I recommend:
Sep 7th, 2011 by dhyan
Below please find companies and service providers I recommend to my clients.
There are two lists:
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Resources for Small Business Owners
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Resources Especially for Personal Historians
If you would like to be on either list… or know someone who should be… e-mail me by clicking Contact Us and give me all the relevant contact information and brief description of services. I’m very open to this being a community list, and am open to more than one person per catagory, but reserve the right to make a final decision about inclusion.
Resources for Small Business Owners:
E-mail Marketing: Constant Contact
Constant Contact is THE premier e-mailing company. I have been using Constant Contact for the past three years to send announcements, information about upcoming classes, e-newsletters and greetings to my clients and potential clients. I love all the templates which are easy to modify for my own uses. The statistics that are available after every mailing tell me how many of my e-mails were opened and which of the articles my readers liked the most. I can prepare a mailing and send it out immediately or schedule it for an exact date and time in the future.
If you need help in designing a marketing program using Constant Contact I have sessions available to help you. Contact me at Dhyan@SatisfactionByDesign.com
Constant Contact has a good tour available on the homepage and provides a FREE 60 DAY TRIAL. Both these options can be found on the home page. Click below!
Go to: Constant Contact
Graphic Design:
Cindy Kalman – Kalmarx Design – 303-499-3941 – Cindy@Kalmarx.com www.Kalmarx.com . Cindy is a graphic designer, illustrator, and the creator of a line of cartoon products “The Optimistic Dog.” GRAPHIC DESIGN: As a graphic designer, she collaborates with clients on a wide variety of professional marketing materials including print and e-media, from logos to websites. ILLUSTRATION: Cindy also creates original illustrations that help people escape ‘the evils of clipart!’ in their projects. She produces illustrations for books and ebooks, presentations and web banners. She brings many years of experience transforming words, concepts and ideas into effective visuals. CARTOONING: As a cartoonist Cindy’s passion is dogs. She will be launching the “The Optimistic Dog” web site – “Where every dog has his day!” – in the spring of 2009. Her website will sell – selling tee-shirts, cards or coffee cups featuring her optimistic dog cartoons. I have personally worked with Cindy and highly recommend her services! – Dhyan
Char Campbell – Graphic Design – 303-530-2516 – char7@earthlink.net. Char can provide you with graphic services for your printed marketing materials (including business cards, brochures, flyers, newsletters, annual reports, manuals, magazines, catalogues, and book interior design) helping you create pieces that will catch attention and compell action! Contact her for a free initial consultation. I have personally worked with Char and highly recommend her services! – Dhyan
Realtor: Front Range (Colorado)
Jed Staufer – Re/Max Alliance – 303-926-4058 – Jed@JedsListings.com . I know many good real estate agents in my area. The reason Jed is on my “I Recommend List” is that he is a good realtor AND he stays in touch with me more than anyone else - WAY more! Jed is a consumate marketer which means he continues to build his connections in the Front Range Area. This in turn means he has great connections to offer his clients. Even though the real estate industry as a whole showed 20% losses in 2008… Jed’s sales were UP 30% in 2008. I’m not surprised. – Dhyan
Videographers:
Cori Chavez – Studio Good Stuff – 303-931-6364 – cori@studiogoodstuff.com www.studiogoodstuff.com Cori specializes in filming online videos for small businesses (YouTube, website videos, etc.) She can help a company optimize its social networking and create viral videos (which advertise your company and are so great everyone passes them on to their friends!) Cori has team of recourse people who collaborate on your projects, if you need them. I have seen Cori’s work and it is excellent! – Dhyan
Ryan White – 9 Grounds Entertainment – 303-345-7998 – info@9groundsentertainment.com www.9groundsentertainment.com Videos, graphics, and video marketing for small businesses. Ryan creates innovative promotional/video solutions for your business or preserving your priceless memories. Ryan’s work is innovative and dynamic. Check out his website!
Virtual Assistance
Jo Van Peursem – PRO Virtual Assisting (PRO = Professional Results On-time!) – 303-938-6889 – Jo@vc-assist.com Offers virtual administrative assistance to small business owners including: secretarial functions, document production including (word processing, editing, formatting, proofreading), setting appointments and making phone calls, desktop publishing, vendor coordination and project management, audio tape transcription, data entry and database maintenance monitoring of e-mail and voice mail when you are away. Basically, Jo provides all the support you would need to help run your office and your business… from “as needed” to “ongoing support.”
Website Development, Search Engine Optimization, and Internet Marketing
Ken Murry – Vision Web Design – 720-201-6051 – Ken@VisionWebDesign.net www.VisionWebDesign.net . Ken built a very tricky website for one of my clients and did a beautiful job! He goes above and beyond in his customer service and has a team of designers to build any kind of website you need. Ken (along with Bethany, below) coached me through putting up my own website on WordPress.org. He was an outstanding problem solver and shortened the time it took for me to create my site immensely. I highly recommend his services. – Dhyan
Bethany Siegler – Unique Think – 303-442-3948 – Bethany@UniqueThink.com www.UniqueThink.com . Bethany knows more about internet marketing and the creation of WordPress.org websites than anyone I know. She has helped several of my clients with their new websites. Bethany (along with Ken, above) coached me through putting up my own WordPress.org site and is a fantastic in the role of coach. Her ideas are sound, she walks you through everything, and she is there for random consulting questions. I recommend her highly. – Dhyan
B Hopkins – Psiphon Consulting – 303-284-2896 – bhopkins@psiphonconsulting.com www.psiphonconsulting.com B helps businesses generate revenue with their website. Search Engine Optimization, Internet Marketing and Website Automation (keeping in touch with your customers, updating your website in an automated way, and automating your website exposure.) She also develops internet strategies so her clients don’t have to figure out for themselves what to do on the internet.
Sales Training – Front Range, Colorado
Colleen Stanley – Sales Leadership Development – 303-790-1118 – cstanley@salesleadershipdevelopment.com www.salesleadershipdevelopment.com Colleen is an exceptionally skilled sales trainer and coach and was, in fact, my own first sales trainer/coach. Colleen works with everyone from entrepreneurs, sole proprietors and small companies to corporate sales teams. She had many years of experience as a successful and top performing sales person before she began to train. (Good fortune for her students!) Being a terrific marketing introvert when I met her, I gratefully acknowledge that her coaching turned me into a ‘sales professional!’ In fact, I would say that Colleen is the reason I have a business today. I highly recommend, Colleen and her programs. – Dhyan
Gary Harvey – Achievement Dynamics (Sandler Sales Training) 303-741-5200 – gary@achievemoresales.com www.achievementdynamics.sandler.com I enrolled in the Sandler Sales Training through Achievement Dynamics, the best sales training program I could find. I had to borrow the money to take this training, as it is not inexpensive, but I earned back every penny within six months using the sales skills I learned. The sales techniques I teach my clients are “basic” and are not “Sandler.” If you absolutely want to know “Everything There is to Know About Sales,” I recommend this program. – Dhyan
Resources Especially for Personal Historians
Book Design (and/or Graphic Design):
Linda Coffin – History Crafters – 612-724-3441 - www.HistoryCrafters.com Linda@HistoryCrafters.com “For me, the best part of being a personal historian is combining 27 years experience in publication design with my love of history, geneology, and storytelling. The design of a book should welcome you into the content and help you enjoy your experience there. I am a member of APH, and I’d like to help you make your books look GOOD!” Linda Coffin
Char Campbell – Graphic Design – 303-530-2516 – char7@earthlink.net
Book Design: Entrust your client’s precious memories to a successful graphic designer who knows the value of elegant, clean, and professional presentation. Char’s creative intuition will help you produce a masterpiece your clients will cherish for generations. She provides book interior design, layout and production services.
Graphic Design: Char can also provide you with graphic services for your other marketing materials, helping you create pieces that will catch attention and compell action! Contact her for a free initial consultation.
Book Publishing:
MemoryPress: Liz Ellis – 888-326-5327 / 801-623-5520 – www.MemoryPress.FamilyLearn.com Liz@MemoryPress.FamilyLearn.com User-friendly templates in which to enter text and photographs for a memory book. Books can be as simple or as complex as you want. Hard cover binding. Affordable cost you can pass on to your clients. Become a representative for the MemoryPress and even if you refer people who do not become your clients, you will receive a commission. This is a good option for those who do not have the budget to work with a personal historian.
Business Skills Training for Personal Historians:
Dhyan Atkinson – Satisfaction By Design, LLC – 303-415-0243 – www.SatisfactionByDesign.com Dhyan@SatisfactionByDesign.com
Dhyan has worked with many Personal Historians since the 2003 Denver Conference and has a wide experience working with personal historians. Her classes and consulting sessions help personal historians understand the basic principles of running a business and well as teach essential skills in strategic planning, communicating effectively about your business, choosing marketing strategies wisely, understanding how to run a sales conversation and close more sales, as well as staying organized, managing your time well, and working with yourself to become a better business person.
Denis Ledoux – Soliel Lifestory Network – 207-353-5454 – www.turningmemories.com memoirs@turningmemories.com
Through his Soliel Lifestory Network, Denis Ledoux offers three business training components:
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- The Business Development Seminar Teleclass is a 15-session program that focuses on developming a 12-month business strategy plan.
- The Year-Long Business Coaching Teleclass is a 12-session program that focuses on implementing and adapting a strategy plan over a year-long period.
- Soleil Lifestory Network also offers individual business coaching.
Copywriting:
Heather Holiday – Text Designs – 619-795-2166 – www.text-designs.com
Heather@text-designs.com . I am happy to give a reference for Heather. Like all writers I have a hard time editing my own work. I give Heather a rough draft, tell her “Be ruthless! Cut 50%!” and my work comes back beautifull tailored. She prunes my work into something clear, suscinct and easy to read. I highly recommend her services. Dhyan Atkinson
Geneological Research:
Bryan Scott – Scott Historical – 423-991-7752 – bscott@scotthistorical.com
Online geneological or local history research and/or consulting.
Onsite research (Tennessee, N. Alabama, NW Georgia… can also travel): library archives, courthouse records, cemetary research
High quality, high resolution, digital photography of historical or family sites, cemetaries and markers, and research to determine family relationships of persons identified. I can do preliminary research for you and prepare customized bibligraphy of online sources including internet links, library contact information, etc. I’m willing to travel if compensated.
Music – custom written and royalty free:
Heidi Muller – 304-382-9422 – www.HeidiMuller.com – HeidiMul@aol.com
I can provide you with originally written, traditional, classical or public domain music for your audio or DVD personal history projects. I have 25 years experience as a composer, song writer, performer and recording artist. I can create royalty-free, background or theme music in one of many musical styles to enhance your projects for your clients. You may have heard my music being used on the DVD created during the Nashville conference. Please call me to discuss possibilities! Heidi Muller
Photo Restoration and Digitizing:
CJ Madigan – Shoebox Scanning – 772-567-8551 – cj@shoeboxscanning.biz “What is the most poignant loss people express after a disaster? It’s the loss of their photos… many passed down through generations. I am passionately committed to helping personal historians organize and preserve their client’s photos to enjoy now, include in a personal history, and pass on as a legacy for the future. Call me to find out how I can make your work with your client’s photo collections easier.” CJ Madigan – Slide, Negative, Photo, Film and Video Tape Transfer Services
Jeff Bishop – HomeMovieDepot – 866-386-6843 x152 – www.HomeMovieDepot.com – Jeff_Bishop@HomeMovieDepot.com We help personal historians make money and find clients! We can transfer your client’s old slides, negatives, photos, film and videos to DVD and Hard Drives for you to use in your personal history projects. You decide how much you want to charge above your cost. The product you receive back does not have our name on it anywhere. Secondly, we receive 100’s of requests from prospective clients every day and send them to our affiliate members to process. Again, this creates a profit for you, but it also gives you a direct referral source of potential clients who may also be interested in the services of a personal historian. There are no up-front costs or minimum requirements. I would be happy to talk to you personally and answer your questions. Please call! Jeff Bishop
Transcription Services:
Mim Eisenberg – WordCraft – 770-645-1166 – www.wordcraftservices.com – mim@wordcraftservices.com A member of APH, I’ve been transcribing for oral and personal historians since 1992 and provide accurate, complete transcripts that bring to life the voice of the narrator. My long list of satisfied clients and a growing stack of commendation letters attest to my skill. I work from analog and digital formats, on recordings sent to me by mail, courier or FTP. I also do editing and proofreading. Mim Eisenberg
Wendy Ledger – VoType Transcription Services – 510-865-3443 – www.votype.com wendy@votype.com “I work with analog tapes (standard and micro), VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs and audio and video digital files. My rates and client testimonials are published at http://www.votype.com, where you’ll also find further information on my services. I have been a transcriptionist since 1989, and take pride in providing accurate and literate transcripts. As a member of APH, I’m very pleased to work with personal historians to help them preserve stories.” Wendy Ledger.
