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Culture index
live-ish
[01]The editorial
Most brands post to be seen. We post to be remembered. Anyone can chase a trend. We read where the feed is heading, make things people send to a friend, and keep showing up until your name is the first one that comes to mind.
Updraft Studio, London. Est. 2019. Opinions our own.
[02]Services
Six services, read like a weather map. Every tile shows a live reading. Hover one, or tap it, for the small print.
Every service, in detailPressure rising
We read where your category is heading and plan the posts that get there first.
Calendar filling
One shoot day becomes a month of posts. Planned, filmed and edited for each app.
Bars climbing
Ads that do not feel like ads. Tested small, cut early, scaled when they earn it.
Signal detected
A radar on sounds, formats and conversations, with a 48 hour turnaround.
Mood: warm
Replies, saves and sales, read every week and turned into decisions.
Colours settling
A visual and verbal system so your posts are recognisable before anyone reads the handle.
[03]How it works
Four stages, one week, no mystery. Scroll and watch a single idea go from a scribble to a sequel.
Brief · Mossline · November
Audience: people who keep things for years
Hunch: repair is the new unboxing
One job: get saved, get sent
Series? Darning Sundays!!
01 · Mon 09:12
A hunch, a coffee and one page. We write down what the audience is craving and the single thing this month has to prove.
REC
TAKE 14
00:00:14:22
4K · 25fps
02 · Wed 14:30
One afternoon, a tight shot list and a lot of takes. We film the month in blocks, so nothing gets made in a panic.
mossline
Scheduled · Thu 18:42
1 / 6
mossline Darning Sundays, episode one. Bring us your oldest jumper and we will show you how to save it.
03 · Thu 18:42
Every edit is cut for the app it lives on, then posted when your people are around and your rivals are quiet.
Week one read
Sequel: yes14.2
replies per 1K views
+390%
saves
1,206
sends to a friend
04 · Mon 10:05
We read replies, saves and shares, not just likes. What worked gets a sequel. What did not gets an honest note.
[04]The wall
A few tiles from this year, all made in our studio. Hover a column to pause it. Every one of these had a job, and most of them did it.
3,900
edits this year
61M
views, give or take
[05]Platform playground
What works on one platform falls flat on the next. Pick an app and see the format we would lead with, plus our short list of what works there.
Slide 1 of 10
How to fix a pulled thread in two minutes
Swipe for step one
Lead format · Carousel, ten slides
The place people save things for later. Teach something, make it beautiful, and give them a reason to swipe to the end.
What works here
3.2x
more saves on carousels than single photos for our clients
[06]Post Time Machine
Pick an industry and we will plan a sample week right there on the phone: formats, captions and the times your people are actually awake.
Your industry
Tip: Wed at 18:42 is quiet in your category. That is where we would put the big one.
Updraft planner
Fashion, next week
[07]Promises
Eight promises we make to every client, printed on a sheet you can rearrange. Peel one up, drag it somewhere better, make it yours.
the fine print, in plain words
[08]Numbers, lightly roasted
01 · Launched
214
Campaigns launched. Two of them involved a jar of pickles.
02 · Retention
96%
Clients who stay past the first quarter. The other 4% moved to Bali.
03 · Views
61M
Views this year. Roughly one per person in the UK, if they all watched once.
04 · Turnaround
48h
From rising trend to posted. Faster if the coffee machine behaves.
[09]Before and after
Drag the handle. On the left, a lovely pottery studio shouting into the void. On the right, the same studio eight months later, with a voice, a rhythm and a waiting list.
[10]Corrections
Real habits we find in almost every first audit. Hover a card, or tap the button underneath, to flip it and see what we did instead.
[11]The wind map
Campaigns launched from a small studio in London that took off a long way from home. Pick a glowing dot for the story.
London
Quiet Labs
3.4x return on ad spend
[12]Case notes
Mossline
+268% reach in twelve weeks
Pip & Ferment
2.3M views on a single jar
Quiet Labs
3.4x return on ad spend
Sunday Skin
Sold out three times in one summer
[13]Testimonials, unedited
We do not ask clients for testimonials. We just screenshot the group chat, with permission. Pick a thread.
Chats · 3 unread
Harriet, Mossline
Founder, Mossline · with the Updraft team
[14]Free ideas
Bold one-line content ideas for your industry. Shuffle until one makes you slightly nervous, then steal it. We genuinely do not mind.
Pick your industry
Name your sourdough starter and give it a weekly update.
[15]Behind the scenes
Candid moments from the studio: whiteboards, shoot days, the coffee station and the calendar wall that runs our lives. Hover to pause.
[16]Reading room
[17]Questions
Our DMs, lightly tidied. These are the questions we get most, with the answers we actually send.
Requests
5 unreadHow fast can you start?
SeenUsually within two weeks. The first week is a forecast: we read your accounts, your category and your audience, then come back with a plan. The second week we shoot.
Priya, a candle brand
Updraft usually replies within the hour
How fast can you start?
SeenUsually within two weeks. The first week is a forecast: we read your accounts, your category and your audience, then come back with a plan. The second week we shoot.
Incoming, 4 new notifications
Tell us where you are and where you want to be. You get a free forecast within 48 hours: what to post, where, and why it will work.
9:41
Tuesday, the day it took off
now
Your reel passed 100K views
And it is still climbing. Someone call your mum.
TikTok
2m
@ninawearsthings commented
who made this?? i need it in my life
Messages
6m
312 people sent your post
That is the good kind of word of mouth.
Updraft
11m
Next week’s forecast is ready
Three trends worth jumping on, one to skip.
