What we do
Every project is different, each with their own set of dilemmas and how to go about to produce the desired results.
Below are a few solutions to illustrate the customer service and extensive knowledge and flexibility we can provide for your home or office.
Employed by a Consulting/Staffing Firm to reorganize their past business and bring it back with current trends and technology
Responsible for creating a database/contact for new and potential clientele and track same
Create and maintain the company website
Create other technology/social marketing tools
Create forms/reports from independent agencies to be used and various other forms/reports that the company requires
Research and gather intel from various sources for marketing purposes;
Redo or work up any graphics that may be required
Consult with reference to any outside organizations the company/personally may be associated
Expediter
Virtually/personal/technology assistance
Solutions
Here is a sampling of marketing done for a thrift store in Oregon.
and the there are the small jobs
Do you have an event coming up and need assistance setting it up?
Did a colleague send you a document and you cannot open?
Do they have office 2007 and you don’t?
Or are you working in Office 2007 and no one can open your documents?
On your business card does it say Ca. and not CA?
Did you make a list of names and now you want to alphabetize it but it only sorts by first name?
Did you try and print a picture and now your printer is not working?
When you play your slide presentation do all your headings jump around?
Does your business card represent you and your business or is it something you just threw together?
These all are simple questions with simple solutions.
Have laptop..Will travel!
Testimonials
We have known Teri West for approximately ten years. In that span she has been so important to our computer education. She has set up programs for us as well as purchasing and programming a new computer. She is available to answer our questions and teach us how to use our computer to its fullest. We started out computer illiterate and now feel fairly competent in our computer use. When our daughter was getting married we wanted to have a cd of music to give our guests as a remembrance of the occasion. That was a fun and memorable day. She helped as well with the music for the Father/ Daughter Dance. When some documentation was needed for assistance with work for the Oakland Raiders she put it in a usable format which is still being used today.
We consider Teri a dear friend and feel so fortunate to have her in our lives,.
Barbara and Tom Flores
Indian Wells
Teri is an exceptional person who has the skills to create any program you want or need to promote your business or non profit. Her specialty is creating programs to organize data that can be used to make any business or function more efficient and successful. She is a person who can handle multi tasking and complete all projects on time. If she doesn't know something, she does know where and how to find answers to complete any job. She has been helping me for several years and has always done an excellent job.
Mary Helen Kelly
Palm Desert
Okay I need to update my last reference. Teri really has an excellent vision as far as marketing and business. In the last few months she has had me focused on my wholesale business and done all the technology marketing. I now have the ability to send out electronic postcards, have given out my first scholarships, have my market grown to other states and have two new contractors. She monitors my mail to make sure I am not being spammed and has come up with some fantastic ideas for fundraising and exhibits
I even now have a blog. Cannot wait to see what is next. She has taken it slow but steady with me which I am grateful. She keeps me on track. Thanks again.
elaine l
reuseablesolutions.org
A new employee hired to do computer work did not understand how to make labels in Access. Therefore they took an older printout of labels and reentered every name in Outlook. Every time there was a return or a donation or new entry that was put in a separate file.
This gathering of information took over a month of full time employment.
The management by not asking for help wasted almost 200 hours with this data entry.
The entries were never checked for accuracy. Teri was called after the employee left to diagnosis the situation. Now it seemed there was over 5000 entries with some duplicated as many as six times. If I would have called at the start it would have taken Teri less than an hour. Communicating with our clients is our number one priority. She has merged all our contacts and we are ready now to send out our summer mailings. We now understand that if a staff member has any doubts we call Teri. She has saved our staff of weeks of needless work so they can focus on their job at hand. Thank you Teri for putting us on the right track.
MP
La Quinta
I really do not know where to start.
A year ago I thought I would have a 10 page website to educate people on the many different ways to reuse to benefit the environment. It has grown 2500% in the last year!
Teri has shown me how to negotiate through programs such as having my logo in
Adobe Illustrator, how to save my photos so they are web safe with Adobe Photoshop,
I overcame my confusion with mail merge, the importance of a database for tracking mailing lists, and setting up visual presentations for my speaking engagements.
She has educated me in the process of a nonprofit status, how to maintain my domain names and administrate my website, the importance of routine maintenance on my computer to maximize its performance, and I routinely backup my data.
She created all print and presentation media for all facets of our marketing.
Created and implemented: the “ReView” section which has participants sending
a 4 x 6 postcard reflecting their environmental concerns, thoughts on positive change, and ways to heal the world; the annual scholarship program which offers scholarships
focused on environmental education; “power of one” section that focus on an
individual that contributes to their daily life in an ecological manner.
Details, ideas and solutions is everything she provided.
And last but not least I must say, I live in Oregon and she in California and this was all done without ever meeting!!!!! And I just got an order for 750 reusable bags!
elaine l
reuseablesolutions.org / hillsboro, oregon
My husband owns a music production company. Last week we called her for the printer was not working and we needed to print out all the tickets and reservations for our big event was the next evening. Not only did she stay on the phone with us as she walked us through our big emergency but the next evening I was ill and she came to
the event and manned the reservation and check in desk for us.
I highly recommend her for she was able to help in so many ways.
Cathy R.
Palm Desert
I volunteer at an organization here in the valley. This month I realized that the scholarship applications and guidelines needed to be at the local high schools by Friday.
I had some old copies and called Teri. In two days she arrived with digital/hard copies
of applications and guidelines for students and counselors. She had made flyers for the counselors’ office and put all the information in a colored packet so all I needed to was
to drop the packets off.
It was great that she understood my needs and how to make the presentation in a cohesive and professional manner.
Mary Helen K.
Palm Desert
The screen on the display was blue with a confusing message about something being stuck in an infinite loop and the dump of the physical memory complete...
Dell had no fix! Microsoft had no fix! Teri fixed it!
Victoria K.
Palm Desert
I was involved with a private screening of a movie; I called Teri to ask her assistance in creating a web invitation. She envisions the entire project. She requested a copy of the print invitation. Thank goodness. Within moments she noticed that after the RSVP there was no contact information. Well, by the next business day she had a web invitation and her print invitation was already at the printers to be picked up that day. I appreciate how she always pays attention to details, has great ideas and there is always a solution.
Christy J.
Rancho Mirage
We have been staging events for over twenty years.
It was not until we met Teri did we realize how streamline and efficient computers
could make our lives. She has taken our entire inventory and cataloged it. We know what we have and what location it is being used for.
She has taken our events and created policies, procedures and timelines.
Anyone at any time can look up and see where we are, what has been done and what
still needs our attention. She has accommodated our clients by creating databases for their guests which in turn helps them with their invitations and rsvp list.
When an event or fundraiser calls for a silent auction, fashion show or golf tournament she is right there.
She creates letters of introductions, coordinates between the front and back of
the event and creates weekly reports or event packets for board members when
needed. She oversees any photographic or printing needs and makes sure everything is
what she calls “visual literacy”. She has also created our website and created a corporate branding for our print and web needs. She has trained us how to use all the information she has put together in an informative and user friendly manner.
She always brings a fresh outlook and enthusiasm to each event.
We work extensively with non profits and Teri has always been there for us.
We are currently moving our business to Santa Barbara so we can be nearer to our grandchildren. We will miss her terribly but we always know her capabilities of working virtually and especially before we go crazy!
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