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/ Case study · Dearest

Nine pieces.
Nineteen levers.

How BABCO built Dearest from naming through launch — a brand warm enough for a 72-year-old patient who is scared, and credible enough for a health-system partnership conversation. Each asset below paired with what it meant for Dearest and why it matters in the market.

Client

Dearest

Category

Healthcare advocacy

Scope

Brand · Site · Social

Year

2025–2026

Dearest — naming
01Naming

/ What it meant for Dearest

PairTu became Dearest — a name that reads warmer, more human, and more expansive, and one that can carry the company beyond a single product into a broader care platform.

/ Why it matters in the market

In healthcare advocacy, trust is the product. A name that feels personal and warm is a competitive asset — Solace knows this, and Dearest now owns a name that can go further.

Dearest — branding
02Branding

/ What it meant for Dearest

A full design system — color, typography, the friends-and-flowers mark, accessibility standards, and visual rules — so the brand holds together everywhere it shows up.

/ Why it matters in the market

Consistency is what separates brands that feel established from ones that feel like startups. Investors, partners, and patients all make trust decisions based on how polished and coherent a brand looks.

Dearest — marketing site, design
03Marketing site — design

/ What it meant for Dearest

The rebrand became a public experience: a site that explains what Dearest does, builds credibility quickly, and gives patients a reason to trust it.

/ Why it matters in the market

For most patients and partners, the website is the first real impression of Dearest. In healthcare, where skepticism is high and trust is hard-won, a weak site loses people before they ever engage.

Dearest — marketing site, build
04Marketing site — build

/ What it meant for Dearest

The site moved from design into implementation — staging, dev, migration, CMS decisions, technical fixes, and launch readiness, with measurement wired in from day one.

/ Why it matters in the market

Speed to market matters. Every week the old brand is live is a week competitors can own the narrative. Getting the site live cleanly and on time is a strategic move, not just a technical one.

Dearest — positioning and narrative
05Positioning & narrative

/ What it meant for Dearest

The work clarified what Dearest stands for: trusted, personal advocacy for people navigating healthcare — one sharper story to tell patients, advocates, investors, and partners.

/ Why it matters in the market

The healthcare advocacy space is getting crowded fast. Companies that define their category early — and own a clear emotional position — are much harder to displace.

Dearest — social media templates
06Social media templates

/ What it meant for Dearest

Branded templates for LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and the other launch channels, so Dearest showed up consistently from day one.

/ Why it matters in the market

Social presence is increasingly how patients, advocates, and partners vet companies before engaging. Showing up consistently and professionally from launch sets the tone for everything that follows.

Dearest — social media template
07Social media template

/ What it meant for Dearest

The brand extends into ongoing social — patient stories, advocate spotlights, product updates — so the voice carries into the channels patients actually research on.

/ Why it matters in the market

Every post is a brand moment. Patients researching Dearest on Reddit and social media are asking one question: is this real? Consistent, on-brand social answers that quietly.

Dearest — graphics and illustrations
08Graphics & illustrations

/ What it meant for Dearest

Imagery moved toward real, dignified, age-appropriate people and relationships — patients, advocates, caregivers, and families — instead of generic healthcare stock.

/ Why it matters in the market

Stock photography signals inauthenticity, which is fatal in a trust-driven category. Real, representative imagery builds connection with the exact people Dearest is trying to reach.

Dearest — brand narrative woven throughout
09Brand narrative woven throughout

/ What it meant for Dearest

The brand carries into the product surface too — the Advocate Hub interface, the patient portal, B2B materials, and the wider product experience.

/ Why it matters in the market

Brand equity built at the marketing layer gets eroded if the product experience doesn't match. As Dearest scales, the product interface becomes the brand — and it needs to be designed accordingly.

“We speak with kindness, reassurance, and confidence. Our word is our bond and we don't take it lightly.”

Dearest brand voice · BABCO®

/ See the product side

Step inside the Advocate Hub.

Open the sample