We believe being discovered is only the beginning.
What matters is building something people recognize, trust and return to long after the first impression.
Attention worth having is attention
worth keeping.
ABOUT DATIES
WHO WE ARE
A strategy firm built at the intersection of search, media and culture.
DATIES is a boutique strategy consultancy helping businesses and organizations improve how they are discovered, understood, and remembered.
Our expertise includes strategic advisory, search and AI-driven discovery, brand communications, and specialized cultural programming.
We work closely with clients to understand their business, identify opportunities, and develop strategies based on their goals.
Whether supporting an established marketing team or helping a growing organization find direction, we bring experienced thinking, and practical recommendations to every engagement.
LEADERSHIP
Founder-led. Strategy-driven.
Myraan Mays / Founder
Myraan Mays founded DATIES in 2017, bringing experience in agency-side marketing leadership, digital strategy and brand communications.
His professional work spans enterprise search strategy, AI-driven discovery and performance marketing, advising organizations on how to strengthen their digital presence and navigate an evolving marketing landscape.
Since its founding in New York, DATIES has developed experience across brand partnerships, creative consulting and emerging ventures, with work connected to organizations including the NFL, FIFA, Anheuser-Busch and LVMH.
The firm has also participated in two state-supported business incubation and accelerator programs, extending its perspective beyond marketing into entrepreneurship and business development.
Beyond consulting, Myraan is known professionally as byDJBLVD, a DJ, producer and cultural curator whose work has reached international stages and global brands.
That combination of strategic advisory, entrepreneurial experience and firsthand creative work shapes DATIES' approach: informed by the work, grounded in the audience and focused on building something that lasts.
OUR APPROACH
Four things we hold to.
Good work starts with understanding the problem, not prescribing the solution.
These principles guide how we approach every engagement.
01
Listen before we propose
We take the time to understand your business, your audience and the challenges you're trying to solve before recommending a direction.
02
Build for longevity
We prioritize strategies that create lasting value, not short-term visibility or tactics that lose relevance with the next algorithm update.
03
Speak plainly
We believe in clear recommendations, honest conversations and making complex ideas understandable without unnecessary jargon.
04
Practice what we advise
Our perspective comes from more than client engagements. We apply what we learn through our own ventures and creative work, bringing practical experience to the strategies we recommend.
Think independently. Build intentionally.
Think independently. Build intentionally.
Let’s begin.
Share your vision.
We’ll help you build something that lasts.
