ABR Studio · FAQs
Your marketing questions, answered.
Marketing management, courses, templates, projects and events—plus the Brand Check, studio experience and billing.
Marketing management
Compare marketing packages →ABR Studio plans and manages brand strategy, content marketing, social media and reporting. Foundation, Growth and Brand Partner offer different monthly volumes of posts, blogs, check-ins and strategy support. Performance marketing is available as an add-on.
Foundation is for a small business getting consistent. Growth is for a business or school ready to grow. Brand Partner is for an organization that needs a part-time marketing lead. The Services page lists each package's deliverables; a free Brand Check is a starting point for discussing what your brand needs.
ABR Studio is based in Oak Park, Illinois, and works with businesses, schools and nonprofits across Chicagoland and online. Chicago-area clients can meet in person.
Training courses
Explore the courses →Build Your Brand in 30 Days covers a brand foundation and launch plan. AI-Powered Content for Small Teams covers consistent, on-brand content with AI. The Intelligent Marketing Operating System covers running marketing as one AI-enabled system rather than a stack of tools.
Yes. All three courses are self-paced, with practical lessons for owners and small teams. Build Your Brand in 30 Days has six modules and about eight hours of work over 30 days; AI-Powered Content has six modules and about eight hours; The Intelligent Marketing Operating System has eight modules and about 12 hours.
Sign in with the email you used to pay. Once payment is confirmed, complete the course's email-capture unlock form to open the lessons. Your progress is saved so you can return to your course.
DIY templates
Browse templates and toolkits →The collection covers brand, social media, performance and content marketing. Each template includes instructions and a worked example. Toolkits bundle four related templates that work together.
Yes. Each template page shows an outline and a short teaser so you can review its purpose and structure. Full paid template content is available only after payment is confirmed and you sign in with the purchase email.
Yes. The 30-day social content calendar is free. You can find it alongside the paid templates on the Services page.
No. The purchase license is personal, non-transferable and for your own business or learning. It does not permit redistributing, reselling, sharing or publishing the content, or using it to build a competing product.
Special projects
See the Brand Strategy Sprint →Yes. The Brand Strategy Sprint is a one-time project covering positioning, messaging, visual direction and a 90-day content plan.
Contact ABR Studio to discuss the work. Anything beyond the scope of a marketing package needs a written agreement covering the additional work.
Event planning
See event planning services →ABR Studio plans product and program launches, grand openings and open houses, graduations and award ceremonies, conferences and workshops, donor and community events, and virtual and hybrid events.
Support includes event strategy, goals and budget; a run of show and timeline; venue and vendor coordination; invitations, promotion and registration; day-of management; a photo, video and social coverage plan; and post-event recap and follow-up content.
Use the Contact page and share your event's date, size and goal. Event planning is priced by event rather than a fixed marketing-package rate.
The free Brand Check
Request your free Brand Check →The review looks at your website, Google Business Profile, top two or three social channels, content and ads, and how AI search tools describe your business. You receive a six-area scorecard and three quick wins.
The Brand Check is free. The intake takes about 10 minutes, and the review includes a 30-minute readout.
ABR Studio reviews your intake and replies within two business days to schedule the readout. The scorecard is reviewed by the studio before it is sent to you.
Studio expertise
Learn about ABR Studio →The studio's founder brings more than 20 years in brand, performance and content marketing, most recently as VP of Brand Marketing in higher education. That experience includes demand generation, brand and social strategy, user-generated content, program launches, and managing creative teams, agencies and multi-brand portfolios.
You work directly with ABR Studio's founder, with no hand-offs to junior staff. The studio brings senior strategy and steady execution to small businesses, schools and nonprofits.
The founder has led university events from board meetings to commencement ceremonies with more than 8,000 guests, as well as virtual commencements.
No. ABR Studio ties plans, content and reports to business goals, but does not guarantee particular business results, revenue, rankings or engagement. Course content is educational, and results are not guaranteed.
Billing and refunds
Read the full Terms of Service →Packages start with a three-month engagement paid as one payment in advance. They then continue month to month at the listed monthly rate until cancelled. A setup fee applies where shown at checkout. An annual payment option offers a 10% saving.
The initial three-month minimum is not cancellable once it begins. After that, the Services page specifies 30 days' notice for month-to-month cancellation; email info@theabrstudio.com before the next billing date. The current month is not prorated or refunded. Review the full Terms and Refund Policy before purchasing.
Stripe processes payments; card and bank details go directly to Stripe, not to ABR Studio's servers. Invoices are due by the date shown. Late or failed payments may pause services or access. Prices are in U.S. dollars, with applicable taxes added where required.
All course sales are final. Because courses are digital products with immediate access, we do not offer refunds once a purchase is complete. If you were charged in error or charged twice, contact info@theabrstudio.com within 14 days and we will correct it.
Because these are digital products that are unlocked immediately, all sales are final once unlocked. If a file is defective or you were charged in error, contact us within 14 days and we will fix it or refund you.
The setup fee and the 3-month up-front payment are non-refundable once work has begun. If we have not started work, you may cancel for a full refund within 3 business days of purchase. After the initial 3 months, you may cancel month to month before your next billing date; the current month is not prorated or refunded. Annual plans are non-refundable once work has begun, but you may cancel renewal.
Deposits and paid invoices are non-refundable once work has begun, unless we cannot deliver the agreed work.
Email info@theabrstudio.com. The Refund Policy states a response within three business days; approved refunds are processed within five to 10 business days, depending on your bank. Duplicate or erroneous charges are refunded in full.
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