The price of finally being understood

That's perfectly fine. You'll walk away with a complete strategic narrative, brand voice guide, and buyer journey map – all in interactive formats you can use immediately. Plenty of founders take the Foundation, put it to work internally, and come back for the Visual Story when they're ready.

Because the founders of ScreenSpace personally lead every engagement – the workshops, the narrative design, the creative direction. We don't hand you off to a junior team. That means capacity is limited, but it also means you get 20+ years of Hollywood storytelling and B2B sales expertise applied directly to your business.

More qualified pipeline, shorter sales cycles, and the ability to win deals on the strength of the story alone. Most clients report that for the first time, their buyers actually understand what they do – which compounds into higher close rates and fewer wasted proposals.

Around month 9, we'll reach out with three options: continue into a Creative Partnership (platform included), renew platform access at $6,000/year, or export your assets and part as friends. Your content never goes dark without warning.

We hear this all the time. The last agency made it look pretty but it didn't sound like you. That's because they started with design. We start with your story – the one trapped in your head that nobody else can tell. Everything we build comes from that foundation, not a template.

One defined deliverable we can scope, produce, and ship within a focused block of time – for example, an interactive story, a case study, a campaign asset set, an explainer video, or a template system. Larger initiatives like full website redesigns are scoped and quoted separately.

The Narrative Foundation is a $6,000, two-week engagement – not a six-month commitment. You walk away with a complete narrative strategy and brand voice guide. If you decide to move forward with a Visual Story within 90 days, your $6,000 credits in full. Zero risk.

You'll talk directly with a senior creative director – not an SDR, not a sales rep. We'll ask about your business, your buyers, and what's not working. You'll leave with at least two actionable ideas you can use whether you work with us or not. No pitch, no pressure, no 30-minute deck about us.

If you need a logo, a rebrand, or a new website from scratch – we're not your team. We also aren't the right fit if you don't have a real service or product behind the story yet. We work best with established companies that have been doing the work for years but never built the narrative to match. If your buyers already understand what you do and you're closing every deal, you probably don't need us. But if you keep losing to companies you know you're better than – that's our lane.

Start with the Narrative Foundation if: You've never formally defined your story, your team tells a different version every time, or you want to test the waters before committing to a full build. It's the lowest-risk entry point – and if you continue, the $6K credits toward the Visual Story.

Go straight to the Visual Story if: You're ready to invest in the full system – narrative strategy, cinematic content, platform, analytics, and team training. This is where most clients land. It includes the complete Narrative Foundation phase.Add the

Creative Partnership if: You've completed the Visual Story and want a senior creative partner keeping the engine running – ongoing strategy, content production, and narrative refinement. Most clients add this after they see the Visual Story working.

Most B2B creative agencies charge $8,000 to $15,000 per month on retainer, with 6- to 12-month minimum commitments. That's $96,000 to $180,000 per year before production overages. The key tradeoff: agencies offer breadth (social, ads, landing pages) but rarely depth. Most specialize in either strategy or production or distribution – not all three – which means companies often coordinate multiple vendors anyway. Ask who does the actual work (seniors or juniors) and how many accounts that team runs simultaneously.

Brand strategy engagements from reputable consultants or boutique firms typically run $15,000 to $50,000 depending on scope and strategist seniority. Deliverables usually include positioning documents, messaging frameworks, and brand voice guides. The most common risk isn't quality – it's adoption. Most deliverables arrive as static PDFs that go unused within months. The deciding factor should be format: will the output integrate into how your team actually sells, or sit in a folder?

Fractional creative directors charge $5,000 to $15,000 per month for 10 to 20 hours of strategic oversight – brand direction, messaging review, campaign concepts, team coaching. The critical distinction: a fractional CD is a strategic brain, not a production team. You'll still need designers, writers, and motion artists to execute. Total cost including execution vendors typically runs $10,000 to $25,000 per month. Some studios now bundle direction and production under one retainer to eliminate that coordination gap.

A minimum viable in-house B2B marketing team – marketing director, designer, content writer – costs $260,000 to $390,000 per year in salary alone, before benefits, tools, and 3-6 months of ramp time. Agency retainers run $96,000 to $180,000 per year but trade control for convenience. Neither is inherently better – it depends on company stage, budget, and existing infrastructure. A third model has emerged: project-based creative partnerships ($6,000–$25,000 one-time) that deliver a complete strategy-to-content system in weeks without ongoing headcount or retainer commitments.

Industry benchmarks suggest 5% to 10% of annual revenue. For a $5M company, that's $250,000 to $500,000 per year across agencies, freelancers, tools, and salaries. The challenge for established services companies that have grown on referrals alone: they've never had a marketing budget, and jumping from $0 to $250K feels like a cliff. The highest-leverage first investment is typically a clear narrative foundation – a defined story, documented buyer journey, and content that sells without a custom pitch every time. That can be done for $6,000 to $25,000 depending on provider.