Marketing that opens doors
and brings more people through them
Big-agency quality.
Small-team service.
Whether you're a small business or a growing organization, we help you make the most of every marketing dollar. Led by founder Melissa James, Creative Copy & Design gives you access to an incredible team of marketing professionals. We're known for:
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Focusing on strategy before style
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Responding quickly to your calls and emails
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Staying ahead of trends and best practices
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Making you sound like the expert you are
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Suggesting ideas that likely would never occur to you
When you hire us for your marketing problems and projects, we deliver true business solutions. Unlike many marketing agencies, we don't just do what you request—we ask the questions you weren't even thinking. We help you identify the deeper goal, so you don't get what you wanted, but what you needed. And for added peace of mind, we're fully insured.
If you've said any of these, you're in the right place
"We can't get people to understand what our business does"
"I used Canva to design this, but it still doesn't look right"
"Someone built this years ago, and now I can't get anyone to update it."
"AI helped write it, but it still doesn't sound like us"
"The information is on our website, but people always miss it"
"No one can find us online"
"Our competitor gets all the clients, even though their work/product is inferior"
"We're good at what we do, but our marketing doesn't show it."
"People love working with us once they call... we just can't get them to call."
Other benefits of working with us:
ACCESS
While we work nationwide, we have many local contacts and clients across the Virginia Peninsula and Hampton Roads—including Newport News, Hampton, Williamsburg, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach.
ACCOLADES
Our awards and many repeat clients are a testament to both our team's quality of work and the relationship of trust, respect and fun that we build together. Nearly 100% of clients find us through word of mouth. Our owner has also earned a variety of business honors.
ACCURACY
Owner Melissa James started her career as a newspaper copy editor, which means she has a sharp eye on every project—ensuring it's grammatically correct, properly punctuated and free from embarrassing word choice errors like ensure/insure, mantel/mantle and other distinctions you might not even know about.