Go West Design Group

I used Go West Design Group when I first launched my company Mind Body Spine. They helped me with my website and all my marketing. Working with them, I was able to get a small write up in the newspaper and a 30 min spotlight on a local radio show among many things that have helped the business grow. They were a great team to work with!

Melinda and her team at Go West Design Group have been such a life saver. We have spent years developing our local company website, and without their help and expertise, we would have lost everything when our site got hacked. They have gone above and beyond to keep us going strong and free from security risk, catching malware before we were even aware of it. It is so great to know they are there when you need them.

As an established small local business with over 30 years’ experience, one of the toughest spends to justify is an integrated, well branded marketing program based on an online presence. Web site, social media, and marketing campaigns, where to start? You can have a web page constructed for $1500.00 to $5- 10,000.00, the sky is the limit, but where is the value for us, what do we need for our business? How do we change or add photos to the website, how do we work a blog. All functions we could devote a lot of resources and training to, but will it work? Who within the organization will take ownership of this critical component? What we’ve been doing has worked for 30 years; do we need to spend this money? All questions we struggled with before committing resources to a marketing program. We contracted with Go West Design Group to not only build our web site, but to manage our online presence and marketing as an ongoing monthly spend. The cost of the web site was very reasonable and looks great, but the real value to us has been the ongoing updates, marketing campaigns, and social media presence. As part of an overall branding campaign the amount of work these components require was considerably more time than we had to spare with our existing staff, and for less than the cost of half-time employee, Go West Design Group delivers an expert product that is producing results. Visible metrics on who is visiting our site, how many pages they view, and subsequent leads generated are provided regularly, and you can see the results. It’s important to note that a marketing spend is not like turning on a tap as far as leads generated goes, and it took 6-8 months to see concrete results, but since implementing the marketing plan our business has grown 21% in the first year, 24% in the second, and is tracking growth to 25-26% this year, and our marketing spend has been a huge part of that, again, all for less than a part time employee’s wages. Melinda Harris and her staff of writers, Google Certified Specialists, programmers, and social media experts are a pleasure to do business with (even if they have to nag us a bit for content), and we would recommend their services to any small business that wants to create an effective brand and integrated marketing program that is very affordable, and most importantly, delivers results. Without any doubt, the best return on money we have spent growing our business. G. White President, Ark@Home

We contracted Go West Design Group to develop a comprehensive marketing plan to help us develop our brand and increase sales, and they have more than exceeded our expectations. Since the launch of our marketing initiatives and a new website, we have been steadily growing with new clients – and have had to hire new staff. I really appreciate the peace-of-mind with the monthly reports that highlight the growth with detailed performance metrics. It has been crazy busy, much more than we hoped for. We highly recommend Go West Design Group for any company that wants a memorable and distinctive brand and integrated results-focused marketing program. – Sharlane Bailey, Owner, Canwest Accounting Ltd.

I recently had an opportunity to sit down and talk about business with Go West's founder Melinda Harris. I quickly realized that she is the real deal - her decades of experience in the marketing and promotional industry are readily apparent. Melinda struck me as being open, honest and quite creative - I would definitely recommend her services to any business people in the CRD who are interested in boosting their profile and making more sales!