Temper And Forge

I’m the owner and manager of MKC Associates Home Inspection. I’m also a home inspector. We provide home inspection services for buyers and sellers of homes and anyone wanting to know the condition of a property. We also provide commercial property inspection, radon testing, pest inspection, and other related services.

I engaged Temper And Forge’s services for SEO assistance and general website repairs and corrections.

Temper And Forge offers SEO services for our company. The team is currently making tweaks, repairs, and adjustments to my website, which is based on Webflow. Whenever I need new content, a new page, or something added to my blog page, they do that.Temper And Forge started by fixing errors and problems with the website’s structure from a searchability, content, and metadata standpoint. They’ve audited the site and fixed everything that wasn't working or was incorrect. Then, Temper And Forge made various modifications and added new content to help drive more activity on our site. They’ve also partnered with me to advise me on what I was already doing to offer advice.Now, Temper And Forge is helping us restructure some of our pages for optimal searchability. We work closely with the team on keyword research, and they’re also working on backlinks, which is a continual process.

I work with Nate and Sam.

I found them through a Google search. I was looking for companies that knew my area and worked on SEO. I was looking for companies based in Massachusetts, and it turned out Temper And Forge used to be here, but now they're on the West Coast. I also wanted to make sure they were familiar with and had expertise with Webflow, which is the platform my site is on. I didn’t want to work with a WordPress company.

We’ve spent around $8,000.

We started working together in February 2024, and our relationship is ongoing.

We’ve had a higher click rate and visibility, meaning our website has higher impressions. Our rankings have gone up, and the total inspection jobs we’ve completed have increased over the last year. Our market share has increased when other companies like ours are going out of business and losing work. Temper And Forge has a dashboard that we consult at every meeting to see where we’ve gone and how we’re doing. Based on those metrics, it’s clear that they’ve helped my business dramatically. They’ve completely changed my view of SEO services from my previous experience.

Temper And Forge’s project management is great. They use monday.com to organize work, and we have a monthly standing Google Meet for progress meetings. We communicate extensively by email. Nate is available anytime by phone if I need him. He’s made it clear that he’s available to deal with any emergencies that may arise.Overall, the team is incredibly responsive and immediately answers my concerns and questions. They're very accomplished and come to the table with many new ideas.

I’ve worked with two other SEO companies in the past, so I have experience with them. SEO companies generally have smoke and mirrors; they say they’ll do things for you, but you don’t know what they’re really doing.When I met with Nate for the first time, it was clear that Temper And Forge had a completely different approach. They talked about specific things they could do right away. They had ideas and specific projects in mind, and Nate was extremely good at communicating those.I’ve been impressed with Temper And Forge because they always do everything they say they will do. We had technical issues changing over some of the tracking and hosting at the beginning. Temper And Forge made sure everything was perfect right out of the gate. They’re incredibly communicative, easy to work with, kind, and results-oriented, which is great.

I don’t have much to say because they’re so great to work with. They’re really good at communicating and very professional.

Ask Temper And Forge what big projects they can do and what they’ll be doing ongoing. This way, you can allocate your budget appropriately. We've worked on special projects that were above our monthly maintenance fee. They’ll tell you what’s best for you, and trust them to get into your site and fix everything that needs to be fixed.

I'm the CEO and founder of Incisive Dental Network. We support dentists in their procurement efforts.

We hired Temper And Forge to develop our website.

Temper And Forge has created our website from scratch, including a membership login area. Initially, they laid everything out for me, detailing timelines, requirements from our side, and requirements from their side, which was very helpful. We spent a couple of hours on calls talking about my company, who we were, and what our mission was. From there we talked through how the website layout needed to be and which areas it needed to include. That was how we scoped the website design out.After discussing the website design and requirements, Temper And Forge gave me a sense of the different copywriting the website needed to include. I worked with someone they referred me to on the copywriting and got a first draft. Then, Temper And Forge went into the website design process and came back with three different options for the look and feel. They asked for feedback on what I liked and disliked about each of them.I chose the different elements I liked about the three proposals, which gave Temper And Forge a template of the color scheme and design style I was looking for. From there, they continued refining the website design. There were three iterations of the design layout. During this process, I was able to use different tools that they provided to add comments and give feedback.The website design process ultimately led Temper And Forge to do the full website development to make it functional. After that, we had a round of QA, where I was able to point out more changes that needed to be made before the website's launch.Currently, Temper And Forge helps us with maintenance and hosting, which also includes support in helping me choose content to steer me in the right direction. The technology stack used includes WordPress (I actually have a WP Engine account) and Figma.

I've worked with Nathan (Founder & Owner), who works closely with me, Connor (Lead Designer), and Jesse (Lead Developer). There have also been others involved in the project, but I haven't worked with them as much.

I found them during a Google search. I was looking for firms in the Boston area so that I could work with someone local, and I found Temper And Forge.

We've spent around $30,000.

I first contacted Nathan in May 2023, and we signed the contract in June 2023. Temper And Forge launched our website in February 2024, but our engagement is ongoing.

Ultimately, our collaboration has led to a successful website launch right on time. I've received feedback a number of times on how professional our website looks and how easy it is to navigate. Thanks to Temper And Forge, we've gone from a DIY webpage to a professional site.

Temper And Forge has delivered the project within budget and on time. Honestly, they could have delivered a bit faster, but I was the bottleneck more than they were. Overall, I'm very pleased with their work. They're incredibly thorough and responsive, especially for someone who hasn't done website development before. From my perspective, this has been a very easy process.As for collaboration tools, we've used monday.com for project management and Pastel for providing feedback. Moreover, we've primarily communicated via email. Still, whenever we need it, we just jump on a quick meeting, which has been great. Their team has been really responsive in that regard.

The thing that impresses me the most about Temper And Forge is that they've been able to bring my vision to reality while guiding me through the process, making it fairly seamless. For someone who hasn't done website development before, like me, no part of the project has felt overwhelming.They've been very good at breaking the project into actionable parts. Moreover, whenever I've been stuck, they've jumped in to ensure I had the support needed. They've basically made the project very simple to get through.Additionally, Temper And Forge's entire team has been fantastic. Connor has been great at providing guidance on best practices; Nathan has acted as a mentor to the entire team, providing great direction on what looks good and what will work well; and Jesse has been phenomenal regarding responsiveness and getting the actual development done. Overall, their whole team has been phenomenal to work with.

I can't think of anything Temper And Forge could improve on.

Temper And Forge takes a lot of pride in what they do, which is a good thing. Still, that means that their timelines might be a bit longer than what someone could experience with other service providers, but this is caused because they truly do their work from scratch to match exactly what the client is asking for.If you're looking for a high-quality partner who will listen to what you want and make it come to reality, they're a great partner to work with. Ask a lot of questions because they have a ton of knowledge regarding best practices. As the project has progressed, I've realized that I should be leaning on them more and more.Therefore, you should lay out your vision and let them run with it, constantly pushing them to provide feedback and challenging them. They're very creative problem-solvers, so don't try to dictate the project's path, but do try to dictate the outcome because they're capable of getting you there.

I’m the director of marketing at a company that distributes specialty chemicals.

Temper And Forge rebuilt our website from scratch and changed our hosting provider. The first step was evaluating how our product catalog would be structured since we have over 200 different products; this was the biggest reason we went forward with Temper And Forge. The team took the approach of structuring the catalog and building out a new feature for customers and prospective customers, which was like an e-commerce feature where products could be added to a cart and quoted by our sales team.We initially had a very big discovery session to understand our sales process and funnel to ensure that the solutions would work for our desired customers. Temper And Forge utilized Octopus.do to create the site's map and Figma and Pastel for design. The team built the site on WordPress.

We worked with Nate (Founder & Owner), Connor (Lead UI/UX Designer), Jesse (Lead Developer), Scott (Developer), and Katelyn (Account Manager).

Temper And Forge successfully launched our new website, and our clients and suppliers reported a more streamlined UX. We saw an increase in web traffic and retention rates on our product data sheets, showing that the new calculator built by Temper And Forge was accurate and that customers were using it. The team delivered excellent and high-quality work.

Temper And Forge stayed on budget and only extended deadlines on one occasion, which we approved. This was based on the massive product database our company had. We didn't stick to the original deadlines, but the team adapted timelines based on immediate findings during discovery sessions. Overall, Temper And Forge stayed on time. We communicated via video calls, email, and Google Chat. I never waited more than 24 hours for a response from the team.

The only thing Temper And Forge could improve was providing expectations of deliverables on our end earlier in our engagement. The team suggested they'd give us a copy document for our products page, but we couldn't do that since we had an extensive database of products. Having that information since the beginning would've been ideal.

We worked with Nathan (Founder & Owner), who oversaw the project, and Sam (Frontend Developer), who did most of the development work. We also worked with Scott (Developer) and Jesse (Lead Developer).

I had previously worked with Temper And Forge at my last company and had such a good experience that I wanted to work with them again. I originally found Temper And Forge through a Google search.

We spent around $45,000 in our engagement with Temper And Forge.

We started working with Temper And Forge in May 2023, and our project was completed in October 2023.

I’m the senior marketing operations manager at Swing Education, a marketplace that connects substitute teachers with school districts.

We needed help with website design, development, enhancement, and support.

We started our engagement with Temper And Forge to rebuild our website. We had a lot of requirements to migrate from our old website instance to a new one. We also had certain specifications regarding how the site architecture needed to be set up, how we could better manage and maintain our website’s content on the backend, and how we could rank better in search engines for the pages we wanted to rank for.

We’ve worked with Nathan (Founder & Owner), Jesse (Lead Developer), and Katelyn (Account Manager). We’ve also worked with a graphic designer and other developers who have supported the project with unique activities. On a weekly basis, we work with three of Temper And Forge's teammates, but throughout the project, we’ve worked with another five of their teammates.

We had heard about them from a consultant who was working with us. This consultant was aware of other websites Temper And Forge had built, but they hadn’t worked directly with Temper And Forge in the past.

We’ve spent between $50,000–$100,000.

We started working together around June 2022. Temper And Forge completed the initial project around September 2022. However, our relationship continues as we work with them on a monthly basis.

One of our goals was to have a better UX on our website. We’ve been able to see an increase in our conversion rate since launching the website, which directly relates to a better design and UX.

Temper And Forge has a very organized way of managing the project and presenting and iterating on designs for us using various tools. Moreover, their ongoing project management is excellent. We connect to Nathan through Slack, where we communicate one-on-one.

Temper And Forge has been a great collaborative partner. We’ve come to them with an idea for which we don’t know how to get to the end result, and they’ve been able to fill those gaps and present really good options to achieve those results.

Our engagement has gone so well that I don’t have any areas of improvement for Temper And Forge.

Be an active participant and client. Temper And Forge is a very collaborative team, so be actively involved in the project. They’ll be very receptive to your requests and understand your needs, so don’t hire them expecting that they’ll do the entire project on their own.