It's that time of year again...when our heads spin with what to give, how much, and who to give it to. Unfortunately this holiday season is marked with an economy that has caused us all to step back and re-evaluate the spending landscape. While we are all scrambling to figure out what to spend on friends and loved ones, most of us are also scrambling on how to produce effective marketing communications with a greatly reduced budget.

As a marketing professional, you still need to figure out how to create and produce top-notch communications,
but with a slashed budget you may
feel it is overwhelming to tackle the
job at hand.

At Cleveland Design we can help you navigate through these tight times. Give me a ring and let's have a frank discussion of your budget and how we can give you the best bang for your buck so you can do your job effectively and keep your business thriving.

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season,

Jonathan Cleveland
 

We recently redesigned and developed the new East End House website as part of our commitment to the community. The website needed to speak to different audiences and reflect the diversity of the population that East End House serves. The broad nature of all the programs and events they offer inspired us to design a site that is rich with interactive content, easy to navigate, well organized and easy to update for current news.

Check out the new site and hit the donate button to help us support all the wonderful work they do for the community. Visit now at www.eastendhouse.org.

Need a perfect gift for a special friend, or better yet...for yourself? We just finished a new website for our dear friend Germana O'Brien to showcase her custom jewelry design business. The design of the site reflects her personality and inspiration for her designs. Germana uses silver, semiprecious stones, Swarovski crystals and glass beads to create unique and stylish designs that make the perfect gift any time of year. Check out her beautiful work at www.spellbounddesign.net.

Check out the cool animated promo we did for Fenway Community Health.

www.clevelanddesign.com/news.html

We recently welcomed Adamo Maisano to our team at Cleveland Design as a Designer and Web Developer. Adamo brings to us a solid foundation in design, with a curiousity that loves to push the boundaries and explore new combinations of media and new technologies. With all of this talent, he brings a fresh perspective to every project. To learn more about Adamo, visit www.clevelanddesign.com/staff.html

Can a book change the world? We're about to find out with our next project. Celebrated design author Peleg Top and Jonathan Cleveland will be co-authors on a new book titled Designing for the Greater Good. Published by Collins Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, the book will showcase the best design work for non-profit and cause-related marketing.

We will be presenting the best socially-responsible design that's going on in the world today, as well as telling the stories of the people who are creating it.

The team at Cleveland Design will be designing the book in the next few months. In the meantime, for more information or if you know a designer, agency or cause that should submit work, visit the book website at www.designingforthegreatergood.com.