Enid
Brand intelligence by DLB Creative

A first look at how your business reads from the outside.

A car gets an inspection before it's sold. Enid does that for how your company shows up. It reads 24 signals across eight areas, the way a buyer, an investor or an AI tool would. Then I walk you through what it found.

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Who it's for

Anyone who needs to see a business the way an outsider will.

Owners

Two or three years from a sale or a raise.

See what a buyer will see while there's still time to fix it. A brand health check before M&A, done early.

Advisors and private equity

Advising a client, or sizing up a company.

A read on a client before you take them to market, or on a company you're evaluating. Enid only uses what's already public.

Firms like yours

Checking your own firm.

Advisory and investment firms ask for their own read just as often. Same process.

40+companies read since March 2025
Who’s been read

Wealth firms, M&A advisors, agencies, healthcare, manufacturing, consumer brands and nonprofits. Named here only with their permission.

What keeps showing up

In most reads, the company never says who it’s for.

What it looks at

Eight areas. Each one comes down to a plain question.

Illustration. Wrenfield Homes isn't a real company.

01

Positioning

Can a first-time visitor say what you do, who it's for and why it matters?

02

Messaging

Do you say the same thing everywhere?

03

Website

Does it help someone decide, or make them work?

04

Trust

Is there proof a stranger can check?

05

Visual distinctiveness

Could someone pick you out with the logo removed?

06

Visibility

When buyers go looking, do they find you?

07

AI readiness

Can an AI tool describe your company the way you would?

08

Market context

How do you look next to the companies you're compared with?

What it finds

Usually something that's broken in public, that nobody inside knows about.

You've lived in the house too long to notice the hallway.

Social links on the website that go nowhere.
The best proof the company has, sitting in a printed deck and nowhere online.
The main benefit buried at the bottom of the homepage.
A site that never names who it's for.
What you leave with

Not a report in your inbox. A conversation.

The Enid report covers 24 signals across eight areas, including AI visibility. It’s ready in three business days, and I’ve checked every finding before you see it.

01

A walkthrough with me.

Not a PDF in your inbox and a “let me know if you have questions.” Usually a video call. In person if you’re local.

02

What to fix first.

What's working, what can wait, what doesn't need fixing. And a 30, 60 and 90 day plan for the first moves.

03

A short recording.

With what to fix first at the front, so you can pass it to whoever else needs to see it.

What happens next

It starts with one read. It can go as far as you need.

  1. Step 1

    A conversation

    Where the business is headed, and what you need the read for.

    20 minutes
  2. Step 2

    The read

    Enid reads 24 signals across eight areas. I review every finding before you see it.

    3 business days
  3. Step 3

    The walkthrough

    We go through it together. What's working, what to fix first, and a 30, 60 and 90 day plan.

    Live or on a call
  4. Step 4

    Strategy and roadmap

    If you want to keep going, we turn the findings into a strategy session and a roadmap for the work.

    Scoped with you
Where it can go from there

The strategy and roadmap usually lead to one of three kinds of work. Each one is scoped on its own.

ConsultingHands-on help with the specific fixes on the roadmap.
Brand leadershipMe in the Chief Brand Officer seat, for as long as it's useful.
A full teamFor a bigger build, I bring in the right people and run it.
How it's scored

Each area gets a score from 0 to 100, and lands in one of five bands.

0 to 19At Risk★★★★★At RiskA visible liability. Start here.
20 to 39Needs Work★★★★★Needs WorkCosting you clarity or trust. Fix first.
40 to 59Competitive★★★★★CompetitiveIn the pack. Nothing here wins the choice.
60 to 79Strong★★★★★StrongA real asset with named gaps. Close them.
80 to 100Leading★★★★★LeadingDistinctive and well executed. Protect it.

Then the areas get blended into one overall score. They don't all count the same. The ones buyers and investors check first carry more weight. Anything Enid can't fully see is left out, not counted against you.

A score isn't a grade. It's where to look first.

What Enid doesn't do
  • No private data. It reads what's already public.
  • No interviews or surveys.
  • No financials.
  • No opinions about your colors.
  • No replacing judgment.

Enid reads what the market already sees.

Is this just a tool?
Doug Belding

No. It's me with it.

I haven't automated the whole thing, and that's on purpose. The first scores aren't wrong. They're just not the whole story.

I review every report myself before you see it. I double check the findings, cross-reference them, and update the report with anything the review turns up.

More than 40 companies have been read since March 2025.

What people said, reading their own
See the reads
“Nailed it.”
The head of an advisory firm
“I shared it with our marketing committee and we're going to make some of the adjustments Enid recommended. Really helpful!”
John Line, Partner and Managing Director, Copacino + Fujikado
“These are all, like, totally in the competitive set.”
John Line, on the competitors it found unprompted
Questions

Brand audit, brand health check, first look. Same idea.

The questions people ask before they ask for a read.

What is Enid?

Enid is the brand intelligence platform behind my brand audits. It reads 24 signals across eight areas of how a company shows up in public, including AI visibility. I review every report before you see it.

What is a brand audit?

A structured look at how a company shows up: its story, its website, its proof and how easy it is to find. Done well, it tells you what to fix first. Some people call it a brand audit. I call it a first look.

How is a brand audit different from a marketing audit?

A marketing audit checks the campaigns. A brand audit checks what the campaigns are pointing at.

What is brand leakage?

The trust and value a business loses in the gap between what it is and how it looks. Every confused visitor is a small leak.

Can AI tools describe my company correctly?

Often they can't, and more buyers are asking them. AI visibility is one of the eight areas Enid checks.

What is a brand health check before M&A?

The same read, done two or three years before a sale or a raise. Early enough that there's still time to fix what a buyer would notice.

How long does it take?

The read is ready in three business days. Then we walk through it together.

Does Enid replace a person?

No. It makes my read faster and sharper. The first scores aren't wrong, they're just not the whole story, so I review every finding myself.

It starts with a conversation.

Tell me where the business is headed. I'll tell you what I'd look at first.

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