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Forge the Saga

A market clarity engagement by Adventure Storytelling Media

Most businesses don't have a marketing problem. They have a story problem. You've spent months refining your pitch, your brand, your message — and you believe it's landing. But belief isn't data.

The gap between what you think you're saying and what people actually hear is where deals die, campaigns stall, and launches underperform. Forge the Saga closes that gap before it costs you.

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The Full Saga

$6,500–$9,500
Complete five-stage engagement

All five stages run as a complete loop. The research shapes the strategy. The strategy shapes what gets built. What gets built gets tested. What gets tested feeds the next round. Run the full loop and you get a story pressure-tested before it costs you real money to tell it at scale.

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Choose Your Entry Point

Not every story starts at the beginning. Each stage stands alone — choose your entry point.

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Story Scouting

$1,500–$2,500

Raw market intelligence. Who your audience actually is, what language they use, what competitors are missing. You receive Field Notes — a plain-language synthesis of everything discovered before a single word of strategy is written.

Best for: You have a product or offer but don't yet know who your real buyer is or how to talk to them.

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Story Mapping

$1,500–$2,500

The intelligence gets shaped into narrative strategy. A story structure — who the audience is, what arc moves them, and what that looks like as a piece of content. The blueprint that drives everything built next.

Best for: You have research but need someone to shape it into a clear strategic direction.

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Story Forging

$2,500–$5,000

The strategy becomes something real. A prototype — usually a short video — built to be tested, not published. Real enough to get honest reactions from a real audience. Scales with format complexity.

Best for: You have a strategy and need a prototype built before committing to full production costs.

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Story Testing

$1,500–$2,500 + panel cost

The prototype meets an audience — real people, AI audience panels, or both. General or specialized: industry-specific, demographically targeted, whatever your market requires. Panel cost is passed through at cost.

Best for: You have an asset ready and want real data before committing to full distribution spend.

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Story Assessing

$750–$1,500

We sit with what came back. What held, what didn't, what it means, and what to do next. Clear findings and a concrete recommendation — refine and retest, or proceed to full production.

Best for: You have data or audience feedback and need someone to decode it and point the way forward.

Ready to Forge Yours?

Every saga starts with a conversation. Tell me where you are in the process and we'll find your entry point.

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Forge the Saga