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Due to our writing and PR efforts, many of our clients have increased brand awareness and experienced major media mentions in targeted venues such as: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, Business 2.0, Fast Company, Inc., BusinessWeek, Entrepreneur, The Associated Press, USA Today, and numerous others.

In addition, they have appeared on various television and radio programs including:  CNNfn, Business First Television, Comcast Newsmakers, Focus Atlanta, eBay Radio, eWomen Network Radio, and much more.

Client Testimonials:

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

The first Ann Arbor YMCA was organized by students at the University of Michigan in 1858. With their new, state-of-the-art facility opened on April 1, 2005, they provide health and wellness programs that build strong kids, strong families and strong communities. Please visit www.annarborymca.org or call 734-996-9622 for more information.

Dance Gallery Foundation

"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, Dance Gallery/Peter Sparling Dance Company
Executive Director

Dance Gallery Foundation was established in 1984 and supports Dance Gallery Studio, the only non-profit dance center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The studio offers students of all ages high-quality training in a non-competitive, nurturing environment with performance opportunities and an intensive pre-professional training program. The mission of Dance Gallery is to produce, develop, and promote contemporary dance performance, and provide dance training and educational experiences of the highest artistic quality.  For more information on Dance Gallery Foundation, please see www.dancegallerystudio.org or call 734.747.8885.

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

The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel is the only vehicular international subaqueous border crossing in the world. It has been recognized as one of the great engineering wonders of the world and remains one of the busiest crossings between the United States and Canada. Located between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, connecting the US Interstates to Ontario's Highway 401, it is one of the fastest links between Ontario and the United States. For more information, see www.dwtunnel.com.

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, eePulse, Inc. Founder and CEO

eePulse, Inc. provides patent-pending relationship management software using an ASP business model, copyright-protected research that focuses on the drivers of firm performance and weekly support to assure usability and success. Measurecom™ (measurement + communication), a Web-based tool, is the result of over 16 years of experience and research with high-growth, high-change companies by Theresa Welbourne, Ph.D. An enterprise-wide relationship management tool that tracks within-person change over time, Measurecom predicts employee performance and productivity, or "pulse" levels on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis. eePulse, Inc. provides personalized trend reports, comment data, and a real-time two-way feedback process at both a group and individual level. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI, please visit www.eepulse.com or call 734-996-2321 for more information.

Employment Wizard/CareerSite
"Working independently on an extremely limited budged, 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

CareerSite's powerful Affiliate Solution gives affiliates everything they need to build, grow and maintain a successful career center and capture their share of the billion dollar e-recruiting market. This includes software, hosting, customer, billing and merchant services, e-mail marketing, job content, integrated access to a marketplace of leading solutions, and distribution. In addition, the Recruiter Desktop, a Web-based application, seamlessly connects users with a one-stop marketplace of the best job sites - right from their desktop. CareerSite currently powers over 150 e-recruiting sites comprising over 30,000 registered recruiters, over 750,000 candidates and 500,000 unique visitors per month. In a matter of days, affiliates can increase their online content value, site traffic and revenues. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, the company is privately held and funded by individual and media company investors.

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

Griffin Restaurant Group, a division of Griffin Properties, is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. There reputation for excellence is built on a foundation of superior resources, results, and the experience and integrity of their professional staff. Griffin Restaurant Group was actually formed after Griffin Properties had already earned recognition as the #1 broker of restaurants and this move allowed them to focus their energy and resources exclusively on restaurant real estate.

Since the establishment of their company more than 20 years ago, service has been their mandate. They believe that personalized service is more important than any other single element in their formula for success. For more information, please visit www.griffinproperties.com.

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

InterSight Technologies is a leading provider of Customer Information and Intelligence for the enhancement of direct marketing strategies and impact communications at point of purchase. Our product suite is centered on proprietary communication & analytic technology with unique capabilities to track and analyze customer behavior and attitude. Whether your business customer is a consumer or another business, our product suite along with our outsourced consulting and contact center support, provide for the most effective method of increased relationships, revenue, and knowledge on how your customer interfaces with, and thinks about, your company and your products / brands. Our mission is straightforward - "Generate Customer Advocates and Revenue through Intelligence based direct interaction." Our focus is on our clients' ROI. For more information, please visit www.intersighttechnologies.com, e-mail Info@intersighttechnologies.com, or call  888.843.6935 ext 484.

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

Logokinesis Publishing was founded in 2003 by Nicola Conraths-Lange (an author and national, Pilates and dance expert) and Jens Lange. An independent publisher focusing on the interests and needs of the Pilates and Dance community, Logokinesis self-finances all of their publishing projects and has control over every step of the process: writing, research, layout, printing and marketing. For more information, please visit www.logokinesis.com.

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 is a bestselling author who holds an MBA from UC Irvine, a Juris Doctor in Law from the University of California, San Francisco, and a Black Belt certification in Six Sigma project management. Michael has written 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?, a mainstream non-fiction work on spotting outbreaks of exotic diseases and stopping bioterrorists. 

Peter Sparling Dance Company
Founded in 1993, the Peter Sparling Dance Company (PSDC) is the third consecutive non-profit professional modern dance company to be supported by the umbrella 501©3 organization. Peter Sparling, a prolific and internationally-respected dancer and choreographer, serves as artistic director, creating, premiering and touring works off original choreography annually with his seven-member company. A former principal dancer with the legendary Martha Graham and José Limón companies, Sparling has over thirty years of professional dance and choreography experience. He is also a tenured professor of dance at the University of Michigan and a leader in the area’s arts and cultural community. For more information on  PSDC, please see www.dancegallerystudio.org or call 734.747.8885.

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, SmartCollector Marketing and Business Development Manager

SmartCollector’s new online services help buyers and sellers of collectible items better assess what items are worth, learn key market trends and give the collector the ability to manage a complete collection portfolio online. Storing information about a collection has never been easier as collectors can store photos, assign item grades and categorize their collection. Collectors can now also value every item in their portfolio with SmartCollector’s daily value reports, based on three years of historical eBay auction data, rather than having to rely on outdated price reference guides. For more information, visit www.smartcollector.com.  

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 entrepreneurial business experts

Founded by Jeff and Rich Sloan, StartupNation (www.startupnation.com), a multimedia content company that provides business smarts for entrepreneurs via an entertaining multimedia platform – including a nationally-syndicated radio show and weekly online seminars. As small business experts, the Sloan brothers have been featured in media such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Entrepreneur Magazine as well as on CNN and FOX News. StartupNation also teams up with companies which want to further enhance their small business focus, such as Seattle-based Washington Mutual Bank, which is title sponsor of the weekly StartupNation Radio show and has integrated StartupNation business content into its small business banking program.

Techstreet

Techstreet provides mission-critical information resources and information management tools for technical professionals. Through our web site, customers can find and purchase from over 500,000 technical information titles including one of the world's largest collections of industry standards and specifications. Learn more about Techstreet at http://www.techstreet.com.

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