Digital Yalo, LLC

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the VP of IT and CIO of a food and beverage company. We manufacture and sell foods across North America.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Digital Yalo, LLC?

I original website was built on a proprietary CMS, so we had to rely on our previous development company to make any changes. In order to take control of our platform, we decided to migrate to WordPress.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We hired Digital Yalo to migrate 60 websites to WordPress and set up hosting with AWS. Not only did they migrate all the websites, but they added SEO features, made them ADA-compliant and upgraded the look and feel of the websites.

They’ve also helped us build a number of different pop-up sites for our innovation brands. Finally, they advised on many different aspects of digital marketing, such as Google Analytics. Now they manage our websites and make sure they remain ADA-compliant.

What is the team composition?

We work with three people now, but during the initial project, we worked with six people. Arnold (Founder & CEO) was our main point of contact, but Chris (Director & Executive Client Leader) is our day-to-day project manager.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in January 2020 and our partnership is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement? 

We now have a properly working customer-facing website, and many of our customers have complimented our websites. They appreciate the where-to-buy function on the platform.

Our internal stakeholders are happy with the website as well. Through our partnership, we save about $100,000 per year in support.

How did Digital Yalo, LLC perform from a project management standpoint?

They’re excellent project managers. The CEO is very involved in every project and Chris was a fantastic project manager. They communicate well to our steering committee and our stakeholders.

They had a short timeline — they had to get everything done by the end of the year, and they were able to complete everything on time and on budget.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re up to date on the latest technologies and trends. I am really happy with their work.

Are there any areas they could improve?

They haven’t anything wrong.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Hold a meeting with Digital Yalo, LLC and all of your stakeholders. Let your stakeholders talk about what their vision is. Otherwise, your scope of work could creep.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the digital marketing manager for an industrial tools manufacturer

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Digital Yalo, LLC?

I have worked with Digital Yalo on many projects over the years in prior job and at my current job. They have done worked on multiple website projects, Mobile App Concept development and digital strategy.

What were your goals for this project?

Our goal for our most recent project with Digital Yalo was to develop a solution that would allow for our customers to gain a better understand of how our range of products work together to provide our customers the most value and benefits

SOLUTION

How did you select Digital Yalo, LLC?

We selected Digital Yalo over others based on their level of understanding of our needs.

Describe the scope of their work in detail.

The scope of our project was gather requirements form our business owners, and build out a proof of concept website. This information was collect and built out on time and in budget of what we agreed upon.

What was the team composition?

We worked closely with Arnold, a developer and a project manager on this project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our concept was shared with our customers and met our business objectives, it was successful and we are now moving into building out this project

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We had weekly meeting to review progress and see how the project was proceeding. Even though these meetings where virtual we had no issues in communication

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Digital Yalo experience and understanding our what are goals are and ability to provide you the best solutions and recommendations.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Arnold is an amazing leader. He is available early in morning or late at night to answer any questions. I just wish I could have him on my team 24x7.