Cool Digital Solutions

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m an Associate Professor of Neuroscience. Me and my neuroscientist, pedagog, child psychologist friends came together and created Todi. I’m the owner of Todi platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cool Digital Solutions?

We worked together for brand identity and website design. Brand identity design included a comprehensive research for customer profiles (personas), customer journeys and competitors. Than we moved forward to logo & other brand materials, followed by the website design.

What were your goals for this project?

We created a very helpful and effective platform for children and we want to keep the business going to provide this service to more people. However, we need to sell more licenses to move forward. Our major goal was to generate more sales, and we knew it was only possible with a modern look. We needed to give a new impulse to our business so we started with the brand identity and website designs.

SOLUTION

How did you select Cool Digital Solutions?

How did you select Cool Digital Solutions?* We met Cool Digital’s team at a meetup. When we spoke about our projects, we discovered so much in mutual. Our understanding and perception of business were very close. It was a good coincidence that we were in the need of a new identity and website, which they can provide. When we looked into their references as a final step, we decided to trust in Cool Digital to renovate our brand.

Describe the project in detail.

Learning disorders and attention deficit are not sicknesses. However, they can be a huge obstacle on the ways of our children’s learning paths. Todi is an educational application that helps children to be exposed to the right stimulus thus helping them learn easier and be more attentive. We prepared learning various “games” with our experts, categorized under the talents that should be improved. Every child can use it individually or with a supervisor when needed. It’s a unique product in the market with its effective games and proven results.

What was the team composition?

The team included a project manager, 2 researchers, a UI/UX designer and an illustration artist.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We realized that our customers were not able to reach us through our website. Cool Digital’s team rearranged the customer journey while modernizing our brand identity. We are ready to generate sales and get more children to learn effectively.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Our meeting with the team was always something that we looked forward to. It was great generating new ideas and talking about further steps together. We met once in every 10 days. We took one step at a time and the project proceeded steadily

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The way they approached to our project gave us the feeling of trust. We knew they would give great end results even before we started.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I don’t think so.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am an innovative serial entrepreneur and very enthusiastic about novelty.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cool Digital Solutions?

We had a chance to work together for the development of a new mobile application.

What were your goals for this project?

I saw this type of project in another market and wanted to bring it to Turkish users. I wanted the application to be a high-end and simple one. Our main goal in this project is to introduce people according to their fields of interest. It has to appeal to all genders and segments, with a sincere approach.

SOLUTION

How did you select Cool Digital Solutions?

I knew Ercan Gumus for a long time. With this idea in my mind, I met him and he was as thrilled as I was. In our first meeting, we both jot down some ideas and generated our first plan for launching the project. I knew their references too, so I was convinced they were the agency I should work with.

Describe the project in detail.

The project is a simple yet entertaining mobile dating application. People create their profiles, enter their areas of interest and their horoscopes. They find matching profiles around their location and start evaluating available people who are also searching for a soulmate.

When they swipe profiles to the right it means “You’re Cool” and if both find each other “Cool”, they match and begin chatting. They can also discover people around according to their choices of films, music, travel, career etc. So that they can find a good chat topic to start with.

What was the team composition?

There were 3 developers, 1 designer and 1 project manager dedicated to this project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

At first, I thought we were going to replicate the application that was available at the other markets. But when we had our brainstorming session, Cool Digital’s team came up with good ideas and it became a unique, high-end product.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The team understood my needs and analyzed the sample app very carefully and came up with ideas. They provided every detail so that I was aware of every step they take.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The company does not only develop what you need. They adopt the idea, enhance it by working with you and deliver a great product. The end result is very satisfying.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Everything was great.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Technology and Mobility Leader at an IT services company

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cool Digital Solutions?

We worked together for development of our new FMCG mobile commerce application

What were your goals for this project?

Our primary goal was to automatize and digitalize the sales of FMCG products for B2B customers with a modern and easy mobile application.

SOLUTION

How did you select Cool Digital Solutions?

We selected Cool Digital Solutions because of their reference. My colleague from another department knew the founder, Ercan Gumus, and introduced us when our need occurred.

Describe the project in detail.

We developed an extensive mobile application for managing the sales our FMCG products from one place. B2B customers can become members with their Tax Identity Numbers and official addresses. The app enables retailers to give orders from the application and automatize the orders according to date and products.

They choose the time of delivery and make payments within the application. It’s integrated with our CRM (SAP) so the stock status is automatically updated. They can identify customers, track their orders, analyze monthly/yearly order overview and comment for products too.

This application is the e-commerce product for our corporate customers. It’s the first and huge step of digitalizing our supply chain.

What was the team composition?

The team included 5 people: 3 developers (Full Stack Developer, iOS Developer, Android Develoepr ), a UI/UX designer and a project manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

At the time we developed this application, it was one of its kind. It was a huge step, and I think we can say, a pioneer in this sector. SAP Integration made our lives easier and our field sales costs dropped incrementally. It has become the beginning of a new era for our company.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Our team is consisting of professionals, so we were looking for professionals to work with. Cool Digital did not disappoint us and provided their best service. First they listened to us, understood our needs and came up with new ideas.

We had brainstorming sessions to go further. Then they prepared detailed wireframes and after we all agree, designing and development process started. During the development process, we were informed periodically. The application was launched on time.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Cool Digital’s employees are all young and enthusiastic, and it reflects to the end-result. When working with this team, you can feel that your project is secured.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Everything was as it should be.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We produce digital content for broacasters and IP owners.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cool Digital Solutions, and what were your goals?

We required a S/W company which could deliver the vision we had for a series of muti-platform mobile Apps.

SOLUTION

How did you select Cool Digital Solutions and what were the deciding factors?

We followed a very strict tendering process. We have found Cood Digital to be experts in their field, as well as very reactive, friendly, solution-oriented. Cool Digital came up with a clear and realistic production schedule. All these factors were key in making our choice.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

From mapping out the technical designs, to adjusting the user journeys, and creating interim beta /versions for us to trial, and amend as we went along, all contributed to a series of very robust products. The worflows and communications were excellent at all times.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

we worked with 3 project managers and 5 s/w developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

The results have exceeded our expectations. In an industry where many suppliers overpromise and underdeliver, Cool Digital is simply the opposite. Excellent comms, technical skills, knowledge, advice, and last but not least, the whole team is wonderful to work with.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

We used GANTT methodology and google docs to keep track of workflows and deadlines.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Values and ethos come from the top. I found both the management and the teams to be smart, technically astute, friendly, and incredibly on the ball.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Nothing that springs to mind

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Founder at Syntonym.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cool Digital Solutions?

Cool Digital Solutions designed our logo, website and other corporate identity materials.

What were your goals for this project?

We founded a new technology startup and wanted to have a cool identity that reflects us. We had some ideas in mind and were looking for a vision holder agency to work with to realize the face of our precious project.

SOLUTION

How did you select Cool Digital Solutions?

We contacted to Cool Digital by referral but we met with some other agencies too. After the interviews, we decided that Cool Digital’s value proposition was much more suitable for us.

Describe the project in detail.

Syntonym is a technology that anonymizes visual data in a GDPR-compliant way to protect people’s privacy. We did not have a logo or website to reach out to the world.

What was the team composition?

UI/UX Designer, Project Manager, Content Editor

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We applied some acceleration programs and met many people. When they visit our website or see our business cards, they say “wow, cool!”. Cool Digital really qualifies its name.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

First thing they did was to listen to us accompanied with a cup of coffee. We created a genuine relationship. We communicated our thoughts and needs freely, so the end-result was perfect for us.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The way they look at projects and their foresightful approach was impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Everything worked out great. I’m happy with the service.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder and CEO of Kurumsal TV. Our project is an online publicity platform that enables businesses to broadcast in a B2B platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cool Digital Solutions, and what were your goals?

Cool Digital Solutions is our trusted partner in this project. We have started from scratch and now my idea has become a real, live platform. Together we have made the business plan, designed, and developed the platform. Now our customers can broadcast their press releases, meetings, announcements to the audience they prefer.

Our goal is to take corporate events to an online corporate platform. The applications we use in our daily lives are not suitable for the business audience. I am a journalist myself, and I know that the media needs a safe and professional platform like this.

SOLUTION

How did you select Cool Digital Solutions and what were the deciding factors?

I’ve known the founder Mr. Gümüş for a long time. I’ve heard the quality of their work from a friend. When I had this idea, I knew Cool Digital was the right place to go.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

We have prepared a detailed project management process at the very beginning. First, we discussed the idea and decided how to make this project happen with several meetings. Then we prepared wireframes and finalized the design. The developers have worked with caution and made every pixel perfect.

The services, complementary tools, and guides were prepared and I started showing demos to potential customers. Both our team and customers like the contemporary and professional look. The system is easy to use and has a great market potential thanks to our enthusiasm and the dedicated team of Cool Digital.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

The team was consisting of 5 people including 1 designer, 1 project manager, 1 content manager, and 2 developers. Also, we were always in touch with Business Manager Ercan Gümüş. Each team member worked studiously and we are all happy with the outcome.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

This project is a great alternative for businesses that want to take special events to online platforms. Broadcasting the events makes it easy to meet with the mass audiences regardless of the distance and limited mobility.

The most important thing in this is to provide a smooth experience. We have developed the solution to be easily-adaptable and efficient so that every customer segment is able to use it.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

All team members took the project seriously and were dedicated to their jobs. The process was working like a clock. Of course, we had some minor issues but this is software so they are very normal. What’s most important is that the issues were solved in no time. They are patient and experienced, so it was easy to work with them.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

I like the way they approach problems and new feature requests. They listen to you, suggest a solution, and do their best to fulfill the task.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

I really want to see this team together in the future. They are very strong together, so I suggest they always keep in touch with each other to keep the synergy. Because the more they get on well with each other means the more great projects they deliver.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a website company that focus on jewelry and accessories. Our main market is the middle east region. Cool Digital Solutions help us to develop specific solutions for the need of market. The payment term is cash on delivery and we develop a completely new approach for e-commerce.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cool Digital Solutions, and what were your goals?

We had an existing e-commerce website which wasn’t perform well due to its outdated design and unfriendly user interface which were utterly against all the UX rules. Cool Digital helped us to change all of these negative realities.

We had to have a contemporary, visually unique, website otherwise it would be impossible to increase our sales.

SOLUTION

How did you select Cool Digital Solutions and what were the deciding factors?

Ercan was a friend of one of my close friends. We met and made a brain storm about what we could do and agreed on working together.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Market research, content production, data management, website design and web development.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Almost everybody in Cool Digital Solutions had participated in the project. Most of them were engineers who graduated from the best universities of Turkey and their marketing department was nothing less than them.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Our revenue increased, our conversion rate boosted and we sell more than 3 regions.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

I am really satisfied with their performance. I don’t know exactly what did they use for the purpose of internal communication but it was clearly effective and well-performing since there was nothing that we missed.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

I was really impressed with their effort. I am a fastidious person but they managed to convince me.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I believe there is nothing.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the co-founder of a dating app. I served as the chief operations officer.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cool Digital Solutions, and what were your goals?

We worked together to develop iOS and Android applications. The goal was to be the first mover in the market and have a software development firm to develop our mobile applications so as to maintain the advantage.

SOLUTION

How did you select Cool Digital Solutions and what were the deciding factors?

Our Investors referred us to Cool Digital Solutions. Their portfolio was good enough to convince us.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

PlatoNYX was a dating application. It was a unique approach for dating combining offline & online dating. It was also one of the very first dating applications in Turkey. It planned to be available on Android and iOS platform. Cool Digital Solutions helped to develop the platform.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

A dedicated team of 3 developers were responsible for our project: a full-stack developer/PM, a native Android developer and a native iOS developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

After the completion of the development process, we were able to go live. Investors were happy about the performance and we received positive feedback from our users.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

The project management was great, especially compared to the other vendors we’ve worked with. They regularly met deadlines and never had unexpected turnovers. Mr. Gümüş personally followed up on the process and made sure that everything was on track.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Respectful, highly communicative and professional.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

I do not think so.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am one of the co-founders and CEO of Turkey most popular mobile trivia contest app called Hadi.

We are organizing regular mobile contests and thousands of players from all corners of Turkey attend and win prizes. Hadi has 9,7 M subscribers and won 11 awards.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cool Digital Solutions, and what were your goals?

We wanted to integrate our contest skills with Turkcell’s BiP Service, which(Turkcell) is the leading mobile carrier of the country, and BiP is their own communication application.

Hadi has 2 million followers on BiP channell. By creating this game 2 M people can play to win data package prices from Turkcell. But this job required high-level coding skills because our application must be completely adaptable to Turkcell’s application.

At some point we also needed some modifications in our own services. To achieve these tasks, we needed a high-skilled and creative team and Cool Digital has been the perfect choice for us. Our goals were creating a new game for Hadi fanatics in BiP and create revenue.

SOLUTION

How did you select Cool Digital Solutions and what were the deciding factors?

After a detailed market research and talks with people Cool Digital became prominent.

Their work etiquette and quality standards were the reasons behind our decision. Mr. Gumus was very experienced and knew how to communicate with customers.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

They almost developed a completely new service for our integrated app in BiP. All of the work made by them and we just provided them with the content.

I am not aware of the technologies they used.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

The team devoted to our service consisted of 4 people, including 2 developers, one PM and Mr.Gumus. They knew what they are doing and helped us a lot.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

the new game has been played already more than 1 million time and created a new revenue source for our company.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

Project managed very well, they described what they will deliver very well and then they delivered on time. Update was given frequently.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

on top of fast and quality work , positive manner and flexiblity was perfect. The task was kind of hard but they sort it out.

Once again, I have convinced that instead of numbers and seniority, the talent and the experience outperform.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

I am very satisfied about their work and will let them create one more game next month, allready reserved some capacity.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder of Startupfon and an entrepreneur with high sense of quality and vision.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cool Digital Solutions, and what were your goals?

For development of the first crowd-funding platform of Turkey. The project was unique in this sense and might have been challenging.

SOLUTION

How did you select Cool Digital Solutions and what were the deciding factors?

To create a platform in which both entrepreneurs and investors be able to interact with each other without any distractions. To create a good and modern looking website design that is not making things complicated.

I know Ercan from his previous start-ups. He is very passionate and creative person, these were the main reasons behind my choice. References were also stunning.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

The project designed for developing entrepreneurship ecosystem in Turkey because there is not any special platform for the actors in the sector.

Therefore, every scenario and every customer journey needed to be considered before they start developing the platform. Cool Digital Solutions did such a good job and customized every user types’ journey.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

A backend developer, a frontend developer, an experience designer and a project manager were in responsible for the project. And as far as I remember a data engineer worked on the project at the beginning of the project while structuring the database and platform.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Being the first mover in the market has great advantages. Thanks to commitment of Cool Digital Solutions we benefitted from this advantage a lot.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Every stage planned in detail before they start to code and they stuck with their time estimations on which we were agreed.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The point where Cool Digital Solutions at was unique. They got themselves under a huge burden and yet it felt as if it was too easy to do.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

None for Cool Digital Solutions but much to entrepreneurship in Turkey.