Meet Tommi Brugna of Rockpaperbrands in East Village

Today we’d like to introduce you to Tommi Brugna.

Tommi, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
Born and raised in Italy, I moved to San Diego from Milan seven years ago to pursue a business venture and to further study Web Development and Business. My passions have always involved filming and photography and living in San Diego was the perfect opportunity and landscape to both capture the beautiful places, people, performances, properties, and more. While studying and practicing web development, I started to mix my development, filming, and photography passions into one. Today, I run a production studio focusing on these three areas that I love doing and offering to others; video, web, and photography.

In Italy, my background has been in integrated technology systems for large-scale projects including the Juventus Stadium in Torino, Burger King chains, and projects for Armani and his stores to name a few. I was in charge of the initial strategy, to programming, developing and designing. Six years ago, in San Diego, I met the love of my life, Daisy Adato. Daisy Adato is a powerhouse entrepreneur and business owner who led a full-service Creative Marketing Agency here in Downtown, San Diego and a Dance Studio for over ten years. I was fortunate to collaborate on many projects with her and help take the company to the next level.

In 2016, Daisy and I rebranded ‘Bafi Agency’ into ‘rockpaperbrands’ and have joined our ventures into one. A full ‘service as you need’ creative studio with a niche serving our fellow solopreneurs who have started and successfully followed their dreams in pursuing their passion. We are here as a creative collective of developers, designers, videographers, photographers, marketing, and social media leaders working together to help construct and create consistent and cohesive marketing content for their business while being part of their entrepreneurial journey. I am the Lead of Production and Development and she is the Creative Director. We are currently expanding our collective to serve more fellow solopreneurs. Working with solopreneurs gives me the opportunity and advantage of truly getting to know my clients, building strong relationships, and helping them even further. In 2018, I am looking forward to working with more coaches, speakers, authors, realtors, architects, fitness and wellness professionals, artists, and other entrepreneurs who have started their journey ‘solo’ and looking to grow their business with the help of me and my team at rockpaperbrands.

Rockpaperbrands is a small creative studio with large capabilities. All our creatives work remotely helping us offer our solopreneurs better pricing because of our low overhead. Our clients have our full attention as they work directly with the creators rather than having an account manager or a middle person going back and forth with projects delaying the delivery. Our goal at rockpaperbrands includes helping the solopreneur define, design, and deliver their stories, services, products, and offerings to their target audience as quickly, as creatively, as impactful with our collaborative direction.

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Obstacles and challenges are what make people grow, learn, and succeed. I moved to San Diego at the age of 19, barely speaking any English, not knowing many people, not familiar with my surroundings was a fun challenge that I looked forward to. One thing I knew from my move across the world is that I believed in myself, I had courage, and it was a challenge I wanted to overcome and accomplish. Business struggles? There always are! It’s what makes business interesting and pushes you to do your best constantly. I do believe that with the right support (family, friends, and faith) the obstacles and challenges that rockpaperbrands faces will always overcome.

Alright – so let’s talk business. Tell us about rockpaperbrands – what should we know?
Rockpaperbrands is a creative studio specializing in content production for entrepreneurs who own their brand; we call them ‘solopreneurs’.

We focus on VIDEO PRODUCTION (reels, interviews, testimonials, behind the scenes, story-telling, events, social media clips, etc), PHOTOGRAPHY (lifestyle, products, services, properties, events, etc), GRAPHIC & DIGITAL DESIGN, WEB DEVELOPMENT (landing pages, full websites, adding plug-ins,etc) SOCIAL MEDIA (editorial, post scheduling, community management, and Facebook/Instagram ads) and COPYWRITING (presentation copy, website copy, social media post copy, collateral copy, speeches, etc).

We are most proud of the positive impact we make by helping each entrepreneur define design, and deliver their passion to the people they want to share it with while being part of the business growth!

What sets us apart from others is our niche, working with solopreneurs. What also sets us apart is the diversity of our collective. We are a multi-cultural and multi-language speaking crew; including Italian, Turkish, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Tagalog, and English.

Is there a characteristic or quality that you feel is essential to success?
Transparency, humor, passion, perseverance, dedication, and commitment.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.rockpaperbrands.com
• Phone: 619.946.8685
• Email: tommi@rockpaperbrands.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/rockpaperbrands
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/rockpaperbrands

Image Credit:
@mr_bru
@daisyadato
@rockpaperbrands

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