Made Social: culture-led digital marketing collective

Digital marketing · Websites · CRM · Culture

Culture in. Results out.

Made Social is a collective of creative specialists that plugs into brands, businesses and agencies, shaping digital marketing, websites, CRM and culture-led brand immersions that move people and numbers alike.

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Never within the lines.
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Disciplines under one roof

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Services, mixed to fit

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Ways to blend into your team

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Collective, built around your brief

Who we are

A collective of creative specialists, each devoted to a craft. Together, the work comes alive.

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Made Social runs on collective wisdom. The network is made up of independent mavens: strategists, creators, developers, CRM specialists and culture scouts, each recognised for depth in their field and assembled around the brief rather than an org chart.

The result is a digital marketing, CRM and culture-led agency that turns insight and passion into measurable results, applying deep experience in ways the traditional agency model rarely allows.

Strategists Creators Developers CRM specialists Culture scouts
Every
insight is a
starting point.

An insight can become a social post, a strategy, a website, a campaign or a launch. Whether the work begins with an audit or an idea on a sticky note, it ends up made social.

What
we do.

Four disciplines, each run by specialists and designed to work alone or as one connected system.

01

Digital marketing

Social-first marketing grounded in how audiences actually behave online. Strategy, content and media work together so brands show up with purpose, consistency and a point of view.

→ Social media management → Social & digital strategy → Content creation & production → Paid social & performance media → Influencer & creator marketing → Community management → SEO & search → Analytics & reporting
Stacked labels reading marketing, SEO, social media, email marketing, conversions and ads
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Website building

Websites that carry a brand's culture and perform like a sales tool. Each build is designed, developed and connected to the social channels and CRM that feed it.

→ UX & site architecture → Web design → Development & build → Landing pages & microsites → E-commerce → SEO foundations → CRM & analytics integration → Ongoing care & optimisation
03

CRM

The bridge between attention and loyalty. Followers become customers a brand can speak to directly, through journeys and messages that feel personal rather than automated.

→ CRM strategy & audit → Platform setup & migration → Customer journey mapping → Email & SMS marketing → Segmentation & personalisation → Automation & lifecycle flows → Loyalty & retention programmes → Reporting & optimisation
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Culture-led brand immersions

Through-the-line work that starts in culture and moves between the feed and the floor. Digital, experiential, PR and partnerships tell one coherent story, before, during and after the moment.

→ Cultural insight & trend mapping → Through-the-line campaigns → Experiential & activations → Events & festivals → Brand partnerships → PR & earned media → Talent & community activations → Live content capture & recaps

One connected system

From first glance to lasting loyalty.

Each discipline carries the audience through a different stretch of the journey. Together they leave no gap between being noticed and being chosen again.

Discover Engage Convert Retain Brand immersions
Culture, events, PR, partnerships
Digital marketing
Social, content, creators, paid media
Website building
Experience, e-commerce, landing pages
CRM
Journeys, email, loyalty, retention

How we blend in

We pull up a chair at your table.

Made Social is built to plug into an existing structure rather than replace it. The collective adapts to the team, the agency roster and the ways of working already in place, then fills the gaps with the right specialists.

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For brands

Embedded

An extension of the in-house team, adding capacity and a sharper read on culture exactly where it is needed.

For agencies

Alongside

A specialist bench across social, CRM, creators and digital, working under the agency's banner or next to it.

For businesses

End to end

For businesses without a marketing team, the collective becomes one, from the first audit to the full launch.

Where the collective plugs in

A typical fit across a client's existing structure.

Digital Web CRM Culture Leadership & strategy In-house brand team Lead & creative agencies Sales & customer teams
Leads the work Supports the work

How it unfolds

Five steps from plug-in to payoff.

01

Listen

An audit of the brand, the market and the culture around it.

02

Map

The existing structure is mapped and the gaps are named.

03

Assemble

The right mavens are brought together around the brief.

04

Plug in

The collective works inside the team's rhythm, tools and channels.

05

Measure

Results are tracked, explained and fed into what comes next.

Not in the traditional sense

Colouring within the lines Agency jargon Vanity metrics Copy-paste campaigns

Culture, turned into amazingness.

Selected work

Proof, not promises.

Mastercard Plugged into the lead agency

Out of the Group Chat & Carded

An influencer strategy for Mastercard's global campaign, turning everyday priceless moments into native TikTok and Instagram content and connecting the brand with soccer fans through the "Carded" platform.

Award-nominated
Back to the City Full campaign lead

Resistance Fest

The full event journey: anticipation before the festival, real-time content and community during it, and recap, PR and marketing after. Strategic partnerships connected the festival to the right brands, people and cultural networks.

Before · During · After
Nedbank Plugged into product & CX

Less admin. More client time.

AI agents scoped from 30 staff interviews, self-routing approval flows, and customers moved to self-service. Routine work off people's desks, measured in customer behaviour.

NDE Apps & systems build

Three tools that keep sales moving

A sales companion app, a delivery-paperwork scanner and a cash receipting site, built so NDE's team spends less time on admin and more time with customers.

Case study · Nedbank

Less admin.
More client time.

ExecutivesClient-facing executives at Nedbank were losing hours to follow-ups and admin.
ApprovalsRequests moved by hand, with no clear route back to the person asking.
CustomersCallers came back about the same issues, and too few used the app.

The build

01
Listen30 staff interviews mapped where executive time leaks into routine work.
02
PrioritiseOwned the backlog: which tasks the AI agents took on first.
03
SpecifyWrote the user stories the build team worked from.
04
AutomateApproval routing, notifications and request forms in Power Automate and Power Apps.
05
PrototypeA no-code n8n agent that reads the inbox, checks the calendar and plans the day.

Approvals that route themselves

Requests
New requestMy requests
Request typeChange to a live process
What needs approval?Update the client call script
Needed by[DATE]
Submit for approval
1 · Request form
Waiting on you
Routed to youClient call script updateFrom [REQUESTER] · needed by [DATE]
Form complete Right approver found Change logged
ApproveSend back
2 · Approval route
Notifications
Request approvedYour request is through. Here’s the trail.
Submitted · by youRouted · to [APPROVER]Approved · you’ve been notified
View request
3 · Notify requester

Agents for the routine

The agent takes the routine.
Handled for you today
Follow-up sent after client meetingSent
Quarterly check-in bookedBooked
Meeting notes into an action listLogged
Needs youClient wants to change terms on a facilityReply drafted and paused for your call.
Review draftCall client
It plans the day.
No-code agent · n8n
Each morningReads inboxChecks calendarPlans the day
Your day
08:00Focus block: urgent replies09:30Client call, notes attached11:00Team stand-up14:00Open slot for proposal review
Heads up: two meetings clash Friday
“As a client-facing executive, I want routine follow-ups handled for me, so my time goes to clients.”
Sample user story · original backlog is confidential

The solve

~13%Fewer repeat callsFrom an IVR call-flow analysis.
~20%Customers moved to the appA six-month self-service adoption drive.
100%Frontline adoption in a weekA knowledge platform proposed, designed and launched.

Figures are approximate, from client internal reporting. Screens shown are illustrative.

Case study · NDE

Out on the road.
Never out of the loop.

Three tools built for NDE so the sales team can find customers, sort delivery paperwork and track payments without the back-and-forth.

Role
Built the apps and the systems behind them
Technology
Angular · Ionic · Node.js · SQL Server
Where
Android · Google Play · Web

The build

01 / Published Android appNDEavour · Sales companionCustomer details, quotes and visit notes in one app, wherever the sales day goes.
02 / Published Android appNDE ScanDelivery paperwork: scan it, check it and send it on without leaving the app.
03 / Business websiteCash ReceiptingRecord customer payments, see how the month is going and find sales documents in a few clicks.

01 · NDEavour

A sales companion for the NDE team
AngularIonicNode.jsSQL Server
Find your
Customer
GP target[GP %]
Search customer
All customersMy customers
SUMMIT ENGINEERINGSUM001 · JH-HOUSE
RIVERSTONE HYDRAULICSRIV001 · JH-CASH
HORIZON INDUSTRIESHOR001 · JH-CASH
Find a customer
NotificationsYour suggested calling schedule
AllAccountOverduePlatform
Account customerDue in 6 days
SUMMIT ENGINEERINGHORIZON ENGINEERING · RIVERSTONE FABRICATION
Overdue22 days
CEDAR SUPPLIESBLUEPEAK INDUSTRIES · CLEARVIEW TRADING
No more notifications
Who to call next
← SUMMIT ENGINEERING
RepPlatformStatusJH-CASHAActive
CREDIT LIMIT
BALANCE[BALANCE]
Open quotes
QTE001001[DATE]Amount: [AMOUNT]
PRODUCTSCONTACTSCOMMENTS
Search
Details
Documents
Snapshot
Account details
Working Platform
Customer details1 of 5 complete
Customer info
Add customer products
Add customer contact
Customer visit
Visit outcome / comment
BudgetPotential[R][R]
Working platform
Why it’s usefulHeading out to see a customer? Reps find their details, check documents and record what happened on the visit, all from their phone. Built for NDE’s internal sales reps.
  • Find customers and the people to speak to
  • See each customer’s quotes and invoices
  • Record visits, calls and emails
  • Get a suggested calling schedule
  • See sales against target at a glance

02 · NDE Scan

02 · Published Android appNDE Scan
Scan. Extract. Organise.

Delivery paperwork, sorted. Drivers scan a proof of delivery, check it and send it on without leaving the app.

Smart scanningCaptures documents cleanly from a phone camera.
Instant extractionPulls out the key details so they can be checked on the spot.
Organised and searchableEvery document filed and easy to find later.
AndroidDocument scanningPDF
Scan delivery note
Signed
DocumentPOD [NUMBER]
CustomerSummit Engineering
SignatureFound
Send as PDF
Scan it, check it, send it

03 · Cash Receipting

NDE / Cash ReceiptingDashboard · Sales rep: [NAME]
Monthly sales overview
01–30 September
TOTAL SALESR500 000Sales recorded this month
PAYMENT SPLIT
Cash
25%
Credit
30%
EFT
45%
Daily sales trendLast 30 days
Latest sales
30 SepCR-260930-018Summit Steel SuppliesEFTR12 500
30 SepCR-260930-017Oakwood EngineeringCashR6 500
29 SepCR-260929-016Coastal FabricationCreditR18 000

Discovery call

Culture's calling.

A 30-minute conversation about the brand, the structure already in place and where the collective could plug in. No pitch deck, no obligation.

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