Duran Kinst Strategies

For small businesses and nonprofit groups, Duran Kinst Strategies offers communications consulting built around their own circumstances. The firm's premise is that these clients face challenges no standard package can address, so each plan has to start from their goals, resources and audience.

Strategy for small groups competing against much larger rivals

The firm describes its clients as small operations trying to compete in a world full of much larger players. It says it helps them reach larger audiences with content that catches attention, and it builds a communications strategy whose print and digital elements are chosen to suit each client. The firm's work covers everything from print to digital communications, and whatever sits in between.

Priority projects managed from the first step to the last

Many clients have more to do than they can manage. The firm says it helps them pick out the projects that matter most and then works with them from start to finish until those projects are complete. Where a client is unsure what to do next, the firm works closely with it to understand its particular challenges and then tailors a strategy to the goals the client has set.

A whole team behind each client, on monthly terms

Clients gain access to the firm's whole team rather than to a single communications specialist. The team is described as diversely skilled, so one client can draw on writing, planning and project management from several people. Work is arranged month to month, with no long-term contracts tying a client in, and the firm says it aims to exceed expectations on each engagement.

Referrals and the In the Spotlight series

The firm says that around half of its new clients arrive as referrals from existing clients, and it treats that as a sign that it delivers what it promises. Its In the Spotlight series highlights the work that clients do, which the firm describes as a privilege to share.