Quietroom

The better you are at using
words, the better you are at
making money.

Ask any sales person or street performer. Ask an entrepreneur. The way you talk to people shapes the result you get.

Quietroom helps brands realise the value of words.

We help brands define how they use words, we write for them and we help their people use words more powerfully.

brand language consultants


Clients come to us when:

  • they’ve got a great idea that they wish they could explain better
  • they can get their point across in 13 pages but not in 3 words
  • their strategy gets everyone’s heads nodding, but no one’s toes tapping
  • they’re stuck in a way of talking that isn’t working

We help them make the right choices: one word, one message over another. By doing that, we help them build a stronger bottom line.


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More blog posts > Jon 4:50 pm, May 10th

Wasted words

Legend has it that the advertising guru Sir John Hegarty once requested a screensaver for his employees that read: “Words are a barrier to communication.” It’s a brilliant provocation – especially if, like me, you’re a lover of words. It’s also a thought that many businesses could learn from. Take a selection of organisations and [...]

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misheard lyrics
25 everyday things you never knew had names

Who knew there was a name for misheard song lyrics? And what on earth is ‘muntin’? Find out here.

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Political gobbledygook

Will you re-mode during the olympics? Ministers are using jargon that sounds like it’s straight out of an episode of The Think of IT. Click here to read the BBC article.

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Ten-sentence wonder

In 1956, a man wrote a children’s story in just 10 sentences. It made such an impression that when that man died over 50 years later it made the national news.

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How to get nominated for the Booker

A beautiful infographic here, from Delayed Gratification, showing the themes of last year’s Booker Prize longlisters. The common theme to all 13? Death.

How to talk about climate change

We love language that resonates with the listener. So how do you talk about climate change in a way that makes people sit up? “It’s one thing to talk about C02 emissions going from 280 parts per million to 380 parts per million, that doesn’t really ring any bells, but people do understand food prices. They see them every week at the supermarket”

Boss
Boss bottled it

Errrrm, Ryan – quick question. Why would you prepare for something you’re not expecting?

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Word for word

A new item for the Party Bag – word for word responses to disgruntled customers. This time from an organisation that sells so many tickets they’ve become masters at it.

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