Last week I asked some of my recent and current clients to offer up a short paragraph that describes what it’s like to work with me, in an effort to update my website’s sidebars.
What I got back was overwhelming. If you need me, I’ll be over in the corner being bright red and hiding under a jacket.
“I just love Sarah Dopp!” is a pretty common phrase uttered around our office. Sarah is amazing at what she does—she’s fast, efficient, and detailed oriented—yet she remains humble. No question is ever too stupid to ask Sarah, no task too small. But the most important thing about Sarah is that she gets our organization, through and through. Unlike others we’ve worked with in the past, we’ve never had to question Sarah’s advice or intentions, because we know she inherently shares the same set of beliefs as our organization. And there’s nothing quite as refreshing as working with a consultant like that—a consultant like Sarah Dopp.
— Amy Lafayette
Community Engagement Coordinator/Web Specialist
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
The first person I hired to set up my website made all sorts of promises and delivered on very few of them. The site languished. As soon as Sarah took over, she sent me lists of everything we should try to do to improve traffic, and immediately set me up to track visits and to easily send her updated tasks. Whenever I have an idea, it goes into our planning grid. We prioritized the tasks and are gradually implementing them as the budget allows.
She has made numerous changes to QlownTown, improving keywords, membership setup, access to the daily cartoon, text and more. She gives me helpful feedback on my ideas and provides great ideas of her own. She always works in my best interest and—very important—can be trusted with confidential information.
I finally have someone I can partner with to take my website to the next level–and beyond!
— Don Smith-Weiss
Cartoonist
Qlowntown.com
Working with Sarah has been a real pleasure, she is fast, direct, communicative, funny and kind to those of us who know very little about the particulars. She brought her skills to our design and concept seamlessly, and made some serious magic.
— Nancy Schwartzman
Filmmaker and Activist
WhereIsYourLine.org
Rarely are people this gifted in technical troubleshooting, editing, and understanding the nuances of communicating with target audiences. Sarah Dopp, it turns out, is a one-stop-shop. Our team loves her! Of all consultants I have hired and collaborated with in my career, she is by far the most thorough, efficient and pleasant to work with. Always focused, prepared and completely tuned in to the project.
My organization can either pay me for 10 hours of frustrating work to troubleshoot something, or I can call Sarah, who will solve my technical problems within minutes with humor and incredible expertise. She is pleasant, accessible, thorough, and knowledgeable. All her suggestions are well considered and appropriate for the scope of whatever project is at hand. I have yet to get any advice less than brilliant.
— Valerie Vass
Director of Community Engagement
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
Sarah has the remarkable ability to distill a project down to its essence, even as that project changes, which they always do. Building and developing on that essence is where Sarah truly thrives, and I’d have been lost so many times without her magic moonshine.
— Hugh Howie
Producer
hughhowie.com
And on that note, I’m currently available for new clients. :)
January 6th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
they speak the truth.
January 7th, 2010 at 12:22 am
this is the truth, confirmed
January 10th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Orange must be your lucky color.
January 24th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
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