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    The work, not the pitch.

    A look at what comes out of the workshop: the branding, print and social content we make for small businesses and local services, the websites we build for clients, and the apps we build and run ourselves.

    SHELF A

    Design & social content

    24 pieces

    Logos, print, launch graphics, social posts, video and music, made in-house for small businesses and local services. Tap any image to see it full size; turn the sound on for the jingle and songs.

    Website launch · social content

    Tobacco Harm Reduction

    Launch graphics for a new advocacy website, plus on-brand posts for their social channels.

    “We are live! Visit our new website” post showing the Tobacco Harm Reduction site on a laptop and phone
    Website launch post
    “Stay informed. Advocate better.” post with screenshots of the Tobacco Harm Reduction website pages
    Website feature post
    Illustrated “Happy International Women’s Day” post in yellow and blue for Tobacco Harm Reduction
    Women’s Day post

    Logo · print

    Serendievara Golden Retrievers

    A logo for a registered golden retriever breeder, carried through into the puppy vaccination booklet each new owner takes home.

    Circular gold Serendievara Golden Retrievers logo with an illustrated golden retriever
    Logo
    Blue vaccination booklet cover pages with deworming log, rabies permit and breeder details
    Vaccination booklet — cover and back
    Inside pages of the vaccination booklet with owner details and vaccination record tables
    Vaccination booklet — inside pages

    Animated social post · jingle

    Cartridge Hyper

    A short looping post reminding customers that the shop delivers, and a jingle-led video launching their Women’s Month in-store competition.

    “Don’t forget we deliver” animation
    Women’s Month jingle (sound on)

    Song teaser · vertical video

    NotMyPast

    A teaser for the song “More Than The Trauma”: a broken bowl mended with gold, cut to the lyrics, for Reels, TikTok and Status.

    “More Than The Trauma” teaser (sound on)

    Original song

    Kumon prize-giving

    “Kumon Rising”, a song made for a Kumon centre’s prize-giving to celebrate its students.

    Cover art of colourful book stacks in a garden for the song “Kumon Rising”
    “Kumon Rising” (2:24)

    Travel content series

    Cape Town Bucket List

    A cover and a save-worthy checklist post, made to be shared and kept.

    “Cape Town Bucket List” cover with a pink protea on a grey background
    Series cover
    Notebook-style Cape Town bucket list checklist including Kirstenbosch, Boulders Beach penguins and Signal Hill
    Checklist post

    Digital invitation

    Wedding stationery

    A clean, photo-led save the date, sized for sending on WhatsApp and email.

    Black and white “Save the date” invitation with three photos of the couple
    Save the date

    Print · social

    Small-service flyers

    Clear, friendly flyers for two local services: tech help for seniors and social media management.

    Pink and white “Tech support” flyer offering friendly tech help for seniors in Pretoria East
    Tech support for seniors
    “Social media account management” flyer listing account management, content posting and analytics
    Social media management

    In-house product · social campaign

    Zyly

    A campaign for our own revenue-recovery product: one look across stills and short video, each post built around a single problem it solves.

    “The call you missed could be the customer you lost” post showing a phone with missed calls on a salon reception desk
    Missed calls post
    “Stop treating every lead like just another lead” post with hot, warm and cold lead scores on a phone
    Lead priority post
    “Monday morning. Know exactly who to call.” post of a business owner reading a weekly digest on a laptop
    Morning brief post
    Lead priority reel

    In-house product · launch reel

    Appy

    A ten-second vertical reel for our voice-to-plan app: the problem, the app, the line to remember.

    “Tell Appy. Get a plan.” reel

    In-house products · logos

    App identities

    Names, marks and taglines for apps we build and run, from the shelf further down this page.

    Appy logo in white and gold with a sound-wave arrow and the tagline “Voice in. Clarity out.”
    Appy
    StanceMarker logo, a blue speech bubble with a tick and pen nib, tagline “Mark discursive essays in minutes, not hours”
    StanceMarker
    SEOBlend wordmark beside glossy glass bar-chart blocks on a dark background
    SEOBlend
    EmoSphere logo, a glowing purple and blue sphere with a waveform line
    EmoSphere
    SHELF B

    Client websites

    Commissioned

    Website · breakdown service portal

    Compu Tyre

    A truck tyre specialist with 24/7 breakdown call-out. We built their website, and we're now building their breakdown service portal: fast dispatch, instant quotes and real-time tracking.

    • Website · live
    • Service portal · in progress
    Visit computyre.co.za

    Pastoral & narrative therapy practice, Pretoria and online

    Hadash

    A website for a pastoral and narrative therapy practice. It explains the services for individuals, couples and families, shows how a first session works, and introduces the therapist. The consent form can be filled in online or downloaded, and the booking form sends the details to WhatsApp.

    The Hadash website showing its logo, the line “Re-authoring lives with hope and purpose” and links to About, Services, How it works, FAQ, Consent and Contact
    Website · live
    • Website · live
    Visit hadash.org.za
    SHELF C

    Apps we've built

    9 tools

    Zyly

    Every enquiry you never answered is a job someone else did.

    Your website is quietly leaking work — enquiries that land and never get answered, quotes that go cold. Send Zyly your website and get one page rebuilt free, with the leaks itemised in Rand before you spend anything.

    SA SMALL BUSINESSES · FIRST PAGE FREE · SOUTH AFRICA

    Get a free page rebuild →·More about Zyly

    SEOBlend

    A free SEO audit that reads like a to-do list, not a report.

    Run any website through a 60-second audit and get every issue ranked by impact, explained in plain English — no jargon, no gatekeeping. Fix it yourself, hand it to your web person, or let us watch it for you.

    SMALL BUSINESSES & AGENCIES · FREE AUDIT · ANYWHERE

    Run a free SEO audit →·More about SEOBlend

    BreakSpark

    Breakout analysis with the methodology shown, not hidden.

    Breakout analysis and market signals with the methodology shown, not hidden. Built for learning to read markets, powered by the SignalSage engine.

    CRYPTO & MARKETS · FREE TIER · ANYWHERE

    Open BreakSpark — market analysis →·More about BreakSpark

    Education and research only — not financial advice.

    Appy

    Talk for 30 seconds. Get a plan you can actually start.

    Planning apps fail ADHD brains at the blank page. Appy removes it: talk for 30 seconds about your day — the swirl, the worry, all of it — and get back a prioritised plan with the very next action shrunk small enough to start.

    ADHD & BUSY BRAINS · FREE DAILY PLAN · ANYWHERE

    Talk your first plan — free →·More about Appy
    Guide: AI for ADHD

    EmoSphere

    A CBT companion for the hours between everything else.

    A structured CBT companion for the hours between everything else: guided thought records, mood tracking, and grounding exercises that take five minutes and actually help. A support tool — built to work alongside professional care, never to replace it.

    EVERYDAY STRESS & LOW MOODS · FREE TO START · ANYWHERE

    Try a 5-minute thought record →·More about EmoSphere

    If things feel heavy: SADAG 0800 456 789 (South Africa), or your local crisis line.

    Audioblend

    Adversarial security audits that find the chain, not just the checkbox.

    Adversarial security audits for web app codebases. The difference from checkbox scanners: chain analysis — how three 'low severity' findings combine into an actual breach path — with fixes ranked by real exploitability, not CVSS theatre.

    CTOs & ENGINEERING TEAMS · FREE SELF-SERVE SCAN · GLOBAL

    Run the free security scan →·More about Audioblend
    Guide: AI security for startups

    StanceMarker

    Rubric-aligned essay feedback in about a minute per essay.

    A class set of discursive essays is a lost weekend. StanceMarker drafts rubric-aligned feedback — stance, balance, evidence, register — in about a minute per essay. You review, adjust and own the mark; it just does the handwriting.

    TEACHERS & LO/ENGLISH DEPARTMENTS · FIRST 10 ESSAYS FREE · IEB-STYLE, SA

    Mark 10 essays free →·More about StanceMarker
    Guide: AI for teachers

    Froly

    Over a thousand educational printables, free to download.

    Over a thousand educational printables — worksheets, activities, learning packs — free to download and photocopy. Made for real classrooms and rainy Sundays alike.

    PARENTS & TEACHERS, AGES 3–16 · FREE · ANYWHERE

    Browse free printables →·More about Froly
    SHELF D

    On hold · open to offers

    3 apps

    These apps are built but paused while we focus on the nine live tools. If one of them fits a business you're running, we're open to handing it over — message us on WhatsApp and we'll talk.

    On hold · open to offers

    MarqProp

    Buyer and seller leads for your farming area, qualified before you see them.

    ESTATE AGENTS & PRINCIPALS · TRIAL · SOUTH AFRICA FIRST

    Lead generation for your farming area: MarqProp finds buyer and seller signals, qualifies them with AI — budget, timeline, pre-approval — and hands them to you on WhatsApp while your competitors are still checking email.

    Interested in taking it over? Message us

    On hold · open to offers

    AITutorMe

    Tutoring that teaches instead of telling.

    PARENTS & STUDENTS · TRIAL · ANYWHERE

    Tutoring that teaches instead of telling: AITutorMe works through problems step by step, checks understanding, and adapts to where the learner actually is — at a fraction of an hourly tutor.

    Interested in taking it over? Message us

    On hold · open to offers

    JobZansi

    Hiring without the drowning.

    SA SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS · FROM R150/MO · SOUTH AFRICA

    Hiring without the drowning: describe the job in one sentence, AI writes the ad properly, and candidates come back as a WhatsApp shortlist with video pitches — not two hundred unread CVs.

    Interested in taking it over? Message us

    Got a job that needs its own tool?

    We build commissioned websites and software, and make branding and social content for small businesses. Tell us what you need below, or write to info@theskillsquad.com.

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