Why do so many strategies fail?
Most strategies fail at execution, not design, which is exactly the gap we close.
Strategy without execution is a document. Execution without insight and creativity becomes noise. We work across both, with the right tactics and actions to bring it all together and deliver complete ROI (ROI means return on investment: the commercial value you get back for what you spend).
The Ideas Factory offers four connected services. Start where the pressure is; we bring in the rest of the Guild only when precise domain expertise is needed. Each service has its own page with the detail, key insights and answers to common questions.
Start where the pressure is
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Business and financial strategy
Business plans, fundraising and growth strategy built to withstand real scrutiny from investors, boards, and the market itself.
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Marketing and communication strategy
Turning a marketing plan into action: the promotional mix, the message, the timing and the consistency that holds a campaign together across every channel.
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Campaign development
Specialist B2B copywriting, media planning, and art direction and graphic design for complex, technical and regulated sectors.
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Sector and industry specialist support
Deep sector knowledge from the Guild, applied directly to your business so you do not pay to educate a generalist supplier.
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Our approach
Our approach is simple, collaborative, and does not skip steps. We start by understanding the problem or need, and what success looks like for your business, not what pleases or looks good in a pitch deck.
- Understand the objective and where to add value.
- Understand the problem and get into the head of your target audience. Research properly, not just from the brief. What will compel stakeholders to act?
- Find the right idea, actions and words to make it matter.
- Present. Write, review, refine.
- Launch, measure, adjust.
Not sure which service you need?
Start with a free conversation. We will help you find where the real pressure is.
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