Archives: Case Studies
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Selling Out in Five Days
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How Sterner Stuff Made Truffle Tickets More Tantalizing My first meeting with the folks at the Oregon Truffle Festival was after the January 2016 festival. The website still begged “Buy Tickets!” even though the event was over. Nobody could quite remember how to turn the button off. Had it been automatic? Working with their previous…
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Aligning Oregon Floor Safety with Its Target Audiences
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In November 2017, Jason Gress approached me and asked me to tackle the website for his company, Oregon Floor Safety. He had some vague concerns about it, but primarily knew it had been done as a favor and probably contained some easy wins that could help it be more effective for his business. He trusted…
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Making BeerPilgrimage Work for Mobile
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This case study is actually about a personal project. beerPilgrimage started as a passion project in college, long before Google Maps introduced searching along your route. It was a learning experience in many ways. I picked up lots of knowledge about MVC frameworks, AngularJS and the value of automation. But ultimately, it addressed an imaginary…
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Pinch Hitting with Field to Market
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A Portland freelancer was looking for some quick help on a website he was developing for Field to Market. The project had a tight deadline and many complex features. He and I connected and I quickly completed the work he needed done. That small task opened the door to a variety of other features still in…
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Simplifying Ticket Sales for IHHPA
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The Iowa Hawkeye Horseshoe Pitchers Association needed a modern, useful website for their members. A club, not a company, there wasn’t a huge budget to work with. Regardless, Sterner Stuff was able to identify their needs and produce a successful product. Thus far, its performance has been exceptional. Planning For the Future The great thing about Blueprint is…