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Thank you so much for all your help in promoting our annual singles auction. By posting our event info in your weekly e-newsletter, we received many inquiries and ticket purchases. Your service definitely made an impact on our event awareness and attendance. I was also impressed by the fact the information was disseminated almost immediately after I forwarded it to you and you emailed me to let me know it was posted. I have recommended your company to several other non-profit organizations and they have called to thank me for the referral. In part thanks to you, more than $35,000 was raised to benefit Today's Chicago Woman Foundation, which funds organizations and programs that assist women and children in crisis situations due to domestic violence. I look forward to working with you again as future promotional partners.

Terri Rivera (Executive Director, Today's Chicago Woman Foundation)

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GREAT DOINGS performs a "great" service! I commend and thank you for helping Chicago`s non-profit organizations like HighSight "get the word out" for our various fundraising events. Your assistance has been invaluable in helping the "Eve of the Eve" (one of Chicago's most popular charity events and HighSight's largest fund-raiser, which draws nearly 3,000 guests annually) continue to gain in popularity. Your readers have been very supportive of our cause. I thank you for all you do for Chicago's non-profit world and look forward to continued collaboration.

Mark Duhon (Executive Director, HighSight)

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GREAT DOINGS has been a amazing vehicle for publicizing Slow Food Chicago events to a very desirable audience. We've found that GREAT DOINGS subscribers view your e-newsletter as a valuable resource for planning weekend social activities, so we make sure it is always on our media hit list. Keep up the great work!

Kelly Gibson (Midwest Representative, Slow Food)

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The Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization's has been thrilled at the response from individuals who find out about our events from GREAT DOINGS. As the Communications Manager for Y-ME's Illinois Affiliate, it is easy for me to list an event on your site's calendar and have it appear in the e-newsletter. Any culturally astute individual with an appreciation for intelligent wit will undoubtedly enjoy reading your eNewsletter for its sheer entertainment value alone. While there are many event calendars and e-newsletters out there, my experience has been that GREAT DOINGS does by far and away the best job of bringing well-organized, important and impactful information to a huge audience of committed individuals.

Rebekah Brooks (Communications Manager, Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, Illinois Affiliate)

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Advertising with GREAT DOINGS has proven to be the most effective use of our marketing dollars. They hits our target market dead center. While other forms of marketing only deliver benefits like branding and name recognition, partnering with GREAT DOINGS provides us with an immediate return on investment. We took advantage of the GREAT DOINGS PARTY PLANNER and saw the number of events our establishment booked (and, thus, our revenue) grow exponentially. We couldn’t be more satisfied with our relationship with GREAT DOINGS. As a small business, we have to be careful with our money. We feel that with GREAT DOINGS, not a penny was misallocated and it was money well-spent.

Brian Cunningham (Owner/General Manager, My Bar)

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GREAT DOINGS, ExpressDater and Chicago Shakers are the perfect match! Our business has exploded over the last four years and a good deal of the credit for that goes to GREAT DOINGS for its tireless efforts on our behalf. GREAT DOINGS staff members are courteous and dependable, and its advertising rates are affordably priced. Our marketing efforts utilize a wide variety of media and GREAT DOINGS consistently gives the best return on our advertising dollar. We are always on the look out for intelligent, friendly and energetic young professionals to come out to our events... which is EXACTLY what GREAT DOINGS delivers. They have captured the rapt attention of a very impressive demographic. You might say GREAT DOINGS has really swept us off of our feet! ExpressDater is always trying to spark that “special relationship” and we are lucky to have one with GREAT DOINGS!

Paula Eisen (Owner, ExpressDater, Chicago Shakers & Click Shoes)

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I unequivocally recommend GREAT DOINGS to any restaurant that wants to expand its customer base. As Café Ba Ba Reeba is fortunate to have a steady diet of loyal customers, I initially decided to help GREAT DOINGS because it represented a chance to make a difference in our community. However, it turned out to be a wise move for our bottom line, as well. Whether sponsoring programs directly or contributing in trade, the return on our marketing dollar has always been nothing short of extraordinary. Through our participation in the GREAT DOINGS PARTY PLANNER and other programs, I have enjoyed direct contact with event planners that has led to increased profits for our catering business. Gracias. Usted tipos son maravillosos.

Wally Vincenty (Assistant General Manager, Café Ba Ba Reeba)

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