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10.29.07 ezRez Taps Sprout for Marketing Overhaul Well that's pretty much the story right there. We just thought you'd want to know. Actually, we couldn't be more excited about expanding our relationship with ezrez. They're a great company, well positioned in the market, with an excellent product portfolio. The kind of company we'd like to work for if we weren't working for ourselves. Last fall, we took on the crazy challenge to develop a trade show demo for them. The demo had to be fully self-contained, capable of running on any laptop with just a web browser, and yet still be able to capture user information. Oh ya, we had 12 days to go from kick off to delivery. It was a blast, and you can check it out here. Our first thought was "Nah, that can't be right. We're in a recession." So, it's not a huge surprise that we let Q1 get away from us without telling anyone that, in fact, it was our most successful quarter ever. We'll be the first one's to admit it. We do a lousy job of promoting ourselves. We're always so busy running around worrying about our projects, trying building a small company and feeding the parking meters downstairs. Product launches, new client announcements and our marketing plan (don't get us started) always seems to get left behind. Over the past couple of weeks, we've been taking stock of just what little ol' Sprout accomplished in the first quarter and you'll have to forgive us for acting like proud parents watching their kids in their first school play. Q1 saw the launch of three projects that we're incredibly excited about. All were at least six months in the making and each showcases the kind of work we do as an organization. We'll be expanding each into more formal case studies over the coming months, but for now we wanted to provide a quick overview of each to show you what we've been up to lately. SF/SPCA We've been working with the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals since the Spring of 2008. The first order of business was to take care of an aging sfspca.org. Sprout provided all the requirements gathering, discovery and comparative research, as well as the user experience and visual designs. Launched in early January of 2009, initial feedback has been exceptionally positive. The sfspca.org redesign marks the first step in a broader effort to transform the way the SF/SPCA conducts business online. As their Agency of Record, Sprout is now helping the SF/SPCA on a host of fronts, including business strategy, enterprise application redesign, and marketing outreach. Site Images   The Beacon Collaborative The Beacon Collaborative is a collection of nearly 40 San Francisco Bay Area hospitals that have joined forces to share data, best practices, and their collective wisdom in an effort to improve quality and overall patient safety at all of their partner hospitals. Beacon was coming off poorly executed off-shoring experiment, and turned to Sprout to do a reboot on beaconcollaborative.org. Sprout conducted a broad requirements analysis that included interviewing key hospital contacts, internal stakeholders, day-to-day users and other hospital collaboratives. In addition, we mapped the business processes around hospital data submission, approval and eventual display. Sprout also provided the user experience design, visual design and implementation. The implementation is built on one of the new open source CMS' and integrates directly with EventBrite and Constant Contact for event management and campaign management respectively. The newly designed site rolled out in February and has received wide acclaim from Beacon Collaborative members. Site Images   Avi Vest If you're an adventure skier, snowboarder or snowmobiler, the Avi Vest could save your life. The Avi Vest inflatable vest is activated by a ripcord and designed to lift the wearer to the top of the snowpack and create a breathable space in an avalanche. Avi came to Sprout with the original prototype looking for a Go To Market plan, including a new commerce-enabled corporate site. For this project, Sprout provided the initial requirements gathering, user experience design, visual design, site development and commerce integration via Shopify. The project went live in late March, and now Sprout is working with Avi on the product rollout and marketing strategy. Site Images   October 29, 2007 Press Release Sprout Designs introduces our new product development and interactive firm that helps clients launch new businesses and improve existing ones. Four design industry leaders have formed Sprout Designs to meet the growing demand for products and experiences that are easy to use, understand and enjoy. "We all share a passion for simple, smart and innovative design that meets the user's needs,” says Sprout Designs Partner Cameron Craig. Part of Sprout Design's approach includes working closely with clients to define who the customer is, uncover unmet needs and prototype potential solutions quickly and efficiently. “We have all worked together in the past and share a similar approach to problem-solving and design that we feel is both unique and effective,” Says Sprout Designs Partner Jeff Gosche. The firm already counts Fortune 1000 companies, global brands, start-ups and the world's largest private foundation among their clients. Sprout Design's process focuses on collaboration and iteration, allowing the firm to execute projects quickly and efficiently. “We understand the challenges many of our clients face when choosing a firm to work with, which is one of the reasons why we make a great partner. Sprout Designs provides our clients with help, insight and support that goes far beyond design and straight to the core of their business”, says Partner and Creative Director Christina Anderson. Sprout Designs is located at 950 Battery Street in San Francisco. For more information please visit www.sproutdesigns.com or contact Damon Dean, damon.dean@sproutdesigns.com, 415-324-8601. October 29, 2007 Press Release Sprout Designs (www.sproutdesigns.com) is pleased to announce new studio space at 950 Battery in San Francisco. “We couldn't be more pleased with the space, location and the opportunity to work in close proximity to everything that makes this city so unique. This is a creative neighborhood with a great deal of history which naturally appealed to us,” says Partner and Creative Director Christina Anderson Sprout Designs is located in the cradle of the Piers and Jackson Square Historic Districts and the birthplace of the first television broadcast transmission by 21 year-old inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth on September 7, 1927. Farnsworth and his team transmitted the first all-electronic television image, the predecessor of modern television, in his Green Street studio. “The fact we're located in an area that has driven so much economic and cultural change in the United States and abroad is nothing short of inspiring and we hope to provide that same kind of innovation and inspiration for our clients,” says Partner Cameron Craig. Sprout Designs is a product development and interactive design firm specializing in user-centered design and customer experience strategy. Clients include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Intuit, Nokia, IBM, eCommerce, technology and media start-ups. Sprout Designs shares office space with strategic partner WayFinder Response Marketing. For more information please contact:  page 1 of ?  |