Studio Notes.
Short, practical guides for small business owners who want their brand, web, and social presence to work harder without hiring an agency. Written by someone who builds these systems every day.
Set Up Your Canva Brand Kit in 20 Minutes
How to set up Canva's Brand Kit so your colors, fonts, and logo are already loaded every time you start a new design.
Build a Month of Social Content in 45 Minutes with Claude AI and Notion
Use Claude to generate post ideas, organize them in Notion, and batch your captions once a week. The system handles the deciding so you can do the making.
Audit Your Own Website Speed in 15 Minutes
How to test your site speed with free tools and actually understand your Core Web Vitals score.
Auto-Post to Instagram from a Google Sheet Using Make.com
How to set up a Make.com automation that watches a Google Sheet and posts to Instagram on a schedule. Free tier, no code.
Zapier vs. Make.com for Small Business
A side-by-side comparison of Zapier and Make.com based on real workflows, pricing, and what each tool is actually good at.