Testimonials

REAL COMMENTS FROM THREE KAHUNAS.

REAL TESTIMONIALS

JEFF WALTERS: Co-Founder & EVP, Targetbase—an Omnicom Company
“Mark is my favorite creative director – a fountain of ideas and the ability to channel them into outstanding brand positioning and campaign strategy. Moreover, Mark is grounded with a strong desire to consume insights to customer behavior, including data, and couple it with a grasp of a brand’s competitive advantages as the basis for developing brand positioning and marketing communication. Work with Mark and you’ll have fun… and take your brand to another level.”

KAREN SIMMONS: Founder, Autism Today
“At the early stages at Autism Today, Mark helped us build a solid marketing communications foundation that let us organically grow to what we are today. He helped intelligently weave together branding and direct components and showed us many tricks of the trade. And we had a blast working together. His passion is contagious.”

DANA HAYMAN:  VP Strategic Business Analyst, Infogroup                                                                                                                          “Mark is a fountain of creativity. Whenever I share a ‘creative idea’ with Mark, he returns 10 that are better. It’s fun to plant a seed in his head, then step back and take notes. I’m always impressed by how effortless Mark makes “ideation” seem. And, it’s never an “idea contest” with Mark. He’s a great brainstorming partner and collaborator – in part, because he’s a great listener. Beyond his creative aptitude, I appreciate him for his left-brain – i.e., the side that weeds out the “interesting ideas” from the more strategic, high-impact ones. Plus, he’s been an invaluable resource to me and others like me who are evolving along with – and innovating in – all the new emerging data, marketing and media channels. Mark has been more to me than someone I enjoy working with, he’s someone I enjoy being around. (But, he’s an awful break dancer.)”

JENNIFER DEARE: Owner, Deare Marketing, Inc.                                                                                                                                                              “Mark is one of the most brilliant creative minds around. We loved his ideas years ago when we were in a brainstorm group together and there were even ones that we laughed at that turned out to be great later. And Mark is a thoughtful, committed executive. Would love to work with him again.”

ROGER A. ROWE: Co-Founder, Managing Partner, City24/7 LLC                                                                                                                                         “I worked with Mark at Ogilvy and at Thompson. Mark is one of the most brilliant guys I ever had as a creative partner. He was a prolific creative and strategic thinker, a collaborator, and a guy who didn’t wear is ego on his sleeve. He was always interested in what other thought of his work and would graciously incorporate it if he believed in it. Creative people loved him, Account people loved him and so did our clients. I’m no longer an advertising creative but if I were, I’d want to work with Mark again.”

MARSHALL TOPLANSKY:  President, Wisewindow                                                                                                                                                                     “Mark Schneider is one of the most talented and creative people I have ever worked with. What he does exceptionally well is understand complex things and break them down into simple things. If you need that, he is the guy to talk to. If you don’t think you need it, you are deluding yourself.”

RICHARD APEL: Group Creative Director, GSD&M                                                                                                                                                            “Mark has decades of experience in branding, direct response and the marriage of the two. He understands the importance of how data, insight, strategy and measurement can dramatically improve concepts, executions and a client’s bottom line. He was “brand response” when “brand response” wasn’t cool.”

MARSHAL SANDLER: Entrepreneur
“Probably the Best Content Creator Alive !”

GARY KREISSMAN: President, GroupPRM
“Mark is the ultimate idea generator. He has an uncanny ability to take complex concepts and simplify them into a broad range of executions that work together across all media. Mark’s enthusiasm and passion for developing creative that will be effective for his clients make him a pleasure to work with.”

WILL SPIVEY: President, Maxim Direct                                                                                                                                                                                         “Mark’s passion is contagious. Teaming is Mark’s game and it not only made work more fun, but it resulted in better work. He is a master at turning cold data into USP-based strategies and executing those ideas with style and substance. By and large the campaigns we developed and recommended were welcomed by our clients and, even more importantly, were also very successful.”

STEVE ADOLT: Project Manager, US SAP Implementation • Imaging Sciences International.                                                                            “I’ve known Mark since 2006. He’s never let me down when I’ve provided him a reference client and he’s never failed to deliver to any client I’ve ever referred to him. A true creative professional who sees opportunities rather than obstacles regardless of the business or the market. Would put him up against anyone in his areas of expertise.”

JOHN BRADY: Client Services Director, The M/A/R/C Group
“If you want a direct, fun loving, committed creative Director who “gets it” Mark is your guy. He has always been a standout in my mind, especially during crunch time. Mark also has a Rolodex of truly talented people that love and respect him. With Mark in charge, we could always count on to getting the job done on time and on budget. I hold Mark in high regard and will always stand behind him.”

PAUL PARTRIDGE: Founder, Paul Partridge LLC                                                                                                                                                                  “I’ve known Mark for many years. Among direct response professionals “in the know,” he’s actually quite famous for his innovative and groundbreaking ideas in TV and video. But he’s too humble to tell you himself. So, what do you get when you hire Mark? Experience (a proven track record is priceless in this economy because you can’t afford to waste time/money going down rabbit holes)… commitment (Mark doesn’t look for the easy answer, just the best answer)… enthusiasm (it’s just more fun working with positive, enthusiastic people, isn’t it?)… and he’s a terrific team player. If a consummate professional is attractive to you, you have to consider Mark Schneider.”

MARY EVANS: VP of Finance, Rodale Inc.                                                                                                                                                                               “When I worked with Mark at Rodale, I found him a hardworking and conscientious person, devoted to the marketing for the company. When I hear him speak about his current clients, it’s easy to hear his passion for his work.”

MIKE OMANSKY: President, Worldwide Entertainment Marketing, Inc.                                                                                                                   “Mark Schneider is a creative marketer who thinks “out of the box”. His knowledge and success extends across industries, from consumer packaged goods to insurance, and from media to IBM. He is a master of communications, marketing, and creative, and can impact businesses in a creative, dynamic way.”

TONY GOMES: Creative Director, Deutsch“Mark is one of the smartest, most strategically focused writers I’ve ever worked with. He knows how to solve tough business problems in creative ways.”

JEFF MELTZER: President, Meltzer Media Films                                                                                                                                                                                 “I’ve know Mark for over 20 years and have hired him on numerous occasions. He’s been a Direct Response writer and creator longer than almost anyone I know this industry which says a lot for his creativity. Mark’s an aggressive, relentless and dynamic writer that gets the most out each script he writes. He ALWAYS goes the extra mile to please his clients and suppliers, but never compromises his original creative concept as a result of doing so. I really enjoy working with Mark because he delivers timely scripts that are always filled with fresh DRTV word twists that have visuals to match. Mark’s a true DRTV Pro.”

CORY ROSENBERG: President Rogar Entertainment/CRee8                                                                                                                                                  “I know Mark for over 20 years. We have jointly managed numerous clients and projects and have always worked seamlessly and with a strong foundation of trust and mutual respect. He’s a brilliant and passionate writer, with a clear vision and a consistent commitment to think out of the box. If you need a great writer/thinker, call Mark.”

KEVIN MURPHY: Managing Partner, Trone                                                                                                                                                                                    “I have not worked with anyone more passionate than Mark. He brings great thinking and ideas to any business challenge.”

JOHN GRUEN: Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather                                                                                                                                                              “Mark worked with me and for me at Ogilvy years ago. I can only believe that the creativity and drive he had then has been sharpened and expanded to something even greater.”

SCOTT BAILEY: Owner/CEO, Scott Bailey & Associates                                                                                                                                                        “I’ve known Mark for more years than either of us cares to admit, but recently re-engaged with him when I started my own consultancy. He reminds me of Paul Simon – still able to dust off the classics (i.e., direct mail and DRTV), but constantly refreshing his thinking and services to keep pace with today’s multi-channel environment. He is one of a kind and “still crazy after all these years”.”

SASKIA MOSSEL: Designer                                                                                                                                                                                                            “He is a good writer and works with people in a partnership way. Sharing ideas!”

JEFF YOUNG: Art Director/Creative Director, Eight Fingers Design
“Mark is always a strategic and innovative conceptual thinker in addition to a pleasure to work with.”