Your expertise is real.
Your brand should show it.
Hive180 builds strategy-first brands for service-based business owners who have outgrown what they have been working with, or who are starting the right way from day one.
Denver-based. Colorado-rooted. Building brands for certified professionals, consultants, and service businesses across the country, since 2016.
Most brands don’t reflect the business behind them.
An architect with twenty years of work behind them shouldn’t have a website that looks like they launched last Tuesday, or one built in 1999. A consultant who has built a real practice shouldn’t lose a client to someone with a better-looking LinkedIn profile.
That’s the gap Hive180 closes. We work with professionals who have built something real, and who need a brand presence that says so, clearly, from the first impression.
You work with us. Directly.
Hive180 is Leslie Silverman and Daniel Sanders. Each brings over 20 years of professional experience. From fit call to BrandBuzz™ and implementation, you work with the two owners every step of the way.
There is no team behind us that we haven’t mentioned. That is the point.
Strategy first. Every time.
Every Hive180 engagement starts with the BrandBuzz™, a proprietary strategy session that produces a comprehensive brand brief before a single design decision is made.
The BrandBuzz™
A focused strategy session that gets to the core of your business, your audience, and what makes you the right choice. Everything that follows is built on this foundation.
The Build
Brand identity, website design, and development executed by Leslie and Daniel. No handoffs. No outsourced strangers.
The Result
A complete brand and website, typically delivered in one to two weeks. Not because we cut corners, because we’ve spent years refining a process that moves without wasting time or sacrificing the thinking behind it.
Keep your brand voice intact when using AI.
The AI Brand Kit is Hive180’s newest offering, a branded content tool that gives you a calibrated reference for staying on-brand, whether you’re writing content yourself or working with AI tools.
Your brand voice shouldn’t disappear the moment you open a chat window. The humans behind the strategy are what make it work.
What clients say after the work is done.
“Leslie is the ultimate professional. She advised and guided me through the development and design process seamlessly and quickly. Within the first 3 weeks of my “live” Hive180 website I’ve had at least 7 new project inquiries and signed a contract for a client I’ve been trying to work with for years. The website has already paid for itself 10 fold and its been up for less than a month!”
Sharon M.
Producer
“As a growing mid-sized consulting firm in NYC we decided to go outside the box and use a new marketing firm where we were not just a number. 30 years in business, 5 websites and never have we had a more professional, creative and responsive team. They have exceeded our expectations on every level and highly recommend them. Thank you Hive 180!!!”
Scott S.
Owner, Environmental Consultants
“I have worked with Hive180 for years, and when we went through the BrandBuzz and Bee Branded experiences, we were blown away. Never have I felt so heard and had my visions executed so seamlessly. Their creativity, communication and professionalism is top notch.”
Michele M.
Executive Director, Non-profit
Common questions
Q: What types of businesses do you work with?
Primarily service-based business owners and certified professionals, architects, builders, attorneys, consultants, interior designers, independent medical practitioners, and specialty tradespeople. Also personal brands and entrepreneurs who are launching or relaunching and want to do it properly from the start. If you are not sure whether you are a fit, a 15-minute fit call is the right place to find out.
Q: How long does a project take?
A full project, brand identity and website, typically turns around in one to two weeks after the BrandBuzz™ is complete. That speed is the result of a refined process, not shortcuts.
Q: What is the BrandBuzz™?
The BrandBuzz™ is Hive180’s proprietary strategy session, the entry point for every engagement. It produces a comprehensive brand brief that defines your positioning, audience, voice, and direction. Everything built after it is rooted in that foundation.
Q: Where are you based, and do you work nationally?
Hive180 is based on Colorado’s Front Range, Denver and Fort Collins, and serves clients nationally. But our Colorado roots go deeper than a single market. We spent the first seven years of the business in Steamboat Springs, which means we have firsthand experience with resort towns, mountain communities, tourism-driven businesses, and the seasonal dynamics that Front Range agencies typically don’t understand. If your business operates in that world, we’ve already lived it.