Throughout our 15 years of business at Greenfield Services, we have been blessed with wonderful relationships with partners, who have helped us achieve the level of success that we now enjoy. For some people these "partners" would in fact be vendors or suppliers. But we don't see them that way. They are caring individuals, working for caring organizations, who truly have given us not only great service, but also great advice and support. As part of our Gratitude Series, we recognize:
- Betty and Jim Healey, of RoadSIGNS: We have enjoyed the coaching and strategic input of this husband and wife team since 2006. Through them we have learned so much about the Law of Attraction, being clear with our intentions, and being positive in our language. In the last two years especially, Jim and Betty have enhanced our company's productivity by making us aware of how we interact with one another as well as with our clients, through conscious communications and the Lumina assessments. Earlier this year, RoadSIGNS also became a client of Greenfield's, as we helped them develop a new website and enhance their online presence through SEO and social media.
- Mitchell Beer, CMP, CMM, of Smarter Shift. Mitchell and I were colleagues through the MPI Ottawa Chapter and collaborated on the MPI Foundation Canada's first economic impact study of the meetings and business events industry in 2007. But our partnership with Mitchell really started to take form about two years ago, when we began our own foray into content marketing. Mitchell has helped us with writing and editing numerous posts for both this blog, as well as the Membership Engagement blog, working with my colleague Meagan Rockett. He also helped us analyze and document the last two annual installment of Greenfield's Pulse Report for Associations. Mitchell's insightful writing on content marketing, membership-based organizations and the meetings industry has made him an invaluable partner to our online success.
- Colleen Francis of Engage Selling Solutions: Colleen is a third partner we have been working with for several years now. As a public speaker, trainer and coach on all things related to sales, she has helped us focus on our sales funnel. Her views on client engagement and the sales vortex also helped us devise our approach to lead nurturing. We enjoy her weekly e-enewsletters, her webinars and even her monthly coaching calls when she often kicks our butts!
- Martine McPherson, graphic artist: Martine is a talented graphic artist, and we are so thankful that she chose to move her family back to her native Glengarry so she could design for us! Well she didn't really leave Toronto just for us, but she makes us feel like she's always there for us, whether it's for a last minute magazine ad that we forgot to have designed, or for a nice new layout for our Pulse Report.
- Sherryll Sobie-Cooke, Pixels & Prose: a newer partner for us, Sherryll is another great writer who has helped us with client newsletters and our new, soon-to-be unveiled website. She shares our vision of working with people to make a difference, and not just make a buck.
- Pardot: I know Jeff Chabot, our Web and E-marketing Programmer, would be upset if I did not mention the support team at Pardot, the Marketing Automation software platform we use at Greenfield services. We work closely with them to manage several instances, both for our own marketing and for clients. (And they put on an amazing annual user conference where Jeff gets to display his break-dancing skills -- for real!).
To each and everyone of you, from all of us at Greenfield Services, thank you for being there for us. It's been great doing business with you!
To each and everyone of you, from all of us at Greenfield Services, thank you for being there for us. It's been great doing business with you!
