Too many priorities, not enough progress? We help you align quickly, focus your MarTech, data, and CX efforts, and drive meaningful impact.
CHALLENGE
You need help solving a complex MarTech, analytics, data management, or customer experience challenge.
Experience BlastX
Seasoned experts will help you get to the root of what’s going on—and collaboratively figure out the smartest way forward, fast.
BlastX Advisory Services
Progress starts with focus. At BlastX Consulting, we begin with one challenge to show fast, measurable impact. From that first win, we work with you to unlock broader value and sustain progress through a long-term, outcomes-driven partnership.
Immediate Impact
< 1 Month
Get Started
Tackle a key challenge and define the best path forward—fast. Experience our partnership in action with:
- Expert Advisory Services
- A Design Thinking Workshop
- A Platform Audit
Outcomes: Swift impact on specific challenge
1-3 Months
Proof of Concept
Strengthen your confidence in us through a prioritized use case with clear objectives and KPIs, building trust with:
- Clear KPIs and defined success
- Use case prioritization
- Quantifiable outcomes
Outcomes: Demonstrated business value creation
4-12 Months
Test, Run, Scale
Leverage earned trust and demonstrated outcomes. Rapidly expand impact by:
- Applying a proven discover, design, and activate approach
- Directing efforts towards your toughest data, MarTech, and experience challenges
- Focusing on our expertise to solve your key success metrics
- Rapidly activating identified and prioritized use cases via your roadmap
- Validating the impact realized from efforts
Outcomes: Sustained business impact
Sustained Impact
Advisory Services: Expertise & Impact
Seasoned experts deliver timely, targeted support to help you quickly untangle complex MarTech, analytics, customer experience, or data challenges—and move forward with clarity.
Current State Discovery & Intake
Expertise: Identifying solution paths, use cases, and KPIs tailored to your future state and organizational readiness.
Impact: Generates targeted, actionable options with measurable ROI—ready to test, prove, and scale fast.
Solution Analysis & Prioritization
Expertise: Analyzing solution options, evaluating feasibility, and ranking initiatives by strategic value.
Impact: Surfaces the most promising paths to ROI so teams can act with confidence.
Action Plan & Roadmap
Expertise: Delivering go-forward playbooks, reference architectures, and business cases to align teams turn strategy into action.
Impact: Turns insights into execution—ensuring progress isn’t just planned, but underway.
Get Started With Advisory Services
In 30 days or less, our Get Started advisory services deliver focused solutions that reduce friction in your customer experience by unlocking clarity across MarTech, analytics, and data. It’s the first step toward improving the experience and creating lasting impacts.
Step 1: Intake
Clearly define the problem, identify gaps, and gather insights.
Step 2: Analysis
Analyze the data, define opportunities and potential solutions, and define success criteria.
Step 3: Action Plan
Recommend actions for prioritized use cases tied to business outcomes.
The 3-Step Advisory Services Flow
Step 1
Quick Intake for Discovery & Understanding
Timeline: Approximately 1 week
Our team of experts researches your business challenges to understand the context of the problem, root causes, process, people, and technology issues. From these inputs, we create your “as-is” state, outlining the exact gaps and areas for opportunities.
Your impact assessment, delivered in two weeks, includes the following:
- A clear picture of the current state
- Key challenges and opportunities
- Future state vision for improved experience
Step 2
Analysis for Solutioning Options
Timeline: Approximately 2 weeks
With a clear understanding of the problem's current state, our team works with you to analyze potential solutions, use cases, and actions to close the gaps for the future state.
The objective is to produce outcome-based solutions prioritized for quick deployment. Your go-forward plan includes solution options in the following areas:
- Strategic planning
- Platform audits, migrations, and implementations
- Insights and storytelling
- Tag management
Step 3
Action Plan for Impact
Timeline: Approximately 1 week
From here, we define the exact key actions and recommendations. We document the future state via a playbook, reference architecture, or roadmap.
We will quantify the potential impact of our recommendations with a light business case and ROI analysis to deliver short-term and long-term value.
- Recommendations Roadmap
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Future State Framework/Reference Architecture
WHAT CLIENTS EXPERIENCE
Peter Kickbush
Management & Program Analyst
Federal Student Aid (FSA)
Creating Positive Outcomes that Matter
7X
ROI for Short-Term Advisory Services
50%
Reduction in Follow-On Project Delivery Timelines
30%
Improvement in Operational Efficiency
Advisory Services Client Story
A leading provider of education services leaned on BlastX Consulting to scale an experimentation program that enhances digital engagement and conversion. The impact was substantial.
Experience BlastX: We Do Consulting Differently
Your Experience With Us Matters
We’re committed to your success. With Advisory Services, we’ll work side by side to make sense of the tough stuff—clarifying your strategy, digging into the data, and figuring out what really moves the needle for your customers. Because you’re the hero in this journey.
Impact Is Our Measure of Success
Our “Make Your Mark” purpose shapes everything we do in Advisory Services. We’re here to help you move forward—clarifying priorities, building maturity step by step, and making sure the changes you invest in lead to impact that lasts.
We Evolve Together, Creating Real Progress
Your growth fuels ours. In Advisory Services, we work alongside you to build momentum—shaping strategy, sharpening insights, and uncovering what’s next. It’s not about quick wins; it’s about moving forward, together, with purpose.
Helping Leaders Evolve
25 Years of Mastery
Advisory Services Consultant Spotlight
Brian McIntosh
With over 20 years in management consulting, Brian McIntosh thrives on helping businesses unlock the real value of experience-led strategies. As a seasoned consultant, he works closely with clients to bridge the gap between vision and execution—turning customer insights into measurable business impact.
Before joining BlastX Consulting, Brian led North American Digital Enterprise Advisory at Avanade, a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft. There, he built and led a management consulting team dedicated to helping brands strengthen customer relationships through data-driven insights and digital innovation.
Based in Colorado, Brian is not just a consultant but an avid outdoorsman and a die-hard Colorado Avalanche fan. When he’s not advising clients, you’ll find him hitting the trails, cheering on his team, or spending time with his wife and two grown sons.
Industry & Innovation Insights to Elevate Your Digital Customer Experiences
Actionable insights and bold perspectives to help you lead in customer experience and outpace digital change.
