Brand and design for the new Main Street

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Main Street, made.

Brand and design for the shop, the studio and the startup. We read your business closely, then give you the words and the look to show what makes it different.

Free. No card. Saves as you go.

Process

Three steps. Start free.

01 Read

Free

From Always Secure’s answers

That it's a bit old school. Definitely not a modern company

Note 1: What a stranger sees first.

Ralph, owner

What the read said

A stranger sees something that feels, in your own words, “a bit old school” and “definitely not a modern company.”

Brand Assessment

A written read of what’s clear, what’s missing and what should happen next.

02 Shape

$250

Brand Playbook

Your business, put into words, with three directions to choose from.

03 Build

From $1,500

Brand System

Your logo, colors, type, and the guidelines to use them. Your $250 Playbook counts toward it.

What you get

Made for your business. Yours to keep.

Always Secure Brand Playbook, page 2: What’s inside

What’s inside

The Playbook and the Creative Brief, in one book.

Always Secure Brand Playbook, page 7: How you’re seen

How you’re seen

How customers see you today, beside how you want to be seen.

Always Secure Brand Playbook, page 21: North Star

North Star

One sentence the whole brand answers to.

Always Secure Brand Playbook, page 23: Key Pillars

Key Pillars

Three pillars that hold the North Star up.

Always Secure Brand Playbook, page 27: The chosen direction

The chosen direction

Three directions explored. One chosen.

Always Secure Brand Playbook, page 31: Brand Persona

Brand Persona

Who the brand is when it speaks.

Always Secure Brand Playbook, page 32: Verbal Identity

Verbal Identity

How the brand sounds, in five rules.

Always Secure Brand Playbook, page 38: Five moves

Five moves

What to do first, in order.

Select pages from Always Secure’s Brand Playbook (8 of 39). Yours is written for your business.

Work

Selected

Ways to work together

Standard

Read, Shape and Build at fixed prices.

Concierge

The same process, with working sessions at each step, plus work the standard path doesn’t include, like naming.

Premium

For bigger teams, more than one project, or work made to order.

Concierge and Premium scope, availability and pricing are confirmed in conversation; they are not self-serve purchases.

Start with the read. It’s free.