Results                                                                                                                   

Due to targeted copywriting and small business PR efforts, our clients have boosted sales, awareness and credibility...fast!

They enjoyed winning various business awards and appearing in major media mentions including: Discovery Channel, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, The Los Angeles Times, Business 2.0, Fast Company, Inc., BusinessWeek, Entrepreneur, The Associated Press, USA Today, CNNfn, MSNBC, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, HGTV, Business First Television, View from the Bay, SBTV, Comcast Newsmakers, Bay Area Today, Focus Atlanta, eBay Radio, eWomen Network Radio, and many more.

Check out some of our recent media hits:

Advantages Magazine

New York Post, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jobs/glee_club_bihioEjQAHBMM89taoCGjJ

Bizmore.com, http://features.bizmore.com/bestpractice/customers-love-you-get-them-on-youtube

Monster.com, http://career-advice.monster.com/in-the-office/workplace-issues/office-politics-tear-down-rumor-mill/article.aspx

BtoB Online, http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100217/FREE/100219935/1427/FREE

KBZK Television, http://www.kbzk.com/news/printingforlesscom-customers-shoot-video-love-letters/

Business Week, http://bit.ly/LeadershipGuru

The Wall Street Journal, http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2009/12/10/is-office-gossip-helpful-or-hurtful/

Practical eCommerce, http://bit.ly/selfpublishingpodcast

The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/jobs/15pre.html?_r=1

http://www.tellurboss.com/best-practicesthis-company-is-doing-it-right-2/

CIO Update, http://www.cioupdate.com/features/article.phpr/3845301/Employee-Engagement-is-Not-Enough.htm

BtoB, http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091012/FREE/910129991

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20091011/BIZ01/310119973/1031/BIZ

http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=11243543&nav=menu227_4

http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/14/smallbusiness/health_savings_account_HSA_reform/

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/08/05/ap6744446.html

http://www.smallbizamerica.com/sbs/detail/steve-roderick-goto-billing/sbs/detail/steve-roderick-goto-billing

http://blogs.pcmag.com/atwork/2009/07/gotobilling_combines_accountin.php

http://billingsgazette.com/business/article_fb8a64fe-7980-11de-b4ea-001cc4c03286.html?FORM=ZZNR5

http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/38403

PrintingForLess.com named one of the top 500 Internet Retailers in The Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide (2009 edition), http://www.top500guide.com/

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090510/BIZ01/305109965/1031/BIZ

http://www.dmnews.com/What-does-a-hiring-company-do-if-a-candidate-asks-for-more-time-to-consider-a-position/article/128183/

http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/2008/10/22/tech-starter-kit-ent-tech-cx_db_1022ecommerceglossary.html

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/change-makers-mark-andrew.html 

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-inbox20-2008oct20,0,6965065.story

http://www.courant.com/business/hc-workwise1103.artnov03,0,6503166.story

http://members.whattheythink.com/evt/08/graphexpo/graph-expo-081103sherburne.cfm

http://www.printingforless.com/press.html

http://www.jexbo.com/news

Credibility

In addition, Rembrandt Communications^®, LLC is the official PR expert for Pink Magazine, Nielsen Media’s Small Business Resource Center and StartupNation. And we were also recommended to small businesses in The New York Times and quoted as experts in The Los Angeles Times.

Also, check out the reviews at StartupNation.

Guarantee

Due to the nature of public relations, it is impossible to guarantee media placements. However, we guarantee our work and have a Better Business Bureau AA Rating!

This means that we maintain a strong work ethic and have an excellent track record for success. But if you are not happy with the results or our work relationship, we offer extra time and effort to satisfy your unique goals and budget. Or, we can simply end our contract with one month's notice.

American Writers & Artists, Inc.
"Melanie Rembrandt is a reliable copywriter who communicates information in a way that is user-friendly and engaging. When creating her Secrets of Becoming a Publicist program, very little editing was necessary. This saved us time and money and allowed us to get the program to market faster."

Katie Yeakle, American Writers & Artists, Inc. Executive Director

"Working with Melanie Rembrandt can reduce your stress level! In addition to writing her PR program for us, I can always rely on Melanie to provide the SEO and PR copy I need within tight deadlines. Plus, she engages our members with excellent, in-person and online speaking presentations that offer valuable information and help sell our products and services."

Rebecca Matter, AWAI Co-Managing Partner, and Wealthy Web Writer Founder

"Melanie is a dedicated, knowledgeable PR expert with just the right combination of caring, finesse, and determination. Melanie recently completed an engaging, very well-written home-study program for AWAI called "Secrets of Being a Publicist" which shows you in detail how to build your own PR firm. Melanie's upbeat, go-getter attitude shows through in her writing and she has the ability to break down complex tasks into simple, easy-to-understand pieces. Melanie is definitely THE expert in the PR field! She's very personable, easy to work with and completes all of her projects on schedule (or ahead of schedule).

I highly recommend her for any PR or copywriting opportunities you have available and would definitely work with her again!"

Tammy Lawman, AWAI

Ann Arbor YMCA
"We hired Melanie to assist us with crisis communications planning as well as public relations. She has helped us write press releases and pitch stories to local and national media outlets to promote our community outreach and fitness programs. Melanie’s efforts and extensive media contacts have gained us national media coverage for a major health and fitness program that we are piloting. I enjoy working with her and highly recommend her for her extensive experience, professionalism and responsiveness."

Marcia Luke-van Dijk, Ann Arbor YMCA Marketing Director

Brandango Incorporated
"Melanie has a dedication to her clients that far exceeds the norm in her industry. Melanie was able to get me the media exposure with well known publications where others had failed. Melanie not only is dedicated to help her clients, she goes the extra mile to formulate a good friendship with you. Having Melanie on my team has been instrumental to my PR success. If you hire Melanie's firm from this recommendation and you don't get the results you want I will personally give you back 2 X your money."

Michael Lara, Brandango Incorporated, myBRANDANGO.com President

CreativePro.com
"Thanks, Melanie! You've been great to work with."

Terri Stone, CreativePro.com Editor-In Chief

Dance Gallery Foundation and Peter Sparling Dance Company
"Dance Gallery Studio and Peter Sparling Dance Company are so very pleased with the wonderful media relations work you do on our behalf. Your expertise on building a relationship with the media, advice on our marketing and sales writing, and prompt delivery of services has been a huge help. Since our move into a beautiful, new studio, we’re growing in size and program scope. We couldn’t, and wouldn’t, be creating Ann Arbor’s only non-profit center for dance without Rembrandt Communications on board. Thank you for your careful attention to detail and caring belief in our work."

Carol Thompson, Past Dance Gallery/Peter Sparling Dance Company Executive Director

The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel Corporation
"Melanie Rembrandt is a responsible professional who worked diligently to get us the targeted publicity coverage we needed while meeting our tight deadline and budget. If you are looking for a public relations expert that gets results, look no further than Rembrandt Communications."

Neal Belitsky, CFM, Detroit & Canada Tunnel Corporation Executive Vice President and General Manager

eePulse, Inc.™
"We've worked with other PR firms, but we never received the type of personal, professional attention that Melanie has provided to our organization. She really took the time to get to know our business, and as a result, even with a very limited budget and rushed deadlines, Melanie Rembrandt always provides personalized attention, excellent media placements focused on our target market and valuable, original content. Melanie is a dedicated, public relations professional and talented writer who helps her clients meet goals, increase brand awareness and reach higher levels of success."

Theresa Welbourne, Ph.D., eePulse, Inc. Founder and CEO

Employment Wizard/CareerSite™
"Working independently on an extremely limited budget, Melanie quickly implemented a successful public relations program and aggressively pursued all potential media opportunities."

Ed Farrell, Past CareerSite Vice President, Marketing and Co-Founder

GoalTrak™.com
"In this short time, Melanie, you have us re-energized and re-directed. Our new web site is in progress and we're reformulating our strategy.
Thank You!"

Rich Lewine, Quantum Voyage, Inc. President

gotoBilling™
"In an effort to build buzz about our business, we were referred by a trusted business associate to Melanie Rembrandt at Rembrandt Communications^®, LLC. Melanie helped us create a PR and marketing action plan to reach out to media members, add search engine optimization to our new Web site copy and communicate with new and current customers. Due to her efforts we received major mentions in Forbes, The Associated Press, DM News, Scripps Howard News Service, Pink Magazine, Small Biz America Radio, StartupNation, and many other national, media venues that helped build credibility, awareness and sales. And due to her SEO copywriting and marketing ideas, we saw an increase in site traffic. Melanie is a reliable professional. And if you are looking for someone who can act as an extension of your team and produce results quickly, I highly recommend giving Melanie a call.”

Steve Roderick, gotoBilling.com CEO

Griffin Restaurant Group
"I was very satisfied with the results and would not hesitate to recommend you to business associates of mine or a potential client of yours. As with any service, I asked myself whether the benefit outweighed the cost. The only way to answer this question was to give you the chance to demonstrate that benefit. You have clearly shown value to me, and should you want to pass on my name to future, potential clients, I would be happy to talk to them about what you did for me."

Gordon Matthews, Griffin Restaurant Group Vice President

InterSight Technologies, Inc.™
"The power of getting media visibility for your company is invaluable, but it is an extremely difficult process. Melanie Rembrandt, publicity expert and published writer, is one of the best we’ve found. Not only has she been able to take highly technical information and make it accessible to the mainstream, she has the character qualities that are necessary to successfully obtain media hits; namely commitment, pride and professionalism. As an outsourced expert, Melanie has been a tremendous value to us."

John Siverling, InterSight Technologies, Inc. Chief Financial Officer

jexbo™
"As a new Mompreneur working out of both Germany and the United States, I was looking for a trustworthy publicist who could deliver results as cost-effectively as possible. Not only did Melanie Rembrandt help jexbo increase awareness and credibility through fast and active public relations and writing efforts, but she provided excellent support and advice to help start and grow our business. If you are looking for a publicist who will act as an extension of your team and really care about your success, hire Rembrandt Communications!"

Jill Exler, jexbo CEO

Logokinesis Publishing
"Melanie Rembrandt is a professional, highly personable author and editor. 48 hours after she put her editing touch on my article, it was sold to the magazine of my choice. Unbelievable!"

Nicola Conraths-Lange, Logokinesis Publishing Co-founder

Michael Bellomo, Author
"Melanie’s PR work is both professional and personal. When my book on how to pass the Law School Admissions Test was published, she helped get me published in newspapers seen directly by my core audience – college students seeking an "edge" in law school admissions. I highly recommend her as an excellent choice for authors or entrepreneurs who want to break into mainstream or alternative media."

Michael Bellomo, author of 16 books on science, law and business, including "LSAT Exam Cram," "eBay Your Business," "Itanium Rising," and "Microbe: Are We Ready For The Next Plague?"

PrintingForLess.com
"After working with other public relations professionals, we turned to Rembrandt Communications, LLC to help us cost-effectively build brand awareness. Melanie Rembrandt worked closely with our team to discover our unique messaging and promote it to the press. In only a few months, she obtained a feature story and targeted media coverage for us that produced results. Melanie is an experienced expert who acts as an extension of our team and aggressively pursues all opportunities. If you want to build brand awareness and credibility through focused public relations and writing efforts, look no further than Rembrandt Communications."

Andrew Field, PrintingForLess.com President and CEO

“After being disappointed with our previous public relations firms, I turned to Melanie and Rembrandt Communications. I was amazed by the personal attention, communication and the effectiveness of her pitching and public relations efforts. Thanks to Melanie, PrintingForLess.com has enjoyed several months of great media exposure. Thanks Melanie!”

Nick Runyon, PrintingForLess.com Past Director of Marketing

"Working closely with our team, Rembrandt Communications helped us develop an action plan based on the seven basic PR guidelines that complimented our unique company story. In just a few months we obtained a feature article in one of our targeted publications."

Daniel Gaugler, PrintingForLess.com Marketing Manager

Quantum Voyage, Inc.
"Good job! Your press release increased quality visitors to goaltrak.com by 50% and demo site visits by 20%."

Richard Lewine, Quantum Voyage, Inc. President

{RE}Think Real Estate
"As a small business owner and new author, Rembrandt Communications helped me significantly increase brand recognition and credibility quickly and cost-effectively. Melanie Rembrandt is a reliable professional who combines
extensive PR and copywriting expertise with fresh creativity to product targeted results."

Tara-Nicholle Nelson, Esq., {RE}Think Real Estate Founder and Chief Visionary

SmartCollector™
"Melanie's efforts in disseminating our message truly helped SmartCollector broaden our reach, increase our website traffic, and grow our community. I really appreciated the professional and thorough manner in which Melanie helped SmartCollector achieve our communication goals."

Chuck Fuller, Past SmartCollector Marketing and Business Development Manager

StartupNation^®
"We hired Melanie Rembrandt to work on an original newsletter and create some publicity for our budding company, StartupNation. Just as we expected, she turned out to be a superstar writer and publicist!

Through her hard work and dedication, Melanie created an overall public relations plan and secured articles for us in targeted publications including: The New York Times, The Detroit Free Press, The Chicago Tribune, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, Hispanic Trends and many others. She also scheduled television and radio interviews for us during our "Success in the U.S. Tour" on CNNfn, First Business, Focus: Atlanta, Sunday Morning, Comcast Newsmakers, Channel 7 News, The Bob Christopher Show, WEBY, WIOD, eWomen Network and a host of other media venues nationwide.

Due in part to her efforts, we were successful in establishing business relationships with Fortune Small Business, Home Business Magazine, Worthwhile Magazine, Biz Best Media, Invent That in the U.K., Junior Achievement, numerous chambers of commerce and other influential organizations. Melanie was able to set important meetings for us on a monthly basis depending on which region we were traveling to at a particular time.

While completing her public relations duties, Melanie also found time to ghostwrite successful articles, books, online content and marketing materials for us under a tight deadline. In addition, she helped train our interns, assisted with events, wrote winning award entries, fixed website errors, prepared marketing presentations and provided media training."

Jeff and Rich Sloan, StartupNation Co-founders, StartupNation Radio Co-hosts and business experts

TravelsinTaste.com

"Melanie,
Thanks so much -- you were a true beacon in a sea of craziness."

Lisa Mogensen, Founder, TravelsinTaste.com
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"I contacted Melanie needing guidance on how to access a media clip that gave me national exposure. She immediately responded and referred me to one of the best companies in the business. But she didn't stop there - she followed up and thanked me for contacting her. What a customer experience!"

Donna L. Johnson, Public Speaker and Business Coach, www.DonnaSpeaks.com 

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“You're PR podcasts are excellent and really inspiring. I listened to them earlier on this year and I was so inspired that I ended up successfully contacting a celebrity chef, an MP and some TV presenters, who all agreed to come to my launch event. So thank you very much for your advise. You're making a valued difference to a lot of us out here. So thank you for helping.”

Rubana Ahmad
Founder of Ethika-fairtrade occasionwear for women, Birmingham/United Kingdom
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"On behalf of Nielsen Business Media, I wish to thank you Melanie for all your efforts and hard work in assisting in our mission to help our small business clients. What set Melanie apart for us was her genuine interest and enthusiasm to contribute to our small business site. Melanie has a solid understanding, proven expertise, and the creative mindset needed to succeed and help bring out her clients' public relations message."

Philip Mathew, Small Business Editor, Nielsen Business Media
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"As a journalist, I really appreciate working with Melanie. She is one of the most proactive and easy to work with PR professionals I have had the pleasure of dealing with. I am sure her clients must love her!"

Cary Sherburne, Senior Editor, WhatTheyThink
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"It was because of her professional approach to public relations and her writing ability that we asked her to serve on the magazine's editorial committee..."

Tom Faulkner, Publisher/Managing Editor IHRIM Publications
For the entire testimonial, please click here.
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"Melanie is the type of professional every journalist dreams about. She returns phone calls and e-mails with amazing speed and gets you the interview and information you need."

Amy Linn
Freelance writer and editor; former senior editor of Outside Magazine; 25 years of experience in major U.S. newspapers and magazines
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"Melanie Rembrandt's response time is incredibly impressive, and she made my job easier as a writer on deadline."

Samara Leigh, Freelance writer for All Things Girl, She Unlimited and Shades Magazine
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"I enjoyed featuring Melanie Rembrandt on my television program Michigan Entrepreneur.  She's creative, resourceful, and a pleasure to work with. Her focus, enthusiasm, and dedication to delivering high quality work for her clientèle serves as a wonderful example to other aspiring entrepreneurs."

Tara Kachaturoff
Michigan Entrepreneur Television  Creator, Producer, Host, http://www.michiganentrepreneurtv.com                                            
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