Stratasis

Brand

A brand people remember

Name, logo, colour and voice, built to hold up on a sign, a screen and an invoice.

Brand identity design for local businesses

Customers decide in seconds whether you look like someone they can trust. We give your business a name, a look and a voice that make that decision easy, and that hold up everywhere you show up.

We start with what makes you different, then build everything from it, so the look and the words say the same thing everywhere customers meet you.

Your brand, in one guide

What your brand looks like when we hand it over. One look and one voice, kept consistent by us.

Name and positioning

A name and a one-line position that make sense to customers. Easy to say, to spell and to search.

  • Checked for domains and handles
  • A line that says what you do
  • Set apart from your competitors

Logo, colour and type

A mark and palette that hold up on a sign, a screen and an invoice. Tested in print and on screen before anything is final.

  • A logo for every size
  • A palette with its rules
  • Typefaces for headings and body

Voice and messaging

How you sound in a headline, a reply and an email. Written down, with examples your team can copy.

  • Words to use, and words to avoid
  • Replies for reviews and messages
  • Headlines for your site and ads

Brand kit and upkeep

Every file in every format, and a short guide your team can follow. We keep it consistent as you grow.

  • Templates for cards, posts and signs
  • Files for print, web and social
  • New pieces designed to match

Businesses that grow with us

Virelle
Ouraen
Nestleaf
Reshade
Altrek Systems
Trak
Pelagion
Harbor

Brand identity, explained

What goes into a brand for a local business. And how to keep it working.

What a brand identity is

A brand identity is how people recognise your business: the name, the logo, the colours, the type and the way you speak. Done well, they work as one system, so everything you put out looks and sounds like you.

For a local business, it's often the first sign of quality a customer gets, long before they meet you.

How the pieces fit together

A name, a logo and a voice only work if they're used the same way every time. The guide sets the rules: which version of the logo goes where, which colours sit together, and how you answer a review.

That's what lets anyone on your team, or any printer or platform, put the brand out without it drifting.

Where it shows up

A brand earns its keep in the places customers see it: your sign and van, your website, your social accounts, your invoices and your Google profile.

We design those first applications with you, so the brand is in use from day one.

Keeping it consistent

Brands drift when nobody looks after them. We stay on hand to design new things as you need them, and to keep every new piece on brand.

Questions and answers

Still have a question?

Ask us anything. We'll answer it straight, even if the answer is that we're not the right fit.

  • Yes. We can find a name from scratch, or help you check and refine one you already have.

  • Every logo and asset in the formats you need for print, web and social, plus a short guidelines document.

  • Yes. We keep what people already recognise and fix what's holding you back.

  • A first conversation, then a review at each step. You approve the direction before we design the system.

  • Yes. We design it for screens as well as print, and can carry it through to your site and accounts.

More from the studio

Each service works on its own. They work better together.

Website

Websites that fill your calendar

Designed, built and launched in weeks, not months, then hosted and run by us.

Social media

Social media, handled

We plan, make and post every month, answer every comment, and send you one plain report.

Ads

Ads you can trace to booked jobs

Google and Meta ads built, run and tested every week, with every call and form tracked.

Kind words

Hear it from the businesses we've built for. What it's like to work with us, in their own words.

“They took our whole website from idea to launch, online booking included, and never made it feel complicated.”
Elizabeth MarkowskiOwner, Virelle
“Everything was built around how we actually work, with the compliance side looked after from the first day.”
Daniel ZhaoFounder, Pelagion
“One team for the brand, the site and the ads. It finally feels like one business online.”
Mark SullivanDirector, Harbor
Contact

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Bring a project, a question or a half-formed idea. We'll take it from there.

Blogs

Practical notes on growing a business online. New posts as we write them.

WebsitesSep 24, 2026 · 5 min read

What a small business website actually needs (and what it doesn't)

The few things that earn their place on the page, and what you can skip.

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WebsitesSep 17, 2026 · 5 min read

Website redesign: when to fix it and when to start over

How to tell a site that needs a patch from one that needs a fresh start.

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SoftwareSep 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Signs you've outgrown spreadsheets

The quiet signs your business has grown past a shared sheet.

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AdsSep 2, 2026 · 4 min read

Google Ads vs Meta Ads for a local business: where to start

Where a local business should put its first ad budget, and why.

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