Strategy & Branding

Strategy & Branding

What we do

Brand strategy decides what everything else is built against. Before an identity is designed or a campaign is written, we establish what a business stands for, who it is for, and why it should be believed.



We bring a brand strategist into the room early, alongside the people who will build what follows, so the thinking holds its shape through identity, communication and everything that reaches a customer

Noah miles, web designer and developer
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HOW IT'S BUILT

Three stages between the first conversation and a position the whole business can work from. 

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UNDERSTAND

Before forming a view, we learn the business, the category and the people whose choice actually decides it.

Business context

Audience research

Stakeholder interviews

Category audit

Competitive analysis

Brand audit

UNDERSTAND

Before forming a view, we learn the business, the category and the people whose choice actually decides it.

Business context

Audience research

Stakeholder interviews

Category audit

Competitive analysis

Brand audit

POSITION

Where the brand stands, who it is for, and the reason it deserves to be chosen over the alternative.

Positioning

Audience definition

Distinctive territory

Proposition

Brand architecture

Brand platform

POSITION

Where the brand stands, who it is for, and the reason it deserves to be chosen over the alternative.

Positioning

Audience definition

Distinctive territory

Proposition

Brand architecture

Brand platform

DEFINE

The position turned into something teams can use, so brand marketing stays consistent long after the work is handed over.

Brand narrative

Tone of voice

Brand guidelines

Messaging framework

Naming

Activation planning

DEFINE

The position turned into something teams can use, so brand marketing stays consistent long after the work is handed over.

Brand narrative

Tone of voice

Brand guidelines

Messaging framework

Naming

Activation planning

A brand strategy that lives in a document is an expensive opinion. The test is whether it still holds years later, in decisions made by people who were never in the room when it was written.  We work backwards from that. The position is defined alongside the people who will carry it, tested against real decisions rather than approval slides, and handed over as something a business can run on its own. 

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Good work starts

with clarity. Here’s what working with Made Forth looks like.

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What exactly does Made Forth do?

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Who will actually be working on our business?

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Can you handle both design and build?

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Do you offer brand strategy too?

What exactly does Made Forth do?

Who will actually be working on our business?

Can you handle both design and build?

Do you offer brand strategy too?