We’re not here to make you ‘look professional.’
You can do that in Canva.
WE’RE HERE TO MAKE YOU WORTH CHOOSING.
HERE’S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE...
Not just‘before & afters.’
Yes we designed the logos, built brilliant websites, and they look frickin’ great. But what we really care about is what changed for their business...
PINCHBECK WATCHES
From polished but predictable to finally showing what makes you different...
OLD SCHOOL CRAFTS
From showing their work to being sought out for their expertise...
HOLLY'S GARDEN KITCHEN
From kitchen garden to published author and beyond...
WHEN YOU’RE SELLING THE RIGHT THING THE WRONG WAY...
The businesses where speed was accidentally making something special feel ordinary...
Slowing the story down....
WHEN YOU’RE SELLING THE RIGHT THING THE WRONG WAY...
The businesses where speed was accidentally making something special feel ordinary...
Slowing the story down....
PINCHBECK WATCHES
From polished but predictable to finally showing what makes you different...
OLD SCHOOL CRAFTS
From showing their work to being sought out for their expertise...
HOLLY'S GARDEN KITCHEN
From kitchen garden to published author and beyond...
01.
WHEN YOU’RE SELLING THE RIGHT THING THE WRONG WAY...
The businesses where speed was accidentally making something special feel ordinary...
Slowing the story down....
PINCHBECK WATCHES
From polished but predictable to finally showing what makes you different...
OLD SCHOOL CRAFTS
From showing their work to being sought out for their expertise...
HOLLY'S GARDEN KITCHEN
From kitchen garden to published author and beyond...
02.
WHEN YOUR BUSINESS HAS OUTGROWN ITS OLD SELF...
For businesses with years of credibility and a brand that had started wearing beige slacks...
Shaking off the stuffy image...
LINCOLN GOLF CENTRE
From outdated stuffiness to welcome everyone in...
THE TOWER
From hidden gem by accident to best-kept secret on purpose...
FOLLIE
From “my website’s an embarrassment” to national press, TV and a little pink shop making headlines...
03.
WHEN THE BEST BIT OF THE BUSINESS IS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT...
For ridiculously talented people whose actual brilliance had somehow become the least visible bit of their business...
Finding the business inside the person...
HEADSHOT TOBY
From a name that boxed him in to a brand that opens doors...
SARAH HOPTON PSYCHOTHERAPY
From beige “insert therapist here” to think different therapy for actual messy humans...
THE FOOD DUDE
From a catering identity crisis to complete confidence knowing exactly what he brings to the table...
04.
for those who want to KEEP THE LOVE & CHANGE THE REST...
For much-loved businesses moving into their next chapter without binning everything people already cared about...
Stepping into the next chapter...
JAILHOUSE FROCK
From “I want to open a shop” to starting a whole Bad Girls movement...
THE FOLD COUNTRYSIDE VENUE
From decades behind the scenes to owning all of the magic...
THE CHERRY TREE & WILD CHERRY HIDEAWAY
From juggling business and family life to a business that does some heavy lifting...
WHEN YOUR BUSINESS HAS OUTGROWN ITS OLD SELF...
For businesses with years of credibility and a brand that had started wearing beige slacks...
Shaking off the stuffy image...
LINCOLN GOLF CENTRE
From outdated stuffiness to welcome everyone in...
THE TOWER
From hidden gem by accident to best-kept secret on purpose...
FOLLIE
From “my website’s an embarrassment” to national press, TV and a little pink shop making headlines...
WHEN THE BEST BIT OF THE BUSINESS IS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT...
For ridiculously talented people whose actual brilliance had somehow become the least visible bit of their business...
Finding the business inside the person...
HEADSHOT TOBY
From a name that boxed him in to a brand that opens doors...
SARAH HOPTON PSYCHOTHERAPY
From beige “insert therapist here” to think different therapy for actual messy humans...
THE FOOD DUDE
From a catering identity crisis to complete confidence knowing exactly what he brings to the table...
for those who want to KEEP THE LOVE & CHANGE THE REST...
For much-loved businesses moving into their next chapter without binning everything people already cared about...
Stepping into the next chapter...
JAILHOUSE FROCK
From “I want to open a shop” to starting a whole Bad Girls movement...
THE FOLD COUNTRYSIDE VENUE
From decades behind the scenes to owning all of the magic...
THE CHERRY TREE & WILD CHERRY HIDEAWAY
From juggling business and family life to a business that does some heavy lifting...
RIGHT. HOW DO WE DO THAT?
We start by sticking our noses into your business.
Before we design a logo, write a homepage, start moving pixels around or help you rethink the whole thing, we need to know what we're working with...
What people are really buying from you.
Why they choose you.
What you're brilliant at.
Where you want this thing to go.
What's getting in the way.
And which bits you've been doing because somebody once told you that's what Proper Businesses™ do.
ENTER, THE BLUEPRINT...
How this actually works...
THE BLUEPRINT
This is where we stop talking about the aesthetics for a minute and work out what your business actually needs. We dig into where you’ve come from, what isn’t working, what you actually want and all the golden stuff hiding between the lines.
Then we turn all that into an actual plan, a written Blueprint. What we see, where the opportunities are, what we think needs to happen next and what we'd stop wasting your time on.
And it’s yours even if you don't go further with us.
THE BUILD
Then if you want us to help you bring it to life, you go back to your actual job whilst we crack on with your brand, website, copy, content, marketing ideas... whatever the Blueprint decided you actually need.
No asking you for things every 14 minutes, no back and forth email tennis for months on end, we work with one client at a time and your project will take no more than TWO WEEKS.
You run your business, we build the next version of it.
THE STUDIO DAY
We come together for one day of your time, in the studio or online, to make all of the final decisions for your entire brand, website, the whole system. We make any necessary changes together in real time, show you how everything works, teach you what the hell to do with it all, connect the final technical bits and hand over the keys.
No mysterious ongoing dependency or having to ‘email your developer’ every time you want to change a comma.
You’re ready to go forth. Cause trouble.
What it’s like to work with us
"What can I say other than WOW!! Matt & Eleanor are just the best at what they do. I've become so much more confident in myself, prouder than ever of my business, excited for the future and a better business person. My biggest problem was a jumbled mind however, after the rebrand I was just so clear, it really was Eureka moment for me."
STEVE SQUIRES
“Honestly, it’s one of the best decisions I’ve made over the past 20 years. When I read the Blueprint I cried.”
JOSIE ROSSINGTON
"So good I’m not sure I can do anything without them again! Our rebrand has gone so well and we’ve had amazing feedback from both old and new customers. Matt and Eleanor gave us insights into our business we didn’t even know we needed and our brand is now perfectly us and set for the future."
HANNAH SLEIGHT
"I went in with one idea and came out with MY LIFE'S CALLING!! If I can pull this off, you have literally made my business dream come true."
LUCIE MOUNTAIN
"The process with Eleanor and Matt is absolutely SEAMLESS. After receiving my Blueprint back it was very apparent that Eleanor understood my business and my vision absolutely through and through. It was like she'd been inside my head! If you're a bit nervous to trust someone else with your much-loved business, seriously, look no further. "
EMMA HAIGH
"Eleanor and Matt are absolutely amazing!! Not only did they help me rebrand and do me an outstanding website, they helped me find my confidence!! They were and continue to be incredibly supportive as well as being the bloody best in the business. Thank you, I love you guys and am so so glad I chose you!"
REBECCA HEALD
"Working with Eleanor & Matt has been a game-changer for my business. There's something different about the way they view design, branding and web building. My new branding, new website, and the way my services are now shown has instantly impacted the amount of inbound enquiries I receive."
TOBY LEE
"Working with Number 75 Design has been the best investment I've made. Eleanor is so good at getting the best out of you and your business in a calm, comfortable and noninvasive manner and Matt is a whizz at all the tech and explains everything so clearly. I'm so happy and proud."
JENNY BAKER
"This has to have been one of my best business investments! Number 75 have taken me on a journey of discovery. If you want to stand out from the crowd with your brand, your voice and your messaging, I can highly recommend investing with Number 75, I don't think you'll regret a single penny, or moment of time!"
HEIDI DAWSON
"Eleanor and Matt are an absolute dream team! I thoroughly enjoyed the whole rebranding process from The Blueprint, right through to my website launch. They took the time to listen and understand my business and nailed the rebrand. I'm already looking for excuses to work with them again."
ABIGAIL FULLER
"5 stars just isn't enough! Eleanor and Matt have created the website of my dreams. It does everything I need it to and perfectly captures me and the essence of my business. I can't recommend them enough to any small business out there. They're so friendly and nothing was ever too much trouble."
HOLLY NELSTROP
"Matt and Eleanor were a joy to work with. They captured our business perfectly, reflecting back to us not only what we knew, but new insights into what we had built. Their model of spending quality time with clients before starting on any design work means that the outcome is a true reflection of not only the brand but also the ethos of the people behind the brand."
DAVID ALLSOP
SOME MORE BRILLIANT BUSINESSES WE’VE HELPED...
TWO PEOPLE. ON PURPOSE.
We’re Eleanor and Matt.
Married, business partners, still speaking (most days).
We started Number 75 because we like doing the actual work far too much to spend our days managing an agency full of people doing it for us. So there are no account managers here, no junior designer quietly doing your project after you met the senior one, no “the team will come back to you.” It’s us.
Eleanor (me), does the digging, positioning, creative direction, copy and most of the talking.
Matt designs and builds the websites, quietly solves problems nobody else has noticed yet, and regularly has to listen to me announce that I've just thought of something.
We’ve been doing this together since 2012 and we still really like it.
A few perfectly reasonable questions...
Before we design anything, we do The Blueprint which is a proper deep-dive into what you do, what makes you worth choosing, what’s getting in the way, what should change and what absolutely shouldn’t.
There's no disappearing for three weeks and coming back with something that looks lovely but feels like somebody else’s business.
Good.
You don’t need to arrive with a diagnosis, a sitemap and three Pantone references of various sage greens.
You might just know the business feels harder to sell than it should, the website isn’t pulling its weight, or things have got a bit… muddled.
Bring us that. The Blueprint is where we work out what actually needs fixing.
Full projects start from £8k, but before we get anywhere near the design, we start with The Blueprint which is currently £750 / $1000. That’s booked and paid for separately, and if we go on to work together, the fee comes off your project total.
Because “spend eight grand and hope we’ve guessed the problem correctly” isn’t really a great process.
Absolutely not “a logo and a website”.
We start with The Blueprint: a proper session together where we get under the layers of you and your business, work out what’s really going on and where the best opportunities are. Afterwards, you get a full written Blueprint Brief with our recommendations, priorities and clear action steps.
From there, you decide. You can take it away and do it yourself or ask us to roll our sleeves up and build the whole thing with you. If we do, that could include your positioning, messaging, brand, website, copy, illustration, graphic assets, content plan, marketing ideas, print or whatever else the business actually needs.
Much less than you’re probably imagining. We don't do things the 'usual way,' that doesn't work for either of us.
We need your brain for The Blueprint, then a few extra bits and pieces from you if you decide to move forwards, then we'll leave you to get on with life.
Later, we’ll spend one more proper day together making the final decisions and then we're done!
*You will not be invited to 19 Zoom calls titled “quick catch-up”.
We keep space in the diary for Blueprints to happen fairly quickly, because waiting three months to talk about the thing that’s annoying you feels unnecessary.
We’ll need a couple of hours of your time, either with us in our studio in Lincoln’s historic Bailgate, or on Zoom if you’re further away.
Because The Blueprint means we already know what we’re doing, why we’re doing it and what needs to happen next, we don’t spend six weeks “exploring directions” and sending you 47 moodboards to choose from. Once your project starts, it takes no longer than two weeks. (Yes, really.)
We work with one client at a time so that you get all of our creative attention. No disappearing or “we’re just circling back internally”.
You may have to wait for your slot, but once you’re in, we're IN.
Who decided good creative work had to take six months, involve 19 meetings and slowly drain the will to live?
Great. We’re very happy working globally. (Frankly, we’d like to do more of it.)
We’re based in Lincoln’s historic Bailgate, but we work with clients across the UK and internationally.
The Blueprint works brilliantly on Zoom, and once we’ve done that bit together, most of the thinking, writing and building happens behind the scenes anyway. So whether you’re five minutes away or five time zones away, it really doesn’t matter.
Good ideas are surprisingly portable.
You don’t need to do more. You just need to know what’s worth doing.
DEPARTMENT OF UNNECESSARY MARKETING & BUSINESS RULES
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THE BANNED LIST
There are an alarming number of things we’re all apparently supposed to do in branding & business and quite frankly, we’ve had enough.
*We collect the best ones. Argue about them. Occasionally turn them into posts, podcasts and Opinions. We won’t name and shame you. We’re not monsters.