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May 31, 2023

New Website: Great American Dog Show

Our friends at the International Kennel Club of Chicago (IKC) trusted us to revamp their web experience in preparation for the Great American Dog Show coming to the McCormick Center in Chicago this August, and...

May 18, 2023

New Website: Fluffy Feather Farm

Fluffy Feather Farm is a family-owned and operated homestead in Harvard, IL that specializes in one of the cutest things you’ll see today: Miniature Scottish Highland Cattle, a.k.a. FLUFFY COWS! The site we built for...

May 4, 2023

New Website: Coaching Out of the Box

Coaching Out of the Box® exists to make it as easy as possible for people to learn coaching skills. Their world-class uses a proven model to teach folks to leverage the incredible power of coaching—and...

March 21, 2023

True Tech Tip of the Week: Stream from your Phone to TV

A feature that I use often is the ability to stream video content and mirror my phone on TV’s in my home and office. You can use the simple instructions below to try these powerful...

March 9, 2023

New Website: Wellness Reset Campus

It’s project showcase time! This week we’re proud to present the Wellness Reset Campus, a learning platform and membership site built for human service providers and caregivers at risk for compassion fatigue. From the very...

February 15, 2023

How can automation grow your small business?

Small businesses often struggle with limited resources and the challenge of trying to compete with larger, more established companies. However, with the advent of business automation, small businesses now have access to powerful tools that...

February 7, 2023

True Tech Tip #15: Use a Smart Water Sensor

TRUE TECH Tip of the Week If you’ve ever dealt with a leak in your home, you know how stressful it can be to deal with the unexpected mess and the high potential for long-term...

January 19, 2023

True Tech Tip #14: Check Out Telemedicine Options to Save a Trip to the Doctor

TRUE TECH Tip of the Week If you’re feeling under the weather, the last thing you want to do is deal with the hassle of a doctor’s appointment. Sometimes you know all you need is...

December 29, 2022

True Tech Tip #13: Start Using a Gratitude Journal App

TRUE TECH Tip of the Week A “tech tip” comes in many forms. Sometimes our tech tips are tips on new technology you should be using, sometimes Anthony offers tips on how to maximize the...

November 30, 2022

True Tech Tip #12: Use Smart Lights & Plugs for Your Holiday Lights

TRUE TECH Tip of the Week Are you still turning your holiday lights on and off BY HAND? Remember how the old infomercials used to say “There’s GOT to be a better way!” Well, there...

November 16, 2022

True Tech Tip #11: Protect your Passwords with a Secure Password Vault

TRUE TECH Tip of the Week Do you have trouble remembering your password? Surely, you know you’re not supposed to use the same password again and again, but who can remember a different password for...

November 10, 2022

True Tech Tip #10: Program Your Smart Thermostat for Heat & Cool

TRUE TECH Tip of the Week This week’s Tech Tip is probably most useful for your home, rather than your office, but it’s still a great tip. With the weather changing, we all know how...

November 2, 2022

True Tech Tip #9: How to Share a YouTube Video Cued to a Specific Timestamp

TRUE TECH Tip of the Week We all love to share YouTube videos. Whether you’re passing them along to friends to have them check out the perfect joke, or you’re sharing a tech tip with...

October 19, 2022

True Tech Tip #8: How to Reopen a Closed Browser Tab

TRUE TECH Tip of the Week Have you ever been browsing the web and accidentally closed a tab? You might be tempted to go digging for it in your browsing history, but Anthony’s here with...

October 11, 2022

True Tech Tip #7: Use Shared Notes to Manage Groceries or other Shared Tasks

TRUE TECH Tip of the Week Apples? Bananas? Milk? Bread? What’s on your grocery list? In this week’s True Tech Tip, Anthony shares a simple iOS feature that can help you keep your life organized–shared lists! Using the...

September 27, 2022

True Tech Tip #6: How to REALLY Block Those Annoying Pop Ups

⚙️TRUE TECH Tip of the Week ⚙️ Pop! Pop! Pop! It’s not 🍿 popcorn, it’s more annoying popups! Tune in to this week’s True Tech Tip to have Anthony teach you how to install an...

September 21, 2022

True Tech Tip #5: Ready for Your Closeup?

Lights! Camera! Action! Are you ready for your closeup? Your Zoom closeup, that is. Tune into this week’s True Tech Tip for the single check box that will improve your video quality on Zoom calls. It...

September 14, 2022

True Tech Tip #4: Easily Locate Circuit Breakers

What’s everyone’s favorite day at school? 📅 FIELD TRIP! Take a trip to Anthony’s basement in this this week’s Tech Tip video to learn the best, safest way to locate the circuit breaker you need....

September 8, 2022

True Tech Tip #3: Have You Taken out the Trash?

Did you forget to take out the trash this week? ♻️ No, not THAT trash! This week’s tip is simple, but easily missed–even if you think you’re keeping your computer files organized and trashing the...

September 1, 2022

True Tech Tip #2: Making the Most of your Wi-Fi with EERO

Do you struggle to get a good wireless Internet connection at home? Do you drop signal in certain rooms or deal with WiFi signal interference from other devices in your house? Tune into this week’s...

August 25, 2022

New Website: Aging Care Solutions

The team at Aging Care Solutions has come together to offer support, guidance, and advice to older adults and their loved ones as they age. Their compassionate team has experience in a wide range of...

August 10, 2022

True Tech Tip: Have You Tried Turning it Off and Turning it On Again?

True Productions is proud to kick off another video series, the True Tech Tip of the Week! We all know the frustration you experience when you fight with technology, finally break down and ask for...

July 28, 2022

True Tools: Yep

One of our favorite things to do on the blog is show off tools we love, like Canva, GridbuilderWP, Sejda and WhyNoPadlock. In these quick posts, we highlight some of our favorite tools–so they can become...

June 30, 2022

Clutch Highlights True Productions As One Of Illinois’ Top Web Developers For 2022

At True Productions, we are a small but resourceful group of passionate individuals. We enjoy working with our clients to bring their ideas to life through website design and development, video production, and marketing automation....

June 23, 2022

New Website: Impact Environmental Group

We recently had the opportunity to build a brand new site for a longstanding client, as they took on a new initiative. True Productions has worked with Impact Plastics extensively over the years on the...

June 2, 2022

True Tools: GridbuilderWP

One of our favorite things to do on the blog is show off tools we love, like Canva, Trello, Sejda and WhyNoPadlock. In these quick posts, we highlight some of our favorite tools–so they can...

May 18, 2022

New Website: Ignition Community Glass

Chicago non-profit Ignition Community Glass approached us with a dilemma: their site, while mostly functional, had been pieced together over several years by several different developers, and the seams were showing. When they brought the...

May 5, 2022

New Website: Bob Cmolik Author Site & Book Launch

Recently, True Productions had the privilege to work with new author Bob Cmolik to launch his debut novel, The Boy in the Fan. Our team did graphic design for the cover art, handled the digital...

April 21, 2022

New Website: Andrea’s K9 Coaching

Most of our clients are revamping an existing web presence, so this project for Andrea’s K9 Coaching was especially exciting: a blank slate. We worked with Andrea to understand her business concept, create a custom...

March 24, 2022

The 5th Golden Rule?

True Productions is proud to be committed to our core values. They hang in our workspace. We talk about them every day. We start every company meeting with a review of these values. When a...

February 24, 2022

New Website: Heller Wealth Management

Heller Wealth Management provides fee-based financial planning and wealth management services out of their offices in New York City and Melville, New York. True Productions has a long history of building exceptional websites for financial...

February 10, 2022

New Website: EDEN Supportive Living

EDEN Supportive Living is a network of amazing communities built on one simple but powerful premise: Everyone Deserves Equal Nobility. The folks who live in these buildings are the true superstars, and we were so...

January 27, 2022

Pre-Dev Process: Market Research

As part of our web design services, we offer a 10-step predevelopment process that helps us execute your vision for your new site. 10 steps sounds like a lot, and it is! But it’s also...

January 13, 2022

What are your company’s New Year’s resolutions?

Ah, January. Fresh start. A new leaf. A fresh calendar. The season of best intentions. Most of us make New Year’s Resolutions in our personal life, but what about for your business? Here are a...

December 16, 2021

Pre-Dev Process: User Personas

As part of our web design services, we offer a 10-step predevelopment process that helps us execute your vision for your new site. 10 steps sounds like a lot, and it is! But it’s also...

November 25, 2021

Things We’re Thankful For (A Thanksgiving-Themed True Tools Post)

One of the things we like to do in this space is share True Tools – tips, tricks, and products or services that help us create products people love. In the past, we’ve talked about Canva, Sejda, WhyNoPadlock, LearnDash…we...

November 11, 2021

New Website: Impact Plastics Business Unit

Impact Plastics is a longstanding client of True Productions, but until now most of our work together has been in the video realm. Our web team was excited to take on this new project for...

October 21, 2021

New Website: 1Source

1SOURCE is an international leader in environmental health & safety, workers compensation, injury management and regulatory compliance coordinationWe spent a lot of time on branding and design for this client. The logo as well as...

September 23, 2021

New Website: Chicago Business VoIP

True Productions has had a long-standing relationship with Chicago Business VoIP (a.k.a. CBV) for many years. As a client of CBV for our phone service, we quickly became believers in everything they have to offer....

September 8, 2021

New Ways to Customize Your Emails (That You Probably Haven’t Thought Of!)

Everyone knows that it’s best practice to customize the emails you send to your customers. You know that, right? If you didn’t, now you do. Make sure you’re customizing emails to your customers. The most...

August 25, 2021

Pre-Dev Process: High Fidelity Comps

As part of our web design services, we offer a 10-step predevelopment process that helps us execute your vision for your new site. 10 steps sounds like a lot, and it is! But it’s also...

August 12, 2021

New Website: On Target Living Revamp

On Target Living is one of our longest clients. We’re proud to say we’ve been working together for 10 years and counting! The team at On Target Living continue to be an inspiration to us...

July 28, 2021

Pre-Dev Process: Why Do I Need a Wireframe?

As part of our web design services, we offer a 10-step predevelopment process that helps us execute your vision for your new site. 10 steps sounds like a lot, and it is! But it’s also...

July 8, 2021

True Productions Featured as One of Illinois Leading B2B Design Firms

Washington, DC – June 22, 2021 Today, market research authority Clutch highlighted the 300 companies included in their Leader Awards in Illinois for 2021. The economy of Illinois is one of the US’s largest and most diverse....

June 23, 2021

New Website: Rachel Joyce Art

If you follow True Productions on Instagram, you probably already know we did a huge website giveaway a few months ago. (If you don’t follow TP on Instagram, what are you waiting for? It’s @tpmediaservices....

June 9, 2021

Podcast: Driving Massive Growth By Treating Your CMS & CRM as One

If you’re working to integrate a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform like Salesforce, Active Campaign, or Keep with WordPress, it’s important to know that driving massive success in your funnels is so much more than...

May 27, 2021

New Website: True Productions

As a company with a core service as Website Design, we realized the importance of keeping our own website up to date. We’re always excited to share our work with the world. ⁠ ⁠ Here...

May 6, 2021

Pre-Dev Process: What is a Site Map?

As part of our web design services, we offer a 10-step predevelopment process that helps us execute your vision for your new site. 10 steps sounds like a lot, and it is! But it’s also...

April 22, 2021

New Website: TutorPUG

We recently completed a rebuild for a brand new client, TutorPUG. This fun educational service based in Norman, Oklahoma is dedicated to helping students Prepare, Understand, and Grow (PUG, get it?) to improve their educational...

April 9, 2021

Pre-Dev Process: What is a Mood Board?

As part of our web design services, we offer a 10-step predevelopment process that helps us execute your vision for your new site. 10 steps sounds like a lot, and it is! But it’s also...

March 24, 2021

New Website: TinkRworks

TinkRworks is another recent rebuild. This company’s concept is cool and fun: STEM education project kits to be used in the classroom for hands-on learning that’s exciting, relevant, and fun for kids from grades K-8....

March 18, 2021

The Internet Wouldn’t Have Been The Same Without These Women: Celebrating Women’s History Month

We often think of computer science as a male-dominated field, and it’s true that a lot of the folks you see around tech are male. Women’s History Month is a good time to stop and...

March 11, 2021

New Website: One Wealth Management

We recently undertook a total redesign project for a longstanding client, One Wealth Management. This financial firm based in California wanted to upgrade their web experience with sleek new visuals, consistent messaging, and seamless integrations...

February 25, 2021

True Tools: LearnDash LMS

One of our favorite things to do on the blog is show off tools we love, like Canva, Trello, Sejda and WhyNoPadlock. In these quick posts, we highlight some of our favorite tools–so they can...

February 18, 2021

New Website Alert!

If you follow us on social (@tpmediaservices), you know we love to hype new projects. We put our heart and soul into our builds and launch day is always a special day. You’ll see the...

February 9, 2021

Best Ways to Keep Your Team Communicating When Working Remotely

We’re just about a year into this pandemic, and while it might feel like grasping at straws, if we’re honest, we have to admit that there have been a few positives. Every cloud has a...

February 4, 2021

Observing Black History Month

Since the 1970’s, Americans have set aside the month of February to celebrate the achievements of African Americans by observing Black History Month. What started as “Negro History Week” all the way back in 1915...

January 26, 2021

The Project Management Triangle: How Cost, Quality, and Time Interact

Even if you’ve never been a project manager, you’ve almost certainly heard the old joke: Cheap, Fast, or Good, you can only pick two. While I’m sure that’s meant to be a joke, any project...

January 19, 2021

True Tools: Evaluate your Site Security with WhyNoPadlock

From time to time, we like to share little tools that we think might be helpful to others, and today’s blog is another of those True Tools. We recommend that all of our clients use...

January 12, 2021

Automation Hour with Keap: Track New Leads with Internal Forms

The conversation you just had, the voicemail from the call you missed, the new email in your inbox. These are all new leads that need to be added to your CRM for follow-up or you...

January 5, 2021

Everything You Need to Know About Automation You Learned in Kindergarten, Episode 6

Welcome to Episode 6 of our video series, “Everything You Need to Know About Automation You Learned in Kindergarten.” In these fun, short videos, Anthony breaks down a new automation or web topic, teaching you...

December 22, 2020

Everything You Need to Know About Automation You Learned in Kindergarten, Episode 5

Welcome to Episode 5 of our video series, “Everything You Need to Know About Automation You Learned in Kindergarten.” In these fun, short videos, Anthony breaks down a new automation topic, teaching you tips and...

December 14, 2020

Automation Hour with Keap: Sell Online with Woo Commerce

If you have products to sell online, WooCommerce is a great way to add a storefront to your WordPress site. Anthony joined the team at Keap as a Featured Partner for Automation Hour last week...

December 8, 2020

Everything You Need to Know About Automation You Learned in Kindergarten, Episode 4

Welcome to Episode 4 of our video series, “Everything You Need to Know About Automation You Learned in Kindergarten.” In these fun, short videos, Anthony breaks down a new automation topic, teaching you tips and...

December 1, 2020

How to Use Infusionsoft to Create a Two-Factor Authorization Process: Part 2

So if you’re here from last week’s post, now you know What 2-Factor Authorization (2FA) and Why to Use a 2FA system to protect your users. If you missed it, you may want to check...

November 24, 2020

How to Use Infusionsoft to Create a Two-Factor Authorization Process: Part 1

Did you know you can create a 2-Factor Authorization (2FA) process in Infusionsoft, using some fairly basic tools built into the Campaign builder? Recently we built a 2FA process for a client of ours who...

November 17, 2020

Everything You Need to Know About Automation You Learned in Kindergarten, Episode 3

Welcome to Episode 3 of our new video series, “Everything You Need to Know About Automation You Learned in Kindergarten.” In these fun, short videos, Anthony breaks down a new automation topic, teaching you tips...

November 10, 2020

True Productions is Giving Away a New Website Build!

TRUE PRODUCTIONS WEBSITE DESIGN GIVEAWAY As we near the end of the year, we realize this has been a really HARD year for a lot of businesses. Having an online presence isn’t optional anymore, it’s ESSENTIAL for survival. We...

November 3, 2020

Everything You Need to Know About Automation You Learned in Kindergarten, Episode 2

Welcome to Episode 2 of our new video series, “Everything You Need to Know About Automation You Learned in Kindergarten.” In these fun, short videos, Anthony breaks down a new automation topic, teaching you tips...

October 27, 2020

True Tools: Use Sejda to Convert Your Website into PDFs

From time to time, we like to share little tools that we think might be helpful to others, and today’s blog is another of those True Tools. Have you ever needed to print a copy...

October 21, 2020

Automation Hour with Keap: Stop Spambots From Joining Your List

Spambot submissions use other people’s email addresses to sign up on your web forms. Then, when you dutifully respond, the actual user marks you as spam. This can have a significant impact on your email...

October 8, 2020

DKIM and Email Deliverability

When you first start sending emails through a CRM like Infusionsoft by Keap, it can be overwhelming. Whether you came from another email service like MailChimp or you’re using automation to send emails for...

September 29, 2020

True Tools: How Can You Use Canva?

True Tools is a series of quick posts where we highlight some of our favorite tools–we think there’s a good chance they become some of your favorite tools, too. This week, I want to talk...

September 22, 2020

Everything You Need to Know About Automation You Learned in Kindergarten

True Productions is proud to kick off our new video series, called “Everything You Need to Know About Automation You Learned in Kindergarten.” In these fun, short videos, Anthony breaks down a new automation topic,...

September 15, 2020

Are Your Emails Going to Spam? Avoid These Keywords.

Feel like too many of your emails are going straight to your customers’ junk folder or spam folder? You’re probably not wrong! As many as one-in-five emails, on average, get sent to spam. How can...

September 3, 2020

True Productions Receives First Review on Clutch!

True Productions is a multifaceted digital agency with a talented and passionate team focused on bringing your vision to life through website design, graphic design, video production, and automation services. That sounds like a lot...

September 1, 2020

Rethinking Live Events: How True Productions Helped Turn the Live Reptile Expo into Reptile Stream

As we all do our part to social distance, some businesses have it easier than others. Those of us in the technology sector are used to video conferencing, Slack channels, and Trello boards, but some...

March 26, 2020

Inc 5000: The 250 Most Successful Companies in the Midwest

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June 4, 2019