Winnona Partners

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the owner of Taylor Design Consultants, inc.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We work with the public as well as the design community to fabricate beautiful soft products for the home------draperies, valances, bedding, pillows-----and provide the hardware and installation as well as the consultation.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Winnona Partners to accomplish?

• New email and new website development

SOLUTION

How did you find Winnona Partners?

He was a member at a Power Core Referral group in Decatur, as I was.

Why did you select Winnona Partners over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Winnona Partners were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

What was your primary form of communication with Winnona Partners?

• In-Person Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Jonathan came to me at a time when the person I used became deathly ill. I did not know her circumstances but without service and renewal payments to the company that handled my domains, all of it expired and I had a mess. I had just met Jonathan and he quickly came to my rescue, getting me back online and we worked together so well, getting the new website developed and running. 

He is brilliant, so kind, patient, always had the best suggestions and could not have been more helpful. My website is done----beautiful, simple, elegant and gets out there exactly what I wanted people to know about me, my team and what we do and love doing it. WONDERFUL experience!!! Love these guys!!! JOANN TAYLOR

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Prompt Ask great questions for preferences Offered great solutions Read my needs perfectly and delivered without a lot of waiting.

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

Prompt, exact, total response to me every time I wanted a small change or needed advice on "the look" I was after.

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

Attitude -----"getting me" and knowing exactly what I wanted and so so helpful. Just the best experience. My last website developer was a nightmare. This was a painless and wonderful experience with great results with Jonathan Richter.

Are there any areas for improvement or something {provider_name} could have done differently?

No-----perfect in my book. I am totally elated with the website. It's out there and I have already gotten some "wow, great looking website". There are not too many times any of us can state this-- but, this group knows what they are doing, the listen and get the facts and the creativity from all involved produced exactly what I wanted------folks to learn more about me and what my little company can do.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the co-founder and co-executive director at Science ATL, a nonprofit organization that creates public science events that aim to bring people together.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Winnona Partners?

We needed their team to develop a mobile and a web application for us.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Winnona Partners started their development work from scratch. For the mobile app, they pulled together a platform that imitated a physical space race — it was a complex product that needed audio language and distance tracking, allowing people to operate it as if they were running interactively throughout outer space.

The other product was a web app that functioned as a public science event that families could attend and enjoy all together. Winnona Partners helped us from the brainstorming to the development phase of the project. They built the site on WordPress and designed our logos for that product as well.

What is the team composition?

My main point of contact was Jonathan (CEO), but I also worked with another developer from their team.

How did you come to work with Winnona Partners?

A friend of mine recommended Winnona Partners to me after she saw my hiring ad on our neighborhood’s Facebook page. I found it convenient that they were a local team that was also just down my street, so it was an easy decision to make.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent about $12,000 on the development of both apps. 

What is the status of this engagement?

The project ran from June 2020–March 2021. They completed the space app in October 2020, while the web app was accomplished in March 2021.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We received over 50 5-star reviews for our mobile app. Additionally, we got a lot of positive verbal feedback for its design and content. We didn’t have the numbers for the web app since there was no opportunity for our users to review it, but we heard a lot of nice things about its functionality and how fun it was to navigate through it. The products that Winnona Partners created for us were highly recognized by people for the positive user experience they got from trying them out.

How did Winnona Partners perform from a project management standpoint?

We mainly communicated via email and phone calls. Their team was really good at devising timelines, and I was good at following through — it was a beneficial and productive collaboration that allowed us to meet all our targets.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Winnona Partners created sleek and interactive apps that our users highly enjoyed. Additionally, they were a really fun team to work with, and that trait was mirrored in their work.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, I thought they were a perfect team.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Take advantage of their ideas and expertise. They’re a great firm to work with, and they’re especially helpful to new companies that don’t know their way around this field yet. Trust Winnona Partners to give your company a pleasant experience.