About Us

Decus Strategic Communications and Consulting (Decus: latin – honesty, integrity, grace) was born out of the frustration we heard about and experienced in working with comunications consultants and marketing agencies – too much overhead, nonsensical billing and 50-thousand-foot advice that didn’t include actually doing the work. AND - many times the work would begin without a strategic marketing or sales plan. If there's one thing we've heard time and time again, it's the frustration with agencies and consultants who tried to force-feed a plan that wasn't customized to the overall needs for the client.

Decus views itself as VISIBILITY ENGINEERS. We pride ourselves in our ability to bring clients an integrated, strategic approach encompassing marketing, targeted public realtions and social media, research, polling and political consulting. It gets you noticed. It gets you in the right rooms. It effectively leverages the money you're spending to get that needed visibility.

We also know another thing very clearly - if you’re not growing or developing new contacts, prospects and customer bases – we're not doing our job. Call us today for a free, no obligation consultation. But don't be surprised if we start working for you before we ever send you an invoice.

We believe

At Decus we believe in;

Offering value without making you pay for our building, our excess of personnel to make us look “bigger,” our recreational room, pool tables, fancy digs, expense accounts and martini bar. (Okay, we don’t really have any of those, but we know agencies who build it into their hourly “fees.”). We also won’t be wining and dining you, because well – believe it or not, we don’t have the time – we’re too busy working.

We do the work with the goal of getting results that you can see. Most of the agencies we've hired and worked for in the past (yes, many of us came out of the corporate world or worked for agencies) seemed to bill their clients like a taxi cab stuck in traffic. The meter keeps running, but you're not going anywhere. Decus is adept at letting you know what we're doing to get you to your business' or non-profit's destination.

How it works

To make all this work, Decus employs professionals with on-the-ground experience. Our people have spent years in the media and marketing trenches, working in management, journalistic and promotions roles in radio, print and television and Fortune 500 companies. We’ve been on the other side and know what the media is looking for and we work to shape the messages that not only make sense on paper, but actually get seen by more than the people writing the press releases.

We also have experience in the boardroom and know the pressures you face every day with customers, investors and shareholders. In short – our people have not jumped from agency to agency, but have real world experience that adds to the expertise your company already possesses.