The Story Room
Words, brand direction and photography for small businesses, from Coughton Court.
For small businesses with a story worth telling: words, brand direction, photography and film, made here.
Why Coughton Court
Most small businesses buy their words from one supplier and their photographs from another, each picking up a different thread of the same business. Here, one hand holds it all, from the first conversation through to what's written and what's shown; the depth and weight that comes from a brand held together, rather than pieced apart.
£450 a month
The Monthly
Four pieces of writing a month: a product page, a press release, the words for a launch, whatever the month needs. One telephone call to keep them true. Everything by the 25th.
For businesses with a strong eye and no time to write.
Week one, a half-hour call to settle the voice and the four pieces. Week two, the first drafts, with one round of changes if something does not sit right. By the 25th, all four, ready to publish.
£750 a month
The studio
Everything in The Monthly. Once a month a shoot at Coughton Court returns twenty photographs, a short film, or a handful of reels, whichever the month calls for, and the shape of the next month written out.
For businesses ready to be seen as carefully as they are run.
Week one, the call, and the shoot booked in. Week two, the shoot itself, alongside the first pieces of writing. By the 25th, everything in one place: words, images, next month’s plan.
£850 one off
A brand day
A day at Coughton Court given entirely to whatever the business needs most: a press release, the brand’s story told properly, the products shot and written up, or a short film. A call beforehand settles the brief.
For businesses who already know what they need, and want to walk away with it finished.
Before the day, a call to settle the brief. The day itself, at Coughton Court: shot, written, finished. What lands is the work, ready to use.
£300 one off
Press Release
One announcement written properly: your story, what has happened, why it matters, and the lines an editor can lift without rewriting. Laid out as a press-ready PDF with the images supplied, plus a short covering email to sit above it. Delivered within five working days; one round of changes included. No visit needed; this one works from anywhere.For a business with something genuinely worth announcing and no one to write it up.Before: a half-hour call, or a written brief if that is easier. What lands: the release as a PDF, the covering email, and the same text as a plain document for anyone who wants to paste rather than attach.
The Story Room
Coughton Court, near Alcester, Warwickshire
[email protected]