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Smart Business Designs helps established creative entrepreneurs turn their talent into profitable, sustainable businesses through clear strategy, stronger positioning and practical business systems.

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Creativity Deserves a Business Built to Last

At Smart Business Designs, we believe creativity changes lives.

But creativity without strategy is often overlooked. Talent without structure struggles to grow, and passion without direction can lead to frustration.

That is why we do not simply help creative entrepreneurs grow their businesses.

We help them build the business behind their creativity.

Through commercial strategy, stronger business foundations and practical guidance, we help creative entrepreneurs create businesses that are profitable, sustainable and designed for long-term success.

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VIP 1:1 Business Builder Programme

Running a business can quickly become overwhelming. Through personalised coaching, we help you solve challenges, build stronger systems and create a clear path forward.

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Group Coaching Program

Get a clearer view of how your business works. In this supportive group programme, we review your structure, systems and next steps so you can grow with confidence.

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Business Blueprint Deep Dive

The Business Blueprint Deep Dive is a focused two-hour session designed to give you clarity and direction.

Together, we identify what is working, uncover areas that need attention and create a practical roadmap for growth.

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Begin With a Business Blueprint Deep Dive

The Business Blueprint Deep Dive is a focused two-hour online strategy session for creative entrepreneurs who need clarity on their business direction, offers, systems or next steps.

Together, we identify what is working, uncover the issues affecting your progress and establish your most important priorities.

You will leave with a focused action plan and practical recommendations for moving forward.

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Creative Momentum Membership

The Creative Momentum Membership gives creatives, founders and entrepreneurs ongoing guidance, clarity and strategic support.

With monthly strategy calls, expert business insight and a supportive creative community, you can keep moving forward with confidence.

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Annual Membership

$997

Includes:
A private 30-minute business launch strategy session with me
Unlimited 15-minute laser coaching calls for 12 full months
Fast support when you feel stuck, uncertain, overwhelmed, or ready for your next level – via WhatsApp
Guidance on vision, clarity, offers, pricing, visibility, strategy.
Nearly 35 years of real-world business/entrepreneurial experience
Everything for just $997.00 USD annually

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Meet Marjorie Gutierrez

I’m Marjorie Gutierrez, Founder of Smart Business Designs and a Creative Business Strategist.

After 25 years in the fine-art shipping industry across London and New York City—where precision, structure and problem-solving were non-negotiable—I learned something most creatives are never taught:

Systems save businesses.

Today, I help established creative entrepreneurs simplify the business side of entrepreneurship, strengthen their positioning and create the structure their creativity needs to grow.

I do not teach creativity. I help creative entrepreneurs build the business behind it.

Meet Marjorie

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Satisfied Customers

Having transitioned from my full time employment into Relationship Coaching through Mindfulness, I was finding it tedious to set up my own business. Marjorie and I met through a business community and we started working together.

Vishal Shah

I have been working with Marjorie for a couple of months, and during this time, she has helped me to organise my business so that my employees don’t need to ask me all the time how things are done. We have created processes for everything on Trello and review them now and then to ensure they are the best way to run that task. I also learned about different types of income and revenue that can be created and how to invest time in each. I highly recommend Marjorie as a strategist and systems expert. She clearly knows how to get people’s businesses in shape.

Rafael dos Santos

Working with Marjorie is such a pleasure. She is professional and to the point and one comes away with, not only a better understanding of the subject matter, but an understanding of how that is important in your business. I cannot wait to do some more work with her.

Kate du Toit

After just one consultation Marjorie was able to get me refocused and gain clarity on how to reach my goal and deliver on it in a desired time frame. By posing strategic questions and giving me somethings to think about outside of my scope I had a broader vision of how to plan and execute to get to the desired results. Marjorie is really approachable and allows you a comfortable environment where you can openly discuss your challenges and fears in growing your business and achieving milestones in desired time frames to achieve financial reward and healthy work life balance.

Brens Lloyd

As the owner of fine jewellery brand Aymer Maria, I have had the pleasure of working with Marjorie who has assisted in getting my business to a large department store, diversify revenue streams, create structure and not to mention, allow me to understand business… all this in eighteen months. Her skills are unique as she tailors the business building programme to every business need and is always on hand for support. Her experience proceeds her and she is beyond personable, making the entire process the dream. I couldn’t be happier as to where she has helped me get my business to, today.

Ruth Aymer

Marjorie has helped in so many ways regarding my business. Her expertise, knowledge and ability, has helped me gain clarity on not only where my business needs to go financially, but spiritually too. Marjorie has that innate ability to pinpoint where and what needs to change. Something we as business owners can miss as we are too close to the problem. Thank you Marjorie!

Sam King

I could not see the tree in the woods without your help. Marjorie guided me back to my vision, and my goals. As a result, I signed up several new clients, making the first week of January my highest revenue week since I started my business.

Jelena Radonjic

I have known Marjorie for over 25 years. She has great initiative, is organised and fulfils on what she is committed to. She is really great at sales and her clients trust her – she understands her clients and cares for them – I find this to be a rare thing. She is a great networker so it is no surprise she has many friends and built excellent work relationships with her colleagues. I also find her courageous so it is no wonder that she founded and operated a travel agent in Mexico City.

Jean Liggett

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