I recommend A Media for their flexibility and willingness to give the client what they want. I have…read moreworked with Doniphan over the years on different projects, and always have had an open honest policy of being able to say just how I would like to have my design work done. This is a rare and welcome trait in a design team these days to be responsive and set aside the ego to get underneath the root of the project and tackle it as a coherent team, efficiently and creatively. One project that was memorable was my 10th anniversary of one of my companies. We did a full service re-design including a catalogue, post cards, stationery, logo; the list grew daily...and Doniphan calmly kept all the balls in the air, and running smoothly on time while delivering brilliant graphics, ideas, and a team who listened, as much as they talked. Doniphan is one of those renaissance men.Not only does he design, paint, write, photograph, philosophize and film....he manages a team of people who help him deliver on time.

I needed to develope a new website in 2006 for my business in Montclair Village in Oakland. Most…read morewebsites seemed to be generically the same. (Boring). I wanted something different. Being in the design business (Custom picture framing) I wanted a different look with real punch. I ran across A Media's own website and was blown away by the color on their site. I called A Media and said I wanted a similar look. Doniphan Blair of A Media created it for me. Take a look at www.ArtLoftFraming.com. Over the last few years I have tweaked and changed content and am still doing it. I love my website and it has paid for itself multiple times over. Doniphan has been more than helpful in assisting me on the various changes. I am glad I made the original contact.

This guy is awesome. Very knowledgeable and helpful. I also appreciated that fact that he was…read morecompletely upfront and transparent about the situation and what to expect. I would do business with him again. Thanks!

If you're not satisfied with your website and are looking for a user friendly, savvy tech company…read morefor a reasonable price, then I highly recommend T324 on Solano Avenue in Albany. They offer a full range of services, all backed with a highly efficient organization for tracking customers' needs and staff who are always available, patient, and ready to assist. I needed a way to enter my own website (in Dreamweaver) and do edits and additions myself, and to be able to write and send out my monthly newsletter. The staff took me through every step and worked with me until I got the process working for myself. The owner, David Daniels, has lived in the area all his life and comes from a family that had a successful local business, so T324, even though it is a tech company, has the flavor of a neighborhood/community oriented company. Very easy to do business with.

Amazing service . I found them on yelp, and I didn't know what I needed but they gave me all the…read moretools to make a website for my business. Would recommend this business to all my friends! Btw they're hella chill as well. Thanks guys!

The Collide Digital team did an OUTSTANDING job helping me rebrand my team's small company. They…read moretook our antique website and rebuilt it from scratch to look more modern and have full online shopping functionality along with a complete systems management side in half the time and price that other agencies quoted me! I highly recommend working with Collide if you have any intentions of taking your business online, or even if u just need help building a website and getting a social media footprint. 10/10 on communication and quality from a to z.

I felt so lucky to have Mighty Minnow as part of our extended Marketing Team at a national STEM…read moreequity organization. I would ask for revisions, updates, and advice at any time and always got prompt responses - and actions - from Kristin and Lauren. They were collaborative, offered well researched advice, and were incredibly efficient with their work. MM is a huge value to any team!

I contacted Mighty Minnow because I was looking for a local business to help us update and mobile…read moreoptimize our website. Kristin set up a phone appointment with me right away and gave me very helpful input over the phone. We have a very small business and she suggested that we consider the DIY Website Weekend. I couldn't be happier that I decided to do just that. For a fraction of what we would have paid a designer we got a website that wildly exceeded every expectation and hope I had. Not only that, I am now fully educated and empowered to continue to maintain all aspects of my own website without needing to rely on a third party. Kristin and the teaching assistants did an amazing job with running this class. I came in very prepared with my content, thanks to Kristin's great advice and prep worksheets. And over the course of one weekend my website was nearly ready to launch. Within 48 hours of leaving the class on Sunday, after I made some more tweaks and edits from home, my website was live. And we immediately saw an uptick in contacts! The team leading this class had expertise in all aspects of the website- from coding to appearance. They had helpful suggestions and my site looks more polished and is easier to navigate than when we paid a professional 5 times as much (and spent 6 months going back and forth before launch) in 2014. And everyone at Mighty Minnow was a delight to meet and work with. Plus their offices are lovely and inviting. I would recommend this course to ANYONE in need of a website for personal, small business or non-profit reasons. Could not be happier with the results!!!

Blue Arris is a very professional marketing agency that provided a great marketing campaign and ran…read moresocial media ads for my startup clothing business. They made the whole process much more efficient to my team. Thanks to their job, my business is blooming more than i expected. They helped get our ideas out to our customers and it saved our brand from failing. I'm glad to have found them and i'll hire them again soon!

Why the five stars? Simple: 99 percent of the time I call Almost Everything Communications, someone…read morepicks-up the phone... no voicemail front-line; no sending an email through some anti-spam (anti-contact) interface on their website... an actual carbon-based life form actually answers the phone - what a concept... And that counts when you need a quick update to a site or have a question / issue. Number two reason for the five stars: they design a site for you and teach you how to use it... no monthly subscription service/fee... no hostages here... they hand you the product no strings attached and that is counter to the "residual income" business model that has become the low-standard. AE designed and produced our second-generation website in early 2015 (about a year before this review). It exceeded our expectations but more importantly: - It launched without a single hitch, and just before an important season for our organization. - AE produced the website quickly and did not get bogged-down in the details: movement is just as important as direction. - AE trained us how to use the mechanism behind the site as well as site navigation, allowing us to maintain the site / maximizing the site's potential on our own, in-house, without additional (or ongoing) maintenance expenses. Lastly Tod and Karen make an efficient team. I'll explain: Have you ever worked with a similar "partnership" only to find that one person doesn't seem to know what the other is doing? Or worse, their views/thoughts actually conflict with each-other? The design/execution team are on the same page and that is how professionals operate. Thank you for a practical / useful / modern website: SolanoAvenue,org

Karen and Tod are, hands down, the best web designers in the world…read more We struggled to find a web designers who could truly capture our passion for our business and convey that message with our web site. Karen met with us and after taking time to truly "talk with us", she wrote all our copy and with Tod designed the most beautiful and informative web site for our business. The communication was always open and she looked at all our suggestions, comments and concerns with a professional attitude and eye. I appreciate that she didn't just put things on our web site to please us but made sure all points on the web site would be useful and user friendly. Having her work with us during the entire process made for a beautiful outcome. Did I mention they work with you for several months after your site launches to make sure you and your site visitors are happy? Well, they do! Karen, it was truly a blessing to find you and thank you for helping Majestic Day Spa grow tremendously this past year. Loves it!

Stephanie and her team are the best in the business. I'm so happy I was connected with SJC. They…read morecreated my website and a social media strategy tailored for my business. Stephanie is very responsive and communicative. She came up with creative marketing strategies to grow my business. I owe a lot of my successes to SJC. I recommend them to anyone who will listen. Looking forward to continuing this partnership!

I have been fortunate enough to get to know Stephanie and her work at SJC on a professional level…read more I have found her to be insightful, thoughtful and strategic. It is clear that SJC is rapidly growing due to the dedication that Stephanie and her team demonstrate when working with their clients. Stephanie also shows great skill as a speaker as I was fortunate to attend an event she spoke at and heard many glowing comments about her level of expertise from those who were also in attendance. I would not hesitate to hire Stephanie and her team in the future for all my marketing needs.

Jon helped me to set up a marketing campaign through social media. He is very thorough, direct and…read morelogical to explain pros and cons. He has many years of experience in marketing, social media and websites which is a great plus since he knows the tricks and secrets to make your business grow successfuly. I love how he takes the time to work along with me and my necessities. He is flexible and he understands that everybody has different perspectives, he helped me with my business goals and design too. He also supported me with constant advice and feed back. If you need your business to go up, especially nowadays when everybody is online, I highly recommend calling Harmless Marketing. They will give you the time and options you need to make your business rise.

I met Ana for the first time at one of her weekly Meetup events. She hosts numerous networking…read moreevents for local business owners. At the time, I was looking for someone who could edit the content on my website...I knew I had to update the message on my homepage ..but I was stuck with ideas and couldn't do the work myself. I hired Ana's copywriter Sam to help me re craft my message. Sam, took my ideas and articulated it into a clear message. I'm very pleased with the outcome of the work. You can count on Ana and her team to deliver excellent services.