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"The Ottawa Senators have been working with Steve Klein for three years ... He has created real value for our organization and provided valuable direction for our sales and marketing ... I highly recommend Marketing Breakthroughs to any organization looking to increase their profile and grow their revenues."
Mark V. Bonneau
Sr. Vice President, Corporate and Ticketing Sales Division
Ottawa Senators Hockey Club
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"The success we've already had with our website has been extraordinary ... Since implementing the project, we have more tripled the amount of visitors to our website. As a result, our total yearly spending on advertising has decreased considerably.
I wish to thank you for all of the expert advice that you've given us. Your vision and professionalism are unmatched and your genuine care for the success of our company is greatly appreciated."
Click here to learn more about the Web Content Development services we provided to Paramount Properties.
Ken Ages
Vice President
Paramount Properties
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"(Our new) search engine optimized website is absolutely state-of-the-art and I don't believe there are any other competitor websites that come even close to this one. Special thanks to Steve Klein and his professional staff on a job well done -- it was a massive undertaking that consumed a considerable number of hours and resources. It is this type of commitment that separates your company from all the others.
From a client's perspective, one of the greatest advantages of working with Marketing Breakthroughs is their tremendous project turnaround time -- every project they've completed for us has been finished as promised, on time and on budget."
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Mike Latreille
Vice President (Business Development)
Holmes Heating Inc.
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"Steve Klein is a proven leader with exceptional communication skills, a talent for constructive leadership, and the ability to deliver outstanding results. When I work with Steve, I succeed. I look forward to continuing that tradition."
Janet Stavinga
Former Councillor, Goulbourn Ward
City of Ottawa
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"The Soloway Jewish Community Centre has worked with Steve Klein and Marketing Breakthroughs on the Celebrity Sports Dinner for the past three years. Marketing Breakthroughs has consistently surpassed our expectations. They have demonstrated a level of expertise only achieved through extensive experience, knowledge, commitment and a passion for this industry.
Marketing Breakthroughs has definitely helped the Soloway Jewish Community Centre achieve the vision of making the Celebrity Sports Dinner a "premier Ottawa event". We are fortunate to have worked with them and recognize achieving this level of a professional event would have been difficult without their insight and expertise."
Click here to learn more about the event planning expertise we put into action for the Ottawa Celebrity Sports Dinner.
Anita Bloom
Chief Operating Officer
Soloway Jewish Community Centre
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"We have had the unique experience of doing business with Marketing Breakthroughs, both as a supplier and as a customer, on an almost weekly basis for a period of three years now. We found Steve and his staff to be very well organized and extremely attentive to detail. The young, friendly and energetic staff is full of great ideas on how to leverage our time and dollars to grow our business.
MB is an outstanding company to do business with and we recommend them to others, without hesitation."
Click here to see how we improved Miller McConnell Sign's online presence.
Jim Miller
Partner & CEO
Miller McConnell Signs
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"... We're proudly displaying our glossy booklets that sell our school so well. Without those booklets, plus our amazing logo that you designed with your staff, we're not sure where we'd be! It was the best money we spent last year towards marketing. Thanks again for all your efforts."
Colette Halliday
Outreach & Enrolment Coordinator
Ottawa Waldorf School
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"With your guidance, we were able to discern our strategic advantages, leave behind old ways of doing business and become really creative on the marketing side. You helped us identify our niche, to develop our areas of expertise and to set ourselves apart from other travel retailers. Your previous careers in both management and sales, as well as your imaginative team at MB, give you a distinct lead over the competition.
You changed my life and that of our business. As a result, we have been recognized with several awards, from Ottawa Businesswoman of the Year in 2002, to Gold Winners of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce - Professional Services of the Year in 2004, to this year's 2007 United Way Community Builder Award."
Leslie Coates, CTC, MCC
Vice President
Manotick Travel & Cruise Centre
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"Marketing Breakthroughs understands the web and knows exactly
what needs to be done to get a website noticed. Excellent content and great marketing plans and vision have helped us grow the Paramount website and increase traffic to a greater-than-expected level.
I am confident that no matter what aspect of marketing, branding and advertising his team is asked to do, Steve Klein and Marketing Breakthroughs has the know-how and experience to deliver work that is both efficient and outstanding."
Dan Cummins
CEO
Atomic Motion
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"Should you choose to work with Marketing Breakthroughs, you'll be working with a team that carefully listens to your needs and goals to produce original marketing and advertising solutions that will help your organization move forward.
Most importantly, the staff is extremely proud of their work and will work extra hard to make sure clients are satisfied with the final product, each and every time."
Stuart Ages
Vice President
Paramount Properties
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"Your personal approach and sincere interest in joining me on the journey to discover our vision, the consumer we wished to attract, the message we wished to convey, and the visual appeal for the site made the whole process less stressful and remarkably enjoyable.
You should be proud of the professionalism and sincerity and responsiveness of your staff -- their approach conveyed to me that they treated this project as if they were developing their own website."
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Kristine Fair-Clemmens
General Manager
Mike Fair Chevrolet Cadillac
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" During the past five years, working closely with us, Steve has prepared our annual marketing plan and carefully managed its execution. He and his team have designed more than 20 direct mail campaigns, dozens of radio ads, new corporate branding and positioning for our business, presentation materials for our advisors, MS PowerPoint presentations for our events, and program and print ads for our charitable partners.
We've always been impressed with their ability to deliver focused and compelling messages on our behalf ... As a result of Marketing Breakthroughs' work, we have more than doubled our audience at our seminars and presentations."
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Franco Frangione
President
Canada Retirement Information Centre
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"Now when a prospective employee or client visits our website, they are treated to a multimedia environment ... The streaming video project was hugely successful and has greatly increased the exposure of our firm to potential candidates ... Steve Klein and Marketing Breakthroughs have once again addressed a need within our firm, and in record time, designed and implemented a solution."
See Employer Branding On SRG Home Page
Lynda Carter, CA
Partner
Scott, Rankin & Gardiner LLP
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"Steve and the "DYNAMO TEAM" of Marketing Breakthroughs. Our most sincere thanks is extended for the launch/image work you did for us at Clarington...once again you have exceeded our expectations - THANK YOU!!! You and your team are simply the BEST!!!"
Randy Knight
Owner
Clarington Hyundai
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"Steve Klein and the Marketing Breakthroughs team act as our V.P Marketing and have provided very meaningful input and improvement to our marketing brochures, signs, flyers, and web page. Their assistance has without a doubt improved our marketing and profitability.
We strongly recommend their services to any local business."
See the Web Copy Produced by Marketing Breakthroughs for District Realty
Jason Shinder
Executive Vice President
District Realty
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"The services delivered by Marketing Breakthroughs were instrumental in the progress we have made in selling our product to a wide range of constituents. Steve Klein and his staff were very thorough in performing an in-depth needs analysis so they in turn could provide us with quality graphic design services and other marketing planning recommendations.
In my opinion, they have the ability to develop state-of-the-art and/or best in class marketing materials."
Ted Reid
Dean
Loyalist College Training and Development Centre
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"Henderson Security has expanded rapidly during the past several years, assisted in a major way by the very high-impact products developed by Marketing Breakthroughs."
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Ron Farrell
General Manager
Henderson Security Solutions Inc
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"Marketing Breakthroughs has assisted in developing and creating a new corporate brand identity for both Templeman Menninga and TCGI (Templeman Consulting Group Inc.) through numerous marketing pieces... Highlights include: excellent lines of communication, highest quality graphic design services, up-front options for consideration, first rate copywriting and imaginative ideas with a high degree of originality...
My overall opinion is one of highest regard for the end product delivered by Steve Klein and his team of professionals."
Allan Laanemets
Director Administration
Templeman Menninga LLP
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“We have been dealing with Marketing Breakthroughs since the inception of TCGI in 1997. We have been very impressed with their overall ability to organize and manage large integrated projects with multiple stakeholders.
We have always been extremely pleased with the quality of services MB has provided to our firm. The website created for TCGI (Templeman Consulting Group Inc.) by Steve and his team is innovative and exciting. Our firm's marketing tools such as: letterhead, business cards, principal biographies and information brochures and pamphlets are esthetically pleasing and informative."
Terrence A.F. Whyte, BA, LLB, CHRP
Managing Partner
Templeman Consulting Group Inc.
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"I want to thank you for your excellent assistance to our company when we were developing our marketing strategy ... You and your staff were professional, courteous, and prompt in responding to our needs. Your team was understanding and very responsive to our feedback and would go the extra mile to incorporate our suggestions into the final product.
Your coaching skills were very helpful and informative and allowed us to man the booth at the tradeshow with confidence and professionalism. Your business savvy helped us raise our company's profile in the biometrics industry."
John Campbell
President
Bion Biometrics
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"Our success is largely due to the input and direction of Marketing Breakthroughs. Their leadership and ideas have helped our business be the best it can be."
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Marianne Cowlard
President
Wilkinson Financial Services Inc.
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"You and your team provided a truly goal-oriented and focused approach when assisting me in not only defining new opportunities, but enhancing our existing marketing strategies."
John Newcombe
Proprietor
Island Park Esso Service
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"I am most impressed with (Steve's) dedication, creativity and support of the project ... Steve has also gone beyond the scope of contract to provide "value-add" to the Chamber..."
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Gail Logan
President
Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
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It is with great confidence that I recommend your services. The Marketing Breakthroughs team simultaneously worked on two of our projects and, to our delight, the finished products were exceptional … surpassing all our expectations!"
Kevin Hill, R.R.F.A., C.I.T
Director of Parks, Recreation and Culture
Town of Greater Napanee
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"Steve's approach was, right from the start, warm and collaborative. He took great care to find out what OSSD does and how he could best help us without fundamentally changing who we are ... His fundraising, development, promotional and marketing plans were carefully tailored to fit our organization -- they are personal and professional."
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Amanda Lewis
Artistic Director
The Ottawa School of Speech & Drama
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"From the initial meetings to create our new corporate brand and marketing strategies, to the choosing of the final artwork, we were treated with the utmost respect by both you and your staff ... On a daily basis we are reminded of the creativity, talent and dedication that is Marketing Breakthroughs Inc."
See The Branding We Created For Cooke's Fine Foods and Coffee
Susan Cooke
President
Cooke's Fine Foods and Coffee
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"The Municipality and community partners would highly recommend Marketing Breakthroughs as a dynamic firm that provides the tools needed to initiate and complete important marketing and communications projects for its clients in a timely and very professional manner."
Lorraine Brace
CAO
Municipality of Trent Hills
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"We provided Steve with information and he was able to make it sparkle and put it together in a brochure that is of a very high quality."
Visit Baird Financial Site To See Our 'BairdBenefitPlus' Branding
Graeme Baird
President
G.R. Baird Financial Group Inc.
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"In 1995...(we) engaged Steve Klein and Marketing Breakthroughs to take a fresh look at our marketing collateral, our brand image, and our overall approach to attracting and retaining new clients.
Perseverance, attention to detail, an excellent understanding of what it takes , and originality, would all be terms that would describe Steve and his staff at Marketing Breakthroughs ... Steve has put us at the head of the class. "
See Our Company Branding, Best-selling Book Branding and Newsletter for Wilkinson & Company
Bob Robertson, CA
Partner
Wilkinson & Company LLP
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"Both Steve and his staff made the process so easy and we are very pleased with the positive reaction to our new look. We highly recommend Marketing Breakthroughs."
Bill Morton
President
Quinte Broadcasting Ltd.
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"Steve's team listened to our needs, did a lot of research, and presented an outstanding package. The quality of their copywriting and studio work has been truly excellent. The bottom line … we got tremendous results."
Randy Knight
President
Knight Chev Olds Cadillac Ltd.
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"As a result of your crafting of the proposal and assistance with marketing, we are now operating a very large ABI program in Ottawa. In coordinating our Capital Campaign, you were able to bring together a group of community members who, with your direction, were able to raise a very substantial amount of money ..."
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Marilyn Lamb
Executive Director
Pathways To Independence
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"Your ideas about the booth layout were absolutely bang on! The trade show went very well and the booth looked awesome! We reached our goals in sales and contacts."
David McGilvray
President
The GlowSpace Inc.
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“… How pleased we are with Marketing Breakthroughs, and our decision to select you and your firm as the driving force behind the fundraising campaign for our New Community Recreation Complex.
The January 2005 Media Event that you and your team produced helped us bring the project to life and added significant momentum to our fundraising campaign … We have come to greatly value your experienced and common sense approach, and your “can-do” attitude.”
See PowerPoint Presentation Prepared By Marketing Breakthroughs For Recreation Complex
R. Murray Clarke
Chief Administrative Officer
Town of Bracebridge
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"Steve can best be described as having a remarkable vision. I was always amazed at his ability to change our paradigms, challenge the status quo, and find a new competitive advantage or strategy.
Steve was able to articulate his thoughts to the CEO of large consumer products companies and to third shift hourly employees with an adaptable style that brought buy-in from all levels. He has an effective managerial style that is obvious from his record of success."
Paul Curtis
General Manager
Tenneco Packaging
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"At Lever, he set a standard for service that has not been equaled."
Tim Hagarty
Senior Purchasing Manager
Lever Ponds
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"Professional, creative, clear ... This was a refreshing course with a different approach!"
Veronica Hubatsch
Treatment Coordinator
Willow Dental Associates (Mississauga)
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"Your perspective of the patient is very valid and refreshing ... We will definitely be incorporating things."
Dr. Martin Shelley
Dentist
Tall Pines Dental Centre (Kitchener)
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“We did not wish for a ‘canned’ presentation and we certainly did not receive one. The hard copy take-aways make for excellent, personalized reference material."
Douglas A.S. Rankin, CA, CFP
Partner
Scott, Rankin & Gardiner LLP
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“I recall looking at my partner and saying ‘… it's only 9.30 am and already this seminar has paid for itself!’ All eyes were keenly riveted upon your delivery, which was extremely poignant, yet peppered with real-life examples and plenty of humorous anecdotes.
In the weeks that have followed our workshop, we have seen a marked positive difference in the attitude and morale of our team, which has translated into a more effective, efficient, understanding, and most of all, fun environment!”
Brendon Hunt
President
Hunt Insurance Group
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“Financial planners can be complacent when it comes to advertising and promotion, most just depending on referrals. But you showed them how they can increase business from all areas with just a few simple steps and techniques. And you made the whole thing fun!”
Judith Cane
President
Antara Financial Group
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"Thank you so much for your terrific presentation to our members. Yours was the first to give realistic and beneficial advice. You kept the audience involved and kept the energy level up … you delivered the steak and the sizzle!"
Len Bates
President
Toronto Chapter, Ontario Society for Training and Development
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"Thank you so much for coming to speak to our group. Your presentation was not only motivational, but electrifying. I really enjoyed your audience participation and personal anecdotes. Hopefully we can have you back ..."
Rob Desaulniers, CMA
Chair, Quinte Chapter
Society of Management Accountants
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"The topics covered by Steve were both new and useful and I found myself making copious notes. His was one of the best conference workshops I have ever attended."
Rebel Hardy
Performance Improvement Manager
Humber College
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"We have always been extremely pleased with the quality of services Marketing Breakthroughs Inc. has provided our firm ... Steve's seminars are very practical and highly relevant. They give you an excellent route map for success!"
Terrence A. F. Whyte, B.A., LL.B., CHRP
Managing Partner
Templeman Consulting Group Inc.
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"Your seminars offer immediate results … your high quality ideas have increased our clients' business in numerous ways."
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Carol-lee Whipple
Professional Development Coordinator
R.G. Packman & Associates Ltd.
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"Not just a guru, Steve's coaching and advice really work!"
Harold Van Winssen, LL.B.
Managing Partner
Templeman Menninga LLP
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"I want to personally thank you for the fantastic presentations you provided for our conference. I used some of your ideas in a major proposal and I was awarded the contract! I know your ideas were a big influence on the decision."
Julia Chapelle
Manager
Loyalist College
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"Steve Klein's Power Marketing & Networking seminar was a smart investment for our company. The insight gained and utilized by our directors has helped strengthen and elevate our brand identity in the community. The professionalism of Mr. Klein's presentation is first class.
I highly recommend any company interested in raising the standard of customer service and marketing share, to allow Steve Klein and his professional staff at Marketing Breakthroughs to assist them."
Kevin Weaver
O.D.C. & Funeral Planning Consultant
Weaver Family Funeral Homes
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"A dozen different words could be used to describe your sales training program: innovative, creative, provocative . . . . but the best would be thorough. You covered it all, and then some. I truly believe your guidance was a major factor in my current success."
Dan Cahalane
Sales Manager
Packaging Corporation of America
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"The participant response to you and the seminar content was excellent. Thank you for such an outstanding job."
Karen Houston
Project Manager, Corporate Training Programs
Centennial College
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"A great presentation that is applicable to every business. The feedback has been very positive."
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Terri Flindall
Programming / Membership Coordinator
Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce
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"Your presence contributed measurably to our success and the success of the program."
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