Our Clients

Passionate peopleFor years, Red Slice has delivered juicy ideas, crisp marketing recommendations and fresh brand strategies to emerging businesses engaged in everything from technology to tomatoes.

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Testimonials

I’ve worked with Maria Ross on many marketing projects over the past five years. In every case, she’s able to articulate the strategy and solve problems. Her creative approach to developing brand strategies and campaigns delivers quantifiable results, resulting in new leads and revenue for our product group.
— Guy Weismantel, Marketing Senior Director, Microsoft 

Working with Red Slice helped me to focus on what makes my company special. They helped me to really understand who my target client was, so I could better attract those people into my practice. They also worked with me on my key messages – from business plan to elevator speech to website content—clarifying the offerings and benefits so that my potential clients can easily see how I can help them. I am constantly complemented on my messaging— people say they “get it,” which is often tough to get across in my industry.
— Rebecca Rodskog, Change Agent & Life Coach, Rodskog Change Consulting

“Maria gets it. We threw a huge, confusing value proposition at her and she methodically broke it down into a well-defined corporate message matrix that has proved to be effective in addressing our customer base and all its iterations. If you are an organization that is struggling to convey your value to your audience (s), Red Slice is your firm.— Rob Mathewson, CEO; Geedra

“Maria has a way with words – and is my go-to creative brainstorming partner when I need to think about new ways to market my business. She asks the right questions and constantly gets you to think about your brand and ideal audience to ensure every marketing move you make is a smart one. She helped shape CRAVE’s corporate identity and messaging when we reinvented the business – and I get raves about my messaging being so fresh and on-target. She also helped standardize our marketing process for the CRAVE city guides, enabling us to include over 100 women entrepreneurs in SF and replicate that success in other cities. Organized, honest and innovative, she encourages you to dream big while giving sound advice you can act on ASAP.” .— Melody Biringer, Founder; CRAVE

Maria was great at summing up our meetings and keeping us on track. She never let us drop the ball, we always kept moving forward. (The Brand Strategy) is a great tool that will help us have clearer purpose as we make decisions towards growth. I enjoyed the discussions with Maria around what our messaging was and could be. I also like have the Messaging Document to refer to so we don’t have to keep rethinking ideas about our company. Red Slice has been great to work with and I would be happy to work with them again!
— Terri Goodwin, Founder Dot Girl Products (new logo and messaging launching soon)

Maria Ross was an extraordinary contributor at Avasta. She managed all outbound marketing activities and did so with incredible skill, professionalism and attention to detail. Avasta was lucky to have someone with Maria’s skill and dedication.
— David Zinman, Vice President and GM, Display Advertising, Yahoo! (managed Maria at Avasta)

Maria rocks! I hired Red Slice to work on my company’s brand strategy, messaging and logo design. I was not an easy client, as I changed my mind mid-project about the business focus. However, she remained patient, friendly, and professional. Maria helped me to see things that were right in front of me but that I’d been overlooking for years. She helps you put things in perspective, come up with new ideas, and think hard about yourself and your business. Great prep work. Bottom line: it’s been quite a ride, and one I’m happy I took. I can now clearly state what it is I do. I wholeheartedly recommend Maria and her team to create a fresh, clear brand for any business.
— Ilona Vanderwoude, Career Designer, CareerBranches (new site and messaging launching soon)

 

Maria has vision and passion for her work. She is willing to step up and try things that are innovative, and as a result often times put the companies she worked with ahead of the curve.
— Scott Lawrence, Principal, We’re Not Rocket Scientists

Working with marketing is not always easy for us ‘creatives.’ but Maria Ross belongs to the group that is a joy to work with and a great resource. Her creative eye and strategic thinking makes her a force you want on your team. Her abilities to come up with unexpected solutions, new ways at looking at problems, while never losing sight of the business goals, are rare qualities.
— Isabelle Englund-Geiger, Creative Director, Fox Parlor

More testimonials for Maria’s work can be found on her LinkedIn profile.

Clients Past and Present Include

The Broader View, CareerBranches, CRAVEcompany, Dot Girl Products, Geedra, Microsoft, O’Shaughnessey Apparel, Rodskog Change Consulting, Stratejoy, Alinga Bodywork, IntoWine.com, See Jane Shine

Red Slice’s team members also have experience working with companies such as: Accenture, Adobe, Allstate, Apple, Avasta (Navisite), Business Objects, Creditland.com, Discovery Networks (Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel), Freddie Mac, IBM, Lucent, Monsoon Car Audio (Delphi Delco), Monster.com, Plumtree (Oracle), PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Red Gold Tomatoes, Salesforce.com, Savvion, Silver Lake Partners, Walgreens