[lindsayanng]

I just always hate to see women who feel that lap dancing is the only option for them as far as work.. It doesn’t have to be, and if you are only doing it for the money and you aren’t entirely comfortable with yourself doing it, it will show and it will hurt you emotionally.

[lindsayanng]

well.. you CAN muck around on a pole in sweats and a tank if you decide to make pole fitness your living right? You can take the fitness aspect of it and run with it and make money from it if you REALLY work hard.

Its all about your own boundries. I have been to clubs where the women are fully nude and do lap dances.. I have always found lap dances as a little too personal for my comfort. I think stripping on a stage/pole is one thing.. the lap dances always kind made me a feel a little uncomfortable for the girls doing it. They never seemed entirely happy about it.. And although MOST humans don’t love their jobs, that seems like it would be one where you can absolutely make a load of money, but you would have to be able to compartmentalize what you do for a living versus what you do for personal satisfaction and relationships.

[lindsayanng]

THANKS – I really love it too..I got some samples coming in the mail, HOPEFULLY they will look just as awesome and we can get some printed.

I mean, if they hate the letter G, then they should take that up with the people who created the alphabet right? ha.

Basically the goal in the branding of this company is to make that "G" their trademark. The logo is technically already trademarked.. but the "g" is next…

[lindsayanng]

Thats funny that you mention that because I just designed these stickers:

https://www.studioveena.comhttp&#58://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss182/bscDesign/sticker.jpg

We havent printed them yet, but i just HAD to design them..

[lindsayanng]

WOW, i love the conversation here..

Let me address one thing.. There is no law that can save us BECAUSE it says in the lease that the building owner has the right to approve or deny any signage. Now the thing is, I bet that if we gave him the signs before they were displayed and complained about, he would have likely approved the artwork. If he did that we wouldnt have to do anything.

So because the lease that was signed specifically states that he can deny signage, theres nothing we can do about the sign.. he CAN NOT, however change our website.. or anything inside of the space that we rent.

I am just at a loss.. We redesigned the sign to say
the Girl spot

that was not acceptable because the letter "G" was capitalized.. Yes, a capital G in the same font was STILL not allowed.. RETARDED ..

[lindsayanng]

heres the thing.. we DID design the logo that way – obviously.. Good design ALWAYS has a purpose. In any logo created by a professional, they will always be able to explain exactly why the imagry works the way it does and why it makes you feel a certain way. I could go into the whole science of design, but you get it.. Theres a reason/

SO.. theres two way to design.. OUT IN YOUR FACE or subtle.. we chose subtle. We COULD have gone with the IN YOUR FACE pin up girls and mud flap girl imagery that is on a lot of pole fitness website out there. I mean, we took the turn of the boutique fitness center. I’m not saying one is worse than the other.

But there’s some food for thought.. You have
DICKS sporting goods
HOOTERS

I mean, what is OUR pole fitness studio doing that these other places aren’t.

It really has nothing to do with the word GIRL or the cursive G because if they didn’t know WHAT we were doing up there, they would never even consider the G spot.

[lindsayanng]

Its because when you look at it, you notice "the Girl Spot" so it being a different font from the rest makes it stand out more meaning we are really being naughty by doing it. Its so sad and sickening that people are that damn picky.

The guy said to me…
"Well.. what if a mom comes in with her young daughter and the daughter sees "Ohh the GIRL spot" mommy can you take me there?" and then the mom has to explain to the daughter that its POLE DANCING"

I was like.> FIRST OFF – the mom doesn’t have to explain that its POLE dancing, all they have to say is "Hunny, see here, it says ALTERNATIVE FITNESS FOR WOMEN" so right there on the sign it says FOR WOMEN.. secondly.. whats wrong with explaining to a girl what pole FITNESS IS.

and what happened to saying NO to kids??

Oh yea.. and for the record.. there are no boys allowed here.. there are no windows, and no glass door that people can peek in.. so really. WHO GIVES A FLYING F&&^*CK what we are doing up there.. really.

[lindsayanng]

well YEAH!! I mean, the girl spot wasn’t a name that was chosen by accident, and that logo certainly wasn’t an accident.. but its not BLATANT SEXUALITY HERE. Its not a damn strip club in the same building as a play ground.

And you are right, its sad but it doesnt surprise me either, but it still does infuriate me!

And yes, the entire arguement is over the FONT because they said they would be happy if we just changed the CURSIVE "g" to a regular one to match it.. so yes, they are annoyed by the letter "g" being cursive.

I am so flipping pissed i have fire coming out of my ears.

Oh.. and then the guy went so far as to say that he should change our WEBSITE.. he said our website says something about "lap dancing" and THAT could be offensive.. I was like, ARE YOU KIDDING?! No, i will NOT change me website and if anything, i will make it even sexier just despite these f*&^%CKERS!

[lindsayanng]

I am thinking of designing/ coding the scheduling thing myself this way they do not have to pay monthly. I really hate when companies make you pay monthly for something like that and you dont even really get to customize it that much.. So with my own knowledge and skills, I think i can do it myself.

As for my website – i have been so busy I havent had a chance to officially put up a portfolio website, but i do have a blog and you can download my PDF portfolio there

http://design.bscphoto.com/designblog

The portfolio is on the top left hand side.

[lindsayanng]

i cant wait to seeit too!! i havent been there yet, I have just been the one coordinating from afar. Thanks for the kind words on the design of the website and cards, those were all done by me. I am a graphic desinger and website designer (its my business) so they got lucky with that stuff.

The next large project is to put together a way for people to register for their classes online..

if you haven any suggestions for things that should also be on a website, please feel free to post them

[lindsayanng]

Ahh just realized who you were talking about.. nope, not JayJay’s daughter, but her partners!!

They got lucky with having me in there as family.. I’m busting my BUTT to get their fitness center looking awesome..

[lindsayanng]

jayjay?? nope..

[lindsayanng]

I do Public Relations and marketing and have done Press Releases before..

I’m new to pole, but not to that stuff

[lindsayanng]

daceology is a mix of an aerobics class meets choreography.. Think ZUMBA but less "latin" and more music video..

and thanks for the warm welcome!