GCC Marketing

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a chartered accountant and a manager at US-based accounting firm called Prudent Accountants. We help our US-based business clients through our accounting and tax services.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired GCC Marketing to design and develop our corporate website. The purpose was to have a good website where our clients can find basic information about us, our services and how to contact us etc.

SOLUTION

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

We contacted around 7 companies and decided to go with GCC Marketing. GCC marketing was thorough with their proposal and demonstrated a good experience and expertise in our industry.

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

They developed our website in custom WordPress. They had done sitemap, wire frames, design, development, QA before making the website live. We requested them to deliver the website in 50 days.

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

01 project manager, 01 designers, 01 developer and 01 Quality assurance. In total 4 or 5 I think!

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Since our website is live, we started getting inquiries through our website. The business is getting better. They delivered the project in time.

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

They divided the project in milestones. We were given access to design management tool called Figma and project management tool called Trello. The project was executed properly and milestones were achieved as per the promise.

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

The team is very cooperative and experienced. They never get tired of our stupid questions. The do the project in professional way.

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

They are very professional and I am very satisfied.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a bank and I work as a senior sales representative here.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired GCC Marketing do design & develop 03 landing pages that could convert better than the current ones.

SOLUTION

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

We contacted 5 top vendors through our online research. GCC Marketing was one of them. They showed us better designs which they had already made along with better understanding of the issue we were facing i.e. how to skyrocket conversion?

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

They were tasked to create three LP's with better design and conversion. We provided all the assets including content, images and videos. The process was sitemaps, wire frames, branded design creations, development, testing and delivery.

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

1 project manager and 02 designers

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Since the new LP's are liver we have achieved 26% better conversion. We love the design and pretty much confident that the above percentage will go higher in the coming quarters.

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

They provided us project manager. they used figma and trello to manage the design and development. It as good.

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

They were highly experienced and knew how to deliver the project of any complexity.

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

I was very satisfied with the quality of their work. Their prices are higher :(

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work in a company called OnTime Group UAE as their Sales Specialist. We are a business setup company and one of the subsidiaries of UAE government.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired GCC Marketing for UI / UX Design for our iOS & Android Apps. Our management wanted to work with highly creative studio who can provide us an exclusive design for our apps.

SOLUTION

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

We searched many companies through internet and asked for RFP. One of those were GCC Marketing. We decided to give the project to GCC Marketing upon calibrating factors like understanding of the project, relevance, experience and obviously budget.

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

The scope included sitemap, wireframes and UI / UX prototyping. They used Figma as design management system. The key stages were as explained above.

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

01 Project Manager 02 Designers

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We have a great design for our iOS and Android Apps. We are in the stage of selecting the developer and there are higher chances that GCC Marketing will develop it. They delivered a great quality and worked in timely fashion.

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

They used Figma and Trello for project management. The team also created a WhatsApp group for any urgent communications.

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

They were very creative and responsive. Their project management if by far the best I have experienced.

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

All good from my side.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work as IT administrator at NFT Cranes

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired GCC Marketing for our Website design & development. Our goal was to show our company profile and showcase our crane equipment.

SOLUTION

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

GCC Marketing has already worked with us. However, we contacted around 10 vendors in order to get proposals. We selected GCC Marketing upon criteria like pricing, relevance, project understanding etc.

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

We wanted to have a very fast website which can present our company properly and showcase the cranes we provide. The following steps were followed to build the website: 1. strategy 2. Sitemap 3. Wire frames 4. Design 5. HTML conversion 6. Development 7. Quality Assurance & Testing 8. Making the website live GCC Marketing developed our website in PHP Drupal.

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

01 Project Manager 02 Designers 03 developers 01 Testers

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Since the new website is live, we have seen better conversion. We are receiving more inquiries through our contact us forms and through calls.

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

The project was managed properly and professionally. They used Design Management System called Figma and Project Management tool called Trello. The timelines were met as per the proposal part from minor delays.

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

They were really professional and communication was good. They follow up if there is anything that could cause delays from the client with proactive approach to avoid delays.

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

They should provide better timelines and not too rigid with the scope. They follow exactly what is written in the scope. Nothing more, nothing less. :(

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work as an IT Manager in NFT Group. The company serves construction industry by providing tower cranes. Our operations are spread across the globe in 32 countries

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired GCC Marketing to provide us Customized ERP solution for our company to reduce office work and errors, and of course increase efficiency.

SOLUTION

How did you select GCC Marketing and what were the deciding factors?

We requested for RFQ from GCC Marketing along with other top solutions providers in the UAE. We have our own purchase department which carefully select the suppliers after rigorous research and assurance of capability to deliver the work. We found their proposal the most attractive in terms of level or understanding and financials.

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

We wanted to have an ERP solution which is fully customized as per our requirements. The scope included the following modules.

1. Order Inquiry Management
2. Order Booking & Pricing Management
3. Invoicing Management
4. Assignment & Route Assignment System.
5. Pickup & Warehouse Entry Management
6.  Delivery Status Management
7. Tracking Based on Statuses
8. Activity Tracking.
9. Secure Unique Links for Status Update at destinations
10. User Management
11. Roles & Permissions Management.
12. Email Notifications
13. Warehouse, Locations and Destination Management
14. Complains Management
15. Customer Feedback & POD Management
16. Reports, Filters, Criteria, Online Access & Input etc
17. Stats & Dashboard We used PHP Laravel framework for the software.

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

01 Project Manager 01 Team Lead 02 Designers 06 Developers 02 QA

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

All the modules were completed as per the authorized scope by GCC Marketing. Each module was connected to payment milestones and payments were released as per the milestones completion. Outcome was, we got the customized ERP, the way we wanted.

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

They use centralized design management software and project management software. Their team and our relevant staff perfectly interacted with each other the management tools but yes we also had fact to face meeting with them

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

They were very good in communication and understanding our requirement. Their team is highly experienced.

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

They gave us big timeline compared to their competitors (perhaps for the right reasons) but since I have IT and programming background, they could have done better. They delivered everything as per the agreement within the time limit.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a satellite service provider based in Dubai and I am working as a digital marketing executive.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire GCC Marketing?

We wanted to build an app which can give ability to track the personal finances of the individuals. The task was tricky as it required to integrate the credit cards and bank accounts.

What were your goals for this project?

To track the individual expenses for the user. the transactions to be tracked directly from the bank and credit cards through API

SOLUTION

How did you select GCC Marketing?

We have contacted a lot of app developer but we chose GCC Marketing as the Managers are very professional. They are responding accordingly to your inquiries and their work impressed us. After assessing a lot of suppliers we awarded the job to GCC Marketing on merit basis.

Describe the project in detail.

The project was an idea of building an app which was capable to understand the track the personal expenses from the banks and show the information in graphical format for the user to understand and use it to control his or her spending habits.

What was the team composition?

We are assigned with a Project Manager, 02 Designers, 03 developers and 02 testers to deliver this job smoothly.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our project is completed smoothly without any problems and we got what we were promised. we are happy with the final build of the iOS app and the website along with admin panel.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The project manager was very responsive and supportive. They used Trello for for tracing the status of the work. I was impressed by their time line.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

This company was very supportive to their clients, they did their best to deliver the project on time, very approachable team, responding on all the email accordingly. Their communication is very good and they deliver on time with great quality.

Are there any areas for improvement?

We were very satisfied with their work and don't have any reservations.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I overall manage the operations in the company and work as Operations Supervisor.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire GCC Marketing?

We hired GCC Marketing for custom design and development of our website and Android & iOS apps

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted to give seamless experience to customers while they are hiring a car from us. Our goal was that it could be done from their mobile app and they can avoid lot of hassle which they suffer while renting a car from us.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We have invited may vendors to quote for this project. We find GCC marketing on the search engine. Their portfolio was impressive. GCC Marketing along with other vendors were checked for cross reference.

They offered good price and their ways of working on a project are really great. They use advanced tools and technologies which makes the project delivery very smooth.

Describe the project in detail.

They created unique design for website and mobile apps. Once it was approved, then they started to develop the project. Afterwards testing and delivery phase was completed.

What was the team composition?

Our project manager was Mr. Shoukat who is a senior software engineer. with 3 designers and around 4 developers and 1 QA staff was allocated to the project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Well, the project was delivered on time and their tools for design like Figma were of great help. We did not needed to do any emails are calls. All was managed over project management system and the website and apps were made online in timely fashion.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

As explained above, all was well managed and the team was extra cautious to keep us happy as a client. Exceptionally good in communication and understanding.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We they are true professionals and in true sense they mean business. In a nutshell, you will get what you pay for. They are reasonable in pricing and there is no compromise on quality at all.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I am not sure about this as I found them real professionals. Happy to deal with such an organized team.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

One of our subsidiaries is dealing with Consumer products and our management decided to sell the products online due to the prevailing situation of the pandemic.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire GCC Marketing?

There wan nothing online prior to starting the project and our relevant team never had any technical expertise or even have a sketch of IT requirements. We wanted someone experienced to do the project and make our products available online.

What were your goals for this project?

Clearly our foremost priority was to go online at the earliest. Making sure our products are listed properly and our clients can buy easily without any hassle through their mobiles or laptops.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We requested for tenders from different suppliers. It is a standard procurement procedure in our company.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Custom eCommerce Web Development

What was the team composition?

1 Project Manager 3 Web Designers 5 Web Developers 1 Project Quality Control

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

GCC Marketing has taken on the challenge of winning the bid. Designed as per our expectations and developers and delivered the e-commerce store on time. Their communication was perfect and team coordination was very good. The project was fully completed on time.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The project was managed professionally without any problems. They have communicated with us regularly about the progress and updates. I have found that their project management skills are very effective. It was a wonderful experience working with GCC Marketing's team.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their design skills are extraordinary and their communication skills are very advanced.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Well! they have done their job perfectly, the time which is around 4 months could have been reduced though.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Salam Enterprises LLC is a group of companies based in UAE. We deal in construction, engineering, furniture, recreational facility, acrylic and maintenance works.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire GCC Marketing?

Our group needed a website where we can showcase our full service line and we asked for bids from different suppliers. GCC Marketing shown itself as a best choice for the project and consequently won it.

What were your goals for this project?

Branding, Design, Development and covering of all businesses in the group in best possible manner.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Through getting quotations from many vendors

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

GCC Marketing provided branding, design, development services to our company. It was challenging in the sense that no one had full information and they have to collect it from many different locations. also, there was many key employees whom they must listen to before finalizing the things.

What was the team composition?

project manager, designers and developers total i think 9 people.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Now the clients can find all our information in one place and they can really understand what services they can have from us. It good to see that our online visibility is enhanced.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

It was manged with great care and professionally. It was very effective considering the fact that it has done the job of expressing us properly online.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their communication and response times were extraordinary. They always replied all our questions in full detail without any delays.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Well I think these are real professionals and I am highly satisfied with their services.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am Ashar Nawaz an Electrical Engineer. I work for private sector firm on Telecommunciation projects. We have 3+ years on international experience.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire GCC Marketing?

We hired GCC for web design development. The design we required should be unique one and very innovative.

What were your goals for this project?

We want Web Design that is both catchy and very easy to understand. For this the design pattern and layout must be different than previous one.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We were referred by previous client of GCC who has good experience working with GCC. We met GCC officials and decided to give this project to them as their portfolio is very attractive.

Describe the project in detail.

The project is a web design that has end to end encryption with user login available. The web page must have dictionaries and huge storage available. With this web page, we can bring along customers to direct approach.

What was the team composition?

Team has many people from junior to experts. The whole project was supervised by specialists which they promised and they did really well.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The web page that is created has lessen our work and now customers approach directly to us knowing what they exactly want from us. This web page has made them well aware.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The team made good meeting plans and brief us the project happenings up to date which made things very easy for us.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their response time to every guideline is very good and they are very good in communication and good leadership is available within company.

Are there any areas for improvement?

The work is perfect but still many templates and designs should included in portfolios. It was nice experience working with GCC Marketing.