At Motio, we strengthen brands by building reputation.
Our commitment
Experts only
If you’re client-side, you know the drill. You get quality time with your agency’s senior experts when they’re pitching you, or when they need to swoop in to save the account. That’s not us. We’re senior counselors who have spent thousands of hours sitting across the table from c-suite leaders, advising and guiding them through tough challenges. And we are the ones who will work on your business. That’s who you will get when you work with us. Experts-only.
Recos > ideas
Ideas are great. But ultimately, we as counselors aren’t just in the ideas business. We are in the recommendations business. That’s what our clients get from us: recommendations, based on expertise, data, and decades of experience building reputation for some of the country’s most prominent brands.
Honesty
Agencies often claim they speak truth to power to their clients. But they don’t. Most go with the flow, rinsing and repeating the same services they provide to clients, even when they know it might not be the best use of the client’s resources. They do it because it’s easier than having tough conversations with clients, or risking their revenue. We are not willing to make this compromise. Clients hire us to solve their challenges. We won’t spend their money doing anything else.
Good work > growth
In business, growth seems to be the only metric. And agencies aren’t immune. However, obsessing about finding new clients can come at the cost of doing good work for existing ones. While we look forward to new client relationships, we won’t take on more than we can service. We prioritize producing the best work we can for our existing clients.
Velocity
Reputation moves fast. Most organizations, agencies included, don’t. That makes it hard to take advantage of opportunities quickly, or respond instantly, when the moment matters. We’re designed to move at lightning speed. Our experts drive engagements without overly burdensome processes, bloated teams, or onboarding time needed to get up and going.
OUR FOUNDERS
We believe clients deserve experts sitting across the table from them.
Ryan Colaianni
ryan@wearemotio.com
202.270.2645
FOUNDER
Ryan is a nationally recognized communications expert, orchestrating high stakes communications, creating trust with key stakeholders and managing reputation under pressure.
With more than 20 years of experience, he has advised hundreds of Fortune 100 executives, billion dollar businesses, state and national associations, university presidents, and industry leaders through issues, crises, and reputational turning points. He leads integrated communications strategy—combining media, message discipline, audience insight, and rapid execution—so organizations are ready before the inevitable moment arises. Ryan was a 2024 PR Week Executive of the Year Finalist.
Sasha Boghosian
FOUNDER
sasha@wearemotio.com
818.389.3989
Sasha has spent more than two decades building strategies that fuel breakthrough work and forge reputational distinction for many of the country's leading brands.
Baptized by fire in high stakes crisis management and political campaigns early in his career, Sasha went on to lead strategy and research departments at both independent as well as global creative agencies. He has been a key driver of growth as part of agency leadership teams, guiding client engagements and fostering cross-functional collaboration.
Sasha is obsessive about solving challenges for clients. He has a unique instinct for understanding what audiences need, and formulating strategies anchored in answering those needs.
Ryan and Sasha have extensive experience leading teams and departments in specialized firms as well as large global agencies.
How We Are Built
Most consultancies are built for their own convenience, not their clients’.
Processes, inefficiencies, and junior staff create noise instead of momentum, slowing down what should move fast. We’ve stripped that away.
Our model is lean by design, with engagements driven by senior counselors who have sat across the table from countless C-suite executives, helping them manage every kind of reputation challenge. We get to the heart of your challenge quickly and deliver real impact where it matters most.
Because every client deserves expertise without excess, we’ve built a smarter way to work. Our approach delivers top-tier strategy, counsel, and execution minus the traditional agency burdens that add cost without adding value. You get direct access to the leaders who have managed the high stakes engagements without paying for overhead that doesn’t advance your goals.
Tangible Outputs with AI Workflows, Not “AI Theater”
It’s easy for consultancies in our line of work to be hyperbolic about the use and impact of the AI we deploy.
At Motio, we recognize the importance of using such tools to accelerate our operations and provide more value to our clients. Yet it’s just as important to be practical and transparent about exactly what tools we are using, and what benefits they produce for clients. That’s the philosophy behind our approach. We regularly use tools to:
'See Around Corners' with Predictive Monitoring
Produce High Volume Versioning of Content
Personalize Narratives for Segmented Audiences
We deploy AI tools practically to power our work more efficiently, and use our clients’ investments more effectively.
We cover a lot of ground.
From LA, to Nashville and to our nation’s capitol, we cover a lot of ground, both in time zones and in understanding the unique cultural nuances that define different stakeholder groups.
Reputation doesn’t take days off. So we wake up and get going before our clients do. And we don’t stop until long after they’ve punched out for the day.
And we’re always just an email or call away.
hello@wearemotio.com
818.389.3989
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