Web Design & Development Client Testimonials- Glendale Designs, Phoenix Arizona
Stampotique, Phoenix, AZ
Our business, Stampotique Originals, was started in 1996 primarily as a retail storefront. We had website presence but most of the sales were not through the site. Over time the business changed and the website and wholesale became the majority of the revenue. The site never really changed its appearance as we were not knowledgeable in changing a secure storefront especially one as complex as MIVA. We decided to close the retail store and move the internet and wholesale businesses home. Now the need for a professionally designed web based storefront for both retail and wholesale was a must. We were convinced that MIVA Merchant was a very powerful shopping cart but felt that it was very rigid and not flexible. We started talking to various designers but learned that few had much exposure to MIVA. On a lead, we contacted Sabine and James at Glendale Designs and after our first meeting realized that MIVA was a very customizable storefront in the hands of real MIVA professionals. Through the next several weeks, the site began to emerge. The process was definitely not one sided. Sabine and James would listen to ideas we had and then they would send us sample pages. With over 1500 different stamp images and the desire to expand the product offerings beyond just rubber stamps, the project grew. Then the complexity doubled with the decision to have both a retail and wholesale site from the same storefront.
Bottom line, we believe it must have been a real challenge for Sabine and James to basically start from ground zero, working with products that they are really unfamiliar with and create the site as you see it. It is one thing to work with clients that are site design savvy, but in our case, we do not speak that language. They have been very patient in teaching us how to revise the site to keep a dynamic appeal. It is clear that their real goal in site design is to understand and convert the clients’ ideas to a web design, teach the client how to alter and change that design, and then step back, For us, it is nice to know that even though they want to step back, they are only a call away to stand us up if we trip and fall.
Jim & Carol Ramsey
Owners
www.stampotique.com
Trafalgar Square Books, VT
Glendale Designs had done such a great job redesigning our equestrian books retail site, www.horseandriderbooks.com, that when it came time to develop one for our craft books we immediately went to them. They were very patient in answering all our questions, giving us suggestions on how to turn our many ideas into a functional site, and addressing any problems immediately. As a result, www.trafalgarbooks.com is a clean, professional site where we can effectively market our books. I’d recommend Glendale Designs and Sabine Sharp to anyone, whether you’re looking to build a new site or redesign an existing one.
Martha Kedron
Owner
www.trafalgarbooks.com
Live Superfoods, Bend, OR
A year ago I purchased an existing ecommerce business - www.livesuperfoods.com - that was sorely in need of a site upgrade. The original store was built on an open source shopping cart, for which I wasn't able to find competent support. I knew I needed to move to a shopping cart that had a healthy third-party ecosystem, so after investigating a half dozen options, I decided on Miva Merchant 5. The decision was largely made because of how impressed I was by the quality and professionalism of the Miva developers I interviewed. I think I interviewed most of the developers on Miva's roster before deciding on Glendale Designs.
Sabine Sharp from Glendale managed the project. Migration went very smoothly. Sabine's familiarity with the Miva architecture and feature set was really obvious. She had the new site up and running - fully functional - in less that 45 days. No snags. No interruption of revenue.
As I look back on my first year of owning this business, I'd have to say that hiring Glendale Designs was one of the best decisions I made. I continue to work with Glendale Designs and consider them a valued member of my team. I would recommend them to everyone except my competitors.
Tom Burke
Owner
www.livesuperfoods.com
Strawberry Hill Interior Designs , AZ
Integrity, Honesty, Commitment
Expertise, Experience, Efficiency
Loyalty, Professionalism, Reliability
Humor, Heart and Soul
All Blend Together
To Create “The Dream Weavers”
James and Sabine Sharp of Glendale Designs
These two incredible people have supported my dream of creating a beautiful new web site from the moment I first spoke with them. They have followed through with the process of transferring my site, renewing certificates, updating information, adding new product, pictures and designs, all being done professionally, efficiently and promptly. Sabine’s design of the site, the delicate quote template she developed and her attention to detail have come together to create my new, beautiful, inspirational site.
Sabine and James are both people of conscience, integrity and kindness. It is comforting to know that I have these two gifted web designers working for me and the prosperity of my business.
Terry Prince Sims
Owner/Designer
Strawberry Hill Interior Designs
www.strawberryhillhome.com
Southwest Sweeper Sales, Inc. , AZ
A few months ago our company hit a very large growth surge. In a few short weeks we needed a web-site, marketing strategies, and more help in different departments. At that time we realized how important it was for us to create a web-site prior to entering into the Pavement Trade-Show in Las Vegas, NV. This needed to be the main reference tool used at the show and used continuously after, to solidify the future of our company and its reputation. We went through and contacted a few web designers and Sabine at Glendale Designs was by far the easiest person to talk to and explain things as well. She portrayed high levels of patience, as was proven while trying to explain what we needed and why or when we had to change ideas half-way through the project because of supplier guidelines.
We were on a tight deadline and Glendale Designs met and exceeded that deadline for us. Our website was up and running before the trade-show. We have and continue to receive multiple hits daily and customers are able to receive better and more information before they contact us so that they can have most of their questions answered prior to the initial call or demonstration.
Thank you Sabine and James for the wonderful web-site, we will recommend you anytime in the future to anyone!
Paula, Exec. Asst.
Southwest Sweeper Sales, Inc.
Studio Z Marketing, Phoenix AZ
Several months back as I was searching for a company with experience, knowledge and expertise in search engine optimization, SEO and search engine marketing, SEM. As it turned out, connecting with Sabine and James Sharp at Glendale Designs has been one of those fortuitous experiences for me and my business. The bottom-line is that Glendale Designs ARE the EXPERTS at what they do. They are the authorities in this field and provide only the best in website development, SEO, SEM and other online business related services and products.
Glendale Designs took on the development of my new website, guiding me every step of the way. I have to say that I am MORE than excited about the outcome! My website is a true reflection of who I am and how I want my business portrayed: professional, artsy, fun and a bit different from others. This website is built to promote and drive my marketing business and SALES. And we’re not done yet – Glendale Designs will continue to develop my site as we progress. The outcome is that I got what I asked for and MORE.
Thanks for the fantastic work you do.
Kindly
Diane Zoller
Studio Z Marketing
Bhutani-Palmin Financial Planning LLC , Oakland, CA
We were working with another designer and just weren't getting anywhere. Glendale Designs took over in mid-project, put everything in order, gave us suggestions to make the site better and more client-friendly, and had everything running in just two weeks! And it was all completed for a very reasonable price. We're very happy with our website and Glendale Designs' service.
Lydia Palmin CFP®
Bhutani-Palmin Financial Planning LLC
Sailor Financial, LLC, Bloomington, MN
I'm extremely happy with my web site. Sabine was great to work with. She made my vision a reality and offered input on things I never would have thought of. Most of all, I feel like I got a great value—a professional web site at a reasonable price.
Kevin Sale
Sailor Financial, LLC
Keatley Wealth Management , LLC., Charlotte, NC
I have been very happy with the website – both its initial design and the ongoing service. When I have needed to make content changes, the turnaround time has been terrific.
Karen R. Keatley, MBA, CFA, CFP®
Keatley Wealth Management, LLC
GPS to CAD, Phoenix, AZ
Glendale Designs and Sabine Sharp have been instrumental in providing a well designed, attractive, and productive web site for my product GPS2CAD. From the initial, free consultation, through the deployment stage they provided quality work at a very reasonable price, and they delivered it all on time as promised.
Being an engineer first and a webmaster second, I had some experience and skill at building my own site, but I was out of time and creative ideas. Sabine was able to provide a service that allowed me to contribute what content and ideas I could, and she used that to produce the finished site. Most of all I appreciated her patience at answering my questions and helping me with the technical parts of the website that I needed to care for myself.
GPS2CAD.com is an attractive and successful site thanks to Glendale Designs and Sabine’s service. I will gladly enjoy working with them again on the next project."
Mark Crigler
www.GPS2CAD.com
The Money Source, Kent, WA
"When it was time to upgrade our web site, we had some definitive goals in mind. We wanted a site we were proud of referring people to, yet it also had to be very functional. We also wanted to drive more business owners to the site via search engines.
Glendale Designs is very knowledgeable, up to date with technology and gets back to us in a timely fashion. They are very easy to work with, hard workers, and have our best interest in mind.
Now business owners can apply for a loan or get financing and leasing quotes 24 hours a day! They can research frequent asked questions, learn more about leasing, or even how to improve their credit scores...thus saving them a lot of money. They can also find ways to get bigger IRS deductions and locate good buys on lease returns and repossessions.
We are continuing to work with Glendale Designs on driving more traffic to the site, which our statistics page shows is progressing.
Michael Henley
President
Bargainlink, San Diego, CA
When we began the redesign of our website, it was important to work with a webmaster who would understand what we were trying to achieve. That meant a certain level of trust in Glendale Designs and in its owner, Sabine Sharp. It also meant good communication -- an understanding on her part of what we wanted and why. The new look of our site took months of work on both our parts. What I find so extraordinary about Sabine is her dedication and her willingness to go beyond direction. And her honesty. In one or two instances, what we requested was not feasible and she told us so. She also offered tons of suggestions which helped guide us toward our objectives.
We have worked with Glendale Designs for three years now and although we have been approached by other webmasters who sound good and who may be able to work with us, we have no intention of switching horses in mid-stream. When we launched the redesign, we had around 57,000 hits. Following launch, that figure jumped to an astounding 212,000! We certainly attribute part of that to Sabine and Glendale Designs.
Good communication -- something necessary in all kinds of business -- was also above the norm. It is especially critical if there are problems or important questions which need a quick resolution. Sabine was always responsive, often immediately.
It is very difficult in today's world to find someone like her -- someone who appears to care as much about your success as you do. We recommend her highly.
Patricia F. Doering
Editor/Publisher
Tea Living, Hanson, MA
"I have worked with Sabine and Glendale Designs for 6 years. She is professional, experienced, hard working, skilled and knowledgeable about the web design industry.
After 6 years she has earned my trust. She has been fair with her pricing structure and has never missed a deadline. I believe she cares about the success of my business and believe that customer satisfaction is a top priority to her.
Each year my business has grown. The traffic to my site has increased substantially and my Holiday sales have doubled the past two years in a row. This is due partly because of Sabine’s web design skills, her knowledge of search engines and how they work, and her strong work ethic. She posts updated content often and in a timely manner which keeps the website current and fresh.
I highly recommend Glendale Designs. They made my dream to launch a web business a reality.
Jennifer Geronaitis
Owner Tea Living
Pelham Saddlery, Pelham, NH
"Glendale Designs is managing all online marketing aspects and merchandising on the site - Thank you for all the hard work, we couldn't do it without you and our online revenue has increased over 300%!"
Donna Clark, President
Sabine developed her web-site business based on her first-hand knowledge of equestrian supplies, while managing one of the country's largest tack shops, Pelham Saddlery in New Hampshire. Because of Sabine, they were probably the 'first' tack shop in the USA to enter the 21st century and increase their customer base from a tri-state area to the national arena.
Dorothea Carters, Co-Owner, KL Select
Client: Hannel Educational Consulting, AZ
CSS, Java Script and custom forms, Advanced CGI Forum for online conferences and trainer discussions. PDF and much more...
Customer Satisfaction: "Glendale Designs was engaged to reinvigorate our company's educational web site at www.hannel.com. Our timeframe for development was short, but from the beginning of the project, Glendale Designs fully contributed to the complete vision of the new web site. From color and layout choices, to functional issues dealing with menus and message boards, Glendale Designs helped us make the right choices.
Within weeks, our web site went through a complete transformation in the right direction! Though liberal with the amount of time they would spend with us by phone or email in making the web site exactly right, Glendale Designs was conservative when it came time to fees and expenses. The end result of our choosing Glendale Designs is a web site that represents our company well and provides us with something that makes a big difference in our marketing and communications needs with clients and employees alike.
I would recommend Glendale Designs without hesitation! You may call or otherwise contact me for detailed discussion about our experience with Glendale Designs in the redesign of our company web site at any time."
Ivan Hannel, J.D. - Cofounder, Hannel Educational Consulting
Author, Highly Effective Questioning
PS Images, AZ
"Sabine,
I wanted to take a minute to drop you a line and tell you how pleased I am with the job you did on my web site. (PS-Images) It has greatly exceeded my expectations. You were very helpful in preparing me and keeping me on task from the beginning. I would have never guessed what kind of hard work goes into the actual design and building of a web site and your persistence with me paid off. My site is used just as I wanted it to be. A visual portfolio of my work and now more then ever I can simply show people my work at a click of a button. If you ever need a reference please don't hesitate to have them call or e-mail me.
Thank you again for all your hard work."
Paul Sharp
Owner
KL Select, Waterford, CT
"As co-owner of a national wholesale distributorship in the equestrian industry, Sabine Sharp of Glendale Designs through her web design of www.klselect.com put our company "on the map". Her development, design and quick response time to 'new products', updating dealership listing, checking for 'dead' links, and most recently the addition of our factory outlet (which includes a shopping cart, and her monthly bulk customer database mailers) have greatly enhanced both our cash flow and name brand recognition throughout the country.
I have worked with Glendale Designs over the past 8 years, and believe that our web site at www.klselect.com is one of the most informative, attractive and frequently visited (over 4,000 hits per day) sites in the equestrian supply business.
Sabine developed her web-site business based on her first-hand knowledge of equestrian supplies, while managing one of the country's largest tack shops, Pelham Saddlery in New Hampshire. Because of Sabine, they were probably the 'first' tack shop in the USA to enter the 21st century and increase their customer base from a tri-state area to the national arena.
Her work is remarkable. She is quick to follow up (usually within 12 hours) to any updates or requests for information, and routinely gives suggestions (which we follow) on how to best improve our site and traffic. She keeps abreast of the ever-crucial search engines, and I know that KL Select pops up in the first 1-10 hits whenever a user enters "saddlery". WOW!
I give her work my highest recommendation."
Dorothea Carters, Co-Owner, KL Select
Director of Sales & Marketing
Savvy Patients, NJ
"Definitely recommend. Great people to work with! This was my third project with Glendale Designs, so obviously I was quite pleased with their work. Sabine is very creative, with good design sense -- she gave me several options to choose from. She is very proficient technically but also has "business sense." And Sabine was very patient, which helped a lot since my requirements were not crystal clear beforehand, but evolved as the project moved forward to completion."
Roger Streit
Owner
Boerne Stage Saddlery, San Antonio, TX
"Glendale Designs has helped me so much by designing my web site. They are extremely prompt and update my web site whenever I request it. They recently send me information about an email service to notify customers of sales, etc. I sent them a mailing list and it was up and running that evening! I have received numerous emails from customers complementing me on my web site. It has been a pleasure to work with Glendale Designs!"
Lynne Boyer
Owner
Velvet Skin International, Phoenix, AZ
"Glendale Designs has been invaluable to our company. Unfamiliar, as we were with the construction of a web site we truly had to rely on Sabine’s Expertise and Design Experience.
The communication and execution was very professional and proficient. She translated our intentions into a very impressive design of which we receive many compliments.
She also guided as in the minefield of search engines, pay options etc. We feel we can trust her completely in her professional judgment. We also feel that along the way, we have saved money by listening to her advice.
We highly recommend Glendale Designs"
E. Anderson
President
Ashanti Farm Inc, Gordonsville, VA
"We at AFI definitely recommend Glendale Designs. Great people to work with and Sabine Sharp is not only a wonderful person, she is very creative,quick with her responses, has great ideas and checks the Site frequently. She is very professional, patient and a fabulous person! We are glad to have found her."
Manfred Nettek
Co-Owner
Vail Community Chamber, Vail, CO
"Glendale Designs are wizards. I have spent altogether too much time with technocrats who are well-versed with computers but who don't know how to translate that knowledge into a common tongue. Glendale Designs speaks English, and they understand that while the internet and electronic commerce are an important aspect of business, they are not all that a business entails. They offer top-notch small business solutions at prices small businesses can afford, and ideas that, quite frankly, no one else has even come close to suggesting. I would recommend Glendale Designs to anyone who wants to take advantage of the growing global marketplace the worldwide web affords, but not go the way of the dot bombs in the process."
Jonathan Staufer
Board Member
Name My Baby, United Kingdom
"Working with Sabine has been a pleasure and I would have no hesitation in recommending Glendale Designs to anyone considering a web design project. I received communication every day and knew exactly what was being done on the project at any given point. The result is a site that exceeds my expectations and consequently I will definitely be using Glendale Designs again on further projects. If you are currently looking through all of your bids wondering who to use, please save yourself a lot of time and select Glendale Designs. It is rare to find service this good, I just feel very lucky that I asked Glendale Designs to design my site. Thanks again"
Andrew Brown
Owner
