Brunswick, Maine

We fix how the work works.

For growing and mid-size service businesses whose delivery has outgrown how the company runs.

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Method & Matter is a business and operations advisory based in Brunswick, Maine. We help growing and mid-size service businesses get clear on where they stand, make the decisions that matter, and fix how the work runs when growth has outpaced the system underneath it.

The work should
hold without us.

Every engagement follows the same discipline, so we learn how the work actually runs before we recommend a change, and we decide with the facts in front of us. When we leave, you should be able to carry the work forward on your own. That is how an operations program, a retainer, and a fixed-scope package all begin.

The record

Outcomes from work led by the principal across media operations, automation, and go-to-market.

  • 90%Reduction in manual data entry in a global consumer-health campaign cycle after the workflow was rebuilt.
  • 20%Faster speed to market once teams were running the new way of working as the default.
  • 850+Teams worldwide that adopted the system, with the governance to keep it in place.

How to start

Ways to work with us

Growing and mid-size service businesses are the core of the practice, and owner-led companies that want a fixed fee and a clear starting point can begin with a published package.

  1. 01

    Operations transformation

    For service businesses whose delivery has outgrown how the company runs, we diagnose the operating model, redesign where it breaks, and stay until the new way of working holds, with fees quoted after a first conversation.

  2. 02

    Advisory retainer

    We offer standing counsel for founders and executives who want a senior advisor already familiar with the business, and the person you meet in the first conversation stays accountable for the work.

  3. 03

    Small-business packages

    These are fixed-scope engagements with published fees starting at $1,500. Brand Launch brings brand, site, and print up to the standard of the work, and Grow packages help you make the next decision and ship the next priority.

  4. 04

    Social media management

    When the channels should meet the same standard as the business, we can run them, build a system your team runs, or take one service from the list. We're growing this practice beside the advisory work, and the fee is proposed in writing.

Built for growing service businesses

  • Engineering & architecture
  • Professional services
  • Technology providers
  • Contractors
  • Specialty manufacturers
  • Multi-location practices

Based in Brunswick, Maine. Engagements run across Greater Portland, Maine, and New England, and remotely when the work does not require being in the room.

Selected engagements

Where the work has taken us

Each engagement started with a concrete problem and ended with a change the team could run.

Working drawings pinned across a studio wall.
Media operations

For a Fortune 10 advertiser, the audit restructured how campaigns move from plan to launch.

A chair in front of working drawings.
Automation

For a global consumer health company, manual steps came out of every campaign cycle.

A quiet coastal street of clapboard and brick buildings under an overcast Maine sky.
Go-to-market

For a global ad-tech platform, leadership adopted the strategy and carried it through messaging, planning, and sales alignment.

All of the work

Who you work with

Led from the operating line

Bethany Briguglio has run operations for two decades, starting in banking service and continuing through ad, media, and delivery operations inside agencies. Every engagement is led personally by the principal. When the work needs more hands, we bring in selected senior collaborators under the same accountability.

About the firm

Common questions

Questions we hear most often

What is Method & Matter Advisory?

Method & Matter is a business and operations advisory based in Brunswick, Maine. We help growing and mid-size service businesses get clear on where they stand, make the decisions that matter, and fix how the work runs when growth has outpaced the system underneath it.

Who is the firm for?

Growing and mid-size service businesses are the core of the practice, including engineering and architecture firms, professional services, technology providers, contractors, specialty manufacturers, and multi-location practices. Owner-led companies can start with a published package.

What are the ways to work together?

Growing and mid-size clients usually begin with operations transformation when delivery has outgrown how the company runs, or an advisory retainer when they want standing counsel from someone who already knows the business. Owner-led companies that want a fixed fee and a clear starting point can begin with a published package from $1,500. When the channels should meet the same standard as the business, social media management is a practice we are growing beside that work, and the fee is proposed in writing.

Where do you work?

Based in Brunswick, Maine. Engagements run across Greater Portland, Maine, and New England, and remotely when the work does not require being in the room.

Contact

Let's talk about the work

Tell us where the work slows down, or what decision is in front of you. We treat the first conversation as a working session, and we come prepared to understand the work and say plainly whether we are the right firm.

We reply within two business days. If the fit looks right, the next step is a short working call with no charge and no obligation. If we are not the right firm, we say so.

508.847.4903
hello@methodandmatteradvisory.com
Brunswick, Maine