I am a very big fan of Mary’s team, having had the opportunity to work with her during my days as  CEO of Glendinning Associates and later when she joined me after I founded Reach Marketing. We have since maintained a virtual working relationship. Her extensive blue chip marketing background and analytical prowess make her a quick study with any consulting challenge. I highly recommend her, and welcome the opportunity to discuss more about what I know to be her many strengths and range of capabilities. 
Richard R. Barrett CEO  Glendining, President/Founder, Reach Marketing
VSI Targeting hired the Mary’s team to reposition our company, create new marketing materials, enact PR efforts, redo our website, build a trade-show booth and help us develop a marketing plan.

They acted as facilitators to get our staff and suppliers to identify our key assets and benefits to clients, and then redefine our services to those clients.

Thanks in large part to these efforts our sales jumped 40%!"

Phil von Stade, President and Founder VSI Targeting, Westport, CT. www.vsitargeting.com
"As a head of promotion/marketing at both Reach Marketing and MasterCard International, I hired Mary’s team to help develop global marketing plans, drive brand-building strategies, devise successful customer loyalty strategies, update marketing materials and energize our marketing teams against the new strategic directions.

They provided a powerful team of senior professionals with a wide range of experiences and industry knowledge...and acted as external change agents to help us drive our business to new levels and achieve significant success."

Gail Cunningham, Vice President, Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
"The Wall Street Florist has used the services of the Christy’s team to reposition our company as a complete floral service to businesses and their employees

They assisted us in creating new marketing materials including a post card mailing campaign to increase business with our current customer base.

They developed a new full colored floral brochure for us along with a forceful and to the point sales letter to help us attract new customers

They redid our web site helping to chose colors and layouts to enhance the sites look and help separate us from other floral services.

They added a free downloadable monthly flower calendar with a beautiful floral picture that is unique to every month to keep customers interested and coming back to our site.

They acted as facilitators to get our staff to understand our customer's needs and our key assets and benefits to fulfill these needs.

They helped us focus on who we are and what we do best.

Thanks to these efforts our sales are up 15% for the year .

I would highly recommend them for their talent and great ability to communicate their ideas and to work with us cooperatively to achieve our goals."

Paul D'Elia, President, The Wall Street Florist, Inc
"As a small, all-volunteer non-profit group, we turned to Mike and Mary for help creating a web site.

We literally dumped the written material in their lap along with unscanned photos and they took it from there.

The result is terrific--a big boost for membership and contributions. The price was great, too."

Tish Gibbs, Norwalk/Nagarote Sister City Project http://www.sistercityproject.org/

Mary Pugh is a diamond in the rough.

"If she are not working for you, it is costing you potential business.

Mary and her team are dedicated, professional, knowledgeable and honest. They tell it like it is and are loyal to the core.

Who needs Madison Avenue when you have this team? Don't just settle for the sizzle when you can have the steak too."

Bob Duff, CT State 25th Senator, Past CT State Representative 137th; Realtor, William Pitt; www.cthomesearch.com; www.electbobduff.com

"Mary Pugh and her team has been an inspiration for all our efforts in the last several years. She is an imaginative, reliable, hardworking member of our team.

They bring fresh ideas and much enthusiasm to our strategic planning and we know we can always count on them to be there to help in its execution."

Donna King

“Mary and Christy have been so helpful in strategic new business pitches for The Guild Group. Their strategic marketing analysis and creative vision were instrumental in acquiring new accounts for MarketWorks while expanding our existing client base.

Their vast expertise and analytics in a variety of markets such as consumer packaged goods and franchise children's marketing has been instrumental to Wiggles N' Tunes, Inc. I highly recommend them!"

Carolyn Zorn, President, Wiggles N' Tunes, Inc.

“Mary has rare gifts of strategic, tactical and emotional intelligence. A consummate project leader and business advisor, Mary easily links strategy to goals, goals to tactics, tactics to people and people back to strategy. She acts quickly and thinks more quickly. Mary has unparalleled integrity and deep empathy for people. I didn’t learn everything valuable in life from Mary but I could have.” (July 25, 2005)

– Craig Frischling- President of Ruger Chemical

“I worked with Mary on quite a few focus groups and research projects. She was efficient and organized and kept each project running smoothly. I felt that each project could be given over to her completely and I did not have to worry about a thing. She looked after each detail allowing me to focus on other things. She is very professional.” (July 24, 2005)

– Erica Osley Product Manager, Bacou-Dalloz

"Mary Pugh is a dynamic team leader within creative realization and the project orchestration process. Her energy and sincere passion resonates throughout the room and within the team. Expect great things to come forward when Mary is integrated. Daniel Dittmar” (July 8, 2005)

– Dan Dittmar Global Brand Design Manager at BIC Corporation

"Mary's strategic marketing skills always surpassed clients' expectations. Ms. Pugh has a solution-oriented approach to problems and synthesizes her thoughts quickly, and communicates them simply and directly. Clients trust her and recognize her talent. She works hard and delivers.” (June 28, 2005)

– Carole Bruno Author Paralegal Litigation Handbook

“A wonderful organization. The work the company and Mary Pugh does is exceptional. Projects are completed in a timely manner. I have used Mary for strategic planning.” (June 13, 2005)

– Deborah Ellington artist and ownerp Le Petite Studio (Houston)

"Mary Pugh is a marketing genius. Her skills increased my business 100% in a short time. She has the ability to see right to the problem areas quickly and then provide solutions that work.” (June 4, 2005)

– Terry Alcorn Photographer – Visceral Arts Studio Naples, FL

“We engaged with Mary on many consultative fronts. From market and target analysis to deep dives into categories, industries and opportunities, we always got more than we expected, in less time than we expected... all delivered with unparalled commitment and enthusiasm. (June 3, 2005)

– Bill Hahn President, CEO Alcone Marketing

"Had the distinct pleasure of working with Mary on several research and data gathering projects and was totally blown away by the breadth, depth and thoroughness of her work in what was invariably a very accelerated schedule. Equally phenomenol is her delightful personality and ability to present her material. Can't say enough good things in the allotted 400 words.” (June 3, 2005)

– Alan Shapiro EVP Chief Creative Officer Alcone Marketing

“Mary conducted consumer research and captured critical consumer insights for us very quickly on a number of important projects. Our clients were very happy with the results.” (June 3, 2005)

– Paul Jeffery Director of Strategy Alcone Marketing
“Mary Pugh has been an extraordinary resource for us as we've required quick project turnaround. Specifically, her ability to amass and cull reams of relevant information, and then bubble up actionable nuggets, has been a valuable complement to our strategic development initiatives.” (June 3, 2005)
– Gene Tiernan VP, Client Services at Byte Interactive
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