BRAND CAPITAL . IN PRACTIC
What an asset actually is -
and how the
score
is
built.
"Brand capital" is a useful phrase. Without a definition, it's just a useful phrase. This page is the definition: the eighteen assets we count, how they roll up into a single score out of 1000, and what each band actually unlocks.
Three rules. An asset, in this practice, must satisfy all three.
It is yours. Not borrowed from a platform, not rented from an employer, not contingent on a relationship that could end tomorrow.
It compounds. Each unit of effort spent on it makes the next unit of effort more valuable, not less. Posts on someone else's feed rarely compound. A documented framework always does.
It can, in principle, be traded. Sold, licensed, handed over, or inherited. Even if you never intend to — the test for whether it has equity-grade weight is whether it could.
01
What
counts
as an asset ?
the eighteen assets
Four dimensions.
Eighteen things we count.
Every asset belongs to one of the four C.A.F.E. dimensions and contributes a weighted score. The full diagnosis assesses each one against evidence; the quiz approximates from your own report.
01 . C
Named framework
A repeatable model you've given a name and use across engagements.
02 . C
Signature methodology
A distinct way of working that produces a recognisable result.
03 . C
Repeatable diagnostic
A test, audit, or score you administer to
others.
04 . C
Articulated POV
A single, sharp opinion you'd defend in public.
05. C
Vocabulary
Words and phrases that originate with you and travel.
06 . A
Positioning statement
The one sentence that distinguishes you from the next-best alternative.
07 . A
Audience definition
A specific, narrow person you're built for — and a list of who you're not for.
08 . A
Offer architecture
Tiered offers that match how clients actually buy.
09 . A
Pricing logic
A defensible reason your rate is what it is, beyond market comparison.
10 . F
Inbound system
A documented, measurable way leads arrive without outbound effort.
11 . F
Referral architecture
A repeatable mechanism that turns happy clients into the next ones.
12 . F
Productised offer
Work packaged so it doesn't require bespoke pricing or scoping.
13 . F
Content cadence
A publishing rhythm you can sustain, that compounds attention.
14 . F
Compounding revenue
At least one stream that grows without proportional new effort.
15 . E
Ownable signature
A single idea, mark, or method so distinct it travels beyond you.
16 . E
Body of IP
Books, courses, frameworks, or data that exist as artefacts.
17 . E
Licensable asset
Something a third party could pay to use.
18 . E
Equity-grade authorship
Public work substantial enough to credential you without introduction.
02
How the
score
is built.
Each of the 18 assets is scored on a four-point rubric — absent, emerging, established, sovereign. Dimension scores are the sum within each family; the overall Brand Capital Score is the weighted roll-up, scaled to a 100–1000 range.
Weighting is deliberately uneven. Essence is weighted heaviest.A book and a licensable framework move the number more than three additional posts. That isn't preference — it's the maths of compounding ownership.
The number is a forcing function, not a verdict. A score of 412 doesn't mean you're worth 412 of anything. It means there is a specific, namable gap between where your practice is and where it could compound from.
"Maya, independent strategist, 9 years"
620
Target
→
412
Now
Anonymised composite. Pre-engagement baseline → 90-day target.
→
Name and document the diagnostic she's been running case-by-case for six years (Clarity → Forming).
→
Cut the two service tiers that account for 18% of revenue and 60% of context-switching (Alignment).
→
Ship a paid 6-week productised version of the diagnostic — first revenue stream that earns without bespoke scoping (Flow).
→
Publish the framework as an essay series; commit to a working book proposal by month four (Essence).
WORKED EXAMPLE
The four bands
Each band has a
different
unlock.
Where you sit on the ladder determines what moves you most. Below 400, more content is the wrong answer. Above 800, more frameworks are the wrong answer. Each band has its own next move.
100 - 399
Latent
You have more value than you've counted. The unlock is excavation — naming and inventorying what already exists.
400-599
Forming
You can see the shape of the practice. The unlock is alignment — cutting the work that doesn't compound.
600-799
Compounding
Your reputation earns when you're not actively selling. The unlock is essence — distilling the ownable core.
800-1000
Sovereign
You hold tradeable brand capital. The unlock is leverage — licensing, productising, or institutionalising what you've built.
A directional instrument, not an audit. It tells you which dimension is the bottleneck and roughly how far from the next band you are. It does not tell you your market value, your worth as a professional, or what you should charge.
Self-reported, on the quiz. The full diagnosis works against evidence — your offers, your assets, your published work, your revenue split. The gap between what you score yourself and what the evidence says is often the most interesting finding.
Static, until it isn't. We re-score every six months inside an engagement. A score is only useful as a vector — where it was, where it is, where it's going.
03
What the score
isn't.
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