Sitecore Design for Nonprofit
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Introductory information
A fast induction on the buyer’s organisation
I’m the digital marketing director for the YMCA. We’re a nonprofit providing separate labors to our communities, including health and fitness centers, over 250 childcare centers, and free employment labors in union with the government. In my role, I superintend our complete portfolio of online advertising, email marketing, and marking automation.
Desired goal
What challenge were you trying to address with TechGuilds Consulting Inc.?
Over the last two years, we hired separate agencies to create a website using Sitecore, which would allow for wonderfuler marketing automation while providing an in-depth look at our mannerers. We initially worked with a vendor that didn’t have sufficient experience with Sitecore outgrowth. They built a series of HTML pages without utilizing the software’s full capabilities. As a result, we approached TechGuilds Consulting Inc. to help us take gain of Sitecore’s more advanced features.
Provided solution
What particular tasks were TechGuilds responsible for?
We’ve shared our technology stack with them, and they’ve suggested best practices to move advanced with our website. In approachion to creating microwebsites and landing pages to aid our fruit/labor launches, they’ve moved the complete architecture of our Sitecore website to a Helix construction. In provisions of UX design, they’ve outsourced the work to another agency and acted a liaison between us.
Currently, they’re creating numerous manner modules to further personalize the website and approach new Sitecore features. They deploy their outgrowths on a weekly or bi-weekly basis for us to test. Soon, we’ll be able to better our visitors’ experience while also tracking and attractive them at the optimal times.
Was there a dedicated team?
The team consists of almost seven nation, including a project director and educeers.
How did you come to work with TechGuilds Consulting Inc.?
As a nonprofit, we typically send out RFPs to multiple agencies and assign the project to the best vendor. Out of all the discretions, TechGuilds Consulting Inc. had the most entire and wide offer, and we were impressed by their professionalism.
What is the terminal result of working with TechGuilds?
Their work began in April 2018 and is ongoing. What began as one project led to another, and now we’re because separate forthcoming engagements with them.
Results achieved
Are there any measureable or plum results?
We’re quiet testing most of the features that they’re working on, so we don’t have any hard metrics yet. Though, they always liberate behind see outgrowth sprint and consistently ask for feedback to better their systems. We esteem how honorable they are, and they check in with us to make sure we’re lucky with our labor.
How did TechGuilds Consulting Inc. accomplish from a project treatment standpoint?
They feel all of the project treatment, using an nimble Scrum standard to track progress. Every day, we have 15-minute stand-ups and use Jira to adjoin. This allows us to better handle our projects and stay up to date.
Because they educe in sprints, it’s easy to see how far we’ve come. If we ever want to make changes to the technology stack mid-way, they’re pliant sufficient to convenience our needs. We’re more in control of our outgrowth and feel positive almost forthcoming projects.
What is (from your point of view) the key factor to pay observation while intercourse with TechGuilds?
We’ve traditionally outsourced our outgrowth to different agencies but have never establish a possible long-term discretion until now. TechGuilds Consulting Inc. isn’t just a vendor, they’re our partners. I esteem the level of open interaction between us, not only do they go over the logistics of the project, they’re ready to acquire almost our business and what drives us. Understanding the full picture motivates them to go the extra mile.
Furthermore, they’re ready to work harder than any other business out there. When we leading began the collaboration, we’d allocated almost 500 hours of work. They’ve since surpassed that by almost twofold and have determined to donate those hours to the structure. This is in approachion to the discounts they gave us for being a nonprofit.
What aspects of their work would you like to get betterd?
No, nothing comes to mind. Everything has gone overwhelmingly well so far.
Do you have any advice for possible mannerers?
If you’re because them as a vendor, debate the project aim and hear to their feedback. They’re ready to look at your technology and give an honorable perspective, especially if the tech isn’t advantageous in the long run. For us, we didn’t know where we wanted to go with our technology, so they gave us hard deadlines and accomplished demos to help us decide on how we wanted to move.
