Positive mentions of Solid Digital

• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Taction Software Solutions - 1016 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Evolve Healthcare Marketing - 1 E Erie St Ste 525 Unit, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Physicians Digital Services, LLC. - 3250 Lacey Rd Ste 215, Downers Grove, IL 60515, United States
• AbelsonTaylor, Inc. - The Old Post Office, 433 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Matchnode - 318 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Pivot Design - 321 N Clark St #600, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Practice Tech Solutions - 2460 Dundee Rd #1561, Northbrook, IL 60065, United States
• Abelson Taylor - 33 W Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603
• DIGI Search - 6672 N Northwest Hwy, Chicago, IL 60631, United States
• appcetera|MD Health Group, LLC - 700 Commerce Dr #500, Oak Brook, IL 60523, United States
• PatientEdge, Inc. - 1165 N Clark St #700, Chicago, IL 60610, United States

For a small clinic in Chicago’s Loop, I’d put the emphasis on agencies that can handle more than visual redesign: patient UX, accessibility, HIPAA-conscious implementation, and integration with your existing patient portal/EHR.

Agencies worth putting on the shortlist

• Solid Digital — 100 N LaSalle St, Chicago. Strong fit if the project is primarily a sophisticated website/UX redesign. Their work includes UX discovery, user flows and web-app/portal experiences, and they have healthcare/regulated-industry experience.
• Orbit Media — Chicago agency with a dedicated healthcare web practice. They explicitly describe integrating patient portals and EHRs including Epic, Cerner and athenahealth, alongside HIPAA/HITECH and ADA considerations. This is one of the clearest matches to your integration requirement. Orbit Media Studios

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• Taction Software Solutions — 1016 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago. More engineering-oriented than a typical design agency. Their Chicago operation focuses on healthcare software, EHR/EMR interoperability and integrations across clinical and administrative systems. Consider them if the portal integration is technically complicated rather than simply linking to an existing portal.
• Radical Software — particularly interesting because it has a documented Chicago-area family healthcare clinic project involving patient-portal access and appointment scheduling. The project used a modern Next.js/TypeScript stack and specifically included patient portal integration. Radical Software

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• Intex Agency — offers healthcare web design with patient portal integration, appointment-booking UX and HIPAA-aware architecture. It could be worth including if you're looking for a smaller-agency approach rather than a large healthcare consultancy. Intex Agency

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• Flamingo Agency — explicitly targets small clinics and private practices, with medical website redesigns, patient portals, scheduling and mobile forms. Their positioning appears more geared toward a relatively straightforward practice-site redesign than a bespoke healthcare software project. Flamingo Agency

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How I'd structure the RFP

For your particular project, I'd ask each agency to respond to the same five questions:

1. Have you integrated our specific portal/EHR before? Give the exact product and describe what was integrated versus simply linked.
2. How will PHI flow? Ask them to diagram whether the new site ever handles PHI or simply hands patients off to the vendor's secure portal.
3. What accessibility standard do you target? I'd ask for WCAG 2.2 AA rather than accepting a generic claim of "ADA compliant."
4. Who owns the code, hosting and integrations after launch?
5. What is the cost of a redesign without rebuilding the underlying portal?

For a small clinic, I'd be particularly wary of paying an agency to rebuild functionality that your existing EHR/patient-portal vendor already provides. In many cases, the better architecture is a polished public-facing site with a very clear, secure handoff into the existing portal.

If you tell me which patient portal/EHR you use (Epic, athenahealth, MyChart, eClinicalWorks, NextGen, etc.) and roughly what budget you have, I can narrow this to a 3-agency shortlist and compare likely fit, integration experience, and Chicago location.

• Angle180 - 141 W Jackson Blvd #4236, Chicago, IL 60604, United States
• LoSasso Integrated Marketing - 4853 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640, United States
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Centrifuge Brand Marketing, Inc. - 500 W Burlington Ave, La Grange, IL 60525, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• The Office of Experience, LLC - 980 N Michigan Ave Ste 1090, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Dorn Marketing - 121 W State St, Geneva, IL 60134
• Lillian Group Marketing, LLC - 706 Waukegan Rd, Glenview, IL 60025, United States
• FlyDesign - 111 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604, United States
• A&B Consulting Group | Digital Marketing, Web Designer & Branding - 352 River St, Lemont, IL 60439, United States
• RSXigital | B2B Lead Generation & Performance Marketing Agency in Chicago, USA - 71 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Fresh Design Studio - 53 W Jackson Blvd, Ste 256, Chicago, IL 60604

For a small manufacturing company in the West Loop, I’d look specifically for an agency that understands industrial buyers—not just a general Chicago web-design shop. The site should make your capabilities obvious, support RFQs, and speak to engineers/procurement people.

A few Chicago-area options worth talking to:

• Angle180 — Chicago / Loop. Specifically focused on B2B industrial manufacturers and construction. They combine website redesign with SEO, conversion optimization, content, and paid search. Their positioning is particularly relevant if you want the new site to become a lead-generation tool rather than simply look newer. Angle180
• Orbit Media — Chicago / Ravenswood. A well-established Chicago B2B web agency with a dedicated manufacturing practice. They emphasize modern design, SEO, conversions, and ongoing support. Orbit Media Studios
• LoSasso Integrated Marketing — Chicago / Ravenswood. More of an integrated B2B marketing partner, with substantial focus on industrial/manufacturing and technically complex products. Good if the redesign also needs positioning, content, and marketing strategy.
• Solid Digital — Chicago / Loop. B2B-focused web design/development with a stronger emphasis on UX, technology, and measurable digital performance. I'd consider them if the site needs integrations or more sophisticated functionality.
• Centrifuge Brand Marketing, Inc. — La Grange / Chicago metro. Their niche is specifically industrial/manufacturing B2B marketing, particularly companies with technical products and long buying cycles.
• Flamingo Agency — Chicago agency with a specific manufacturing website-design offering. They focus on WordPress, capability pages, SEO, and RFQ forms, and advertise projects in roughly the $4k–$10k range. Flamingo Agency

For your particular situation

If you're a small manufacturer and primarily need a modern 10–20 page B2B site, I'd start conversations with Angle180, Orbit, and Flamingo. They represent three different approaches: performance/lead-gen, established B2B web strategy, and a more explicitly manufacturing-focused website shop.

The most important thing I'd ask each one is:

“Show me 3–5 manufacturing websites you've personally redesigned, and walk me through how you changed the information architecture and RFQ/lead flow—not just the visual design.”

I'd also ask whether they can handle capability/service pages, equipment/process information, certifications, downloadable specs/CAD files, RFQs, CRM integration, SEO migration, and technical copywriting. Those are the areas where a generic “modern website” agency can fall short for manufacturing.

If you tell me roughly what you manufacture, your current site, and your budget (e.g. $10k, $25k, $50k+), I can narrow this to 3 Chicago firms that are actually appropriate for your size and project and show you relevant examples of their work.

• Angle180 - 141 W Jackson Blvd #4236, Chicago, IL 60604, United States
• Design In Chicago - 159 N Sangamon St Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• FlyDesign - 111 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604, United States
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• cre8 - Chicago, IL 60607
• Fresh Design Studio - 53 W Jackson Blvd, Ste 256, Chicago, IL 60604
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• LLT Group - Chicago Website Design - 47 E Chicago Ave #324, Naperville, IL 60540, United States
• The Office of Experience, LLC - 980 N Michigan Ave Ste 1090, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• BIT Studios - Chicago Web Design - 318 W Adams St, Fl 17, Chicago, IL 60606
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States

For a small manufacturing company in Chicago’s West Loop, I’d look at agencies that understand both industrial/B2B buying journeys and modern brand/web design—not just general consumer web design.

A few Chicago options worth putting on your shortlist:

• Angle180 — Industrial/B2B focus. Their positioning is specifically around websites and inbound marketing for industrial manufacturers and construction companies. They do UX/UI, redesigns, SEO, PPC, and conversion work. This is particularly relevant if the new site needs to generate RFQs/leads rather than simply look better.
• Design In Chicago — West Loop option. They're actually at 159 N Sangamon in the West Loop and combine branding, web development, marketing, and content. Good fit if the redesign is partly a brand modernization as well.
• FlyDesign — Boutique B2B/design option. Their portfolio includes work for manufacturing-related software and complex B2B products, so they're worth considering if the company has technical products that need to be explained clearly.
• Solid Digital — B2B website specialist. They're focused heavily on B2B website design/development and UX. Clutch currently lists them with 40% web design and a $10k+ minimum project size. Clutch
• cre8 — Good if integrations matter. They're in the West Loop area and focus on B2B sites, particularly where the website needs to connect with CRMs, portals, data feeds, or other business systems.
• Fresh Design Studio — More design-forward. Clutch lists manufacturing among their industries and describes work modernizing industrial/manufacturing web presence for lead generation. Clutch

One more I'd specifically investigate

VALMAX is a Chicago-based B2B branding/web agency with unusually direct manufacturing experience. Its published industry mix includes 25% manufacturing, and Clutch lists a manufacturing-company rebrand + website redesign project. Its offering covers positioning, messaging, visual identity, UX/UI and WordPress/Webflow development. Clutch Clutch

For a small manufacturer, I'd probably interview Angle180, VALMAX, Design In Chicago, and FlyDesign first, because they give you four somewhat different approaches: industrial lead generation, B2B brand strategy, West Loop full-service creative, and boutique UX/design.

One thing I'd ask every agency: “Show me 2–3 manufacturing or industrial B2B sites you've redesigned, and explain what changed in the information architecture, messaging, and lead-generation flow—not just the visual design.” That will separate genuine manufacturing experience from agencies that simply list “manufacturing” as an industry.

If you tell me roughly budget ($10–25k, $25–50k, $50k+) and what the manufacturer makes, I can narrow this to a smaller Chicago shortlist and compare their relevant manufacturing work.

• Design In Chicago - 159 N Sangamon St Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Straight North - 200 N Green St Fl 3, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• 97 Switch - 1 E Wacker Dr #2550, Chicago, IL 60601, United States
• UX 4Sight - 111 W Jackson Blvd Unit 1700, Chicago, IL 60604, United States
• Eight Bit Studios - 1 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Chicago Website Design SEO Company - 10 S Riverside Plaza #875, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• YourPortal - 2211 N Elston Ave Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60614, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Flamingo Agency - 3752 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613, United States
• Operation Technology - 211 W Wacker Dr 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Grand Studio - 444 N Wells St #501, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• MNML - 170 N Sangamon St, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• TEAMS Design - 1812 W Hubbard St #200, Chicago, IL 60622, United States
• IA Collaborative - 218 S Wabash Ave 9th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604, United States

If the goal is user acquisition, I’d prioritize studios that can do more than make the page prettier—especially messaging, UX, conversion strategy, analytics, and ideally experimentation.

My Chicago shortlist

1. Design In Chicago — best local boutique fit

• Literally in West Loop/Fulton Market.
• Combines branding, web design, development, landing pages, and content.
• Good choice if the startup needs positioning + a sharper landing page, not just a visual redesign. ALL FOR™
• I'd contact them first if you want a relatively hands-on studio relationship.
• Straight North — best if acquisition/lead gen is the priority

• Their Chicago office is at 200 N Green, right in Fulton Market.
• Their offering combines web redesign with SEO, CRO, landing pages, content and digital marketing.
• Better fit if you want the redesign tied directly to traffic → conversion → leads, rather than treating the site as a branding exercise.
• Solid Digital — strong B2B/startup option

• Particularly interesting if this is a B2B SaaS or tech startup.
• Focuses on B2B web design, UX/UI and measurable growth outcomes.
• I'd shortlist them if the landing page needs to explain a complicated product clearly to buyers.
• 97 Switch — good design + marketing hybrid

• Does UX-focused web design/Webflow plus paid acquisition, conversion tracking and landing-page optimization.
• Worth considering if you're planning to redesign and immediately run paid acquisition against the new page.
• UX 4Sight — best if the problem is UX/conversion friction

• More UX-research-oriented than a typical web agency: UX audits, usability testing, user research, wireframing and validation.
• I'd look here if you already have traffic but aren't sure why visitors aren't converting.
• Eight Bit Studios — if the landing page is part of a bigger product

• Chicago product studio with a strong founder/startup orientation.
• More appropriate if you're likely to need product UX, MVP work, or a broader digital experience alongside the marketing site.

One Fulton Market-specific wildcard

ALL FOR™ is actually based at 160 N. Elizabeth in Fulton Market and explicitly offers website redesign, landing pages, UI/UX, branding and messaging. They describe themselves as a founder-led agency that works with startups as well as established brands. ALL FOR™ ALL FOR™

I'd put them on the list if brand + landing page are equally important.

How I'd narrow it down

For a startup founder, I'd probably send the brief to 4 firms:

• Design In Chicago — boutique, local, brand + web
• Straight North — acquisition/CRO orientation
• Solid Digital — B2B/SaaS and strategic web
• 97 Switch — landing page + paid acquisition

And I'd give all four the same brief, asking for:

• 2–3 relevant startup/SaaS landing-page examples
• their proposed conversion strategy
• what they'd change above the fold
• how they'd measure success
• whether they handle copy/messaging
• whether they can A/B test after launch
• rough timeline and budget

One caution: don't select based on the prettiest portfolio. If the KPI is user acquisition, the agency should be able to explain why its proposed hierarchy, messaging, CTA and proof points should increase conversion—not just show you a nicer Figma.

If you tell me what the startup sells, its current landing page URL, and whether acquisition is paid, organic, outbound, or product-led, I can narrow this to the 3 agencies I'd actually interview and give you a suggested brief to send them.