Collaboration that builds community.
We’re a locally-focused Hudson Valley consulting firm that helps you build and communicate something that matters.
We believe the communities we want to live in are intentionally created. If you’re doing the hard work of making a difference or affecting change, we can help rally folks to your cause.
Whether you’re starting a community development initiative, appealing to donors, planning an event, opening a business, trying to improve your Internet presence, posting on social media, lobbying elected officials, seeking transformative funding, giving a speech, building something cool, running for office, or just looking for a new way to connect with your audience or customers, let’s talk.
We want to be involved with good projects and good people.
What we do (and do well)
Project Strategy and Messaging
You have a vision. You have goals. What you want to accomplish is in your head; you see it clear as day. We take your ideas, bring them to life, and translate them for public consumption via the web, traditional media, social media, email, digital or analog advertising, direct mail, and whatever else makes sense. Then we ensure everything is branded consistently and make a plan to create a steady drumbeat of information that maximizes the value of each impression.
Content Writing and Distribution
Words matter. Nothing torpedoes an important ask or de-legitimizes your organization faster than sloppy, error-filled content. Whether it’s a personal letter to your most valuable supporters, the front page of your website, an Instagram caption or anything in between, we make sure that everything you’re putting out there is interesting, engaging, and inspires action. We’ll even manage the day-to-day upkeep and hit the send button for you, if you like.
Digital Advertising and Email Marketing
We believe this Internet thing is really going to catch on. No matter what you’re trying to do, we’re experts in getting it out there via the most powerful communications tool ever invented. Whether you need a website, paid social media or online ad campaign, an effective email strategy or anything in between, we get real results that grow your community and bottom line.
Public Speaking and Media Coaching
Public speaking is often people’s number one fear. But opportunities to talk to a crowd, make a key presentation, or be interviewed in the media are among the most successful way to get your message out there. We can put you at ease because we’ve been there and done that, and our unique approach will have you sounding comfortable and confident in no time.
Who we are (and why we do this)
Queen City Strategies was started after realizing that far too often the best ideas and the most important projects lack the time, resources, and budget necessary to access effective, high-level development, marketing, and communications strategy and execution.
We want to make it easier (and affordable) for revolutionary community enhancement projects, nonprofits, and small businesses to benefit from the kind of important services that generate awareness, raise funds, and inspire action.
Meet Geoff
For nearly two decades, Geoff Brault has been a key part of transformative projects that make a positive impact on people and places. He’s served as the executive director of a community development nonprofit organization, been part of the leadership team stewarding highly-visible tourism attractions, led digital strategy for a large, regional healthcare network, and secured grants and sponsorships generating hundreds of thousands of dollars.
He has provided leadership on several boards of directors, economic development advisory councils, and professional development organizations. He has been called upon to help disburse millions of dollars in federal funding, taught at the collegiate level, and appeared as a subject matter expert in regional and national media.
Believing that the right message can move the world, Geoff creates strategies that improve bottom lines, generate funds, and get important initiatives in front of scores of people through traditional and social media - all in service of an end goal of doing good and leaving things better than he found them.
(Some Of) Our Services
Project Leadership
Organizational Development
Nonprofit Management
Strategic Planning
Creative Solutions
Digital Advertising
Paid Social Advertising
Online Display Advertising
Email Marketing
Website Development
Communications
Press and Public Relations
Message Strategy
Content Creation
Content Distribution
Fundraising
Development Communication
Event Program Management
Grant Writing
Sponsorship Planning