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The best reward for a successful Chamber of Commerce

publishing project is being asked to return for a future

assignment. It has been my privilege to work with many

outstanding Chambers in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and

Indiana. I appreciate the confidence these organizations

have placed in me to generate significant revenues from

their Maps, Community Guides & Lifestyle Magazines,

while delivering a quality product that their members &

community can enjoy for many years -- both in print and

online through Village Profile's Convergence Publishing

program. Call me today to see some sample products.

"It was a delight to work with Michael. I was amazed to

see how successful he was in spite of two additional

Chamber solicitations that were also taking place. In

addition to his success, Michael also brought in 4 new

members to our chamber. I look forward to having him

back to work with our members again."

Bonnie Trout, Executive Director,

Chesterton-Duneland Chamber of Commerce

May 8, 2008

"We have had the opportunity to work with Michael on

our map project. Mr. Holmes more than doubled the

number of advertisers from our previous publication.

In addition, he has increased our membership through

his enthusiasm towards this project and our chamber.

Michael should be commended on a job well done."

Carol Lamb, Executive Director

Rockfon Chamber of Commerce

December 19, 2006

"It was a great pleasure to work with Michael Holmes

on the Roscoe Area Chamber's 2009 Community Map

Project. Through Michael's sales efforts, the number

of advertisers in this publication increased from 36 in

2006 to 60 year. "His "soft sell" sales approach was
very appropriate for our membership. He recruited

six new members for our organization as well."

Kathy Dyrdahl, Executive Director

Roscoe Area Chamber of Commerce

September 19, 2008

"I can't say enough about the first-rate job Michael did.

The last time we published this map in 2004 we had 32
advertisers. Mike sold 80 ad spaces this year. He also

brought in ten new members. He was professional and

dedicated to the success of this project. It was a great

pleasure to work with him."

Suzanne Corr, Executive Director

Cary Grove Area Chamber of Commerce

April 30, 2007

"It's been a pleasure working with your representative,

Michael Holmes on the map of Mount Prospect. He has

a very engaging demeaner and was always positive in

his dealings with our local businesses. I heard many

positive comments from our members about how

accomodating he was and appreciated that he brought

a number of new businesses to the Chamber as well.

Please be sure that Michael is our representative for

our next Village Profile Project."

Jim Uszler, Executive Director

Mt. Prospect Chamber of Commerce

June 4, 2007

"Michael recently completed the sales campaign for

the Mason City book. As I am sure you are aware, he

sold his socks off. More importantly, he accomplished

this with an informative and consultive sales style. I'm

very impressed with the manner in which Michael kept

in touch with our membership director throughout the

campaign and the consideration he showed the sales

staff. In the end, he sold a record number of ads and

dollar volume. Feel free to use me as a reference for

Michael Holmes and Village Profile."

Robin Anderson, Executive Director

Mason City Chamber of Commerce

July 28, 2008

"We just completed our 2nd map with Village Profile

and wanted to report how pleased we are. It was a

pleasure working with Michael Holmes. He handled

his interactions with staff and members in a very
professional manner. He is friendly, knowledgable

and quite skilled in his interaction with people. His

attention to detail gives me great confidence that

the end result will be a wonderful map that we will

be very proud to use. We hope to work with your

competent staff again in the future."

Kymn Anderson, President

Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce

October 19, 2009

"I have just been informed that Michael Holmes has

completed sales for our latest edition of the Boone

County Community Guide. Gross sales were $30.00

more than in the previous publication. This does not

sound earth shattering, but in our economic statis,

it is actually amazing. Michael has, as always, been

easy to work with and seems to be well-received by

our members and Boone County businesses"

Tom Lassandro, Executive Director

Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce

December 7, 2010

"We recently completed our first community map project with Village Profile since 2002 and I wanted to let you

know what a pleasure it is to work with Michael Holmes. The sales results for our maps were spectacular, far

better than we anticipated. Michael Informed us that he has commitments from more than 75 businesses. He

also brought in several new members to our organization, which is really going above and beyond of what was

expected from him. This was the fourth Village Profile project that Michael has worked on with us and all four
publications have generated tremendous revenues for our organization while receiving a great response for

their quality from our members. We appreciate his attention to detail and look forward to working with him

again on a future chamber publication"

Rose Treml, Executive Director

Sycamore Chamber of Commerce

January 31, 2011