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FDF Mortgage and Investing
The guys at FDF believe in family and it shows in the design of their Web site; we used an image of their children on the homepage.
Your Names and Titles:
Jeff Sauer – Mortgage Planner
Ford Swift – Mortgage Planner
Where are you located?
Austin
Why Austin?
Great place to raise a family combined with a growing economy and lots of opportunity.
How many people does your company employ?
4
What does your company do?
Mortgage Planning – Incorporating Mortgage Products (Debt) in to the client’s long-term goals so that they can best optimize their financial resources.
Who are your clients/customers?
Home Buyers, Home Owners, Investors
What has been your greatest success?
Helping families prepare for the future and providing security and peace of mind for them.
Where do you find inspiration?
In our .
Where do you want to be in five years?
Well established in the Austin market as the Premiere Mortgage Planning firm.
Why did you choose Creative Suitcase?
Creative Suitcase was very responsive to our inquiry. Easy to work with and very thorough. They really impressed us with how they took our concept and turned it into a tangible design and functional Web site.
What results have you experienced with us?
We have many visitors who comment on not only the quality of our site, but on it's uniqueness and ease of use as well.
Top 5 items in your suitcase (your favorites):
Travel destination: Scotland
Take home souvenir: St. Andrews scorecard
Web site: fdfmortgage.com
Logo/campaign/tagline: We focus on what you need today and deliver what your family needs tomorrow.
Austin original: Lake Austin
Featured Client for Summer 2007
Piano For Preschoolers
We love these guys! They're the kind of client we love to help - they're a start up, they appreciate design and they're just plain nice. Have a preschooler? Get them these piano lessons and they'll be better students in school.
Your Name(s) and Title(s):
Angie Crellin, Owner
Where are you located?
Dripping Springs, TX
What does your company do?
E-commerce business selling Piano for Preschoolers, an award-winning method that allows parents without any musical background to teach their children beginning piano at home.
Who are your clients/customers?
Parents and grandparents of young children.
What has been your greatest success?
Hearing from parents of young children using our method about the increased confidence and pride children have in their ability to play the piano.
Where do you find inspiration?
From the numerous studies showing the benefits of early piano/keyboard instruction and the excitement of parents using our program.
Why did you choose Creative Suitcase?
Strong recommendation from interactive agency we use and online portfolio showed the kind of creativity we needed.
How did you hear about us?
Referral from Adlucent.
What results have you experienced with us?
We’re thrilled with the look and feel of our new site. The creativity and professionalism of Creative Suitcase made working with them a pleasure. As the foundation of our marketing plan, the fresh, updated site will allow us to meet our search marketing conversion goals and move forward with our plans to make Piano for Preschoolers available in traditional retail outlets as well.
Featured Client for March/April 2007
Vanderlaan Newland Real Estate
Vanderlaan Newland knows what it means to be Texan. They are a family-owned independent real estate agency based in Denton, TX and serve the North Texas real estate market.
Your Name(s) and Title(s):
Karl Kirchoff, Listing Coordinator
Where are you located?
Denton, TX
Why Denton?
Because Denton is 30 minutes from one of the biggest cities in the country and 30 minutes from the middle of nowhere. Because Denton is the kind of town that hosts the North Texas State Fair and livestock judging contests and also has The Shins and The Books playing in our local clubs.
How many people does your company employ?
8
What does your company do?
We are a real estate agency.
Who are your clients?
Our clients are people buying their first house, developers purchasing multi-million dollar tracts of land, people listing farm and ranch land that has been in their family for generations, or people investing in acreage for agriculture, hunting, or recreation. We work with everyone!
What has been your greatest success?
I think our greatest success is building a business and a reputation that people speak well of. It's not terribly difficult to have a real estate agency with dozens of agents grinding out deals and money in any way possible. But we're very proud of the long-term relationships we build with clients who like the way we treat them, and the way we do the right thing.
Why did you choose Creative Suitcase?
Rachel is a great person, and I knew she would be able to handle our needs.
How did you hear about us?
Rachel and Justin are kind of big wheels in the spades tournament scene, and that's how we met.
What results have you experienced with us?
Very positive. Everyone likes our new website. And working with Creative Suitcase has been very pleasant.
Top items in your suitcase (your favorites)
Travel destination: Portland
Take home souvenir: Books!
Web Site: www.sadlyno.com
Logo/campaign/tagline: I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
Denton original: A burger from RJ's.
Featured Client for January/February 2007
BodyMotion Chiropractic and Sports Injuries Clinic
Based out of London, England, these guys really know how to straighten someone out. We developed their extensive Web site including helpful tips and advice on how to relieve back and neckpain.
Your Name(s) and Title(s):
Dr Emma Daniells, Chiropractor
Dr Ben Glenister, Chiropractor
Where are you located?
Convenience for patients. Busy area with lots of people with potential musculoskeletal complaints.
How many people does your company employ?
Just us.
What does your company do?
Chiropractic and sports injuries
Who are your clients?
Local office workers and residents
Where do you find inspiration?
We enjoy our jobs and see results with patients who have chiropractic treatment.
Where do you want to be in five years?
We'd like to grow our business with a solid reputation for being a clinic where patients get better and thus refer friends and colleagues.
Why did you choose Creative Suitcase?
Professionalism and efficiency.
What results have you experienced with us?
We've been very pleased and impressed with Creative Suitcase and would use them again. Our Web site was carried out quickly with excellent design and very good support.
Top items in your suitcase (your favorites)
Travel destination: Barcelona
Take home souvenir: football shirt
Web site: body-motion.co.uk
Featured Client for November/December 2006
Story Workshop
Story Workshop combines education and entertainment (read: edutainment) in Malawi, Africa to create positive changein the country. We recently helped them develop a new Web site and in the past have developed a special fundraising invitation email.
Your Name(s) and Title(s):
Janie Hayes, Communications Director
Where are you located?
Malawi, Africa and on the web at www.storyworkshop.org.
How many people does your company employ?
15 professional staff; approximately 5-10 support staff (drivers, messengers, etc)
What does your organization do?
Story Workshop is an educational media Non-Governmental Organization (international version of a nonprofit organization) that combines education and entertainment to make create positive change for Malawians. We work in areas of health, food security, the environment, gender and HIV/AIDS, using a range of media, including radio, print, village theatre and music to get our messages across.
Who are your clients/constituents?
Our major clients are the people of Malawi, mostly rural subsistence farmers, which make up 85% of the population of Malawi. Our website targets donors, funders and supporters worldwide.
What has been your greatest success?
Probably our major radio program, a radio soap opera called “Zimachitika” (in the local language Chichewa it means, “It happens.”), which has been airing weekly since 1996 and still reaches around 6million listeners every week. You can hear a clip from Zimachitika on our website in our interactive Listen-and-Look Studio.
Where do you find inspiration?
We find inspiration in the people and environment of Malawi. Despite the incredible challenges they face, Malawians’ culture, lives and culture make for rich and inspiring stories, dialogue and music.
Where do you want to be in five years?
We want to be right here, still working hard for a Malawi that is more healthy, secure, well fed and democratic than it is today.
Why did you choose Creative Suitcase?
When I joined the Story Workshop in Malawi, Africa, one of my first projects was to create a new website. We had some very specific technical and creative requirements, which meant that we needed someone who could meet these demands, as well as create a look and feel that matched the mission and vision of our organization. Our main target audience is prospective partners and funders worldwide, so the site had to be both compelling and informative. As always, Creative Suitcase exceeded my expectations in terms of professionalism, timely turn-around and a wonderful product.
What results have you experienced with us?
We now have a new website that meets all of our technical requirements, incorporates our look-and-feel, stays true to the culture of Malawi and provides us with a great space to get the word out about what we do. We are sure that web traffic will increase and hopefully the site will help us to raise more money from an international audience to support the critical work that we do here in Africa.
Top items in your suitcase (your favorites)
Travel destination: Right now, Malawi, Africa
Take home souvenir: Smiles of Malawian kids
Web site: www.jimmyandjanie.com (Shameless self-promotion. Yep, check out our adventures in Africa from a personal perspective.) Also designed by Creative Suitcase.
Malawi original: Nsima, the staple meal of Malawians. Think thick grits from Georgia and you’ll get the idea.
Featured Client for September/October 2006
Adlucent
These guys know Search Engine Marketing. They've done the research and become experts in a field that keeps the rest of us guessing. We're always amazed by how friendly and knowledgable they are, and with each project from them, we're pushed to deliver our creative best.
Your Name(s) and Title(s):
Michael Griffin, Founder
Where are you located?
508 E 53rd Street, Suite 101, Austin, TX 78751
Why Austin?
http://www.adlucent.com/company/austin-advertising.html
How many people does your company employ?
6
What does your company do?
Search engine marketing, product level marketing for online retailers, usability, ecommerce bid management, and search engine optimization.
Who are your clients?
Fortune 500 online retailers and small local service related companies. Local clients include www.pestcontrolaustin.com, www.bootstrapstudent.com, www.tastechip.com, and www.coffeeresearch.org.
What has been your greatest success?
Helping local companies double their business by applying some of the same techniques we use for national customers. A recent client is observing 36% lead rate and a 27% conversion rate from all Web traffic generated by Adlucent. We’ve found that with strategic marketing, local clients can afford to outsell their national rivals.
Where do you find inspiration?
We’ve compiled “best of” books related to every aspect of our business. These books set a bar, which Adlucent continually strives to exceed, for each new client. We are also encouraged to spend a portion of our time each day on projects of our choice, which will eventually get wrapped into our core service suite.
Where do you want to be in five years?
We’ll continue to develop comprehensive solutions for online retailers to further establish Adlucent as a major force in ecommerce online marketing. We also view Adlucent as an incubator of online technologies. We plan to launch an economical call tracking software solution for customers whose conversion occur over the phone and a new consumer-focused price comparison Web site.
Why did you choose Creative Suitcase?
Creative Suitcase has a phenomenal design aesthetic and provides welcome new insight into larger projects where branding and identity are at a premium. When asking Austin business owners who they turn to for Web design and branding, Creative Suitcase came up several times.
What results have you experienced with us?
With a recent redesign of our company site, we’ve seen a doubling in the length of site visits. We now aim to drive traffic organically and through PPC to take advantage of the enhanced “stickiness.”
Top items in your suitcase (your favorites)
Travel destination: Rural Brazil
Web site: www.techcrunch.com
Austin original: San Jose
Featured Client for July/August 2006
Greenlights For Nonprofit Success
We love inspiring and energetic clients, and the guys over at Greenlights are just that. They're the one-stop shop for Central Texas nonprofit management needs, strengthening Central Texas nonprofits through consulting, education, networking and resources.
We chose Greenlights as our first featured client because they were actually our first client many years ago and they're people we consider friends.
Your Name(s) and Title(s):
Andy Buck – Membership & Marketing Manager
Where are you located?
Central Austin – near the corner of 24th and Lamar.
Why Austin?
We’re in Austin because we were created to serve Central Texas nonprofits.
How many people does your organization employ?
12 full-time, 3-4 interns
What does your organization do?
Greenlights strengthens Central Texas nonprofits through consulting, education, networking and resources. Our mission: to help nonprofits meet theirs.
Who are your clients?
Our clients are anyone with a stake in the success of Central Texas nonprofits. Primarily we serve nonprofit managers and board members, but also work with nonprofit staff, volunteers and funders.
What has been your greatest success?
Our greatest success has been our rapid growth, which means we’ve been able to serve more and more nonprofits in our five years of existence.
Where do you find inspiration?
We find inspiration in the work nonprofits do. Their tireless commitment to our community spurs us onto to serve them better, so that they may then serve their constituents better.
Why did you choose Creative Suitcase?
Creative Suitcase has been doing much of the design work for Greenlights in the last 2-3 years. The work is always timely, engaging and balanced between professional and creative. In other words, Creative Suitcase understands business needs but doesn’t hesitate to provide its own interpretation—always to fantastic results.
What results have you experienced with us?
Creative Suitcase has helped create a strong visual brand for Greenlights, which has certainly increased both our public visibility and client trust. Our clients know that we have a strong and clear vision that manifests itself in our look, our feel and our work.
Top 5 items in your suitcase (your favorites)
Travel destination: London
Take home souvenir: Candy
Web site: www.metafilter.com
Logo/campaign/tagline: The new Emergency Room at Seton – “It’s About Time.”
Austin original: The Austin Poetry Slam
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