Two Hats Consulting has done a great job helping me get my books and websites published. I've been…read moreworking with them since 2014. They've designed book covers, written copy, and formatted entire manuscripts before managing the printing and publishing process for me. They've given me great people to work with for my website and provided a wide array of resources quickly and affordably. They are fair and they do great work. I highly recommend working with Two Hats Consulting. Five Stars

Yes, hi, hello. You might want to read this…read more I reached out to Two Hats for some help. As a small but growing business - which the website says they cater to - I was looking for a thought-partner to help me with branding, marketing, and social media. Which the website says they do. I sent an email inquiry asking for a brief phone meeting, which, you guessed it! the website says they do. I got an email back within minutes requesting more info about me and my business prior to that basic entry call. So I composed a thoughtful email with links, info about what I needed, asked if they thought we were a good fit, etc etc. No response. Waited some more. Nada. Wrote a second email. Finally got a response. Their schedule was "very full," they said, "except for projects we like and want." How nice. Maybe put THAT on your website...? I finally snagged a call with someone so I could get some info. The gentleman I spoke with couldn't remember the content of my email, even though he'd JUST emailed me back and told me to call him. He had no idea what I do for a living. He hadn't even looked at the links I'd sent, including my website. He sounded like he was cleaning his kitchen. He was totally distracted and disorganized. I asked if he'd read my email. He said he couldn't remember it. He then read it aloud while we were on the phone together. Great use of my time, yes? I had to repeat 5 times what I was looking for, which is super straightforward: a thought-partner to help me with branding, marketing, and social media. (I've now spoken with 2 other consulting firms. Neither had trouble grasping this concept. Both read that very same email and said it was "very clear.") The call was quite possibly the most unprofessional consult I've had in my career -- which is ironic, because they're a *consulting firm.* After half an hour, he said he believed Two Hats could help me and that the firm does indeed do the work I was seeking. Huzzah!! He said he'd do some HW, and asked if we could schedule a call the following day. I blocked off an hour in my schedule. But at the appointed time, no call. I waited. And then waited some more. Ten minutes in, I got a text. A TEXT. The text said: "Sorry. We can't help you. We only work with advocacy organizations." Remember that dumbass, immature boyfriend you had in HS who broke up with you via text because he couldn't face a phone call?? It was like that, only this was worse, because this is a PROFESSIONAL MARKETING FIRM. This mess is problematic for about 100 reasons, as all of you can probably tell. But let's break it down anyway, just for fun: First of all, CALL ME. I am a potential client. We have a phone appointment that YOU asked for. I blocked off an hour of my busy life at your request. Secondly, WHAT?! If your firm only works with advocacy orgs, SAY SO up front. Say so on your website so that potential customers don't waste their time. If you can't be bothered to update your own website, you sure as sh*t won't get access to mine. At the very least, inform your customer via phone during the initial consult after she tells you who she is and what she needs. If you don't know the limits of what your company does PRIOR to a call with a client, YOU'RE FIRED. You wasted hours of my time on research, emails, and a completely useless phone consult. Third, this "we only work with advocacy orgs" is a complete load of horsesh*t. Their website boasts a ton of work that has nothing to do with advocacy, including work for a local fitness center and some lady who wrote book on witchcraft. (Note: THESE ARE NOT ADVOCACY ORGS.) Did you think I wasn't going to notice that you lied to my face? How unprofessional. Bad look for a marketing firm. If we're not a fit, that's fine. Grow a pair, be respectful, call your potential client as scheduled, and tell her so. Don't waste people's time just because you have the luxury of doing so. The world doesn't revolve around your Two Hats. Let me interrupt my eye-rolling to warn you to steer clear -- because when a consulting firm can't even get the basics of a basic consultation right, you best run for the hills.

Been working with Marketing Kings For Years Never had a Bad experience! The whole team is…read morepassionate about Branding all projects finished In a timely manor and they always go above and beyond to Make your vision come to light! Looking forward to working with Tyranny, Dave and the Whole Marketing Kings Team!!!

If you want a professional experience, this is not the place for you. Tyranny is an ego maniac who…read morelistens to know one, including clients. He thinks he knows everything and does 0 research. He tells you he can accomplish things that he can not. Cuts corners and tries to pocket money with little to no effort. ASK FOR A CONTRACT BEFORE PAYING FOR ANYTHING WITH DETAILED EXPECTATIONS. He doesn't understand emails, websites or common sense.

Matt Costello was the reason why I was able to landed so many interview opportunities with amazing…read morecompanies (Facebook and OpenTable were just couple of them) when I moved to San Francisco. I have been in the Bay Area for a little over a year now, and Matt is the only recruiter that I still in contact with. I recently had an opportunity to work with CV Partners through Matt's help. The recruiters who helped me found my current position were Eoin O' Toole and Joseph Toney (I am in both IT and Finance); they worked very patiently with me and always responded my email within 48 hours, and I love my current job thanks to their help. I highly recommend CV Partners to anyone who is looking for a career change.

Unprofessional. Waste of people's time, condescending, misrepresentations and deceptions - that…read morewas my experience with them. Funny, the comment about their bios/pics is right on.....hilarious!

Zeeshan was very professional and easy to work with. He had excellent advice for me as a first-time…read morewebsite maker. I am looking forward to working with him in the future. I strongly recommend Remoteface for there excellent service and reasonable prices.

We are SO GRATEFUL for Zeeshan! We signed up with RemoteFace a few months ago, and our experience…read morehas been consistently awesome. Here are the highlights: - He can do ANYTHING. We are SO impressed with his skills! No matter how complicated a request sounds, he finds a way to achieve what we want or need, and gets it done fast. Better yet, it works! - He's lightning-fast, especially if we mark a request "urgent." Even for non-urgent requests, we've never waited more than a couple of days. If he's going to need more time, he takes the initiative to sends updates. We never have to wonder if he's forgotten us, or is on task. He's reliably ON IT! - He's dedicated to getting things done. No request gets pushed to the side; we don't have to track what we've asked for, because he comes through, consistently. He works VERY hard, and often very late -- sometimes we see a test purchase come through after midnight on a holiday weekend, for instance. - His communication skills are fantastic. Not only does he get back to us within minutes or at most a couple of hours, he's always exceptionally courteous and professional. He always treats us like a top priority, even though we know he has much bigger clients. - His work holds together! When some of our previous developers told us something was fixed, we had to check for ourselves, and almost always discovered remaining (or worse, additional) problems. This was VERY frustrating and took tons of our time. When Zeeshan fixes something, he explains what was wrong, how he fixed it, and he tests it. He uses terms and screenshots that make everything easy to understand. And once he fixes something, it stays fixed. And he always creates backups! - His rates are very reasonable. Previous developers charged us much more, for work that came undone and cost us more time and money. Zeeshan accomplishes more for less, and gets it right the first time, and in a fraction of the time. - He takes the load off us - automatically does plugin updates, proactively ASKED us to forward any warning emails, and completely handles everything without even being asked. - He's extraordinarily easy to work with. We drove up to Fremont to meet him, after he'd helped us perfectly with several tasks, but before we signed up with him - we were thinking maybe he was too good to be true. But one meeting and we knew he was just what he seemed by e-mail: one of those rare people truly dedicated to customer service, with all the skills to come through. We're 100% thrilled to be on board with RemoteFace!

Marc & the ILOB staff are excellent. From our first web design meeting through a full year of web…read moredesign, development, and implementation, Marc made sure my website gives that "Hey, now THIS is different" feel to it. ILOB is the place to go for anyone looking for solid support with developing a site for their business, or aiming to optimize their SEO. Unequivocal 5-Stars !

I've been working with Marc and Jay for several year now. They always go above and beyond for me…read more They work hard, are professional, and provide great results. Colleagues and clients have shared great feedback about my website. It's been a such a joy working with ILOB. You will not be disappointed.

Jason and his team were fantastic to work with! It's difficult to take someone's words and turn…read morethem into art, then effectively advertise that on the various platforms used today. Jason and his team did a beautiful job of designing my new logo and helping me with the advertisement. I just started a small business where I work for myself. Im not that computer savvy and there have been numerous occasions where a simple question would come up and Jason was there to keep guiding me through. This feeling of genuine care for his clients has made me feel a bit more at ease during this stressful process. I would absolutely recommend VocoDesign for anyone else. I will continue to use them in the future for all my marketing needs. Thanks Jason

Quick summary - responsive until they received my full payment, then no progress after 1 full year…read more As a small business in San Francisco, we wanted an updated web site just for company info and pictures. Jason had quoted a quick turnaround - 2 weeks for a logo re-design and a total of 6 weeks for the web site to go live. 1/31/2023 - received a quote from Jason at Voco Design 2/1/2023 - I accepted the quote and paid my 50% deposit 2/9/2023 - logo re-design delivered and accepted 3/8/2023 - web site mock ups delivered and accepted 4/12/2023 - invoiced for remaining 50% and paid it The following steps is when everything broke down Between May and June of 2023, either myself or Jason was out of town/country, so we could not finalize. 8/2/2023 - Jason requested access to my web hosting server to start uploading. I have not seen any changes to my web site at all. Since then, I have not been able to get a commitment from Jason or his team. Jason has sent me messages saying he was out of town, medical emergencies, etc which I can totally understand and was willing to wait for him. I had called his office and Tom had responded to look into it, but I have now been ignored by Tom as well. As of 2/1/2024 (one year later!!), I have sent an email to Jason and Tom to just close the project. They can refund me some portion of my 100% paid job, but they have not responded. I have changed the password to my web hosting as a precaution. I am willing to call this a loss and mark it as a lesson learned working with design companies. Maybe my company was too small for them, but seems my money was good enough for them

I came to Louise in the midst of a frustrating job search because I wanted to make a pivot within…read moremy industry in the near term. However, I was also thinking of changing careers in the long term to something completely different. I had a lot of confusion about how to move forward with both of these career goals, and Louise immediately understood my situation and provided relevant insights right away. From the very first session, she helped me find clarity and determine what is most important to me. Working with Louise felt like talking to a warm and wise friend. I felt seen and like she truly had my best interests at heart. My sessions with Louise left me feeling hopeful and more at ease. She helped me say no to things that didn't feel like the right fit, so I could ultimately say yes to something that does. I highly recommend working with Louise if you're having any career uncertainty. She is a wonderful person to have on your side and she will be your biggest cheerleader!

Louise is EXPERIENCED, warm, grounded, straight shooter, really cares, reads clients well…read more Compassionate, kind, and not a push over. She wants the best work situation for me (whatever that might look like). She's an incredible positive energy in my job search. Fee: Very well priced. Hourly, not package deals like some career counselors. I'd prefer to go under/over the limit as needed. More hours for areas you need help and less where one is well skilled. Passion/What you love: She is always looking for one's passion/s and figuring out work inspired by it. Homework: She often gives homework assignments at the end of the session. Have a paper and pen ready to quickly write what she says; she doesn't send graphic organizers with directions. Ask if you don't catch a detail. The homework is for you so ask if questions come up. Resumes/Cover Letters Louise gave excellent guidance for my resume and cover letter and sent me off to write. She could've pushed for more hours to write my resume/cover letter with me, but she didn't. It's on me to ask for more active writing time together. I get in my own way with these documents and realize I need to book more time for accountability.

Several years ago, our non-profit was seeking a P.R. firm for an upcoming San Francisco…read more fundraising auction in conjunction with AIDS experts at UCSF. We sell Zimbabwe paintings and sculptures and utilize the proceeds to provide advanced medical care for patients cared for by physicians at the University of Zimbabwe. We were so lucky to find David Landis and his talented staff to help us in this endeavor. Because of LCI's efforts, our auction was a smashing success. David and his staff are highly knowledgeable of the non-profit world, and I can't recommend LCI more highly!

When I was a publicist for a number of non-profit organizations in San Francisco, several…read morenetworking groups to which I belonged recommended I contact Landis Communications for some tips and advice. David Landis was immediately responsive and, in fact, continued to assist me for roughly 20 years (until I decided to change careers) when my clients had unusual needs. He always provided his comprehensive and sound advice good-naturedly and with warmth. We have become good friends, but this review is based not on that but on our professional relationship. I wouldn't hesitate to categorically recommend him (and his company) because I know that he continues to be a brilliant, kind and intelligent individual who works extremely hard for all his PR clients, locally and nationally. Nancy Fox