Design Agency Greece

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Founder of Bestnews.gr. Best news is a media site for positive news and god life.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire The Design Agency Greece?

I hired the Design Agency to create a unique and "happy" website for my vision on good news media site. Something that everyone needs.

What were your goals for this project?

The main goal was to built a modern website with the ability to add advertising and many different designs under different categories. One of my concerns was how easy i would be able to administrate the webste after it was completed.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Me and my team searched the agencies in the area. The 3 finalists had to prove their professionalism and speed on completing the project. The pricing was not the basic term.

Describe the project in detail.

Creation of a news website for positives news. Setup of SEO and connections with Webmasters sites, analytics and adwords. Also creation of Social Media accounts. At the end boosting the launch, SEO and social media to create flow to the site.

What was the team composition?

George was the basic project manager and Visual Art director. Elias was the CTO prividing info on technologies and Stelios was the main developer. I was speaking with all 3 as needed.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Bestnews is up and running a few months now. Right now we are serving around 1000 readers per day and i can say i am satisfied as the media sector in Greece is one of the most difficult

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

It was effective as needed. The team was more than available even the times of schedulle.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their knowledge of solutions and their creative designs set them apart. George is the MAN!

Are there any areas for improvement?

Everyone can be better in time. For the time of service i think the team performed exact on my needs

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the client relationship manager for NetSet Software solutions. We develop and provide software to clients.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire The Design Agency Greece?

We engaged The Design Agency Greece to develop a mobile application.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted a high-quality app that met our requirements and matched our vision.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We evaluated vendors based on their background, management approach, and technical approach. We also weighed their proposals based on their proposed timeline and quote.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

The app connects users with others as their “perfect match.” Users can chat with each other and decide on a fixed meeting point through the platform. The Design Agency Greece built it as a native mobile application.

What was the team composition?

We worked with a project manager, a designer, a developer, a QA tester, and a business analyst.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The Design Agency Greece delivered a high-quality app on time. 

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The project manager was excellent. They used a project management tool to oversee tasks and allow us to track progress. 

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their efficient project management and timely delivery stood out to us.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I’m highly satisfied with their work—their communication was especially frequent. My only suggestion is that they improve their training documentation.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of a scientific society aiming to improve the quality of health services provided by physicians of the Primary Health Care through educational programs and research procedures.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Design Agency Greece?

We had a very old website and Design Agency Greece created a new one for us. They have the support of our website till now and we are very happy with that.

SOLUTION

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

Design Agency Greece was recommended to us by our partners who were happy with their work.

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

Together with the team of Design Agency Greece we saw our needs and proposed us the design of the website. After we decided on the design, our website was created very quickly and that was very pleasant for us. After it was completed, we moved on to the creation of our social media and the creation of our newsletters.

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

We worked with 3 people from the team of Design Agency Greece

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Many members of our company received our new website very positively and as a result, the website traffic increased dramatically. Many of our members are now updated via our social media and newsletter.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Just Perfect

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

I like their communication, speed, and professionalism in handling our project.

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

No. For us everything was perfect

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a tourist directory for Greece

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire The Design Agency Greece, and what were your goals?

The challenge is to create the most unique tourist directory in many languages for Greece. The goal is to be ready before 2021

SOLUTION

How did you select The Design Agency Greece and what were the deciding factors?

We discovered their similar FINDY.gr directory. This was a great lead for our project

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

We selected wordpress as it is the easiest and fastest way to work. In the future we may change to Drupal or .NET

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

4 people including 3 of ours

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Not yet

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

Asana toolset was the best solution for as as we use it already. The communications were conducted through email, viber and skype

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

Their design point of view. Their ideas where extraordinary

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

Till now we are ok with the way of work

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the managing director of Headbangers.co / .gr the last one and a half year

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire The Design Agency Greece, and what were your goals?

We were looking the best company to redesign the heavy metal / rock magazine headbangers.gr Our goal was a better designed news portal

SOLUTION

How did you select The Design Agency Greece and what were the deciding factors?

Their design style and knowledge on heavy metal was the basic factor to decide

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

After the 1st meeting, the team started helping us on how to redesign the whole website. The framework was and is still wordpress. What else?!

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

Basically 3. George, Elias and Stelios as designers, developers and analysts

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The deliverables were above the expected. The guys love heavy metal and this helped us a lot

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

The communication took place basically remotely, viber / skype etc. Of course there were meetings while developing for better results

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

The team is very well educated on the music and especially on the style of music headbangers is about, rock and heavy metal.

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

No! They are great!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Founder of aftodioikisinews.gr a political website located in Athens.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire The Design Agency Greece?

We hired the Design Agency for our website's development, design SEO as well as for social media setup

What were your goals for this project?

I wanted a website that would be able to attract a large number of visitors that are interested in the political scene of Greece and the municipalities

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

the Design Agency was introduced to me by a friend that was already their client. At the first meeting there was the right business chemistry.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

After a couple of meetings the team started developing the website. First priority was a fresh website, that could engage the tired political readers. Also, they designed the website to be compatible with all devices.

What was the team composition?

I was in contact with the 2 owners but i also met the leading web designer. I know there are some SEO and Social Media specialists

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project (one of the 3 i have) is the impact on my business. I own the site, i post my news and reports

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

They responded immediately every time I needed something. Emails and phone calls and skype was used. I must say pretty effective

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The quality of the work and their understanding of the digital world blew us away!

Are there any areas for improvement?

I really cannot say. I am extremely satisfied