal nuances, so what seems broker is necessary.
like an offhand remark can be interpreted as something much more severe. Remember that
»» DIY. There are too many variables in the sale of a business to rely on it yourself: it’s essential for sellers to work with a qualified business broker.
email communication can be misunderstood much easier then voice communication.
»» Blabbermouths. Sellers should never tell people they’re selling.
»» Hemming and hawing. It’s important to know why you want to sell and what you want to do after the sale. Most sellers have Seller’s
Remorse: but Seiler Tucker International knows how to calm nerves and help sellers move forward.
»» Relying on Real Estate Brokers, CPAs or Lawyers. Such experts are necessary – but they shouldn’t be involved in either the valuation
or the sale of a business. The don’t have the experience, and they can’t anticipate when things go wrong. And things always go wrong
KEEP IT PROFESSIONAL
As our company is a professional company, and all
client communications will remain friendly and personal,
please address clients by their first name. Be sure to use CORRESPONDENCE
EMAIL
complete sentences and friendly greetings.
NO FORWARDING
Do no forward chain letters, jokes or any sort of spam mail to clients.
In your service,
Michelle Seiler Tucker
Phone number
Firm Name and Address
Email address
Hours of Operation
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CONTENT PILLARS: HOW-TO
We recommend you use “content pillars” as part of
the online interactions that form your social media
campaign.
BLOGGING AND
Content pillars display your attitude while directing
your readers to your services and offerings. They foster
general brand awareness so more and more people will
learn about you and what you do. Our goal is to make
SOCIAL MEDIA
the content so valuable that people will share it, thus
increasing your reach.
SCHEDULE
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THERE ARE 5 TYPES ANGLES OF APPROACH:
OF CONTENT PILLARS: Every week we’ll post 4 pieces of Angles of Approach
CONTENT
POSTING
content: 2 angles of approach blogs, each promoted
with 1 text post and 1 smarter ad.
QUOTATIONS:
All email signature lines for all team members are to
have the following information Inspirational quotations
create new connections between your brand and
BLOG POST LINKING
Blog posts enable your tribe to learn about you in
SCHEDULE
ideas that readers have either heard before and now depth, and give them the opportunity to engage in
consider in a new way, or are reading for the first time, Though it may seem like this is a lot of content,
dialogue with you through the comments section. Like
which causes them to associate the emotional value Angles of Approach, each week we’ll post 4 pieces but different people engage with social media at
of the quotation with your brand or product. of “The Profit Speaks” content: 2 “The Profit Speaks” different times of day. The average user is not likely
We’ll post quotes once a week, so we don’t overwhelm blogs, each promoted with 1 text post and 1 smarter ad. to see everything posted. Because of the various
users with too much inspirational content, including This content will also be supported by Facebook ads.
the ‘The Profit Speaks’ Blog Posts and angles of algorithms used by social media, potential readers
approach blogs. may not see what was posted before they logged on.
BLOG POST LINKING
Smarter ad posts combine an with an appropriate
NEWS
photograph with a message derived from the blog
We show readers you’re constantly aware of what posts, inspiring users to share them and their links to
concerns and interests them by providing them with the blogs.
the latest information relevant to your brand and their
interests. This posts once a day at 11 am.
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1. LOGO 3. ADDITIONAL INFO
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to tradition, such clovers bring good luck. In Seiler Tucker, it brings selling, fixing, colours: Navy Blue and Gold. These co-
growing and buying luck. lours are at the core of our look and feel 100 % 80 % 60 % 40 % 20 %
and should account for about 80% of CMYK C100 M89 Y40 K38
2) The Logo Font colour within communications. Pantone
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capitals, as used for the inscription at the base of Trajan’s Column from which the 100 % 80 % 60 % 40 % 20 %
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S A M P L E S O F A P P L I C AT I O N P R E S E N TAT I O N G U I D E L I N E S P P T & K E Y N OT E
FONTS DESIGN
FONT COLOR CHOICES
H1- GOTHAM BOLD
» »Please only use color as text
»»See guidelines.
emphasis, and use very sparingly.
»»No bold, no italics, no shadows
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S L I D E A N I M AT I O N G U I D E L I N E S P R E S E N TAT I O N G U I D E L I N E S P P T & K E Y N OT E
FOR ENTIRE PRESENTATION, PLEASE USE 3 OR FEWER OF THE FOLLOWING ANIMATION STYLES
• Slide transitions for slide entrance
• Transitions bullet points (enter and exit)
• Image animations
EDITING
»»Headline punctuation: None, unless there is an ellipse leading into next section of text
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I M AG E RY F O R P R I N T & W E B
A. BUSINESS CARD
IMAGERY
Business card is designed to look 100%
quality. That’s the reason why it has a This example shows the use
gold foil texture embossed.
Michelle SeilerTucker
kathy.ade@smar tgph.com of images. Use always images
Mobile 240.708.2555
Phone 443.552.1549
color. Add Gold or Navy
FRONT FRONT
Blue shaped backgrounds to
B. LETTERHEAD
support text legibility.
This letterhead is aligned to the pattern Photos should always have a
used in the business card but this time it
natural look, not over possed
Dear Lorem Ipsum,
is used in a subtle gradient. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit. Fusce in dapibus nisl. Duis vehicula leo sed
or exaggerated expressions.
aliquam molestie. Integer a aliquet arcu. Aliquam
luctus lacus nulla, eget volutpat ex sagittis non.
Suspendisse vel nisl eget justo ultricies aliquet. Sed
fringilla est sed ligula tincidunt, et ultricies purus
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POSTER SAMPLES
CONTACT INFORMATION
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