Melbee Marketing is a fantastic resource for web design, SEO tips and content creation. Mel helped…read moreme troubleshoot some backend errors I could not for the life of me figure out on my Wordpress page. If you're like me and get super frustrated when coding errors start popping up, changes you work 2 hours on won't refresh and save on the public end, and so on.. Mel will help calm you down and show you the reasons why things are doing what they're doing. Mel worked in half the time I would have even been able to research the info on my own and use trial and error methods. He was fun to work with, very professional and taught me a lot about web design and SEO in our consultation. He works with some big companies in the area doing marketing campaigns, social media strategy, website design and repair, getting brands out there through podcasts and website traffic, and much more. I would 10/10 recommend for all of the above and then some.

Needed some help developing my brand for my online store. I knew nothing of SEO, branding, or how…read moreto get traffic to my site. Melbee Marketing acted as a teacher to show me why and how they were handling my digital marketing. They never left me in the dark. Now I'm free to focus on my customers and delivering quality products instead of being split in multiple directions. Highly recommend!!

Jim did a great job on our website and most importantly, making sure it was seen by potential…read moreclients! We're on page 1 for several of our keywords and currently Number 1 on the Maps. We can't speak highly enough about his professionalism and enthusiasm. He's a great guy, and has an awesome business that has really helped us expand. SEO takes time but we trusted him and it worked. Now, we're profiting from it. You won't go wrong with Jim and Byto SEO.

Tim Brill was the web developer for our local business. Originally we talked to several companies…read moreand though it was a little expensive. Tim is an artist at his craft and it shows in his designs. His graphic design, website design, and search engine optimization is the best you will find in Wilmington, NC!

Brill Branding saved me. I should have written this a few years ago, but i have recently tweaked my…read morelogo and Tim was as helpful today as he was when I found him. I had gone somewhere to get my logo done. He just wasn't able to deliver. When I inquired with Tim it was like he read my mind. I loved my logo then and still do. He is a consummate professional, talented, communicative and PATIENT ( :P ) Thank you Tim for everything, everytime! -sura xx

I was initially reluctant with selecting a marketing firm in general. It seems like a lot of money…read morebeing paid towards something that's unproven and essentially air. They can talk up a good game and tell you about how they got some skateboarding company who sells wheels pops up on page 1 of Google when you search "skateboarding wheels" and how they can do FAQs, and content and SEO and website design, blah blah blah blah blah. I'll tell you, initially I was so excited. I worked hard for my money and it seemed like a steep investment to pay $1,500 a month for something that may not even work, but I went forward anyways. Spend money to make money right? So essentially we built a plan that would try to yield 3 leads per day. Let me cut to the chase now: 1. They built a website that is yielding 45-55% on all SEO rating scales from various marketing companies. They build up so many pages that aren't even editable that the marketing firms all tell me I need a full revamp. So apparently Sage is clueless with building websites. OK 0/1. 2. They charged me $75 to host my website each month. I just got onto Godaddy once I broke up with Sage...guess how much? $1/month. Heck, the one marketing firm I'm currently using for automation said they only charge $10/month. So thanks Sage for ripping me off. 0/2. 3. The customer service/sales/marketing PM, whatever and whoever they are, it's all a blend over there because of high turnover and employee attrition, was awesome...initially...then due to turnover, my account had been affected and things were missed for 2 months! I mean they couldn't even handle the transition. AND MY ACCOUNT WAS AFFECTED?!? WITH NO REFUND OF ANY SORTS? Then, once I grew suspicious of their inept abilities, I called them out. Well for the final 2 months, it was a bit of an issue to get responses on time. Suffice to say, they don't like you when you're leaving them. 0/3. 4. They handed out a nice freebie to their customers last year...tickets to the local film festival. I know because my first meeting back then, the rep said she had just returned from handing out those tickets to clients. I thought, cool something to look forward to next year. Well the festival came and went and no tickets. Their excuse? "Oh you shoulda said something, we would've gave some to you." Gee great response. Plus, I guess my measly $1,500 a month doesn't warrant what the bigger firm perks are. 0/4. 5. Finally, my ROI? I got 0.9 leads per month and 400 new Facebook page followers. Not bad for $18K. I could not warn you enough. STAY AWAY FROM SAGE! THEY ARE CROOKS.

The team from Sage Island has been able to put a vision into reality. Our company Without Limits,…read morehad a lot of information to put on a website and the team at Sage was able to see it from an outsiders standpoint and create a visual and intellectual website that made it easy to navigate! Thanks

I've worked with SignARama on multiple projects and frankly, they are one of my favorite vendors to…read morework with. They get things done quick with quality work. Rebecca is my life line in Wilmington, as I do not physically live or work there. I can create great looking products from 2500 miles away and I can trust SignARama to do it right. Love this place.

My company did a re branding and changed our logo so Rebecca & Len did our exterior signs, interior…read moresigns, business cards, and logo mats for the floor. They are terrific- everything was perfect!

We (Boombalatti's) found Shane and Premier Printing by talking to other business owners who had…read moremade t-shirts we liked. We wanted to work with someone local and Shane was great. Easy to talk to, knows his products, helped with design questions, up-front pricing and great communication. We've now ordered two different sticker designs, have placed two t-shirt orders and are in the process of ordering two more t-shirt designs. If you're a local business owner, you know how important it is to spend your dollars locally. Go see Shane; you'll be glad you did!

I went to Creative Ads to get some shirts printed for our employees. The staff at Creative Ads…read morewalked me through the process of choosing different styles to fit our needs. Then they came up with artwork that fit what we were trying to convey. They gave me a date in which the work would be complete. It actually turned out to be done early. Great service and great product.

They were very professional and the shirts turned out perfect. Quick turnaround. Graphic artist…read morehelped with the shirt design and communication was kept throughout the order process! Highly recommended!

BlueTone Media was the worst experience I have ever had, both as a small business owner and as a…read moreformer employee of a software development company. They contacted me when I started my business (I assume through some paid list of new companies) and asked if I needed help with web design. I researched and they seemed OK online and so I moved forward with them. Without going into a long bitter rant, I entered into a contract with them to have my site completed within 6 weeks and they did not start until the 6 weeks were nearly over. They did not deliver on our agreed upon requirements and the owner of the company, Jimmy Honsinger was the most unprofessional person I have ever encountered. He refused to meet the terms of our agreement and also tried to nickel and dime me for items that were on the agreed upon requirements as the scope of the project. I had to continually follow-up with them to have any sort of progress made and finally they handed me off to one employee at the end, who to his credit (Andrew Foster) was very helpful, but the damage was already done. He even admitted that his CEO was out of line and that they had done a pretty terrible job on my website. If you go to my website, you will see that all they did was hand me over a wordpress template and that many of the functionalities are not working. My husband and I also had to do the bulk of the uploading of information ourselves (which they said they would do). We also had to correct a lot of their "coding" which was really just putting plug-ins into the site. Worst of all, the owner demanded payment even after not completing the job and was completely unprofessional (his own staff apologized on his behalf, was appalled at the comments made to me). If you are looking for someone to build your e-commerce website, or any website for that matter, DO NOT USE them. I am now $6000 in the hole and will have to build my website again from scratch. They really put me back on my timelines, money and my sanity. If you would like more specific details on why you should not use them, please feel free to message me directly and I will be happy to share more.

I was going to go with a local agency in Beaufort, SC, but BlueTone Media swept me off my feet! So…read moreglad I did! They are always on the ball. Staff are very personable and they always responded to my questions, (no matter how trivial they were), in a timely fashion. This is my first website and they made it a GREAT experience.