Evolut

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a marketing consultant for various small- medium businesses in the insurance and finance sector. I was working with a particular client who has emerging tech for drone insurance.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Evolut?

I engaged Ben on a project to develop a customer-facing website for the drone insurance engine. There were several issues around the development of this website including geo-location, page visibility and multisite install.

What were your goals for this project?

The website brief was to create a responsive, seamless, SEO optimised website for drone insurance. The platform was Wordpress, integrated with the drone insurance rating engine.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I've worked with Ben in the past and knew his reputation for delivering excellent creative and impressive looking websites.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Ben designed, developed and managed the install of droneinsure.co

What was the team composition?

Ben worked closely with the marketing and COO of the company and interfaced with the tech team to get the website up and running in a short time frame.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

TBC - We expect that it will increase conversion and reduce ad spend costs.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Ben was extremely responsive and went over and above to deliver to client expectations - even when the goalposts changed.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Ben is much more than a website designer and I look forward to using his full suite of skills, experience in customer journey and UX design in the future. I highly recommend Evolut.

Are there any areas for improvement?

There were some time zone and project scoping issues but Ben handled these with professionalism and continued to strive for the best possible outcomes at all times. In future, we'll be working with Evolut on a per-hourly basis rather than a fixed project fee to avoid any conflict around changing scopes, overruns in time.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I am the marketing manager for a statutory body that's been set up to monitor and try to reduce the prevalence of obesity in a state in Australia.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Evolut?

As a new body, we didn't have a website or any digital platforms set up, so we hired Ben (Founder, Evolut) to take a look at all of our digital needs and help us address some of those.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

He is currently developing a website from scratch on WordPress with some specific functionalities. We are also investigating a CRM, some kind of marketing platform, and probably some kind of media monitoring technologies.

What is the team composition?

The team has pretty much been just Ben and me, along with a few project consultants that we've brought on to help us along.

How did you come to work with Evolut?

My manager had worked with Ben at a previous company and knew that he would do good work, following a review of several different providers including Evolut, we decided that they would be the best fit.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in November 2019 and the project is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Ben has done a really great job so far. Since the website isn't complete yet, I don't have a lot of specific metrics, but he has worked very well with the team as a whole. He took the time to really understand our core requirements for the project and because of that was very much able to hit the ground running.

How did Evolut perform from a project management standpoint?

So far everything has been on time. We have been pursuing a pretty aggressive timeline and we've stayed fully within it while staying on budget as well. The way Ben works is that he pretty much embeds himself in the office a couple of days a week, which makes communication very easy to maintain because we can just walk over and talk through any questions or issues we have right away.

What did you find most impressive about them?

His model has worked really well with us and enabled us to make a lot of progress very quickly and dynamically. We really appreciated him providing us with the level of flexibility necessary to work that way.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, I don't have any particular ideas for improvement.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

I'm not sure how his model would work with larger or more complicated businesses, but it has worked incredibly well for us in particular. I would really recommend any small organizations that are looking to move quickly consider working with him.

UPDATED REVIEW

This review was updated by the CEO on May 29, 2020. The original star ratings were: Overall - 5, Quality - 4, Schedule - 5, Cost - 4, NPS - 5. New content is below:

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

We’re an independent government statutory body that was formed in July 2019 to address obesity within Queensland. We look at nutrition, healthy eating, and physical activity. I’m the manager of the research team and the leader of the communications team. I started with the body in March 2020.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Evolut developed our initial website from scratch. The site launched on February 23, 2020, the week before I started.

How much have you invested with them?

The current project cost is around 60,000 AUD (approximately $40,000 USD). In total, we’ve probably spent about $100,000. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

How did your relationship with the vendor evolve?

Evolut continues to do maintenance. We’ve also done another big web design project. They’ve been able to make modifications and be on the run with us. We got up a whole new section in four weeks, and it changed about three times.

Describe the impact this engagement has had on your business.

Evolut has been amazing to work with. As someone who doesn’t have a solid background in media and communications, they’ve been able to get me through the process. They make things very easy to understand, and they’re agile and responsive to our needs. 

We’ve had really tight timeframes, and they’ve come up with out-of-the-box, intuitive solutions to offer our stakeholders during COVID. They’ve always been accessible and able to bring me on the journey very quickly, allowing me to understand web development, web design, and why we do things the way we do. They’ve come up with solutions I never would’ve thought of that have been fantastic and absolutely hit the mark.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Marketing Manager of Impressu Print Group

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

print and marketing 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• build website
• design website

SOLUTION

How did you find Evolut?

Referral

Why did you select Evolut over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Evolut were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

I engaged with Evolut to design and build our company website. This was done using some of the content from our existing site. However, the look and feel is completely different.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

A better looking website that is much more user friendly and engaging. 

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

Evolut did deliver on time and always responded to my needs. I don't have great knowlegde in this space and Evolut were always friendly and happy to explain any function i didn't understand. 

What was your primary form of communication with Evolut?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

They are easy to work with and explain every process along the way. They have created a very good-looking website, which makes them unique and also makes my business look unique. 

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

no 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Founder & Group CEO of Xpon Technologies, a global technology company with over 40 people that is focussed on delivering the next generation of immersive customer experience technology to our customers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Evolut?

Our first corporate website.

What were your goals for this project?

To launch our first corporate website, clearly communicate our company values and offerings with strong visual language and benchmark website traffic and conversion rates.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Through my personal network.

Describe the project in detail.

We sent over pur brief, we had a video meeting to discuss the brief, we recieved a proposal, we signed off, we supplied the content, Evoult did first round designs, we reviewed, they made second round design changes, we approved, site was pushed into hosting, it went live.

What was the team composition?

We worked directly with Ben the company founder.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Delighted with the design and visual language.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Seamless. Was perfect.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We were impressed with the quality of design and speed of turnaround.

Are there any areas for improvement?

None that I can think of. Very happy.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of Intellichoice, and we have operated in financial services for past 18 years

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Blitz Digital?

Attempts at rebuilding previously had lost authority and positions, Bens team are exceptional-by International standards/

What were your goals for this project?

Re-brand, Gain Trust /Authority, place us in a more professional realm given previous low quality marketing efforts.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Insight into exponential business methodologies, and what growth was needed to achieve goals/aspirations held by the company going forward.

Describe the project in detail.

1. Briefing 2. Setting up systems 3. Design brief 4. Image of home landing page/s 5. Content needed for conversions 6. Feedback/revisions testing 7. Going live

What was the team composition?

Digital marketing lead, design, content writers, SEO specialist, SEM/Adwords specialists, backend engineer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Is in early stages of release-March already, but gaining traction as expected-looking forward to next iteration and content!

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

very good-used cloud based tools that were readily accessible

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their level of expertise for the price was something you would expect when spending large corporate amounts.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Help with funding options would be great.