Baloka At Baloka we design and produce trendy fashion "green" jewelry made with tagua and other cool materials. http://baloka.com

Baloka is a growth marketing agency specialized in lead generation, content marketing, and growth tactics and strategies. We work especially with startups, SaaS and small and medium companies. In addition to do consulting and coaching for our clients, we develop in-depth training courses and marketing automation tools.

Ready to take your social media presence to the next level? Check out our top-notch graphic design services! As an exper...
02/17/2023

Ready to take your social media presence to the next level? Check out our top-notch graphic design services! As an experienced designer I will create stunning visuals to make your brand stand out and engage with your followers. From eye-catching logos to attention-grabbing infographics, let us help you create a memorable online presence.

Are you in need of a logo for your business or organization? Look no further! I can help create the perfect logo for you...
02/16/2023

Are you in need of a logo for your business or organization? Look no further! I can help create the perfect logo for you. Let me help you bring your vision to life. Contact me today for more information about our logo design services! (Some like the one for 4paws are not my design but a re-purpose of an existing one)

"Have you ever felt like where you are now in life is a product of pure coincidence and luck, and not your hard work and...
11/17/2022

"Have you ever felt like where you are now in life is a product of pure coincidence and luck, and not your hard work and competence? Has this idea ever become so burdening that you keep perceiving yourself as a fraud?

Well, you’re not alone. This way of thinking has a name: the impostor syndrome.

Impostor syndrome is the idea that your success in life is only due to pure luck, accidental circumstances, or someone else’s mistake, and not due to your competence, talent, hard work or qualifications."

When I read this statement in the Intelligent Change Blog I was surprised about how many times during this past years I had seen people who met this criteria to a T (me included) .

The client I will talk about is Beatriz Duran Mejia from Beyond Design.

Beatriz is an expert in and a College Professor.

During the pandemic, College Classes got cut and several of her Visual Merchandising Projects were put on hold.

When I first talked to her she was paralyzed by fear, she felt all her options were ending.

Trying to understand her situation I took a look at all her work and it was extraordinary, I was amazed by the quality and creativity of her projects but not only that; when she talked about her clients it was with pride and care, she was the whole package .

To my surprise when I told her how amazing her work was and how I thought that she needed to create a platform to showcase it, she was opposed, she didn't feel she was worth it (even though I had proof in my hands of the opposite).

On the other hand, (and this is something very common among baby boomers) she was really scared to put her name out in the social media channels, she felt it was going to intrude her personal life

Well, she was in fact suffering from Impostor Syndrome.

It took a while to make her understand that all those years of experience gave her a wealth of knowledge that was her real value and that you can keep your privacy and show your work at the same time.

In my next post I'll tell you how I was able to help her in the most unexpected ways. (The image is a combination of her photo with the logo I designed for her to be used as her social media header)

Cliente: Sanalocura by Chef Nathalie Jordan.Opinion del cliente:"M. Olga supo leer nuestras necesidades de comunicación ...
10/20/2022

Cliente: Sanalocura by Chef Nathalie Jordan.

Opinion del cliente:

"M. Olga supo leer nuestras necesidades de comunicación muy bien.

Sus diseños fueron justo lo que queríamos para comunicarnos con nuestros clientes.

Las publicaciones eran muy acertivas y nos generaron incremento en nuestras ventas.

Empezamos a ser más visibles para nuestro público.

Por otra parte su nivel de atención a nuestras necesidades fue inmediato, lo que nos permitió sentirnos respaldados en todo momento.

Quedamos muy satisfechos con su trabajo"

Para usted la pandemia fue una bendicion o una maldicion.....Despues de años frenéticos de mezclar trabajo de tiempo com...
10/19/2022

Para usted la pandemia fue una bendicion o una maldicion.....

Despues de años frenéticos de mezclar trabajo de tiempo completo, con la crianza de mis hijos me encontré de repente desempleada, sin hijos (se fueron a la universidad en otra ciudad) y para rematar sola como una ostra en la mitad de una pandemia.

Al principio me senti morir de panico e incertidumbre, no sabia que hacer, y para rematar las cuentas de las universidades y los gastos diarios se seguian acumulando.

Un dia mi marido viéndome al borde de la histeria, se sento a hablarme y me mostro como con su salario y los ahorros que teniamos, me podia dar el lujo, por priemera vez en mi vida, de tomar un tiempo para mi.

En ese momento cai en cuenta que llevaba mas de 20 años dedicada al bienestar de los demas, con un trabajo aburridisimo (en una empresa excelente) llevando hijos de un lado a otro desde las 4am, 0 ejercicio y con unos cuantos kilos de mas.

Tener un horario completamente abierto, sin citas y reuniones, sin tener que llevar a nadie a ninguna parte, sin loncheras y reuniones con profesores, era algo completamente nuevo para mi, no tengo parablras que describan la sensacion de felicidad que sentia cada mañana al despertarme y pensar....no tengo que salir corriendo a ninguna parte!!.

Dado que estabamos en mitad de la pandemia mi marido estaba trabajando desde la casa y juntos desarrollamos rutinas de caminatas diarias, clases de ejercicio en linea y alimentacion balanceada cocinando en casa, con el logico resultada en peso, salud y energia.

Yo decidi volver a mis raices, a lo que siempre me ha apasionado, me actualice en todos los programas de Diseño que habia aprendido alguna vez, aprendi a hacer paginas web de cabo a rabo y empece a hacer mis propios mini-proyectos... han oido el dicho 'si haces lo que te apasiona no trabajaras nunca en tu vida", asi me senti en esos dias, absolutamente apasionada por lo que estaba haciendo.

Pero llego el momento de poner en practica lo que habia aprendido, necesitaba conseguir conejillos de indias para probar en vivo y en directo mis habilidades, con eso en mente hice una publicacion en medios sociales , estaba buscando individuos co empresas que estubieran pasando por momentos dificiles debido a la pandemis y estuvieran buscando formas innovativas de hacer negocios, de hecho y para mi alegria, varias empresas en esa situacion se mostraron interesadas.

Desde las primeras conversaciones con estas empresas, me di cuenta que en muchos casos la necesidad iba mucho mas alla del diseño, la situacion era tan dificil que andaban totalmente desorientadas y al borde del panico.

En ese momento algo casi magico empezo a suceder, al darles la oprtunidad de expresar sus angustias y miedos, y mostrarles de manera creativa que habia mil maneras de salir adelante, empezamos un proceso mezcla de apoyo sicologico, empresarial y creativo que dio unos resultados fantasticos.

En mi pagina voy a empezar a contarles los bueno, lo malo y lo feo de toda esta experiencia con cada empresa, espero que los entretenga, pero sobretodo que les aporte algo.

En resumen, para mi personalmente, la pandemia fue una bendicion.

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Was the pandemic a blessing? Or a curseAfter many crazy years of mixing raising kids with a full time job, out of a sudd...
10/19/2022

Was the pandemic a blessing? Or a curse

After many crazy years of mixing raising kids with a full time job, out of a sudden I found myself unemployed, kidless (the kids where off to College) and to top it all, in the middle of a global pandemic.
At first I felt a mix of panic and uncertainty, I didn't know what to do with myself, we had colleges and bills to pay, not to mention healthcare!

One day my husband seeing my unrest, sat me down and showed me that between our savings and the money he was making, I could for the first time in my life, take some time for myself.

That's when I saw that I had spend the past 20 something years dedicated to the well being of everyone else besides me, working in the most boring job ever (with a great company though) driving kids around starting at 4 am, doing little to no exercise, in poor health and overweight.

Having a complete open schedule was so foreign to me, I don't know how to describe the feeling of waking up and having nowhere to run, no one to rush and no obligations at all, for me it was pure joy.

Being in the middle of the pandemic, my husband was working remotely from home, so we developed a routine of going out for walks, I started following online fitness classes, started shedding the pounds an finally had time to go back to my design roots, I took every online class, updated all my design software and started doing mini projects, you know the saying, "if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life", that's how those days felt.

But I needed real life practice so I made a social media post asking for Guinea pigs, I was looking for companies or individuals who were maybe having a hard time due to Covid and were looking for innovative ways of doing business, the fact is that I got a bunch of people interested and each one thought me something new .
In the coming posts I will tell you the stories of each one, and what I learned (the good and the bad) from each experience, a nd how it led me to define my new business model.

Stay tuned if you want to see the terrible mistakes I made but also the surprising accomplishments of this journey of self discovery.

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10/11/2022

Logo design

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