The Work Book.

  • Websites
  • Email
  • Print
  • Social
  • Marks
  • The Engine
  • Films
  • The Ledger

Twenty spreads from twelve years of work: three brands built end to end in 2026, the desk that runs the newest of them, a new website and marketing desk for a sixteen-shop client, and the print, marks and email that came before, for businesses in Middle Tennessee and a few beyond. Every piece went out under a real name. Tap any spread to read it at full size.

Cover: the Etch wordmark on the plate, and the contents of the Work Book, 2014 to 2026 Southaven Homes: the rebuilt website on a laptop, with the crafts, the year and the address The Etch Engine: the dashboard on two screens, and the rule that nothing sends without a yes Apogee: an AI-traded stock desk as a trading terminal, two monitors on a black desk running the Core desk and the Signal room, shown as a showroom on synthetic data Southaven Homes on the record: 424 agents mailed twice a month, 42.6 percent agent opens, 56.8 percent buyer opens Pleasures Boutique: the site concept on a laptop, three stores, a client since 2014 Pleasures print: four coupon ads from the same slot, March 2014, July 2014, February 2019 and February 2025, standing on the page Pleasures email: the journal digest on a phone beside the 2017 gift card Dovetail Lifestyle: the dovetail-joint mark on ink, and the launch site on a laptop Budget Brakes: the September 2026 email on a phone, a weekly email and post for sixteen locations since 2014 Budget Brakes, the new website: the home page on a laptop and the Nolensville Pike shop page on a phone, one page for each of sixteen shops Budget Brakes, the marketing desk: the owner's private dashboard with the shops on a map, and its menu on a phone, shown with sample numbers China Direct: the closeout catalog as a bound book, four seasonal catalogs, 2016 to 2017 Marks: twelve client logos in a grid, Southaven Homes, Pleasures, Budget Brakes, KHI Corp, China Direct, Bliss, TradeStar, Primitive Nutrition, Dovetail, Legacy K Farm, Restore and Kinwood Kinwood: a half-page ad with four snapshots of patios and pools, the company Ryan owned, 2013 to 2017 The Ledger: three photographs from the entries, one a week with the arithmetic showing Films: the long film of the Engine on a laptop, seven narrated films for the site and YouTube Brands and clients: everyone in the book, in three columns Still Wild: an interactive concept for a cabin-stay brand on a laptop, pick a setting, set the hour, build your own escape The next page: your brand belongs in this book, with the phone number and the address, and the first Etch card

Your brand belongs in this book.

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