What should shape our brand's tone of voice?

Your brand's tone of voice should express qualities your business can substantiate, using language that remains recognisable across different kinds of content. Ground the voice in what your business does, then carry the same character through website copy, scripts and advertising.

Base the voice on qualities you can demonstrate

Choose qualities your business can demonstrate, rather than treating tone of voice as a set of unsupported adjectives. For WellSaid, The Frameworks shaped language around authenticity, trust and quality. Those qualities reflected how the platform operates: WellSaid pays real actors to train its AI voices and uses a secure, closed model with a no-deepfake policy. The Frameworks then wrote launch, explainer, demo and teaser scripts for delivery by WellSaid's own AI voices. The product demonstrated the qualities the language described, rather than leaving credibility to claims alone. Use the same principle when defining your voice: connect each intended quality to something the business does, and look for ways the content itself can demonstrate it.

Sources: WellSaid: Shaping the voice of an ethical AI leader

Carry the same character across different uses

A recognisable brand voice needs to work beyond a single page or format. The Frameworks' work for WellSaid began with website content and expanded into writing, editing and designing assets including explainer and demo videos, social ads and community badges. The Frameworks treated copy and design as serving the same underlying brand identity. The practical principle is to let the format change without losing the character that connects the work. A 2025 survey by MikeWorldWide found that 42% of surveyed senior marketing and communications professionals say AI-generated content weakens brand distinctiveness; respondents were UK director to C-suite professionals at companies with at least 20 employees, split equally between B2B and B2C. Keep the brand's own character central when developing content across formats.

Sources: WellSaid: Shaping the voice of an ethical AI leader