creative process.
Our guarantee is that your project will be done right, on time, and on budget. That’s not lip service. It’s a listening, participating, and creating service that exists between you and us. It’s the kind of refreshing experience you’ll get from our creative process.
Here’s what you can expect when you work with us:
identify.
Like you, we are process driven—both creatively and in our day-to-day business. We think in terms of concept, execution, as well as the business equation, so our process begins with our request for proposal, which allows us to learn about your initial project needs. A free, 30-minute consultation call is then scheduled, so that we can spend time understanding you and your business.
Our main goal is to come up with a plan—let's call it our creative road map—and help you get from point A to point B effortlessly, on time, and on budget. Just like you would never take a plane to the corner store, or cross the ocean with a paddle-boat; we help you choose the right marketing tools for your audience and your business.
strategy.
Once we've established the foundation, and we have a clear creative road map, we move into the strategy. During this phase, and depending on your project needs, we may bring in one or more of our trusted creative teammates (copywriters, programmers, printers, app developers, etc.) to help us make this journey the best experience and decision you ever made.
Together, we will put on our safari hats and grab our binoculars, and start discovering this new realm. We will go back to the original answers—the why, your objectives—and see if they still apply, or we might decide that they need to be slightly tweaked, or perfected so they're more in-line with your audience. All this information will start guiding and shaping our journey together.
design.
Oh, the fun part! By now, we have already set the road map, we have chosen our preferred and the smartest method of transportation—read: brochure, website, email marketing campaign, etc.—and we are ready to embark on this journey together. Are you ready? Trust us, so are we! This is the part that truly excites us and gets us up every morning. During the design phase, we will take out all of our creative tools (notebooks, colors, pencils, markers, and let's not forget about all our lovely Apple products, and of course, Google.) Let the creative research and exploration begin!
execute.
After we are done concepting, designing and creating, we send files for your review. For your convenience, two rounds of revisions are included with every project. Once the designs are approved, we get our files ready for print, or development. Depending on your project, and in the case of a website, an app, an e-blast, etc., this phase will take longer and will require more time for optimization, creation of the content management system (CMS), SEO and SEM (if applicable,) and oh, let's not forget about testing. If we are talking websites...We will check to make sure your site looks good on all browsers and mobile-devices.
We hope that by now—if not done already—you realize that great design is an investment and not a commodity, a crowdsourcing or spec work gimmick, and definitely not a stocked-item. Are there others "cheaper" than us out there? You betcha! But, we are huge believers that you get what you pay for, and as one of our long lasting clients put it "…[Natalia] understands the big picture while being detail-oriented. Her services are not inexpensive, but fairly priced, and of real value.” We couldn't agree more. Like them, all of our clients hire us for our visual and strategic design, as part of their competitive business strategy. Bottom line is...together, we can help you fill your customers' needs and make them happy, while increasing your ROI. We are a business too, so we understand your priorities.
So, if you are ready to get started, we welcome becoming your strategic marketing partners. (You can call us that, your creative ninjas, or your marketing GPS—just please don't call us vendors, that would really hurt our feelings; ugh, or freelancers—yes, there's a big difference.) In all seriousness though, we are huge believers that meaningful relationships all have one thing in common: they all start with a solid foundation.
Ready to get started? Fill out our request for proposal.
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