Website Case Study

Delta Zeta's Glow-Up

Delta Zeta, an esteemed sorority with over 175 chapters across the nation, approached us to modernize their website. The result? An award-winning digital transformation that earned Delta Zeta’s new website first place at the 101st Fraternity Communications Association Awards.
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The Challenge

To modernize DZ’s online presence, they wanted a new look that would preserve their rich heritage while catering to their new tech-savvy members. These unique digital challenges called for unique digital solutions. And that’s why DZ called us.

OLD SITE

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Award-Winning Solutions

We worked with Delta Zeta to reimagine their  whole digital experience from top to bottom starting with a full design overhaul, seamless content management with custom post types, SEO and much more. 

Delta Zeta Reimagined

Full Design Overhaul

The design overhaul drew inspiration from Delta Zeta’s iconic symbols. We crafted a floral-themed design, adorned with the organization’s official flower, the rose, to celebrate their heritage while creating an engaging experience for all members. This design approach contributed to the website’s award-winning status, with judges praising its strong branding.

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Custom Post Types Galore

Empowerment Through Custom Post Types

Custom post types (CPTs) offer a structured way to manage content beyond standard posts and pages, improving flexibility and ease of updates. By converting board member profiles, award pages, podcasts, and blogs into CPTs, we eliminated issues with broken pages, content deletion, and redirects.

Streamlined "35 Under 35" List

The “35 Under 35” list honors 35 accomplished alumni each year. We built CPTs for templates that cover all years, lists, and individuals on the list. To add a new year or individual, fill in individual fields in the backend, and pages automatically generate custom-designed templates.

Efficient Podcast Management

DZ also got custom post types for their Women We Know podcast. These post types were designed to be straightforward, featuring fields for titles, descriptions, and links to audio files. The CPTs provide an organized structure and workflow for managing podcast content effectively – with A+ aesthetics.

Better Board Member Management

The Board of Trustees and the National Council are crucial to DZ’s success. With custom post types, we made it easy to manage profile information such as alma mater, title, and feature photos. These roles are designated on an annual or bi-annual basis so CPTs help manage all the moving parts.

Project Details

Details Make Perfection, and Perfection Is Not a Detail

We didn’t want to build Delta Zeta a site that just looked good. We built a site that brings in traffic, tells their story through their unique voice and puts out the right call to actions to deliver the exact results they want.

Donation Empowerment: Streamlined CTAs

Strategically placed calls-to-action (CTAs) throughout the website simplified the donation process, encouraging increased contributions. These CTAs also enhanced the website’s SEO by improving user engagement, click-through rates, and other key user metrics.

Content Strategy: Rewriting The Story

Beyond design and backend updates, we also rewrote all DZ’s web copy. The goal was to infuse DZ’s unique voice and style into a refreshed, more reader-friendly narrative. Sections like About Us and Service & Philanthropy now showcase everything the organization is all about.

SEO Enhancement: Unlocking Online Potential

Our SEO specialists optimized the entire website, addressing website speed, on-page SEO, technical SEO, conducting keyword research, and developing an SEO-friendly content strategy. These improvements contributed to increased website traffic, as noted by the award judges.

A Top-Level Achievement Showcase
Main Project Milestones

Significant milestones marked our journey with Delta Zeta.

Client Insight

Hear from Delta Zeta
Delta Zeta turned to Clockwork to assist with redesigning our national website to make it more visually appealing and simplify the layout. We ended up with a beautiful digital representation of our sisterhood. The site was honored with the 2024 Fraternity Communications Association award for most improved national website.
Allison Lynch
Chief Information Officer, Delta Zeta
The Capstone

An Award-Winning Digital Triumph

"The website is wonderfully branded with updates to the mobile site which have helped increase website traffic."
Judge Comments
101st Fraternity Communications Association Awards

Our collaboration with DZ has transformed its digital identity, setting the stage for continued growth and empowerment for years to come. The success of this project was recognized by industry experts, with Delta Zeta receiving first place for Inter/National Website Improvement at the 101st Fraternity Communications Association Awards.

We’re thrilled with our progress together and proud that the results have been acknowledged by such a prestigious organization.