Monarch & Co.
Chicago, IL 60607
Testimonials
Green Thumb Brown Boots is a professional lawn care service. Initially the company served customers in the residential and commercial markets. Simple computer filing systems were sufficient for our needs during that time. However, when we began serving customers in the public sector, we needed a more sophisticated system that could accommodate anticipated growth in the various markets we now serve and integrate those systems to produce a number of reports. We sought assistance through the IDOT Supportive Services Program and were amazed by the computer solutions and cloud filing system the IDOT consultant, Francesca Hindmon, developed for our company. She is not only technically savvy, but also thorough, super fast and a pleasure to work with.
GWO Trucking was established by two trucking administrators who have a brilliant understanding of the industry and are experts in sales and operations. However, once we structured and organized the company, we found it difficult to acquire the trucks we needed and to outreach to potential customers. The IDOT Supportive Services team helped us to overcome these obstacles and secure a major subcontract with one of the largest construction companies in the Chicagoland area. The team identified an auction where we were able to purchase our first truck for a fraction of the cost we would normally have to pay. Francesca Hindmon was one of the consultants who worked with us. Her staff developed a marketing plan, website, capability statement and other marketing materials that gave us the tools to sell our services to prime contractors, in a professional and compelling manner. I guess you could say the rest is history. GWO Trucking is off the ground and running, and well on its way to becoming a major DBE participant in the Chicagoland area’s road construction industry.
Humir Construction is a well established sewer engineering and construction company that needed to update its website and capability statement to reflect its growth. As a certified DBE with IDOT we were able to get this work done free of charge through the IDOT Supportive Services Program. However, we were also aware of Francesca Hindmon, the founder and principal of Monarch Web Solutions, and the awesome work she does with website design and development. We also knew Francesca was reliable and would get the work done expeditiously. So we decided it was in the best interest of the company to come out of pocket in order to get the work done by Monarch. When we realized that Monarch was a sub-consultant for the IDOT Supportive Services Program, we were thrilled. Monarch excelled beyond our expectations in terms of production quality and completion time.
R2 Logistics provides a full spectrum of dump truck hauling services, from transporting construction materials and debris, to administrative support and truck leasing. Branding is an integral part of what we offer. Promoting our brand is vital to what we do. Therefore, it is essential that the materials and venues we use to promote our brand are professional and effective. Francesca Hindmon was the IDOT Supportive Services consultant that produced our website and marketing materials. She and her staff at Monarch Web Solutions are incredibly knowledgeable of branding and were skillful in their development of a website, capability statement and brochure that incorporated our logo and communicated our brand effectively.
“In looking to enhance our marketing strategy for Seasonal Concepts, I interviewed and received multiple proposals from companies that had some great ideas on how to take my business to the next level. The proposal and the process that stood out most to me were from Francesca Hindmon at Monarch & Company. My previous vendors had a tough time understanding our target market and how to get the message out in the most efficient way. Francesca worked with me to dive into our company, our history, our goals and create a marketing strategy that has received an incredible amount of response, inquiries and compliments. Those compliments have led to more traffic, more past customers coming back, and an impressive site for our new clients to navigate. All of which has led to more sales!! Most importantly she has become a partner in our mission.”
It was truly a joy to work with the marketing consultants for the IDOT DBE Supportive Services Program. Francesca Hindmon and Ida Hindmon are knowledgeable, talented and genuinely concerned about getting results. They developed a marketing plan and all the marketing materials Molina Trucking needed to implement the plan. They guided us through the marketing process and the outcome was phenomenal. Our sales grew from startup to over half a million dollars in less than six months.