Back to TestimonialsBryan Persad
President & Owner, Design & Marketing Studio
This team is our A-Team and will always be.
Review Summary
"After launching the websites, the client saw an increase of 65% in revenues, and site traffic increased by 70% thanks to ColorWhistle's work. The team communicated regularly through bi-weekly calls ensuring everything was on time and on budget. They were professional and easy to work with."
Detailed Feedback
BACKGROUND
Please describe your company and your position there.
A design & Marketing Studio, we specialize in developing marketing strategies & designs for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Established in 2003, the company envisions to help businesses accomplish their targets through ingenious solutions. I was the Owner / President
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE For what projects/services did your company hire ColorWhistle, and what were your goals? Our company partnered with ColorWhistle and their owner Sankar from the very beginning when they were now starting out. We started handing off all our development work for clients to Colorwhistle in order to broker more cost-effective pricing strategies for our clients. With the company being off-shore, our partnership was a huge success and both companies were able to prosper long term. We eventually started to work even closer in other digital marketing channels and design work.
SOLUTION How did you select ColorWhistle and what were the deciding factors? Choosing was easy for our company. When I first met Sankar, he worked at another company where I had already built a relationship with him as a project manager. When he transitioned to his own company...I did not want to lose this contact, so when I started to take on bigger projects from my client base - I reached out to Sankar again when he was getting ColorWhistle up and running - told him I wanted to work with him and his company moving forward. Up until I sold my agency, we had a strong partnership that brokered many deals. Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used. There was always a kick-off meeting to discuss the goals of the project both from client notes and also what our company had envisioned for our client. All goals and objectives were laid out. This took a couple discovery calls depending on the project. From there, the team delivered either a proof of concept with wireframes, flowchart etc if they were designing for us. In some cases, they provided the initial prototype of the website they were developing for us that we can review. Usually, after a couple iterations, their team either designed or developed both static and ecommerce driven websites for our clients. Development was done in WordPress primarily, with a few drop-ins of Shopify and Magento. By the time the project was complete which was pretty quick...9 times out of 10...they were flawless. Their ability to understand and adopt their client goals and objectives and then translate that into a fully functioning project is unbeatable in the industry. How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions? In our case, our primary point of contact was the owner himself who is an unmatched project manager. We would also have meetings or calls with his primary developer or marketing expert at times. For us, it did not matter who we communicated with as everyone on their team are professionals and the conversations are spot on.
RESULTS & FEEDBACK Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables? After launching websites, company branding and other deliverables from ColorWhistle to our clients. The client saw a measureable increase of over 65% in revenue if an existing retail website or they received compliments on their new branding which yielded in excellent ROI for the companies. Marketing campaigns they have run for us has had phenomenal results and ROI such as a SEO campaign they ran increased our clients traffic by over 70% and the client had over 66x ROI for the business at a really low marketing cost of just 4%. Overall, this is a great team. They are unmatched anywhere and trust me, we have worked with other companies both big and small and none have come close to ColorWhistle. Do yourself and your business a favor and reach out to this guys for any project you may have. Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines. We had bi-weekly calls to ensure everything was running on time and on budget with the owner and/or developer directly. If delays were to happen, they communicated that way ahead of time. But this rarely happened. When it occured, it primarily came down to the client changing their mind on a feature or adding something in after scope. Ever heard of scope creep. Some clients tried that. We used primarily email and skype in those days, but today I know the team are using Jira, Slack, Github and other tools. What did you find most impressive or unique about this company? Can I say everything. They're professional, easy to work with...they leave ego at the door and they always took the time to educate where it was needed. Many talk about doing this...but most rarely actually do. This team is our A-Team and will always be. Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently? Everyone can improve on something. Why I say everyone and the company...primarily because a company is just a building whereas the people inside is what makes up the whole. So everyone can improve on something. When it comes to their service level. I can't think of one thing that they fail on. For us, and we worked with them for years up until we sold our agency--they never failed us. Even today, personally - I plan to using them for future projects that I am planning on building for myself and my family. They have already designed a couple logos for me and their value is second to none. I'm a designer and developer myself...but sometimes you just need to focus on the bigger picture and allow a solid team to help you along the way. I will never use any other company.
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE For what projects/services did your company hire ColorWhistle, and what were your goals? Our company partnered with ColorWhistle and their owner Sankar from the very beginning when they were now starting out. We started handing off all our development work for clients to Colorwhistle in order to broker more cost-effective pricing strategies for our clients. With the company being off-shore, our partnership was a huge success and both companies were able to prosper long term. We eventually started to work even closer in other digital marketing channels and design work.
SOLUTION How did you select ColorWhistle and what were the deciding factors? Choosing was easy for our company. When I first met Sankar, he worked at another company where I had already built a relationship with him as a project manager. When he transitioned to his own company...I did not want to lose this contact, so when I started to take on bigger projects from my client base - I reached out to Sankar again when he was getting ColorWhistle up and running - told him I wanted to work with him and his company moving forward. Up until I sold my agency, we had a strong partnership that brokered many deals. Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used. There was always a kick-off meeting to discuss the goals of the project both from client notes and also what our company had envisioned for our client. All goals and objectives were laid out. This took a couple discovery calls depending on the project. From there, the team delivered either a proof of concept with wireframes, flowchart etc if they were designing for us. In some cases, they provided the initial prototype of the website they were developing for us that we can review. Usually, after a couple iterations, their team either designed or developed both static and ecommerce driven websites for our clients. Development was done in WordPress primarily, with a few drop-ins of Shopify and Magento. By the time the project was complete which was pretty quick...9 times out of 10...they were flawless. Their ability to understand and adopt their client goals and objectives and then translate that into a fully functioning project is unbeatable in the industry. How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions? In our case, our primary point of contact was the owner himself who is an unmatched project manager. We would also have meetings or calls with his primary developer or marketing expert at times. For us, it did not matter who we communicated with as everyone on their team are professionals and the conversations are spot on.
RESULTS & FEEDBACK Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables? After launching websites, company branding and other deliverables from ColorWhistle to our clients. The client saw a measureable increase of over 65% in revenue if an existing retail website or they received compliments on their new branding which yielded in excellent ROI for the companies. Marketing campaigns they have run for us has had phenomenal results and ROI such as a SEO campaign they ran increased our clients traffic by over 70% and the client had over 66x ROI for the business at a really low marketing cost of just 4%. Overall, this is a great team. They are unmatched anywhere and trust me, we have worked with other companies both big and small and none have come close to ColorWhistle. Do yourself and your business a favor and reach out to this guys for any project you may have. Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines. We had bi-weekly calls to ensure everything was running on time and on budget with the owner and/or developer directly. If delays were to happen, they communicated that way ahead of time. But this rarely happened. When it occured, it primarily came down to the client changing their mind on a feature or adding something in after scope. Ever heard of scope creep. Some clients tried that. We used primarily email and skype in those days, but today I know the team are using Jira, Slack, Github and other tools. What did you find most impressive or unique about this company? Can I say everything. They're professional, easy to work with...they leave ego at the door and they always took the time to educate where it was needed. Many talk about doing this...but most rarely actually do. This team is our A-Team and will always be. Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently? Everyone can improve on something. Why I say everyone and the company...primarily because a company is just a building whereas the people inside is what makes up the whole. So everyone can improve on something. When it comes to their service level. I can't think of one thing that they fail on. For us, and we worked with them for years up until we sold our agency--they never failed us. Even today, personally - I plan to using them for future projects that I am planning on building for myself and my family. They have already designed a couple logos for me and their value is second to none. I'm a designer and developer myself...but sometimes you just need to focus on the bigger picture and allow a solid team to help you along the way. I will never use any other company.
