Xhilarate

I’m the VP of sales and marketing for an organization that provides senior living services. We offer a variety of levels of care for residents.

We initially hired Xhilarate to build a website.

Xhilarate started with a proposal and presentation outlining the project's entire scope. We went through a discovery phase where they worked with stakeholders to understand our different audiences; they also conducted focus groups. The team was responsible for designing, developing, and deploying our website. The site was built from scratch with WordPress.

We work with Michael (Founding Partner), Russ (Partner), designers, a developer, and two project managers.

We found Xhilarate through a Google search.

We’ve spent around $200,000.

We started working together in January 2022, and the engagement is ongoing.

The website looks great and is a vast improvement from our last site. We’ve seen a decrease in non-qualified leads from 30% to 10%, which is a big improvement. Their team has talented designers that produce high-quality work.

They provide us with excellent project management and are highly responsive. They’re organized in their approach and always hit deadlines. We use a project management system for transparency, and if we ever have any concerns, they deal with it quickly.

The team is patient, and they listen to our needs. Xhilarate is down to earth, and they are extremely easy to work with. The team offers helpful guidance and is honest about what they think will and won’t work. Xhilarate ensures that they deliver something that will make us very happy. They provide valuable ideas and have become a part of our team. We get a good value out of the price we pay.

There’s nothing that we can come up with.

Give them the freedom to work and trust their team. The more we trust them, the better they connect with the project.

I am the Executive Director of Friends of the Delaware Canal

The Friends of the Delaware Canal is an independent, nonprofit organization whose goal is to restore, preserve and improve the Delaware Canal and its surroundings and serve as a community and economic asset.

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2-5 Employees

We have engeage Xhilarate on several projects over the last 4 years. The first project was rebranding and public recognition arounf our 40th anniversary celebration oin 2022. The redesined our logo, created a 40th anniversary logo, promoton video and public relations. Other proijects have included, rebranding marketing materials and stationary, branded merchandise, signange and unified messaging. Our lastest project was a website redesign. Xhilirate delivered a refreshed new website that matches our rebranding.

Unified brand messaging over all platforms, increased webiste traffic and increased public awareness of our organization.

The Xhilarate team was great to work with, they met timelines, worked with us on feedback and very responsive to emails and calls.

The personalized service and attentuion to detail they provided on all of our projects.

No, they were attentive and patient with every project.

I am the Development Manager of Special Events/Corporate Relations of a nonprofit company.

Our organization changes lives by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional, behavioral or cognitive differences.

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2-5 Employees

The Xhilarate team provided exceptional graphic design services across all marketing channels: electronic, digital, and print. They created visually stunning and engaging designs that seamlessly aligned with our event details for Save the Date cards, complemented the content in our Annual Report, and beautifully showcased the stories of individuals in our mailers.

The Xhilarate team’s designs contributed to measurable improvements in our outreach and engagement. Our Save the Date cards and event materials helped increase awareness of our events while our Annual Report and mailers received higher readership and positive feedback from donors and stakeholders. Overall, the professional and eye-catching designs helped strengthen our communications and increase audience engagement across all marketing channels.

The Xhilarate team was fantastic to collaborate with on our projects. They delivered all design materials on time and responded quickly and effectively to our feedback. Their organized approach and clear communication made the entire process seamless, producing consistently professional and visually engaging results.

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What impressed us most about Xhilarate was their exceptional customer service and the personal attention they gave to our projects. From the very beginning, they took the time to understand our goals and vision, responded quickly to every request, and made us feel like a top priority throughout the entire process. Their combination of professionalism, creativity, and genuine care made working with them an exceptional experience.

Our overall experience with Xhilarate was excellent. There was only one minor issue with deliverables, which was unexpected at the time but was resolved quickly and efficiently.

I'm the director of communications for the Parent Institute for Quality Education, a nonprofit organization.

Last year, the Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) was honored to receive a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to lead the California Statewide Family Engagement Center (CA-SFEC), an initiative focused on enhancing family engagement practices across the state. This important work is being carried out in collaboration with esteemed partners, including the California Department of Education (CDE), the National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE), the California Family and Community Engagement Initiative (CA FACE) under the Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation (CDEF), and the University of California, Irvine (UCI). As part of this initiative, we launched efforts to establish a dedicated website and develop comprehensive branding to support our mission.

Xhilarate helped us with branding and web development. They built the website entirely from scratch using Figma and WordPress. Since we didn’t have any branding or website, everything was created from scratch with their support and guidance. They also helped us develop the SEO for all the pages.

We worked with around five individuals.

I've worked with them for another company in the past, and they have done excellent work. I knew this project was big, and we needed quality hands to trust our brand development. Initially, I found them on a ranked website, and Xhilarate was at the top, so I sent an inquiry asking for a quote. They applied for the position we were looking for and were within our budget.

We spent around $40,000.

We worked together from May to October 2024. The project ended in October 2024, but we have an ongoing relationship with them. They’ve become our website retainers, not only for the CA-SFEC but also for our PIQE website.

It was great to work with Xhilarate’s team—they met and exceeded all expectations. Our entire team was blown away when they revealed the website to us. At a conference related to our work in late October 2024, everyone was impressed with our website, praising its clean design and excellent photos. Xhilarate did an incredible job, easily understanding our requirements and collaborating with us to deliver something our entire team is proud of.

I want to give a shout-out to Russ. He is an incredible leader, manages a large team, delegates, and organizes the work effectively. Michael, the creative director, is an incredible designer. He always brings a level of creativity and professionalism to his work that I admire.

I want to give a shout-out to Russ. He is an incredible leader, manages a large team, delegates, and organizes the work effectively. Michael, the creative director, is an incredible designer. He always brings a level of creativity and professionalism to his work that I admire.

What I found most impressive about them is their ability to meet us exactly where we are—aligning seamlessly with our brand, our needs, and our budget.

I can’t think of anything to enhance what they’ve already done and achieved.

If you can work with Xhilarate, you’re in good hands. They’re very transparent, open, honest, and hardworking. Their team is incredibly talented and definitely worth considering. Everyone we talked with has been so friendly and open to our work.

I am the Partner of Three 3's Brewing Company.

We produce beer for sale in our tasting room as well as distributed to bars, restaurants and liquors stores across New Jersey and in Eastern Pennsylvania.

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2-5 Employees

Xhilarate helped us to develop our basic brand guidelines for the overall look & feel of our company, including:

We just launched a few months ago, and the new logo and color pallet have been well received by everyone. The immediate reaction was very positive through both direct customer feedback and social media.

Xhilarate was super responsive to us! This was a process unlike anything else we have ever done. It took a long time, longer than we’d anticipated, and they really made us think about who we are and how we want to be viewed by our customers, distributors, and accounts that carry our product. The questions that the Xhilarate team asked were structured to create discussion and reflection and challenged us to provide more than one word or superficial responses.

We loved that they were another local small business! The Xhilarate team came and toured the brewery to get a feel for who we are. We dealt directly with the partners. During the process, they started exploring AI and presented this art style for our labels, and the results were incredible!

We are super happy with the outcome. Although it took longer than expected, it was through no fault of Xhilarate.