STRATEGY | MESSAGING | DESIGN

Be irresistibly human. See measurable growth.

We help purpose-driven organizations get clear, get aligned, and grow—specializing in strategy-first marketing and brand development.

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Clarify Your
Message

Build Your
Brand’s Identity

Implement Data-
Driven Marketing

Get a Website
That Sells

So, you have a marketing problem.

Stop throwing money around: Let’s identify the right move for your business with a clear, intentional strategy.

Build a brand your ideal customers can’t stop talking about.

Get the Right Clients

Send a siren song to your dream customer so they’ll know exactly why they should work with you.

Track Your Results

Be intentional with every word, design, and strategy session and see a return on your marketing investment.

Grow Your Business

Watch your vision take shape in real revenue, right-fit clients, and a brand that keeps growing.

You deserve a team of marketing experts who are obsessed with pushing you forward.

Creativity = Designing Solutions

A narrative approach

Our marketing philosophy is based on the principles of story, which we apply to everything.

Radical honesty

We refuse to let you waste money on anything we don’t believe will have a positive ROI.

10 years experience

Strategy-first brand development and customer-led marketing are our specialities.

All-remote team

Wherever you are, we’ll meet you online—and if you’re in Elgin, Chicago, or Lexington, let’s make it coffee!

Some of our incredible clients

The City of Elgin logo
The City of Elgin logo
OverDrive IT logo
OverDrive IT logo
Thornwood Financial logo
Thornwood Financial logo
UIC Jane Addams Hull-House Museum logo
UIC Jane Addams Hull-House Museum logo
Elgin Area Chamber logo
Elgin Area Chamber logo
Elgin Development Group logo
Elgin Development Group logo
Rieke Interiors logo
Rieke Interiors logo
L'arche USA logo
L'arche USA logo
Elgin Parks & Recreation Foundation logo
Elgin Parks & Recreation Foundation logo

The Irie Cup’s opening day – Elgin IL

Let’s do this

Schedule a Chat

No sales-y pitch—promise. Just tell Amanda where you’re going and what’s getting in the way.

Get a Clear Picture

We’ll dig into your brand, your audience, and your marketing to figure out exactly what’s working, what isn’t, and what to do next. No guessing—just clarity.

Start Building

Whether that means a brand identity system, a new website, or an ongoing marketing partnership, we’ll put a plan in motion that fits where you are right now.

Elgin Area Chamber brand launch

We’re all about that marketing magic.

Headquartered in Elgin, Illinois with satellite offices in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois and Lexington, Kentucky.

You are a do-er. A mover, a shaker, a never-sit-stiller.

You’re a visionary on a mission with big goals.

You’re doing irresistible things: You need a partner who pushes your pace, mirrors your ambition, and builds strategies to match.

Hi. We’re ColorWord Creative, and we would love nothing more than to obsess over your business.

We start by clarifying your key messages and crafting a plan to reach your revenue goals. Then we’ll implement, measure the results, and recommend how to improve that strategy even further. (Or we’ll coach you through implementing it yourself!)

ColorWord believes in total transparency, so there’s no mystery where your dollars are going. We’ll provide you with progress reports and data updates—you deserve to know how your marketing is transforming your business and what to do with that information.

Our best work is done in collaborative relationships that are founded on trust, so it’s important that we align well with you and your team. And if we don’t? No hard feelings—we don’t require year-long contracts, and there’s never an obligation to hire us beyond one project at a time.

Stop spending money on marketing that isn’t grounded in a clear message and built on a solid strategy.

Amanda Garcia, Founder/CEO

Get marketing that pushes your business forward in ways you haven’t yet imagined. 

  • “It’s been a pleasure to work with ColorWord on a variety of design projects over the past several years, from special event logos and marketing materials to refreshing our organization’s brand guidelines and building out custom templates. The team at ColorWord makes sure to understand the goals of your project as well as the vibe, feeling and aesthetics you are looking to achieve. They always keep clients involved in the process and ensure satisfaction with the end product.”

    Molly Gillespie
    Director of Communications and Engagement
    Village of Buffalo Grove

  • “ColorWord Creative is a phenomenal agency to work with on logo creation. We came with some general concepts and they developed our ideas into graphics that tell the world about our organization, Elgin Community Bikes. When it came time for us to revise our logo several years later, their process and creative team had only become more refined and brilliant!”

    Parker Thompson
    Organizer & Founder
    Elgin Community Bikes

  • “Our Foundation has had the pleasure of working with ColorWord Creative on a number of different projects over the past year and a half. We have found them to be professional, on time, creative, knowledgeable and a very good value. We consider ColorWord a valuable partner and a very important part of our organization. Our Foundation highly recommends them to other organizations that need marketing and graphic design services.”

    Randy Reopelle
    Board Member
    Elgin Parks & Recreation Foundation

Amanda Garcia, CEO of ColorWord Creative,  making a website marketing presentation.

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