Certified StoryBrand Guide

Hire a Certified StoryBrand Guide Who's Been Doing This for Over a Decade.

Most service businesses have a clarity problem, not a marketing problem. A Certified StoryBrand Guide helps you get your message right, build a presence that reflects your reputation, and grow past the ceiling that referrals alone can't break.

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10+
Years certified
500+
Business owners helped
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Priority: your message first
The Credential

What Is a Certified StoryBrand Guide?

A Certified StoryBrand Guide is someone trained and certified by StoryBrand to apply Donald Miller's messaging framework with businesses. The certification isn't just reading the book. It involves formal training, testing, and supervised application with real clients.

The StoryBrand framework is built on one core insight: your customers aren't looking for a hero. They're looking for a guide. Most businesses lead with their own story. StoryBrand flips that. It puts your customer at the center and positions you as the guide who helps them win.

A Certified StoryBrand Guide takes that framework and applies it to your specific business: your customer, your problem, your process, your website, and your marketing. The result is a clear, consistent message that converts because it's built around what your customer actually needs to hear, not what you want to say about yourself.

Not every StoryBrand Guide is equal. The certification is the floor, not the ceiling. Tenure, volume, and the ability to apply the framework across different business types is what separates a capable guide from an experienced one.

Why Josh Taylor

One of the Longest-Tenured Certified StoryBrand Guides in the Country.

Certified for 10+ years Certified before most current guides had heard of StoryBrand. That tenure means better judgment, faster workshops, and fewer rookie mistakes on your project.
Trained personally by Donald Miller Josh was trained directly by the creator of the StoryBrand framework, not just through video courses and certification tests.
500+ business owners helped Workshops, websites, messaging, and strategy across hundreds of service businesses over more than a decade of practice.
Focused on service businesses Service businesses have a harder messaging problem than product companies. Josh works specifically with established service business owners who are good at what they do and whose marketing doesn't reflect it.
"If you invest in marketing, you should get a return and Josh knows how to do that. I would hire Josh to do your marketing today."
Donald Miller
Founder & CEO, StoryBrand — Author of Building a StoryBrand
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The Process

How a StoryBrand Engagement Works.

01

Get Clear on Your Message

Every engagement starts with a BrandScript workshop. In 90 minutes to a half day, we work through your customer's story and build your complete messaging foundation: your one-liner, your taglines, your elevator pitch, and the copy your website will run on.

02

Build the Website

Once the strategy is done, we build a website that reflects it. Design and development takes four to six weeks. The site is launched, live, and built to convert because the story underneath it is right, not just because it looks good.

03

Grow With a Partner

After launch, we shift into a coaching cadence. Regular strategy calls, ongoing work on your site and marketing, and a partner who's invested in your growth through the full 12 months, not just your deliverables.

Three Ways to Work Together

Start With Clarity. Scale With Partnership.

Not sure where to start? The Clarity Intensive is a standalone strategy session with no commitment beyond the session. Ready to build? Clarity and Authority are 12-month engagements that include your website and ongoing coaching.

Clarity Intensive
$1,500
One-time — no monthly commitment
A 90-minute BrandScript workshop plus a complete messaging toolkit: one-liners, taglines, elevator pitch, and social bios. Delivered in about a week.
Clarity Engagement
$5,500
Setup + $497/mo — 12-month partnership
BrandScript workshop, messaging toolkit, 10-page launched website with blog and analytics, quarterly strategy calls, and 2 hours of monthly work.
Authority Engagement
$9,500
Setup + $1,497/mo — 12-month partnership
Half-day strategy session, messaging toolkit, 5-email nurture sequence, 15-page website with advanced SEO, monthly strategy calls, and 5 hours of monthly work.
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Common Questions

What People Ask About Working With a StoryBrand Guide.

What is a Certified StoryBrand Guide? +

A Certified StoryBrand Guide is someone trained and certified by StoryBrand to apply Donald Miller's messaging framework with businesses. Certification involves formal training, testing, and supervised application with real clients. Guides help businesses clarify their message, then apply it to their website, emails, and marketing so customers understand what the business does, whether it's right for them, and what to do next.

What does a StoryBrand Guide do for my business? +

A StoryBrand Guide works with you to build your BrandScript: a core messaging document that defines your customer's story and your role as their guide. From that foundation, they help you create a website, email sequences, and marketing that communicates clearly and converts. The guide doesn't just hand you a document. They apply the messaging across everything your customer sees, and most guides offer ongoing strategy support after the initial engagement.

How do I hire a StoryBrand Guide? +

Look at their actual work first, not just their portfolio design. Read the copy. Does it clearly communicate what the business does and who it's for? Ask about their process: a good engagement starts with a BrandScript workshop, not a website. Ask how many businesses they've worked with, what industries they specialize in, and what happens after launch. Book a strategy call with Josh to start the conversation about your specific situation.

How much does a StoryBrand Guide cost? +

StoryBrand Guide pricing varies by scope and experience. Standalone BrandScript sessions run $1,500 to $3,000. Full 12-month engagements including strategy, a launched website, and ongoing support range from $10,000 to $30,000 for the year. Josh's Clarity Intensive is $1,500 one-time. The Clarity Engagement starts at $5,500 setup plus $497/month. The Authority Engagement starts at $9,500 setup plus $1,497/month. Full pricing is on the pricing page.

What's the difference between a StoryBrand Guide and a marketing agency? +

An agency executes. They run ads, manage social, write content, and build websites. A StoryBrand Guide builds the messaging strategy that makes all of that worth doing. Most service businesses that struggle with marketing have a clarity problem, not an execution problem. An agency will scale what you give them. A guide makes sure what you give them is worth scaling. The right sequence: strategy first, execution second.

How long has Josh Taylor been a Certified StoryBrand Guide? +

Josh has been a Certified StoryBrand Guide for over 10 years, making him one of the longest-tenured guides in the country. He was trained personally by Donald Miller, the founder of StoryBrand, and has worked with 500+ service business owners across industries including consulting, professional services, home services, and specialty trades.

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