THE STRATEGIC AMPERSAND IS A DIGITAL marketing STRATEGY CONSULTING BOUTIQUE BASED IN PORTLAND, OREGON.

Asia Rau, Owner & Creative Director

Creating memorable campaigns with well-crafted strategies, built upon industry-based research and best practices, to help our clients balance their digital and analog relationships is our core mission.

We'll help you cut through the noise, allowing you the time to sustain and evolve your current client base while attracting new customers, helping your business grow and meet immediate and long-term goals.

We also work with individuals wishing to improve their personal brand across all platforms.

It started by putting a bird on it. Shortly after creating Sparrow Soirées, an event management boutique, in 2012, I realized small businesses and individuals desired social media marketing and insights geared toward evolving their own brand’s community and improving customer relationships. Plans were updated, strategies were overhauled, and I made digital marketing consulting, with an emphasis on social media and branding strategies, Sparrow's primary service.

And in 2019, I decided it was time to evolve Sparrow and renamed it The Strategic Ampersand, furthering the goal to help clients find a balance between their digital work and analog relationships.

How? I listen to a client’s digital marketing needs and research their industry to create a balanced strategy, establishing trust through experience. I work alongside my clients to clear out the digital clutter from their brand, including generic trends that get lost in the noise, and replace it with a focus on what’s important: building relationships.

With over 23 years of experience in marketing, event planning, and volunteer program management, I have the range of expertise to craft and execute thoughtfully intentional digital campaign strategies based on and encompassing a client’s core values.

Let’s cut through noise and start focusing on your brand and community, together -