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Belinda Currin, RA, ACHA, CHFM, CHC, NCARB, Owner, Currin Design Consulting, LLC

“Ms. Blaes worked diligently to help me get my new consulting company “Branded” with a strong web presence as well asoffered valuable insight on marketing material development. She continues to offer “market conscious” marketing insightas well as keep my website up to date and informative. She has been a great asset to my company’s market presence.”

Brian Workman, Richmond Chapter of IFMA Board Member – Sponsorship

“Valarie recently assisted in the updating of the IFMA Richmond website. This was much needed, and Valarie did an awesome job of consulting with the Board throughout the process until the final product was user-friendly, current and professional. Also, she kept the process on schedule. Great to work with, and I would strongly recommend to others. ”

Connie Hom, President, Buckingham Greenery

“Valarie has been providing website assistance for Buckingham Greenery… She is professional and knowledgeable in her area of expertise. She developed our new website to be more user friendly and mobile ready. The end result is what we wanted. I highly recommend Valarie for website development and social media needs. I appreciate Valarie’s insights and technical expertise to make the website development a productive experience. Valarie is prompt, responsive, cost-effective and solution-oriented.”

Earl G. Hughes, P. E. PTOE, Managing Member, Traffic Signals Plus, PLLC

“I run a small engineering firm located in Cumberland County, VA. I used Blaes Communications to update my website and to create email addresses for each of my employees. I was assisted by Ms.Valarie Blaes in this endeavor and must say that I was very impressed by her professionalism and willingness to work around my busy schedule. I was pleased with the results of Ms. Blaes’ efforts. I feel that the fee was well worth the results and I would recommend Blaes Communications for your needs.”

Elmira Loftin, Director of Operations, Another Touch Massage Therapy

“I hired Valarie Blaes to conceptualize a flyer for the Another Touch Massage annual subscriptions. She was completely professional, yet personable with this project. She explained the expectations upfront and gained an excellent understanding of the target audience and the purpose of the marketing piece. Valarie is detail-oriented and able to develop unique, stand-out items for your marketing campaign. I was totally impressed with the layout and the text of the “lay-away” flyer developed. I actually wanted to purchase one of the annual subscriptions myself. The colors, design, and the concept was beyond what I imagined when the project began. I will certainly contract her again.”

John Rimbey, Supervising Engineer / Senior Associate, Syska Hennessy Group

“I am confident to recommend Valarie as a first class business marketing consultant. Time and time again, Valarie’s research and assistance with proposals, helped my company pursue and retain valuable clients and projects.”

Mark Boenke, PE, President, PILLAR, Inc.

“Valarie helped us get several proposals ready for submission in a very short turn-around time frame and was very dedicated to seeing the project through even working late into the nights and on a weekend. It was as if she was one of us, very professional and timely.”

Rick Hughes, Principal / Project Manager, Facilities Bullpen, LLC

“In late summer 2013, I engaged Blaes Communications to begin working with me to develop and launch the website, and it was launched in October. I felt very comfortable and at ease working with Valarie as she was a terrific listener, extremely responsive to my ideas and suggestions, but also quick to offer advice (such as beginning with a mobile device friendly theme format) and the needed technical expertise.

Valarie took the basic content that I provided and ran with it, minimizing the amount of work I had to do for a successful launch and truly making it a user-friendly and efficient process, which was extremely important as client project workload left me very little time to spend on the effort.

Valarie also handled all of the interaction with my domain/web hosting provider and the implementation was very smooth.

Since the launch… I have continued to utilize Blaes Communications to handle ongoing maintenance of the site and am 100% pleased with the attention and urgency with which she has handled website matters for my company. I wholeheartedly recommend her services.

Thank you (Blaes Communications Consulting, LLC) for the wonderful service supporting my company website!”

Robert Riggan, CCA, SSO, FERO, Branch Chief, Operations/Special Security Programs Division, U.S. Department of Homeland Security – Headquarters (former Facilities Maintenance Manager at INGENCO Distributed Energy) – Retired

“Perceptions can make or break a company in any environment, let alone a fiercely competitive such as the distributed energy industry. Valarie Blaes contributed directly and significantly to INGENCO’s success… She did this through results, to wit: won the Henrico County (VA) Landfill Gas to Energy Project, won the North Dade (FL) Development of Landfill Gas Utilization Systems Project, and won the South Dade (FL) Development of Landfill Gas Utilization Systems Project, all during the very brief period that I was there.

I had the distinct honor and pleasure of working with this results driven powerhouse of energy, and I was impressed with her mastery of the marketing craft. Managing winning proposals, however, was not Valarie’s only forte.

She also produced, published, and distributed INGENCO’s internal company newsletter as well as wrote articles for, and maintained, the company Website. She served as the company photographer and coordinated special events such as open houses and trade shows. Valarie developed and designed marketing collateral and represented INGENCO at industry events. In short, Valarie not only has exceptional talent, but she exploits it to the tangible benefit of her employer. Unreservedly, I recommend Valarie Blaes to any business, corporation, organization, department, or agency looking to increase their business footprint, elevate their bottom line, and enhance their public image.”

William Henry “Harry” Harris, AIA, Owner & President, William Henry Harris & Associates, Inc.

“Valarie got us into Social Media with inventive and creative advice and knowledge of this new way to reach out to our market. We believe her assistance has greatly increased our presence in the professional design services marketplace. We would highly recommend her services to other design professionals.”