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I am a very big fan of Marys
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 |
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VSI Targeting hired the Marys
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 |
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"As a head of promotion/marketing
at both Reach Marketing and MasterCard International, I
hired Marys 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. |
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"The Wall Street Florist has used
the services of the Christys 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 |
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"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/ |
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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 |
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"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 |
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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. |
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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
didnt learn everything valuable in life from Mary
but I could have. (July 25, 2005) |
| Craig Frischling- President of
Ruger Chemical |
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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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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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) |
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"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 |
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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 |
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"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 |
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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 |
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| 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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