Hannah Belton and Dan Belton, co owners of boutique branding agency, Ditto Creative

Specialist branding for rural estates


Specialist branding agency for rural estates

You’re standing on the cusp of something really exciting. Whether you’re diversifying or breathing new life into a family owned rural estate, you’re seeking to create a premium, definitively high end brand.

With a proven track record in supporting rural estates to diversify and reach new audiences, securing the future of their much loved land. From launching hospitality offerings, farm shops and vineyards, our approach is commercial yet sensitive to the heritage and narrative of each estate we touch.

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Hannah Belton, brand consultant and creative director of branding agency Ditto Creative

Strategic brand positioning for rural estates

Clear differentiation & strategic brand positioning: define the competitive opportunity


The UK is blessed with a great many beautiful rural estates, especially within the South East - and many are jostling for attention as they work to diversify and build successful brands from their family land.

Your success is dependent upon the way in which your brand is positioned and perceived. It requires a strategic and commercial view - assessing the diversification opportunities and estate assets - while remaining sensitive to the unique character and spirit of the estate itself.

We support estate owners to clearly define their commercial advantage, enabling them to create a desirable destination brand.

Strategic brand consultancy
market positioning
brand messaging
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Brand identity design for rural estates

Beautifully elevated visual brand development: celebrating the story of your estate


For rural estates, your brand identity has an important job to do: to communicate the essence of your estate before visitors have arrived. This creates an exciting opportunity to shape perception, build trust and credibility and support your pricing model.

Brand identities by Ditto draw upon every detail of visual styling and language, from colour and typography to brand devices, pattern, photography style and core messages, aligning your visual presence with the quality of what you do and the experience you deliver. You can expect this to have a profound effect upon how easily you win business.

Brand identity
Brand guidelines
brand language

To create a commercially successful brand for your rural estate, we need to pay careful attention to every element of the guest experience, crafting every touch point they encounter along the way. This may encompass small details, such as brochures and stationery, to wider reaching matters such as implementing the brand in the context of farm shops, restaurants or bringing the brand into a retail environments

Its amazing how a few simple tools can revolutionise your sales process. From service guides to proposal templates, brochures to thought leadership pieces, a structured approach to your communications makes the world of difference. Together, we’ll design the real time application of the brand as we create a carefully engineered client journey which takes them from lead to paid-up client with ease – while opening up opportunities to drive further revenue.

brand activation

Creating a rave-worth experience: visitor touch points, signage and communications

brand activation
Squarespace web design
Art direction & photography
Print design & production

Cultivating unforgettable brands for exceptional businesses

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Cultivating unforgettable brands for exceptional businesses