After listening to their overall goals for the project, the budget, and the timeline, I asked if they would consider making the guide a living and continuously updated digital guide.
Yes! They were absolutely open to it, with a few requirements:
- It needed to be simple for them to update. Automation would be nice to have, but they would need to vet entries before making them public.
- It needed to include multiple categories in the database. Most of the data would be consistent, but there would be some specific to individual categories.
- The data and/or platform ownership would, potentially, need to be migrated to a different entity to maintain it after the launch.
- It needed to be affordable and usable a their level. They did not have an existing, supportive tech stack, and were not super tech savvy.
I provided a list of possible platforms we could use, but highly recommended using a combination of Notion and Typeform as the best option. This was the option the client opted for in terms of cost, simplicity of use, and immediate integrations, and the Typeform UX was a clear winner.
The guide was successfully launched at NYC Tech Week. I was happy to attend my client’s session, see the work go live, and hear from the founders. We got a lot of “Thank you so much for making this a Notion! This is so nice to use.”
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