Miami · Mexico City A venture studio — building since 1999 4 companies live
The Studio

A studio that builds its own companies.

Ciao Bella founds, funds and runs its own businesses — and takes on a small number of outside clients using the same systems. Building online since 1999, from Miami and Mexico City.

Most agencies show you work they did for someone else. We can show you companies we own. Ciao Bella originates the idea, builds the business, and funds it — so the systems described on this site aren’t a pitch, they’re what runs RentaPóliza, Vive Polanco, Art of NOMA and Josh Stein Realtor today.

That model was impractical for most of the last twenty-five years. Building a company meant paying developers, designers, writers and SEOs in cash, up front, for every single venture — which is why studios normally raise outside money or sell services on the side. AI collapsed that one cost. The judgement about what to build, and the ability to get customers to it, never got cheaper — and those are the parts we spent twenty-five years learning.

We take on a small number of outside clients. They get the same stack, built by the same people.

What we do

AI Marketing Systems

Lead capture, qualification, and follow-up automated end to end.

Web Design & Development

Fast, modern, conversion-built sites — WordPress or custom stacks.

SEO & AI Search (GEO)

Rank on Google and get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews.

Lead Generation

Performance-driven pipelines built to book appointments, not just clicks.

Content & Social

Editorial-grade content and social systems that build authority.

Paid Media

Meta, Google, and YouTube campaigns run against real cost-per-lead targets.

The team

Josh Stein

Founder

Josh has been building online since 1999 — designing sites, mastering SEO before Google had an algorithm worth naming, and engineering lead-gen systems behind $1B+ in closed real estate sales. He's the founder behind RentaPóliza, Vive Polanco, and Art of NOMA, with specific expertise in SaaS, PropTech, ClimateTech, and AI. He was featured on BBC World News addressing climate change in Miami during COP26, and on National Geographic's "Years of Living Dangerously" alongside Jack Black, discussing rising sea water and its effect on waterfront real estate.

Phil MacDonald

CMO

Phil has 15+ years of online marketing experience across the U.S. and Asia-Pacific. He began his career building affiliate websites to rank on page one of Google, and has since run full-spectrum digital marketing campaigns for multinational brands including VW, Audi, Prudential Insurance, and Sunway Properties. He specializes in conversion and strategy — helping businesses perfect their online brand and hit real ROI targets.

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