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A Conversation About How We Sound

Finding Our Voice.

As Aviation Metals heads into year fifty, the way we sound to the industry matters more than ever. We've drafted six possible directions for how the brand could sound. Read them. Rank your favorites. Tell us where you think the dial sits.

01
Rank Copy
Read six versions of About Us, Culture, Customer-Facing, and 50th Anniversary. Pick top three each.
02
Pick Words
Up to 3 words per Core Value that sound like Aviation Metals.
03
Calibrate
Five sliders. Drag the dial between two extremes. Then pick the audience reaction we want.
04
Brand Inspirations
Three brands we admire. Three we should NOT sound like.
05
Tell the Story
A few short answers about who we are, where we're going, and what we want people to know.
06
Send It
Generate a summary. Copy it. Email it to Ben at SDH.

Takes about 15 minutes. You can leave and come back later if you need to. Your answers save automatically in this browser.

Section 01 / 04 · Voice Direction

The "About Us" Copy

Six versions of the same About Us paragraph. Same facts, different voice. Read each one. Pick your top three.

1 Top pick 2 Runner-up 3 Third
Section 02 / 04 · Voice Direction

Culture & Team

How we talk about our people and our way of working. Six versions. Rank your top three.

1 Top pick 2 Runner-up 3 Third
Section 03 / 04 · Voice Direction

Customer-Facing / LinkedIn

The short version. How we introduce ourselves on a profile, in a sales doc, or in a quick description. Pick your top three.

1 Top pick 2 Runner-up 3 Third
Section 04 / 04 · Voice Direction

50th Anniversary

A statement for the 50th anniversary moment. How we mark fifty years. Pick your top three.

1 Top pick 2 Runner-up 3 Third
Step 05 of 14 · Words That Sound Like Us

The Words That Fit

These words are organized under our four Core Values. Pick up to three from each that feel most like Aviation Metals. Don't overthink it.

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Step 06 of 14 · Voice Calibration

Where the Dial Sits

Five sliders. Drag each one to where you think Aviation Metals should land between the two extremes. Don't overthink it. Your first instinct is usually right.

FormalConversational
RestrainedBold
TraditionalModern
TechnicalAccessible
CorporateFamily
Step 07 of 14 · Audience Reaction Goal

How Your Customer Should Feel

When a customer finishes reading something we publish, what do you want them to feel? Pick three.

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Step 08 of 14 · Brand Inspiration

Brands We Admire

Pick three brands you'd point to as inspiration for who Aviation Metals is or wants to be. Tap to select. Tap again to unselect.

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Step 09 of 14 · Anti-Inspiration

Brands We Should NOT Sound Like

Same grid. Pick three brands you'd want Aviation Metals to actively NOT sound like. Knowing the no's is as useful as the yes's.

Selected: 0 / 3
Step 10 of 14 · Today vs Tomorrow

Where We Are. Where We're Going.

Three short questions about identity and aspiration. Keep it brief.

Honest snapshot. What's the brand right now?

Where we want to be. The descriptor we're working toward.

Forces clarity. Often becomes the new headline or the lede of every piece of marketing.

Step 11 of 14 · Stories & Headlines

Tell the Story

Two prompts. Real material we can turn into content.

A win. A save. A customer story. A team moment. Something that made you proud.

If Aviation Today or Aerospace Manufacturing wrote about us, what's the headline that would make you smile?

Step 12 of 14 · Tone in Situations

When the Job Gets Hard

Voice stays consistent. Tone shifts with the moment. Two prompts.

An order's late. A customer's frustrated. A shipment's wrong. What's our posture?

Should the voice shift when recruiting? If so, how?

Step 13 of 14 · Final Thoughts

Anything Else

Open ground. Words we missed. A brand we didn't list. Something you read that stuck with you. Anything.

So we can track your input. Skip if you want to stay anonymous.

Job title or how you'd describe what you do at Aviation Metals.

Any voice cues, additional brand inspiration, words we missed, lines that landed, lines that didn't.

Step 14 of 14 · Send It

Your Summary

Here's everything you picked. Hit Copy to grab the text, then paste it into an email to ben@socialdesignhouse.com.


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