Small Businesses Make for Great Partnerships

Small Businesses Make for Great Partnerships

by | Nov 6, 2021 | Business

small business, small business partnership, Jacksonville Icemen, Lizard Kings, Hockey

Running a small business is a fantastic opportunity to build relationships within your local community. Whether you offer products or services, have a brick and mortar or do everything online. One thing remains true, we cannot do it alone. Forging relationships within the community is vital to small business success. We at HeartWired have found that other small businesses make for great partnerships.

Partnerships come in all shapes and sizes. For us we partner with local business owners quite often. Sometimes not so local in order to provide the services our clients expect and trust. In doing so we also are able to remain nimble and relatively affordable in providing the solutions that we offer. HeartWired is excited to announce that we have decided to expand our local commitment and partnerships in Jacksonville. We are one of the newest small business partners with our local hockey team, the Jacksonville Icemen.

Okay, we realize that you might be scratching your head. Why a marketing agency like ours would see hockey as a opportunity to develop relationships in our community? Let us share a bit about how that journey unfolded.

Many may or may not recall that Jacksonville as a city has a history with hockey teams.

I am sure many are thinking of if not the current team, the Lizard Kings (1995-2000). Or perhaps the Jacksonville Barracudas (2002-2008). There is actually some hockey history that dates back even further. Dating back to a league that no longer exists the Eastern Hockey League. The first true professional hockey team was the Jacksonville Rockets (1964-1972). They played both in Jacksonville as well as shared space in St. Petersburg, Florida. Little did we know until we were discussing the opportunity to partner with the Icemen, that our owner’s grandfather was a part in bringing hockey to town back in the 60’s. We would be remiss if we did not also mention the Cleveland Barons that moved to Jacksonville only to shut down operations a year later. Unknowingly besides being a fan of the game for many years, our owner has some local hockey history as well.

With all of that history, we are thankful that hockey is back in Jacksonville!

Which brings us to the 2021-2022 hockey season. A season that kicks off its first home game to a sell out crowd at the Jacksonville Vystar Veterans Arena. We announced the partnership briefly when we first signed up a few weeks ago. We like many other Icemen fans are looking forward to a fantastic All-Star season ahead. What better way to come together as a community than to cheer on our local team. Sure other sports teams have draw power, but local sports teams represent the community. A community we at HeartWired are proud to call our home.

Partnering with a small business within our own community to build relationships on and off the ice

If you take a moment and look at the Jacksonville Icemen website. You will see how involved they are right here in Jacksonville. Also you can see the other great small businesses that have decided to come alongside their local team. Many of these are small business owners just like us that see the value of being a part of something bigger than ourselves. Having the opportunity to not only cheer on the Icemen on the ice. Building relationships with other like-minded fans and business owners in the stands. As well as other moments off the ice during the season at various events sponsored by the Icemen.

We are looking forward to the drop of the puck and all the goals this year with the Icemen. If you would like to experience a game first hand, we would love to possibly have you as our guest, or put you in contact with one of the great team members at the Icemen. One advantage of doing business with a local team is they are able to cater more to your specific needs and budget. Joining the Jacksonville Icemen is a win win for everyone involved as we cheer on and support one another in our community.

See you on the ice!

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The Next Big Thing, Five Years and Counting

The Next Big Thing, Five Years and Counting

by | Sep 16, 2021 | Business

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September 16, 2016 will mark a day that I will personally remember forever. It was the day I filed official paperwork for our business to do business in the beautiful State of Florida. It was the day that our first fictitious name was filed. It marks the day our original and still existent domain name was purchased from GoDaddy. Five years ago today so many milestones were only ideas, and with the help of our HeartWired family they have become a reality.

As a small business that works with other small businesses and nonprofits, we realize the importance of recognizing the small achievements we have made along the way. We are well aware (sometimes a little more than we care for) that we cannot succeed alone. Today we celebrate us being supported by you. Whether you are a client, a friend, a business partner or a passerby… Thank you for supporting us!

Five years feels like forever ago and yesterday at the same time.

Things we would like to recognize that we have experienced over the last five years (this list is only part our/your story)

We have also had the pleasure to serve many local and global clients throughout our journey. Some of the clients only came to us for a season, while others have been here since the beginning. Whether you still receive services from us, or moved on for one reason or another. Once a client, always a friend and part of the HeartWired family. We are thankful every single day for the trust that people put in us to serve their business or organization.

On this special even of our anniversary, we want you to know that your trust and support has always been the biggest drivers for our continued growth!

So what does the next five hold in store?

Currently we are expanding our staff as well as resources. We just brought on new contractors who will be helping provide the level of service you have grown to expect. We are exploring new partnerships in order to be able to serve our clients better. We envision becoming a household name in the local Jacksonville community and beyond for providing purpose driven design and marketing for years to come. We look to the next five years as we did the last five years, with bold dreams, wide-eyed inspiration and the desire to do more to help others.

If you would like to become a part of our mission minded journey to become an agency that makes a difference reach out to us, we are always looking for great (preferably local) talent. If you know someone who can use our services, we love referrals, they are and always will be our favorite kind of marketing. If you would like to discuss your business or organizations goals and develop a strategy to help reach them, let’s talk, our discovery sessions are complimentary. Lastly if you have been positively impacted by us over the past five years we would love to hear about it. Lastly if you would like your voice to be heard, we love Google and Facebook reviews.

May the past five years be a drop in the bucket on the lessons learned, skills achieved and difference we have made. We are truly blessed and look to the future with anticipation on the joys and triumphs it will bring for you all!

Book a discovery session today!

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Why Choose Growth Suite for Your Agency and Clients

Why Choose Growth Suite for Your Agency and Clients

by | Jul 30, 2021 | Web Design

flywheel, growth suite, hosting, client invoicing

Web hosting in and of itself can be confusing for both agencies and clients alike. Understanding the differences between the options available can be an unnecessary headache. Imagine if you could not only provide next-level web hosting but also streamline your invoicing, track revenue, improve communication, and provide a clear invoicing option for your clients. Enter Growth Suite by Flywheel, a hosting and invoicing solution for both agencies and clients.

HeartWired has been a Agency partner with Flywheel for a little while now. Adding Growth Suite makes perfect sense for us as an agency. We are always looking for ways to streamline our processes and provide the best solutions for our clients.

Growth Suite For the Agencies

If you are an agency owner that currently uses Flywheel as your host, some great enhancements to your already awesome platform now include many processes under one umbrella.

One Dashboard

Imagine having all of your clients in one visible dashboard, no more clicking around from client to client.

Reports for your Clients

Create monthly reports for your clients that matter. Growth Suite provides the ability to show backups of the site were created, plugins and themes are up to date (and those that are not). Integrate the new Google Analytics Add-On by Flywheel and provide them tangible data that they can use for their marketing.

Invoicing with Style

Whether it is a one off invoice for a service or recurring invoicing for things like our hosting and maintenance plans, the customizable invoice platform makes things a breeze. One of the biggest headaches for a business owner can be invoicing. Having the ability to invoice not only for Flywheel products but all your services in one place is like a Goody’s powder washed down with an ice cold Mountain Dew in the morning. Okay that last part may just be me, but having a invoicing platform that integrates with Stripe and that you can set on autopilot, you have to admit is pretty great!

Now there are many other wins from an agency perspective with Flywheel’s Growth Suite. As a Flywheel Agency Partner, we know this is just the beginning of the great things to come from Flywheel. We truly love the level of support we get from our hosting partner and look forward to growing with them. With a premier partner, we are able to offer the benefits to our clients as well.

Growth Suite For our Clients

From a client perspective, while you may not notice much difference in the way we invoice necessarily. We look forward to offering a better level of process as well as reporting that was not included previously. You might be wondering what this means as a client.

New Invoice Process

While we will still invoice for our reoccurring web hosting and maintenance services on a monthly basis, it will look a bit different. We will still accept credit card payments as we have in the past, but you will get more visibility in the services we provide for your site specifically. Our customized client reports will provide more insight into your website including stats, updates and other items that were not previously provided unless requested.

Client Reports

One of the best ways to know whether your marketing and your website are doing their job is with data. Data that is vital like knowing who is visiting your site, from where, how often, and whether they take any action. We are including client reports as a new service for our clients. If you want to receive a monthly report on your website, please contact us and let us know. This will likely become a paid add-on service in the future or included in our upcoming price increase. Current clients have the opportunity to have this added on as a complimentary service until August 31st, 2021.

While Growth Suite may be built with agency owners in mind. We believe that with the team at Flywheel behind it, our clients will see the growth as well. Providing a seamless platform, automated emails, and the ability to manage invoicing and reporting in one place is a game changer.

At HeartWired we look forward to implementing Growth Suite and all of its functionality for our clients. As a small business that serves other small businesses, we look for partners that come alongside us in our journey. Flywheel is a partner that helps us level up the way we are able to serve our clients. They have been one of those partners that we recommend at every step of the way. Above all, it is refreshing when a partner truly wants us to succeed as well. Growth Suite is just another example of them looking for ways to improve their solution offerings. that we in turn are able to pass onto our clients.

If you would like more information on what Growth Suite offers or are interested in leveling up your web hosting contact us today to schedule a consultation.

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