APS Business
We provide open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysis, using the target local languages, that specializes in the former Soviet States, particularly Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova; and the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
APS delivers actionable insights and solutions to help your business thrive in new markets.:
- Due Diligence: Thorough investigations to ensure informed decisions.
- Expert Legal Testimony: Credible support for legal proceedings.
- Reputation & Market Analysis: Evaluating companies, products, and consumer trends.
- Opponent Analysis: pIdentifying your competitors in new markets.
The team of APS provides comprehensive analysis to understand public opinion and its impact on your business or market.
- Public Opinion Polling: Quantitative analysis of shifts in public sentiment affecting your product or business.
- Focus Groups: Qualitative insights into public perceptions of your image or brand.
- In-Depth Interviews: Personalized evaluations of consumer experiences with your product or company.
With APS, you gain actionable insights to refine strategies, enhance your brand, and stay ahead in a competitive market.
At APS, we craft branding strategies designed to resonate with your target audience and drive market success. Our services include:
- Consumer Surveys: Quantitative analysis to gauge target audience interest and preferences.
- Focus Groups: Qualitative insights to uncover factors impacting your market share.
- Message Development: Creating compelling slogans, messaging, and public communication strategies.
- Ad Creation: Designing impactful content across platforms, including print brochures, TV commercials, and social media banners.
Your brand will connect, engage, and thrive in new markets with APS‘ strong international experience.
At APS, we create tailored branding and reputational strategies that captivate your target audience, safeguard your image, and position you for long-term success, even in the face of challenges.
- Consumer Surveys: Dealing with local or international press can be greatly enhanced by having APS‘s experts handle it for you so that you can be focused on what your business does best.
- Crisis Management: Whether a scandal is real, perceived, or simply false, not managing the fallout can leave damaging effects that endure. Having an experienced team who knows how to control the situation and drive a narrative that will help you to survive, provides a high return on investment.
- Image Restoration: Implementing targeted campaigns to improve public perception and demonstrate accountability, transparency, and renewed focus on you or your companys’ values.
Your brand and reputation are fortified to withstand challenges, connect authentically with your audience, and thrive in competitive and high-stakes environments. APS, which started as a political consultancy, has fought many uphill battles, on behalf of our clients, and come out winning.
Having begun as a political consultancy, APS today enjoys close relationships with a wide number of governments, allowing us to provide advocacy services that are fully compliant with American and local-national lobbying laws. Having collaborated for years with leaders in the defense, national security, and construction sectors, we leverage our strong international network of contacts to open doors and advance your interests effectively.
- Product Presentation to Government Leaders: Showcasing your products or services to key government officials in the target country to identify if there is a business-government opportunity for what your company is hoping to bring to market.
- Product Presentation to Business Leaders: Identifying local business partners for your company.
- Advocacy Communication: Representing your interests to government decision-makers.
- Legislative Tracking: Monitoring and analyzing local or regional legislation that could impact your product, business, or marketplace.
APS, the only American-owned advocacy team dedicated to supporting Western businesses in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Latin America, provides unmatched access to key decision-makers. We ensure your goals are heard and championed at the highest levels of influence.
At APS, we specialize in helping companies and individuals navigate reputational crises, defend against character assassination, and emerge stronger than ever with a redefined public image. Our proven strategies not only ensure survival but enable clients to thrive in the aftermath of challenges.
- Rapid Risk Response: Swiftly addressing risks and attacks to minimize damage and regain control of the narrative.
- Reputation Rebuilding Strategies: Crafting and executing tailored plans to rebuild, recreate, or rebrand your image, restoring trust and credibility.
- Reputational Politics: Providing strategic defense against character assassination and fostering a proactive approach to protect your reputation in competitive and high-stakes environments.
Your brand or personal image is fortified by APS to withstand crises, rebuild trust, and achieve lasting success in the public eye.
Aligning all of its marketing to local realities, norms, and cultural nuances allows APS to ensure maximum engagement and effectiveness.
- Social Media Marketing (SMM): Crafting targeted campaigns to boost visibility and engagement on social platforms.
- Promotional Strategy Development: Creating and implementing customized promotional plans to achieve your marketing goals.
- Microtargeting: Delivering highly specific messages and advertisements to reach the right audience with precision.
- Media Production: Producing impactful television and radio commercials that resonate with local audiences.
- Website Creation and Management: Designing and maintaining user-friendly, visually appealing websites to enhance your online presence.
- Graphic Design: Developing creative visuals that strengthen your brand identity across all marketing channels.
Your digital marketing efforts are tailored by APS to connect authentically with your audience, driving measurable results and long-term success.
When entering a new market, such as Ukraine, it can be challenging to find new staff, verify their credentials, and to handle the mountain of details required to get down to work in a new country. At APS, we specialize in helping businesses find qualified local or international professionals, obtain the visa support expats need, organize travel and transport, and find suitable accommodations.
- Staff Recruitment: Whether hiring CEOs or identifying potential board members, or recruiting office workers or drivers, APS will work with you to find great people for your company.
- Renting Office or Living Space: We can identify working or home space for your company and organize the contracts.
- Visa or Residency Support: We are able to assist expats in obtaining residency or work visas.
- Transportation services: Organize the transport of goods and people to-and-from the target country.
With APS, your business gains access to top talent and expert guidance to build a high-performing, cohesive team.
APS delivers reliable translations of legal, technical, and professional documents, ensuring precision and clarity. Additionally, we provide expert interpretation services for events and meetings, bridging language gaps seamlessly.
- Document Translation: Translating complex legal, technical, and professional materials from local languages into any European language.
- Event and Meeting Interpretation: Offering on-site or remote interpretation to facilitate effective communication in real-time.
The language solutions of APS meet the highest standards of accuracy, professionalism, and cultural sensitivity, ensuring your message is delivered effectively.
Case studies:
APS: Expanding Your Reach, Connecting Globally, and Unlocking Government Opportunities
Whether it is establishing business-government relationships to obtain a contract, or documents like a LOR/LOI from a host country, APS helps businesses to launch themselves into new markets.
APS Opens Doors to Government Opportunities
APS helped a company seeking to contract its services with a post-Soviet government. Leveraging our strong network of contacts, APS enabled a company to present its solutions, resulting in the national government producing a letter indicating the government’s interest in the services, which was then transmitted to a Western Government that agreed to finance the project.
APS Expands Your Horizons to New Markets
When a European technology company aimed to expand its brand globally, we delivered results within just 75 working days, introducing the company to 19 countries across four continents. Our efforts led to contract negotiations with a net value exceeding $25 million.
APS Connects You Across the Globe
A Latin American company sought APS’s expertise to identify purchasers of natural resources in the former Soviet Union. Within three weeks, we facilitated the groundwork for a deal valued at $18.7 million, showcasing our ability to connect businesses across diverse markets.
Your business gains access to new opportunities, trusted networks, and proven strategies to succeed
on a global scale when partnered with APS.