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Kat Irwin Design

It's been a while

Published 4 days ago • 1 min read

👋 Hi Reader

It’s been a while, so I wanted to send a quick update on where I’ve been and how my business has evolved.
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A quick personal update

At the start of the year, things were looking really positive. I’d just launched this new direction in my business and had some solid enquiries come in straight away. Then I had to step away for a few weeks to deal with family matters.

I’m grateful I could take the time, but now I’m back.

My new business direction

After 10+ years as a designer, I realised that design wasn’t the real bottleneck for my clients - it was positioning.

Most businesses I worked with knew they did great work, but they struggled to understand what made them different from competitors and how to communicate that effectively.

That’s what I focus on now.

I help businesses understand what makes them uniquely valuable, turn that into clear messaging, and use it more consistently across their marketing.

So while my background is in design, my role today is much more consultative.

My process is built around three steps:

🌿 Audit – Identify what’s unclear, inconsistent and blocking sales

🌿 Discovery – Understand what makes your business genuinely different

🌿 Align – Turn that into clear messaging, stronger copy and a strategic direction

You can work through one stage or all three, depending on what support you need.

If this sounds like you, hit reply and tell me what feels difficult in your marketing right now.

Let's reconnect

I’d love to hear what you’ve been working on lately. If we haven’t chatted in a while, just hit reply and let me know how things are going for you.

Until next time, have a wonderful week!
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Kat 🪴

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