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What Your Business Should be Doing to Fight the Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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With everything that’s going on in the world, having to think about you and your family’s safety is terrible enough, but to then have to worry about how your business will survive COVID-19 adds to the stress. Just know, I am writing to you as a fellow entrepreneur and business owner that has clients, team members, and a future to protect as well.

During times of crisis or significant change, no matter what happens, it changes things. Change is out of your hands. It’s how you react to the change that matters. Do you want your business to just “survive” COVID-19, or do you want your business to “thrive?”

Now is the best chance you’ll have to take a step back, take a full deep dive into your business, and audit everything. Audits are usually scary, but look at the world we live in today, everything is a bit scary right now.

Today, we’re going to go over advice on how to manage the impact that Coronavirus, COVID-19, has on your business and how to come out ahead.

Top 10 Tips For Your Business to Survive Coronavirus (COVID-19)

 

Keep Your Team and Your Clients Safe

No matter what, your priority should be keeping your team and clients safe. I understand that most businesses need to stay open to keep food on the table for their families. Your team and clients are what has gotten you to this point and trust you to do the right thing. Here is a full list from the CDC for Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

 

 

Cut Your Costs

Before you go slashing every cost in your business, take a deep breath, and read this through before making any type of action. I’ll be the first one to admit that when business is going well, we tend to let costs slide or continue to spend money that we wouldn’t have spent the first week we launched our business. Now is the time to make your business as lean as can be.

Below is a list of items that we recommend cutting or working with:

  • Software that you don’t need at the moment
  • Programs that your company sometimes use and sometimes don’t
  • Advertising costs (Unless you have a business that is still positive ROI on your ad spend during this time, I would shift your marketing strategy and build your organic channels up, like SEO and content creation)
  • Rent – Contact your landlord and let them know what type of position you’re experiencing. Ask for an extension or some kind of help to get you past this difficult time. Do you have an online business? Is it time to go remote for 60-90 days and skip the office space?
  • Office expenses – You can momentarily pause or cancel phone, internet, wifi, water, food delivery, etc.
  • Accounting – Are you able to contact your bookkeeper and have them pause services for 60-90 days?
  • Hired contractors that are on retainer (not in-house team) – Are you able to lower your monthly retainer or renegotiate during this time?

These are just some of the examples that you can do to eliminate costs to your business immediately. I wouldn’t recommend cutting costs so low that it changes your flow of current business, though, as we don’t know how long COVID-19 will last. If it only lasts 30 days, you’re going to wish you didn’t cut certain costs. If it lasts longer than 90 days, then you might want to pivot your company a bit more.

A great way to track your company costs for FREE is by using MINT.

 

Go 100% Remote For The Time Being

Allowing employees to work from home is the best possible way to keep your business, your clients, and the entire community safe. We’re all in this together, and it’s our job to stay home to get in front of COVID-19. Avintiv went 100% remote starting March 13th, 2020. Here are the results:

  • Our team has daily standup meetings in Slack and we’ve been even closer to each other during this time.
  • Our team can be comfortable at home while working even more hours due to boredom or not being able to go outside (If you have a great culture, you won’t have to worry about your team being lazy at home and not working).
  • We have daily Zoom meetings, which has been a total lifesaver. Our team and clients are enjoying how much facetime they get with us now since it’s not back to back meetings.
  • Our team has become more healthy from eating at home, drinking more water, and taking care of their bodies more.
  • Grateful – our entire team has become super grateful during this whole COVID-19 experience as you never know how truly good you have something until it’s gone.
  • Work productivity has increased due to our team, not leaving for appointments, the gym, traveling, etc. – Everything they need is in their home, so they are much more focused.
  • We were able to cut office expenses that we paid monthly for since we won’t be using them for another 30 to 60 days.

 

Buy Your Raw Materials or Goods in the United States

I know this won’t apply to everyone. Still, if you’re a company that gets its manufacturing or white-label products or goods in China or outside of the United States, we recommend searching for local manufacturers that will be able to work with you. Costs are usually much higher in the United States than in China but do you should be able to negotiate with them now in this time of need. You might find a wholesaler in the United States that has a lot of inventory of that same item you were getting overseas.

If you’re in manufacturing, clothing, eCommerce, skincare, or anything in-between, look for a company that can supply you locally for the time being.

 

Read These Books ASAP

Some of you have already read these books, but they are incredibly vital for the future success of your company. Since you have extra time on your hands, it’s best to strategize for the future of your company versus just worrying in the present. I would read these in order from top to bottom.

 

Make Sure Your Business Can Be Found Online

Right now, online website traffic moves up and down from week to week. We’ve heard of record-high numbers and then record low numbers. Just think, the majority of the world is at home for the next 30 to 60 days. What are they going to be doing? They’re going to be searching online for things. The majority of the population is already going crazy stuck at home. That means that once the world can go back outside and resume life, they are going to be shopping, eating at restaurants, drinking at bars, traveling, and going about life as it did before COVID-19.

If your business isn’t ranking in the 3-Pack Google Map or on the first page of Google, you’re losing TONS of business to your competitors that are. If you’re a business owner who has faith in their business and wants to double down while others pause, you should be using search engine optimization (SEO) strategies. These SEO strategies will allow you to pop up first on Google when consumers are out and about again. Correct white-hat SEO strategies take 30-90 days to implement anyway, so you have nothing but time right now. Below are some examples of how well just a few of our SEO clients are doing against their competition in competitive industries.

 

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Although times are scary for everyone right now, especially entrepreneurs, there is still a way to capitalize on this instead of just taking a huge loss. By getting your business to rank first on Google and in search results, you are providing value to customers who have just gone through what you went through. Then it’s up to you to give that customer a phenomenal experience when they find your business through Google.

Contact us if you’d like a FREE SEO audit or consultation on how to get your business to rank on Google.

 

Customer Experience

Just remember, with the whole world at home, and much more time on their hands, they are paying very close attention to everything right now. How you handle your business in times of crisis says a lot about your business and you as an owner. With that said, make sure you have a calm manner if you are posting on social media or in person. Don’t freak out. I repeat, don’t freak out. Right now, people want to find motivation, comfort and know that everything is going to be okay. Be the light that shines through this dark time.

When it comes to politics and emergencies like this, it is best not to take sides or post any type of fearful content on social media either. It’s best to create content that is positive, funny, and caring. Even if your business has lost customers or can’t be open right now, be the light on social media for your customers and your followers.

Now is not the time to show everyone your political beliefs or how you could run the country so much better. BE POSITIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

Once COVID-19 is behind us, you must remain calm. If customers shop at your business and you’re running around like crazy to make up for lost revenue, then they won’t be coming back anytime soon. Just remember, customers want to support businesses during tough times, and if you give them a phenomenal experience, they will tell so many friends about it.

 

Pivot Your Business to Online Sales

We have been coaching business owners for the last three years to take their business online due to how much quicker an online business can scale. Do you have a business that can be transitioned online?

If you’re a personal trainer or gym, you should be developing at-home workouts and getting them to your customer base as quickly as possible. Utilize technology like Trainerize.

If you’re a local restaurant/bar, take your ordering online immediately by adding functionality on your website for both takeout and ordering online. I would also recommend adding free delivery with no personal interaction with someone.

If you don’t have a website, now is the time to invest in one and get your customers shopping online.

Now is the time to totally think outside the box and ask yourself how you can provide tons of value to people that are stuck at home right now. Maybe you’re a local restaurant and bar, and you want to start a private Facebook Group where the community can still engage with each other.

No matter your type of business model, most of you will be able to pivot and do something online to keep your current customer base.


If you need help with this, contact us and we can assist you in pivoting.

 

Hire a Business Coach or Consultant

If you’ve done everything in your power to get to where you currently are and you’ve tried everything, then reach out to a business coach or consultant. Hiring a business coach or consultant can help you take your business to the next level by paying to save the time of trial and error. Make sure when you hire someone, that they have experience building companies and that they have strategies on how to get you through a crisis such as COVID -19. I’ve personally been a consultant to over 250 businesses over the last ten years, and I can assure you that most of you are not at your full breaking point, you just need help getting over this little hump.

If you’d like a free consultation call, feel free to contact us. Right now, our goal at Avintiv is to help as many businesses get through this troubling time as possible because it’s scary and not comfortable. We’ve been in situations of fear for over a decade and are used to fighting for our client’s lives (clients with competitive industries).

 

If Worst Come to Worsts, Take Out an SBA Loan

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I would usually never recommend a business going into debt unless it was a strategy to leverage debt to grow quicker. In this case, some companies will most definitely need to take out some form of a small business loan to get through these troubling times. Lower your ego and know that it’s okay if you need to take out a loan. There is no time for you to feel sorry for yourself because you have a business to run and grow.

Below are some options for the best options for small business loans during Coronavirus (COVID-19).

 

Conclusion

What we’re going through right now with COVID-19 is scary. There’s no lie in saying that. When you created your LLC or corporation, you made a silent promise to yourself that you would do everything in your power to protect your business at all costs. Nothing has changed. Maybe COVID-19 is a huge wake-up call to a lot of companies out there that haven’t changed much up over the years. All I know is that everything in life happens for a reason and it’s not about what happens to us, it’s about we reacted to the situation and handled it. I don’t know about you, but I took a much deeper dive into my business and noticed there is still much work to be done to hit my full vision. If you need any help or even a little advice, feel free to contact us, and we’ll set up a time to chat with you. Keep your head up and stay positive!

Avintiv Media Wins Top Automotive Web Designer Award

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Located in Scottsdale, AZ, Avintiv Media is an award-winning agency specializing in solving problems for high-end clients. Our team is composed of hustlers, visionaries, creators, and designers that are highly skilled in web design, branding and SEO services. Being a boutique agency allows us to form close-knit relationships between our teams and clients. We are proud to announce our hard work has paid off and we have been named a Top Automotive Web Designers for 2019.

Clutch is a B2B platform dedicated to connecting prospective buyers with the leading firms in a wide variety of locations and industries.  On Clutch, buyers can view verified customer reviews and a carefully crafted rating based on an analysis of industry data. Additionally, Clutch features industry rankings of top firms for buyers to peruse. We are proud to have a 5-star Clutch rating thanks to our client’s participation in the interview process.

Along with our Clutch listing, Avintiv has been featured on Clutch sister sites, The Manifest and Visual Objects. The Manifest team’s research has contributed to creating a business news style reviews platform. Likewise, Visual Objects focuses on the creative work of B2B agencies by posting a portfolio of past work on each profile.

Each and every employee at Avintiv Media is proud to be named a leader among web design firms.

“This award allows us to showcase the hard work and out-of-the-box type thinking that we infuse into every project we work on. So many of our clients have had bad experiences before working with us, so awards like this, allow us to work with so many grateful clients.” -Jon Boles, CEO of Avintiv Media.

If your company is looking for a dedicated and collaborative partner to work with you on your next project, let’s get in touch today!

Introducing Avintiv Media’s New Branding

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Hi, I’m Jon Boles. I’m the Founder & CEO at Avintiv Media. I launched Avintiv Media in late 2016 and it has been a wild ride since.

I’m excited to share with you a project that has been very dear to our hearts for over 6 months now. The rebranding and identity of Avintiv Media.

Why did we rebrand?

We’ve spent the last 3 years assisting some of the most amazing clients to break through some of the most competitive industries, becoming industry dominators. We launched in late 2016 as a very small boutique agency and although we still have a boutique marketing agency feel, a number of our clients went from David and turned into Goliath. We aren’t working with many small businesses or sole entrepreneurs anymore.

With that said, our primary reasons to do a full rebrand were:

  1. We needed to reposition our agency.
  2. Our resources and in-house capabilities are far more advanced than when we first launched.
  3. We wanted to deliver an entirely new experience to not only paying clients but every single person that interacts or engages with our brand. Our rebranding is very refreshing, exciting, edgy and energetic – it’s full of life…
  4. It was time for us to showcase our real talents on our own brand since we’ve only focused on our clients for the last 3 years.

1 | Repositioning our agency

Since our launch in late 2016, we have worked with many clients in many different industries. We’ve learned that our sweet spot are clients that have been in business for over 2 years and are doing $1,000,000 – $150,000,000 in gross revenue. We knew that we needed to be the authority in our 7-9 figure niche industries that we service clients in. It wasn’t even a question if rebranding was needed.

2 | Our resources are far more advanced

Like any company that launches without venture-backed money; you start small with a younger team. As time goes on, as a business owner, you learn and evolve noticing that things can be done quicker, better, higher-quality, etc. Our team has evolved about 4 times since 2016 and it’s safe to say that we have the most amazing in-house team of rockstars. In over 10 years of being a seasoned entrepreneur, I’ve personally never worked with such talented people in my life and that’s not me being biased. The capabilities and resources we have now are light years ahead of where we were when we first launched. It just seemed like the right time to use that to our advantage.

3 | Delivering a better experience

Our motto at Avintiv Media is, “how you do anything is how you do everything.” How could we keep building award-winning brands that are destroying their competition but neglect our own brand? We treated ourselves like we were a client and put our team through the entire process of building a brand. Every aspect of the new Avintiv Media is built to deliver a remarkable experience that is unmatched in the agency world!

4 | It was time to showcase our talent

If you’re an agency owner, I know you can relate to putting your clients above all else. Even if that means your own marketing, branding, and goals have to be put on hold. If you don’t own an agency, let me walk you through a day-in-the-life quickly. When you own a digital marketing agency that’s growing very drastically, you tend to put all of those needs before the needs of the agency. If the agency is growing and the systems and processes are working, clients are getting amazing results, then why change things up right? As an agency owner, it sometimes feels like you own 30 companies because, at Avintiv Media, we treat our clients as if we owned the company. Everything is on the line with everything that we do. With that amount of pressure, it doesn’t leave much time to make your brand pretty or special when you’re doing that for so many other businesses each week. It was time that Avintiv Media took a step back and truly showed the talents of who we have working at our agency and what we’re capable of.

The Process

This was the fun part of the process. We actually treated ourselves as if we were a client and went through every step that we do with clients. We audited the experience, the pros, the cons, and how we would want to be treated. We started with a full-day brand workshop with all key stakeholders at Avintiv Media which translated into a 10+ page brand identity and positioning guide.

Our creative team then went into the logo design stage. After days of sketches, drafts, crumpling papers, going to the whiteboard – we finally found a logo/branding that could evolve into a $100 million brand. An iconic brand. Not just a marketing agency.

Once the logo and other assets were chosen, we went into what colors we wanted to use to show where Avintiv Media was headed. We wanted to use very popular but futuristic colors that won’t be going out of style any time soon.

I could go on and on but let’s take a look…

The Avintiv Media logo

Before we introduce our new branding and direction, we wanted to showcase the branding that got us started. Below is the logo that brought this 10-year dream and idea in the clouds to life. It’s the logo that shared many laughs and many cries. Lots of projects were developed under this logo. It’s the original logo that won so many amazing clients over and let them get better sleep at night as we gave them their life back.

So… Before we shed the old, we wanted to reflect on what got us to where we are and say THANK YOU to every team member, past team member, clients, fans, followers, and anyone else that has ever believed in us. Every day at work is a dream come true as we change so many people’s lives for the better.

Introducing our new Avintiv Media logo

We’re beyond thrilled to share with you our new logo and identity and make even more memories under it.

We wanted to create a more bold, confident, and edgy logo and identity. Avintiv Media prides itself on offering customized award-winning solutions for our clients, not cookie-cutter, template, or bandaid style solutions. Quality is at the forefront of everything that we do not only with our client’s brand but also inside our agency. We feel that our new logo and identity captures that perfectly.

With our new brand direction, we wanted to showcase a brand that can be seen as an iconic brand, not just another typical marketing agency. Avintiv Media is heading in the direction of working with some of the largest brands in the world and we needed an iconic identity to fit the part over the next 10 years.

Our iconography

We wanted to ensure our iconography had brand recognition and a similar look and feel. To achieve this we sprinkled in Avintiv’s gradient element into every icon.

We used familiar industry iconography to attach to each service we offer so that users do not have to overthink our iconography.

Each icon holds the same visual weight – we do not want one icon to outshine the other when interacting on a page together.

Our new font

We wanted our new font to be fresh with clean sans serif elements that create clean forms and interesting negative space. We also wanted a face with an extensive collection of weights. We think Nexa is a great compliment to our logotype and strategic brand direction.

Our color palette

Our color palette is bright, bold, and in your face. We use gradients as a graphic and color element to evoke emotion and positivity. Our secondary color palette is used for internal branding of our services and to help clients using multiple services to be able to differentiate all client-facing materials without having to search for a number on an invoice.

Welcome to the all-new Avintiv Media

You’ll notice all of the changes from today on. Currently, our website is the biggest change you should notice if you’re not a current client of ours. You’ll start to notice entirely different marketing and the way we’re positioning ourselves.

This is just the beginning for Avintiv Media. We’re so excited for all of you that are sharing this amazing journey with all of us. We have some very big projects we’re working on with major brands that we cannot wait to share with all of you.

Thank you for your support and for being apart of our journey and for letting us be apart of yours.

AVINTIV Wins Top Creative & Design Agency in Arizona Award

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“How you do anything is how you do everything” is our mantra at AVINTIV. Our work ethic in creating a wide range of award-winning web design and development services has provided positive digital experiences for brands. As one of the top web designers in Phoenix, we continue to receive accolades for our hard work. Most recently, we are thrilled to share that Clutch has featured us in their 2019 report among the leading B2B companies in Arizona, specifically within the creative and design category. We are beyond grateful to have won the Top Creative & Design Agency award.

Clutch is an independent platform that collects objective feedback from clients about each company registered on the site. Analysts at the ratings and reviews firm conduct in-depth interviews with customers about the quality of their interaction with each Clutch-registered company. Based on the data gathered, they formulate honest ratings of all the firms for prospective clients to view.

We’ve been able to maintain a 5-star rating and consistently rank on the platform based on the reviews provided by our clients to Clutch analysts. One project in particular that we did with 11th Hour Matchmaking, a dating service for Scottsdale and Phoenix locals, reflects our high rating and awards.

Rebecca Fowler, CEO & Owner of 11th Hour Matchmaking, reached out to AVINTIV to help build her brand, which consisted of a brand workshop, business plan, branding, custom-built website, and social media management. From the discovery process and market research to now managing social media and the website, AVINTIV was able to help 11th hour become a success. “Positive user feedback responded to an impressive social media presence and functional website,” Fowler stated. “The results reflect the team’s ability to be energized and motivational while executing timely deliveries in a professional manner.”

Beyond the generous reviews that can be found on our Clutch profile, our success extends to the firm’s sister sites: Visual Objects and The Manifest. Visual Objects publishes portfolios of top agencies, like us, and other creatives to share their work with prospective clients. Likewise, The Manifest gives a brief description of our services as well as our notable projects and clients. We’re proud to say they have listed us among the leading digital marketing agencies.

It is unquestionably an honor to be named one of the best in the industry and receive the Top Creative & Design Agency award. Thanks to Clutch for including us in their rankings; we genuinely appreciate the positive feedback. More importantly, thank you to our clients — we are looking forward to giving more entrepreneurs their lives back.

If you’d like to inquire about how we can develop your dream website, you can inquire on our contact page.

Avintiv Media Wins Best Web Designers in Tempe by Three Best Rated

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We are extremely humbled to receive the Best Web Designers in Tempe award by Three Best Rated for the past 3 years running. It’s an honor being recognized among some of the top web design agencies throughout Arizona.

Three Best Rated does a phenomenal job looking out for small business owners who are looking to get quality work done. You deserve only the best in life. Three Best Rated® was created with the simple goal of finding the top 3 local businesses, professionals, restaurants, health care providers, and everything in-between, in any city. 

Every business is meticulously handpicked by their employees. They check the business’s reputation, history, complaints, ratings, proximity, satisfaction, trust, cost, general excellence, reviews, and more, using their 50-Point Inspection. They only display businesses that are verified by their employees. Other places will call this “hard work” and “unnecessary”. They call it “due diligence” and “the right thing to do”. Their website is updated on a regular basis for quality and the latest business information.

If you haven’t met us either yet, here’s a quick intro into who we are.

“Avintiv Media is an award-winning boutique agency in Scottsdale, AZ that solves problems for its high-end clients, turning them into industry dominators. We offer award-winning branding, web design, and SEO, services, yes, but we’re much more than that…we’re an agency filled with hustlers, visionaries, creators, designers, and marketers that simply do one thing: GET THE JOB DONE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME! Quality is at the core that fuels our agency.

We aren’t the biggest guys nor are we the little guys anymore.

We certainly aren’t cheap but our quality is unmatched which is why we’ve been blessed to work with brands like Scottsdale Ferrari, Scottsdale Maserati, Scottsdale Lamborghini, Penske Automotive, 3Win Corp and so many more.

Avintiv Media prides itself on offering customized award-winning solutions for our clients, not cookie-cutter, template, or bandaid style solutions. Quality is at the forefront of everything that we do not only with your brand but inside our agency.”

It is unquestionably an honor to be named as the Best Web Designers in Tempe. Thank you to Three Best Rated for including us in their rankings, we genuinely appreciate the positive feedback. More importantly, thank you to our clients — we are looking forward to turning more clients into industry dominators.

If you’d like to work with Avintiv Media, you can request a discovery call on our contact page.

Top Arizona Web Designer Awarded to Avintiv Media

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With the world’s modern technological advancements, digital marketing is vital to business success. We at Avintiv Media provide award-winning branding, web design, and coaching services, so you sell more. Our passion is ensuring that our clients utilize digital marketing to its fullest potential. We’re very honored to receive ‘Top Arizona Web Designer’ by clutch for the second year in a row.

We first joined Clutch, a B2B ratings and reviews platform based in Washington, D.C., to see how we compare to competitors in our industry. Clutch offers a database of information to prospective buyers that are searching for a business partner. They analyze companies in various industries based on certain qualifications: industry expertise, social media presence, and former client projects.

Now, we’re proud to announce that Clutch has included us in their latest press release as one of the best web designers in Phoenix.

What we’re most proud of, though, is our former client reviews. Clutch conducted telephone interviews with our former clients to hear how our work has served them. The positive feedback so far speaks for itself:

“I highly recommend them. They offer a wide range of services and provide great value.” – CEO, 11th Hour Matchmaking

“The whole team is very friendly, knowledgeable, and definitely on top of their work.” – Owner, Black Diamond Supplements

Read the full reviews on our Clutch profile. We want to make our process simple and effective for each of our clients’ needs, so we’re glad to hear our process has been delivering results.

Clutch has two sister websites, The Manifest and Visual Objects, and we’ve achieved positions on both of them. The Manifest, where we list as one of the top web designers in Phoenix, is a collection of industry reports, how-to lists, and agency rankings. Visual Objects, where we place as one of the top web design companies, is a visual compilation of past projects for companies of diverse industries.

We’re grateful to our friends at Clutch for these recognitions, to our former clients for their reviews, and to all who have helped our company. As our company continues to expand, we hope to continue providing superior client service, ascending these rankings until we reach the summit of our industry.

If you’d like to inquire about how we can develop your dream website, you can inquire on our contact page.

Our CEO, Jon Boles, Top Entrepreneur and Visionary by Entrepreneur.com

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In August 2018, Entrepreneur.com released a press release naming the top entrepreneur and visionary. They said, “Entrepreneurs under 40 are a special group; they have achieved significant standing at a young age, while setting the “entrepreneurial standard” for those striving for independent success.

Regardless of their specific age, or the vertical they work in, these entrepreneurs are successful in ways we cannot always understand. They share similar characteristics, and the ability to put their goals — and their businesses, first.

On a daily basis, they are changing the very definition of success. While entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone; for the people in this article, it is the very cornerstone of their existence.”

“Jon Boles is a visionary and serial entrepreneur having launched 8 successful brands of his own and exited from one in 2018. Over the past decade alone, Jon has helped build and consult for over 140 brands across the country, grossing myriad millions of dollars for his clients along the way.

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With the recent cover of Scottsdale health, Jon talked about his latest endeavor,  Avintiv Media, which has won 8-awards in under one year and is being recognized as one of the fastest growing marketing agencies in Phoenix, AZ. Avintiv Media’s clients range from Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, a handful of celebrity fitness clients, and many more.

Jon’s passion is being a “High Performance Business Coach” under Avintiv Media where he coaches 30 premium clients around the country to increase their performance in their personal and business life.”

Avintiv Media Wins Top Digital Marketing Agency in Phoenix for 2017, 2018, and 2019 by Up City

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We are extremely humbled to receive the Top Digital Marketing Agency in Phoenix award by Up City for the past 3 years running. It’s an honor being recognized among some of the top agencies throughout Arizona.

UpCity’s Top Local Agency marketplace is a resource designed to connect small and medium-sized local businesses with high-quality digital marketing service providers in their local area, allowing business owners to get the services they need quickly, from a service provider they can trust. The UpCity team independently reviews agencies across North America to determine the best service providers in each local market, ensuring that no matter where you are, great digital marketing services are never more than a click away.

If you haven’t met us either yet, here’s a quick intro into who we are.

“Avintiv Media is an award-winning boutique agency in Scottsdale, AZ that solves problems for its high-end clients, turning them into industry dominators. We offer award-winning branding, web design, and SEO, services, yes, but we’re much more than that…we’re an agency filled with hustlers, visionaries, creators, designers, and marketers that simply do one thing: GET THE JOB DONE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME! Quality is at the core that fuels our agency.

We aren’t the biggest guys nor are we the little guys anymore.

We certainly aren’t cheap but our quality is unmatched which is why we’ve been blessed to work with brands like Scottsdale Ferrari, Scottsdale Maserati, Scottsdale Lamborghini, Penske Automotive, 3Win Corp and so many more.

Avintiv Media prides itself on offering customized award-winning solutions for our clients, not cookie-cutter, template, or bandaid style solutions. Quality is at the forefront of everything that we do not only with your brand but inside our agency.”

It is unquestionably an honor to be named as the Top Digital Marketing Agency 2017-2019 by Up City. Thank you to Up City for including us in their rankings, we genuinely appreciate the positive feedback. More importantly, thank you to our clients — we are looking forward to turning more clients into industry dominators.

If you’d like to work with Avintiv Media, you can request a discovery call on our contact page.

Avintiv Media Wins Top Web Design Agency in the United States for 2018

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“How you do anything is how you do everything” is our mantra at Avintiv Media. Our work ethic in creating a wide range of award-winning web design and development services has provided positive digital experiences for major brands across the country. As one of the top web designers in the United States, we continue to receive accolades for our hard work. 

Most recently, we are thrilled to share that Clutch has featured us in their press release among other great web design agencies across the country.

At Avintiv Media, It’s our mission to not only develop an industry-disrupting website that has our client’s competition gawking but to give our clients an amazing experience in the process.

Customer experience is king and creating a custom online experience lets the world know who you are and what you stand for. It will act as a playground for your customers to interact, learn, and grow with your brand and its products and services.

We’ve been able to maintain a 5-star rating and consistently rank on the platform based on the reviews provided by our clients to Clutch analysts. One project in particular that we did with 11th Hour Matchmaking, a matchmaking service for Scottsdale and Phoenix locals, reflects our high-rating and awards.

Brian, CEO & Owner of Black Diamond Supplements, needed branding, web design, social media, and marketing services.  Working with Brian over the last two years, we have been able to rebuild his entire business from a digital standpoint. “Return on investments in the advertisements has tripled, and overall website performance has improved. Avintiv Media is dedicated and organized. The team is friendly and knowledgeable, making collaboration easy. ”

It is unquestionably an honor to be named as one of the best web design agencies in the United States. Thanks to Clutch for including us in their rankings, we genuinely appreciate the positive feedback. More importantly, thank you to our clients — we are looking forward to turning more clients into industry dominators.

If you’d like to work with Avintiv Media, you can request a discovery call on our contact page.

Why Your HTTP Website is ‘Not Secure’ Starting July 2018

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Most of us have heard the rumors that websites that stick with HTTP and don’t adopt HTTPS will be marked “not secure” come July 2018. We first hard about this through a blog post published back in February by Chrome Security Product Manager Emily Schechter.

Over the past several years, Google has moved toward a more secure web and user experience and have been strong advocates for sites that adopt HTTPS encryption.

What is HTTPS Encryption

You may be asking yourself, “What is HTTPS encryption?” According to Instant SSL by Camodo, “Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to. The ‘S’ at the end of HTTPS stands for ‘Secure’. It means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. HTTPS is often used to protect highly confidential online transactions like online banking and online shopping order forms.

Web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome also display a padlock icon in the address bar to visually indicate that a HTTPS connection is in effect.”

Instant SSL by Comodo also shares, “When you request a HTTPS connection to a webpage, the website will initially send its SSL certificate to your browser. This certificate contains the public key needed to begin the secure session. Based on this initial exchange, your browser and the website then initiate the ‘SSL handshake’. The SSL handshake involves the generation of shared secrets to establish a uniquely secure connection between yourself and the website.

When a trusted SSL Digital Certificate is used during a HTTPS connection, users will see a padlock icon in the browser address bar. When an Extended Validation Certificate is installed on a web site, the address bar will turn green.”

What Does This Mean for You?

What does this mean for your business? Beginning in July 2018, as Google Chrome launches Chrome 68, Chrome will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure.” This means that your website will not be shown on Chrome which now owns 58.4% market share. That means that you could potentially lose 58.4% of your traffic. A good way to find out that exact number is by going to your Google Analytics reporting and figure out how much of your traffic is coming from Chrome. Otherwise you can use the same amount of time in getting your website an SSL certification. If you need help with this, make an inquiry on our contact page and we’d be happy to assist you.