Isla Studios

25/07/2023

✨ We've got a brand-spanking new look and I thought it was time for a fresh introduction...

In case we haven't met or you've forgotten about me, let me give you a quick intro!

I started Isla Studios because I wanted to embrace the digital nomad lifestyle while letting my creativity run wild. But let me tell you, it hasn't been a walk in the park! 🤷🏽 It's been quite a journey so far.

Now, here are a few things you might wanna know about yours truly:

♊ I'm a Gemini, a manifesting generator, and an ENFJ girlie!
☕ Oh, coffee? It's practically my lifeblood! I can guzzle down up to 4 cups a day. ☕
✈️ Traveling is my other half, which actually played a significant role in our recent rebrand. I'll be sharing more about that soon, stay tuned!
🧳 My short-term goal is to visit all 82 provinces of the Philippines (and I'm sooo close to achieving it!) But living that island life has always been THE dream.
🏄‍♀️ And yeah, you can call me a surfer-wannabe 🤭

So, there you have it! That's a little sneak peek into my world.

I'd love to get to know you too! Don't be shy—introduce yourself in the comments below or shoot me a DM and say hi! 📩👋

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Send a message to learn more

19/07/2023

Transform your vacation rental into a standout brand! 🏠✨

Are you ready to make your vacation rental stand out from the competition? If yes, make sure to swipe through the end! ➡️

👪 1. Define your target market & competitors: Take a look at the primary local competitors that appear at the top of Google and listing site searches for vacation rentals in your area. Identify opportunities for improvement and determine how you can offer a better experience to potential guests. Also, identify the type of guests you want to attract. This will help you tailor your branding efforts to appeal to your target market.

👁️‍🗨️ 2. Find your focus: Identify the unique features and benefits of your vacation rental that set it apart from others in the area. This could be anything from a stunning view to special amenities or a convenient location.

☀️ 3. Create a compelling name & develop a visual identity: Choose a business name that's catchy, memorable, and unlikely to be confused with your competitors’ names. Then create an appealing and cohesive brand identity. This includes designing a logo, selecting a color scheme, and choosing fonts that align with the overall look and feel you want to convey.

📷 4. Professional photography: Invest in high-quality professional photography to showcase your vacation rental in the best light. Images play a crucial role in attracting guests, so make sure to capture the property's unique features and create a sense of ambiance through your photos.

✨ 5. Brand consistency: After finalizing your company name, tagline, formatting, and logo, it's crucial to ensure consistent implementation across all platforms, including social media profiles, your website, and other touchpoints where customers interact with your business. The real essence of branding lies in consistency. Remember, it's a huge factor your guests' experience.

I know this gets overwhelming. 🥲🫠

So if you're ready to partner with a design studio who can help you take your brand experience to the next level, let's chat 📩☺️

11/07/2023

The past year has been one wild journey, a whirlwind of emotions and experiences. Now, it's time to hit the reset button. ⚫

Buckle up, because we're just getting started — again. 😉☀

10/07/2023

Pssst! Look who had a makeover! 🤭

Wave goodbye to LY Branding & Design and say hello to Isla Studios! 👋

I am so thrilled to share this with you!

This studio is a fusion of my burning passion for travel & design. By intertwining them, I believe that one can truly empower the other and create something remarkable! ✨✨

🏝 Isla aims nothing but to intensify and level up strategies to achieve the studio’s mission ever since, to continue elevating brands and make a powerful impact in the digital space.💢✨

We’re only getting started. There are a lot of things coming up (including a signature offer!) sooo make sure to stay tuned! 😉

🤗 I hope you like our semi-new look! Super excited to know your thoughts, drop them below! ⬇

14/10/2021

Whenever I design labels, number one thing that I consider especially if the product will be displayed on a shop's shelf, is that the customer has to be able to 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. Do they differ in fragrance? Ingredients used? Product benefit? Etc.

⚡𝐖𝐇𝐘? The last thing you want to do is 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 them.

❌ When customers are confused, they do not buy.

✅ So as much as possible, you would want to make everything convenient for them, especially when it comes to understanding your products and offers ✨✨

✅ Using the right colors can help you do this! You can either use the color that the variant represents or you can also use your very own brand colors as long as its appropriate, instead of just changing the label's name.☀️

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Need a hand designing your product's labels &/or packaging? Send me a DM! 😉

12/10/2021

Introducing... 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 & 𝐂𝐨.

I had to make sure that the brand's personality, 𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦 & 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦 are also reflected to its visual identity — see those earth tones?🙈🍃

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☀️ Are you ready to 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 your dream clients? If 𝐘𝐄𝐒, send me a message and let's start curating a brand that will make you stand out!

01/10/2021

Planning to 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫 or maybe 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫 the world of Pinterest? 🤔

➡️ Swipe through the carousel to see how I can help you 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 & 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 to your target audience!

Hey, it doesn't really matter if you're just about to start or just need a hand maintaining your presence, 𝐈 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔! 😉✨

Are you one of these? 𝐓𝐀𝐏 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐎 & let's see if I'm the perfect fit to help you achieve your digital goals before this year ends! ☀️

28/09/2021

Having a hard time figuring out what color combination is perfect for your brand... ➡️ 𝐒𝐖𝐈𝐏𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 for color palette inspos!➡️

❗Hey, a gentle reminder that your brand colors are 𝐍𝐎𝐓 your favorite colors, okay?

☀️ Make sure that it represents the personality/vibe & purpose of your brand and it resonates with your target audience!

Please .... ✨ 𝐑 𝐄 𝐒 𝐄 𝐀 𝐑 𝐂 𝐇 ! ✨

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Need help with branding? Send me a DM and let's see how I can help. 🍃✨

25/09/2021

Its no surprise that we encounter different struggles everyday. 💁🏼‍♀️

Some are easy peasy, most are not. 😣 On some we succeed, on some we do not.

✨ But for as long as there's struggle, there is growth.

✨ And where there is growth, you're one step closer to the goal

If you need a little reminder before capping off the week, remember that it's not the end.

It's just part of the journey. ☀️🍃

Keep going, fam! 🌅

21/09/2021

𝐋𝐲, 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭?

Here's the truth, you don't actually need to be here, especially when your target audience are not using the platform 🤷🏼‍♀️

BUT thing is.. Pinterest is a huge deal with digital marketing a.k.a...

✨increasing brand awareness
✨widening your audience
✨increasing traffic to your website/blog content
✨generating leads

aren't these some of your ultimate goals?! 💁🏼‍♀️

So if you really want to build that strong digital visibility and you're not in Pinterest...

You are basically missing out 𝟒𝟕𝟖 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 (Pinterest's monthly active users 🤯)

Yes, yes I understand the confusion, the hesitation, all the shilly-shally. 🥴🙈

Believe me, if you truly truly believe in the potential of your brand, 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 ✨✨

Tell me, what's stopping you from using Pinterest in your business? 🤔

11/09/2021

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬? 🤔

Running a business is hard work which means it includes tiring and stressful days. ⚡ What you need to have more balance in your biz and personal life?☀️

It’s time to start managing your health and well-being from the inside out, start practicing your much needed self care! 💆

✨ 𝐒𝐞𝐭 & 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 - Create your own limits, with your time, with people, with everything. Remember that your space & time is not for everyone.

✨ 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 - Recognize your small little wins. Practice attitude of gratitude. Then see how easy the positive energy flows to you and your business

✨ 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐱 - Start limiting your screen time & spend your weekends away from your phone and just be present at the moment with your family.

✨ 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 "𝐌𝐄" 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 - I can't stress enough how much you need this. This can be so simple but can really impact your day. You can read your favorite book, explore your neighborhood, listen to a podcast, take your dog for a walk — anything that can help you reflect and have some time with yourself everyday

✨ 𝐍𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 - start exercising, sleep more & better, eat healthy & rebuilding food, meditate & do yoga. Whatever works for you, whatever it takes to recharge & declutter your mind, do that.

✨ 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 & 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 - We tend to pour more energy doing something we're not experts in so seek help & support with things that are out of your zone of genius. Imagine how much energy & time you can save!
As business owners, it is a 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐓 that we maintain our physical, mental, and emotional health in order for us to help and serve well our clients. 💖
So no matter what self-care looks like for you, it can be daily or weekly habit, just make sure to allot time & create space for it — 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒘𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇! ✨✨

Do you practice self care? If so, what are your favorite self care tips? ☺️