Web Design Testimonials

Galway Water Solutions

My search for good web site design began with a few hiccups until at last, Ivan O'Grady from the Design Tribe worked his magic.

Previously, I had stumbled across a major printing firm who offered an add-on web design service. Their patchy attempt at web design ended up something short of a disaster.

I popped down to settle their bill, and I got asked nearly twice the price of their original quote. I was dealing with rank amateurs from start to finish, devoid of customer service with glazed expressions akin to zombies.

So it was "back to the drawing board" to get a new web designer, but I did not waste any more time or money, I drove down to Ivan at the Design Tribe and got him to scrap the other firm's internet abuse.

A month or so followed, and I got the website I hoped for. Full content management system, good design graphics and a great look and feel to the site overall.

I must say, Ivan did put up with my bad experience with the other crowd and a my tinkering with fonts and buttons, and a lot of questions overall, but I have to give it to him, he gave unquestionably excellent technical advice.

He is enthusiastic and knowledgeable in what he does and gave me a sound grounding in "keyword" importance, he also sorted out search engine listings.

I appeared in the top ten on Google Ireland for most of the important keywords I wanted within months of the new site going live and my number of "site clicks" were doing wonders.

Also, as an unexpected bonus, the previous grip on me that the hungry salesmen from the Golden Pages had on my hard earned funds, has now been kicked into touch.

Golden Pages charge over double the UK Yellow Pages rates, and they have posted final proofing to me only at the last minute for the past three years. Also they made a repeated number of mistakes, were chased for invoices, they charge massively for their service and for a large company they offer in my own personal experience, very, very, poor service.

The site that Ivan built for me, has been out-performing their full page colour advertisement without question, with proven results, at less than a quarter of the cost. Static, over priced, printed adverts have had their day.

The internet is certainly the way to go and being as demanding as I am for the best in products, suppliers and value, I have no hesitation in recommending the Design Tribe.

Ivan was true to his word and delivered a quality site, on budget and on time. Fair play to the man, credit given where credit is due.

OntarioHouse - Bed & Breakfast Galway

TheDesignTribe designed and built our new website. It truly is lovely and very easy to use, even for the non-techie, we are delighted with it and can't recommend TheDesignTribe enough.

Anne Markland, Proprietor Ontario House.
www.OntarioHouse.net

Parallel Programming Services, Galway Ireland

I am really pleased with the web site designed for Parallel Programming Services by Ivan at theDesignTribe. Initially, Ivan was a good listener, quick to understand the "look and feel" that I wanted. Then he was able to deliver exactly that in his design. He also incorporated into the site his appreciation of how the world of on-line searching works. As a result, my site is attracting a lot more hits than I expected.

Enda O'Brien, Parallel Programming Services.
www.parallelprogramming.ie

3D Graphic House, Galway

The Design Tribe were very approachable and professional from day one. They immediately grasped hold of my initial requirements for the site and before I knew it I had a newly designed and well developed site.

They have a wonderful advantage in that they have an artistic and creative mindset whilst being highly technically proficient. My site is very easy on the eye and do you know what?... everything works!

Seumas MacFarlane. 3D Graphic House
www.3dgraphichouse.ie

Linguiz Translation Services - Galway Ireland

Thanks to the Design Tribe, I've finally got an international, multi-lingual website up and running to promote my technical translation business. Unaware of the intricacies of hosting - international hosting in particular - I'm very glad I decided to call in an expert, someone who was able to explain everything to me in plain terms and advise me on how to maximize my Internet presence.

I now have a professionally designed, search engine friendly website and am very pleased with the results.

Sinéad Higgins, Linguiz Translation Services.

American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA)

I first spoke with TheDesignTribe a little over a year ago on the phone on behalf of the APMA, a U.S. not-for-profit organization. I had a mere idea to create an animation of a pre-teen character called Jordan which would be used as a catalyst to discuss the impact of diabetes. Within minutes of talking with TheDesignTribe, I was assured that this idea would without a doubt become a reality. Ivan quickly took the ball and ran with it, becoming the creative mastermind behind "Jordan's Story". Because of him, our association's whole diabetes campaign fell into place. Ivan took the time to understand our needs as a client, as well as the needs of our target audience, pre-teen children and adults. His scope of abilities is boundless.

TheDesignTribe developed a top-shelf web site, posters and other collateral materials that are appeasing to both children and adults. They are imaginative, inventive, and resourceful, and on top of all that, they are a complete joy to work with.

The Jordan's Story campaign has received accolades from organizations across the U.S. and received a Silver Award from the Health Information Resource Center. This award honors the nation's best consumer health information programs and is a testament to the quality of design and comprehensive development TheDesignTribe have provided. If I had to choose one word to describe TheDesignTribe, it would be brilliant!

Julia Scherer, Public Relations Specialist,
American Podiatric Medical Association.
www.apma.org