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Attract the right clients

Dwelling Creative Builder and Architecture Clients

We have amazing clients because we are picky about who we work with, just like we encourage you to be. When you work with people who have similar values to your own things click.

We are so grateful and excited to share their work with the world.  

RG Cowan Design

Modern sustainable custom homes

Grand Junction, CO

Services Provided: Marketing Masterplan, Web Design and Management, Social Media Management, Blog Editing, Architectural Photography

White Sands Design/Build

High end beach homes

Manhattan Beach, CA

Services Provided: Marketing Masterplan, Web Design and Management, Social Media Management, Blog Editing, Architectural Photography, Public Representation, Ad Design, Print Design

Magee Design Works

High performance luxury homes

Taos, NM

Services Provided: Marketing Masterplan, Web Design,  Architectural Photography

William-Ruhl

Ruhl Jahnes

Modern architecture for joyful living 

Boston, MA

Services Provided: Marketing Masterplan, Strategic Copywriting, Social Media Management, Marketing Consultaion

Molly-Wheelock

Studio MW

Resilient design guided by a love of wild places

Paonia, CO

Services Provided: Marketing Masterplan, Branding, Web Design and Management

Taos Mountain Adobe

Vernacular custom home design/build

Taos, NM

Services Provided: Marketing Masterplan, Web Design,  Architectural Photography

Bluestone Construction 

High end custom homes

Asheville, NC

Services Provided: Marketing Masterplan, Web Design and Management, Social Media Management, Blog Editing, Architectural Photography, Public Representation, Award Preparation, Ad Design, Print Design

Alan Powell Design 

LEED accredited custom home designer

Townsend, GA

Services Provided: Web Design and Management, Copywriting,  Architectural Photography

Living Designs Group Architects 

LEED accredited residential & commercial

Taos, NM

Services Provided: Web Design and Management, Architectural Photography.

DGS Architecture

High end residential renovations

Boston, MA

Services Provided: Marketing Masterplan, Web Design and Management, Social Media Management, Blog Writing, and Email Marketing

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Liz Pulver Design 

Landscape Architecture, nature connection

Brooklyn, NY

Services Provided: Web Design and Management and Email Marketing

Mammoth Mill Custom Homes 

High end custom homes

Angel Fire, NM

Services Provided: Web Design and Management, Social Media Management and Blog Writing

Bluestone Construction

CLIENT CASE STUDY 2018-Ongoing

Asheville, North Carolina

Challenges Before

1. Finding larger estate clients.

2. Attracting the best craftsmen & designers.

3. Establishing operations that allow stepping away from the day to day.

4. Identifying the most efficient marketing methods.

5. Positioning Bluestone as the leader by reputation and on the web.

Major wins working with Dwelling Creative

1. Increased new visitors by 3x with consistent branding and updated website.

2. Awarded 8 National and Regional building awards.

3. Increased Instagram following six times.

4. Houzz and housing magazines call Kevin for expert advice when writing articles.

5. Luxury Men’s brand Peter Millar shot photos for their Fall catalog at a client’s home.

6. Positioned as the premier luxury estate builder in Asheville, North Carolina.

7. Fully booked with Ideal Clients. 

Solutions

1. Rebrand website and identity for heirloom homes that make a historical mark.

2. Capture clients from the very beginning of their dream home journey by focusing on platforms where people are starting their search. Offer tools and inspiring content to help them get inspired. Be in the position to recommend the best team of realtors and designers.

3. Integrate maintenance services to prepare for retirement or recession, and ensure that the homes they’ve built are maintained with high standards.

4. Attract the right employees by focusing on an inspired company culture that cares deeply for exemplary customer service and exquisite production.

Implementation

1. New branding identity, logo, and  creative direction of website development.

2. Monthly coaching calls to guide progress toward the big picture.

3. Photoshoot to create a bank of assets to be used throughout their marketing. Working photos to personalize the business, historical references like the Biltmore, and photos of the area to integrate the storyline of how the land and culture shape their work.

4. Updating Houzz projects and curating Ideabooks to showcase their homes and other stunning work from around the world. Daily Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest posts for top of mind exposure and education.

 

5. Blog posts connected to an email campaign designed to inspire and educate.

6. Event planning for networking and marketing material, photography and video.

7. Graphic design for brochures and educational information.

8. Creativity sessions geared toward new innovations and how to integrate them into the marketing, like virtual reality.  

Implementation

1. New branding identity, logo, and  creative direction of website development.

2. Monthly coaching calls to guide progress toward the big picture.

3. Photoshoot to create a bank of assets to be used throughout their marketing. Working photos to personalize the business, historical references like the Biltmore, and photos of the area to integrate the storyline of how the land and culture shape their work.

4. Updating Houzz projects and curating Ideabooks to showcase their homes and other stunning work from around the world. Daily Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest posts for top of mind exposure and education.

5. Blog posts connected to an email campaign designed to inspire and educate.

6. Event planning for networking and marketing material, photography and video.

7. Graphic design for brochures and educational information.

8. Creativity sessions geared toward new innovations and how to integrate them into the marketing, like virtual reality.

Magazine Ad Design

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    Social Media Management

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      Blog Writing

        Portfolio Management

          Happy Clients

          "Melissa is a trend setter. She brings fresh, cutting edge creativity and intoxicating enthusiasm to just about anything she touches. She is deeply curious by nature, and sincerely interested in her clients - whether guiding a design process or seeking out the most original strategic marketing angle. Her engaging personality and professionalism makes her an absolute pleasure to work with."

          Lesley Cox
          Taos, New Mexico | Feel Design

          "Melissa Lind is so helpful in explaining web! She has an artist’s eye and a techi brain—good combo. Pure Genius!"

          Shelia Ross
          Taos, New Mexico | A Shelia Ross Studio

          "I cannot rave enough about Melissa. She redesigned my independent press site, 3: A Taos Press, for computer and iPhone, helped me display my online bookstore, continues to update my site for my authors, all the while doing the web work in a timely and professional manner. I recommend her to all my colleagues. I routinely receive compliments on my beautiful website. The best of the best!"

          Andrea Watson
          Denver, Colorado | 3: A Taos Press, Founding Publisher & Editor

          "Melissa is tough when she has to be and always has a sense of humor. Two very important qualities, absolutely necessary, for completing a business web site, which often is a very personal experience. Her design sensibilities and consistency of design are impeccable. And she was always available to help me through the digital confusion."

          Alan Powell
          Taos, New Mexico | Alan Powell Design, Furniture & Architecture

          "It has been is a delight to work with Melissa Lind on several photographic and promotional projects. Melissa did a fantastic job creating my new venture, developing both the photography and website design. She gives me excellent advice on how best to use the website to increase my business."

          Dr. Adair Landborn
          Tempe, Arizona | Professor

          "It’s always a privilege to share testimonials for those whose talents and skills add value to your life and business, but it’s something entirely different to share one for someone whose acumen, wisdom, knowledge, experience, insights, vision and creativity take you beyond the ordinary and bring out the most extraordinary aspects of who you are and what you desire to give to the world.
          Melissa falls into this category and is unlike anyone I’ve previously worked with, on both personal and professional endeavors. Melissa is a creative genius with a rare and unique gift of bringing exactly what you desire to share, build and create into the world in a way that goes beyond what you originally desired; she grows it in magnitude and showcases it in a way that is clear, concise, accurate and represents your most authentic voice.

          Kellie Caldwell
          Grand Junction, Colorado | Business Owner

          "I struggled with putting all the marketing pieces together and Melissa dove right in to understand my clients, thinking outside of the box with the ideas about partnering with local galleries and restaurants. Big agencies were too expensive, impersonal or inexperienced; I would not have gotten the same creativity working with anyone else. I am comfortable telling Melissa information about my business; like when I didn’t get a job, she wanted to know why I didn’t get the job and if there were things I could do better to get it the next time. She brings continuity to our marketing with high energy and indelible creativity.
          Dwelling Creative is an essential part of my team."

          Kevin Reed
          Asheville, North Carolina | Bluestone Construction

          "Melissa is a rockstar. Talented, creative, client-focused, versatile, timely, communicative and a pure joy to work with. She makes every project feel unique and special, from the first meeting to the final deliverable."

          Emily McCaffrey
          Washington | Copywriter

          "As we all know a great web design is not just all the pretty pictures it is also a carefully designed experience. Melissa is whip smart and fast on her feet when it comes to the underlying architecture that makes marketing deliver a personal experience. This is an essential quality when the internet is forever perched on shifting sands."

          Chad Manley Design
          Taos, New Mexico | Contemporary Furniture

          "Before Melissa even started building our site, she spent time with us. She wanted to know our story, who we are and what we wanted to communicate. With powerful questions and intuition, she was able to develop an incredible marketing strategy that we felt was truly able to articulate the essence of who we are and what we do as a family business."

          Mammoth Mill & Construction
          Angel Fire, New Mexico | Log & Timber Homes

          "Melissa is nimble and flexible- and always good humored, happily assisting with long or short term projects. She has helped with graphics for advertisements, email blasts with customers, social media promotions, blog posts, editing my photos, etc. She even stepped up to help with new product photos- which has been a great help! She has become a vital part of my business- I know I can rely on them to maintain my website, address marketing, PR and press requests."

          Liz Pulver
          Brooklyn, New York | Landscape Architect

          "Melissa's work and insight is topnotch! She is responsible for selecting and editing my Instagram feed, blogs, and website updates. Her responsiveness and attention to detail are excellent, and as a designer, her aesthetic is in line with much of my own work. She is a joy to work with as well! I recommend her highly!"

          Daniel G. Steger
          West Roxbury, Massachusetts | DGS/a Architecture

          "The work Dwelling Creative did for me has been very rewarding! I’m totally slammed with great projects, many of them came through the site in one way or another. I have an awesome Rammed Earth Home starting next month, they wanted to start sooner but I couldn’t do it. When I told them I needed to wait until spring 2022 they said they would be happy to wait and the reason they wanted me was because they love the work on the website, not just the photos, but that I presented myself in a way that made them feel really sure and they would wait as long as needed. More than anything I wanted to pass on the accolades that I get often and say Thank You."

          Jed Magee
          Taos, New Mexico | Magee Design Works

          "Dwelling Creative is a top notch firm. We have had the privilege of working with them for years and have enjoyed every minute of it. Melissa is extremely patient while still being diligent and on top of every detail. If anything it is us who slows her down. Our brand has been elevated and our subsequent projects positively strengthened by working with Melissa and her team. We strongly encourage partnering with Dwelling Creative."

          Hawlie Ohe & Brett Malkin
          Manhattan Beach, CA | White Sands Design/Build