Belladia Design Blog

Happy September! Jessy and I are taking a little break to go visit our families (and dodge hurricane Earl!). We will be closed until Friday the 10th but we will be checking email and phone messages so if you need to contact us, we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Have a great week and we will be ready to get back to work on the 13th!

Thanks,
Lisa

There is nothing more frustrating than spending a lot of money on something and not knowing what, if anything, you get in return. This is how a lot of small business owners feel about marketing and advertising - but it doesn't have to be that way!

If you have a marketing pieces that you have been using and you are not getting the response you want, send it to us. We will review the ad for free and give you suggestions for changes that could increase the response you get.

Click here to upload your ad

OK , it's not our wedding, but we will be out of town from September 2nd-September 10th for Jessy's cousin's wedding. We are very excited to see our family and friends on the East Coast and to sqeeze in some R&R.

So let us know now about any projects that are due during that time so we can get them done now.

Happy Summer!

-Lisa& Jessy

Whew! We had a great time at Pride this year. We spent a couple of hours handing out directories for the GSDBA and then cruised around the festival. It was also very exciting for us to see the tickets that we designed being used for the festival! Here we are getting ready to go in our Belladia shirts (printed perfectly by Dave at Odd Designs)and Jessy in action, working the crowd at the GSDBA booth!

Running a business is a difficult task – especially if you try to do it all on your own. It is easy to get bogged down in the employees issues, financial reports, and bills due and forget about all the things we have going for us. Being grateful for what we have and what we have accomplished is an essential part of maintaining your passion for your business. There are many things to be grateful for: clients, employees, supplier and vendors, lunch – big or small it doesn’t matter! But recognizing those things does.

Spending less time on marketing is great, right? It frees you up to do what you do what you love (the reason your got into business in the first place!) and what makes you money (an integral part of any business!). A great way to increase your contact with past clients or prospects but not increase the number of hours you spend on it is an email marketing campaign.

I cannot believe that is is almost July 4th!  We will be closed on Monday the 5th for some much needed R&R. We are working exceptionally hard to get all of our design projects done before the holiday so we can all relax and enjoy the long weekend.

Thank You and Happy Summer!

-Lisa

We are so proud of our client Gary Klein, owner of Urban Optiks Optometry. Urban Optiks has won the GSDBA's Emerging Business of the Year award for its exemplary customer service and for demonstrating support to community-wide causes within the LGBT community. Congratulations Gary!

This is the second year in a row that one of our clients has won the award - we couldn't be more excited!

We have been nominated to win a small business grant but we need your help. Please on the link below to place your vote and leave a few nice words will increase our chances of winning! Thank You!

Here is the link: http://bit.ly/bESO4o

 We were lucky enough to have the chance to help with the graphic design and marketing fir San Diego Pride this year. We are so excited for the opportunity to design for such an important LGBT event! Here's a sneak peak at the festival ticket design:

We'll see you at Pride!

- Jessy and Lisa

For more information about this years Pride festivities, click here.