I've been building something for months.

March 2026

The first part just went live, and it's yours.

The newsletter has been quiet. Here's why - and what just changed.

For the last few months I've been heads down building something. Not another perspective piece. Not three tips. A connected set of tools and thinking that gives any founder or leader a real way to understand why they're invisible and a clear path to fix it.

The first part went live on Tuesday.

The Brand Visibility Diagnosis - Free. Ten minutes. 27 questions, instant results that show you exactly where your business is losing visibility - to people, and to AI.

It asks the questions I ask in the first hour of every strategy session. The ones that make the room go quiet. The ones where you watch someone's expression shift from defensive to curious, to that particular look when you finally see your business the way your clients do.

Take it now. It's free, and it comes with a Messaging Toolkit to start making changes today, no agency, no invoice, no waiting.

→  Take the Brand Visibility Diagnosis (free)  https://brandvisibility.scoreapp.com/

But that's just the start of what's coming.

Alongside the diagnosis, I'm building three things:

THE TOOL KIT — this newsletter, moved off LinkedIn into a proper home. Every edition a real framework you can use, properly archived, building on itself over time. Not content to skim. Something you keep. We build our tool kits at home over the years, so you have what you need to hand when the problem arises. This is the exact same principle, but we are not fixing a shelf, we are fixing your brand

THE FOUNDATION —A 60-minute, video-led, AI-powered sprint that delivers the brand story, which would typically cost you five figures with an agency. A self-guided positioning platform is launching in the coming months. Built for founders of SMBs who want to handle the strategic work themselves, without the agency price tag. Toolkit subscribers receive early access and a founding rate.

We are offering the first 50 sign-ups free access, and the second 50 a founder rate. Find out more and sign up for the waitlist here - https://thefoundationwaitlist.scoreapp.com/?SASID=p2RJFLV5OsUW1qljruyzfOsSrLEGAXtBQOumninX

THE RAPID AUDIT— The 48-hour business reset for leaders who have outgrown their own story and their foundational brand and messaging is no longer fit for purpose. Most businesses don't hit a growth ceiling because they lack a good product. They hit it because they have misdiagnosed their problem. You think you have a sales problem, a marketing problem, or a "we need a new website" problem. But jumping straight to a new website or a rebrand before fixing your positioning is expensive guesswork.

If this resonates, book a free, no obligation chat to give you a fresh perspective and the solution - https://calendly.com/marcus-singlethread/30min?month=2026-03

If you've found anything useful in twenty-one editions of this newsletter, what's coming next is the version I should have been building from the start.

Sign up for The Toolkit below and you'll get it in your inbox — plus first access to The Foundation when it launches.

→  Sign up for The Toolkit https://www.singlethread.co.uk/newsletter

Two free things. No catch. Just a new chapter starting.

Marcus

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