Escolhadigital

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the owner of Le Beard. We sell beard care products.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with escolhadigital?

I needed social media support and online store assistance.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

They worked specifically with Google Ads and Facebook. It involved targeted marketing.

How did you come to work with escolhadigital?

I was looking for someone in Porto, Portugal. I found the online site and liked the person who talked to me.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent 30,000 euros ($33,000 USD).

What is the status of this engagement?

The project began in November 2015 and ended in February 2016.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I’m really happy with the service. They’re always ready to help. Everything went well with this project.

How did escolhadigital perform from a project management standpoint?

They hit deadlines.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Having a person we felt comfortable with was great.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, there’s nothing to complain about.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Architect of Buildcare

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Modular projects and construction 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Escolhadigital to accomplish?

• To create a online configurator to sell modular houses
• To make an user-friendly interface to simplify clients journey

SOLUTION

How did you find Escolhadigital?

• Referral
• Already knew the owner

Why did you select Escolhadigital over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Company values aligned
• professionalism

How many teammates from Escolhadigital were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

To create a website with an online configurator for modular houses creation and sales. Theo website should haver a single landingpage as an home-page with several anchors to minimize loading times and to simplify the whole process. After that homepage we should have the configurator. This part had to be on a multistep configuration similar to a car configurator.

In the end, it should deliever a resume of every option chosen and the final price, and to give the option for receive by email collecting the cliente data. It was very important to think on everything on the mobile version.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Good design, Simple, fast loading and no errors, showing an innovative and professional company/business and improving this new company credibility.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Every step delievered on time with excelent comunication along the whole process 

What was your primary form of communication with Escolhadigital?

Virtual Meeting

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

We were impressed by their capacity to deliver solutions beyond expectations for every challenge in the construction of this platform

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

There are always space to improve but in my experience they don't need much

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an executive at Acácio Guimarães

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

we are a wine production company, that combines the ancestral farming/growing knowledge with state of the art technology

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire to accomplish?

• build us an institutional website along with an online shop

SOLUTION

How did you find ?

• Online Search
• Referral

Why did you select over others?

• Pricing fits our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• great work developed by vendor since 1st contact

How many teammates from were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

conception and execution of a website and online shop from scratch.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

weekly meetings to measure the progess. environment available to see and test the requested features. great reviews from our customers and friends once the job was done and made available online

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

All items were delivered on the time, even the ones thathad changes along the project. every change request made was immediately analysed by the vendor.

What was your primary form of communication with ?

Virtual Meeting

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

Their response times were great. the availability to listen to our suggestions and doubts. the concern about the quality od the items being delivered.

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

All was great along the project.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Project manager of a Youth Sports Organization

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

NGO that implements youth projects for inclusion trough sports

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Escolhadigital to accomplish?

• Clear and simple communication
• Transparency
• Professionalism

SOLUTION

How did you find Escolhadigital?

Referral

Why did you select Escolhadigital over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fits our budget
• Referred to me

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Website and mobile app to communicate with our participants and stakeholders. 

• website with personal area 
• app with personal area

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• landing page 
• personal area 
• internal communication
• push up notifications

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Everything was delivered on time. Mainly we communicate by phone and/or email. We also had three personal meetings, one at the beginning, another one in the middle of the project and the last one at the end of the project.

What was your primary form of communication with Escolhadigital?

In-Person Meeting

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

Close and friendly communication.

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

Everything was great!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of MORcode

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We're a digital agency, work on developing websites, design and marketing

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Escolhadigital to accomplish?

• Build a Mobile Application
• Publishing in stores that application

SOLUTION

How did you find Escolhadigital?

Referral

Why did you select Escolhadigital over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Escolhadigital were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Create an application for industrial hoses, in which, by selecting some variables, the information about each of them would be shown in detail. We started by creating the design and Escolhadigital was responsible for implementing the design in react native. After that, APIs were created so that we could obtain the data and share it with the application, making it dynamic. Finally, ecolhdagital was responsible for publishing it on the Apple and Google Play stores.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

project files and publication in stores

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

The Escolhadigital team always responded on time and at all stages of the project were available to help us. They even managed to have the application before the mentioned date, which we were very pleased with.

What was your primary form of communication with Escolhadigital?

Email or Messaging App

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

technical knowledge and ease of communication

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

We have nothing to point out, everything went well

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

i am the Business Developer of a company focused on mental health.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire escolhadigital, and what were your goals?

We wanted to create an app that could offer the user a variety of guided meditation courses and allow the users to track their progress and mental health

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We online searched for app developers and we pick the best five. After that, we interview all of them and decide to choose Escolha Digital based on their portfolio and the fact that they did something similar before.

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

We strat with a couple of meeting to line up our objectives and to figure out the bst ways to achieve them. Within a month they delivery the first round og the IOS app. We gave our feedback and they mannaged to incorpurate them and delivered hte revisaed version in less than a month. Before lanching we ran through beta testing.

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

A project manager dedicated to the project and to be our main point of contact. Additionally two lead front and backend developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Within 6 months after the release of the app we'se seen a big boost in traffic and people have commented on how they are improving their meditation bescause of the app.

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

The project manager was really nice to work with and provided frequent updates. We had a couple of in-person meetings but most of the communication was done through e-mail. Everything was done on time.

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

Their ability to innovate and to find always the best solution possible was very impressive. They're aso really patients and friendly.

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

nothing that i notice

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO and founder of a startups that launched a cryptocurrency app.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire escolhadigital?

We needed help organizing our ideas, creating the design and developing the app.

SOLUTION

How did you select this escolhadigital and what were the deciding factors?

We felt the agency understood our vision perfectly and that their design was a perfect match to what we wanted.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

We started with the discovery, understanding how our vision could be send to papel and crating the structure of the app. After that we went for the design of all pages and the development of the app.

How many resources from the escolhadigital team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We worked with a full team with design, frontend, backend and project manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The users are currently using the app and sending feedback and it couldn't be better.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

It was really smooth. We had a direct contact with the team throw slack and other softwares.

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

Their proximity was impressive in the workflow. They really want you to succeed and help improve the product.

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

We are already discussing the next steps of the project.