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Terri Braun / September 6, 2024

Featured Client Restore Corps

Based in Memphis, Tennessee, Restore Corps is an important organization that’s dedicating to eradicating human trafficking. Its vision is to see a community free of exploitation through the rehabilitation and empowerment of survivors and a community galvanized against human trafficking.

Brittany Powers / September 5, 2024

Testimonial Letter from Air Experts Heating and Cooling

6379 WV-34
Hurricane, WV 25526
August, 2024

To Whom It May Concern:

We engaged Schooley Mitchell of Louisa, Lee and Marla Balaklaw to work on our telecom expenses 7 years ago. They have exceeded my expectations.

In addition to saving us thousands of dollars, they have worked on maintaining our costs. If promotional pricing ends, Schooley Mitchell negotiates new prices for me, without my having to lift a finger or spend any time. As a busy HVAC professional, the less time I spend on telecom expenses, the more time that I have free to work on my clients.

When our cell phone vendor had across the board price increases Schooley Mitchell worked to get us back to our original pricing by taking advantage of a loophole in the vendor’s pricing. This would not be feasible for businesses that are not doing this every day.

Several years ago, Schooley Mitchell converted us to electronic fax saving us money on the direct telecom expense. This also has been saving us money on our toner and copy paper for our printer, because we no longer print out spam faxes.

Lee and Marla have obtained credits for us on cellular upgrade fee charges. They have cancel led services for us, when we changed vendors. They have obtained prepaid shipping labels from the vendor, so we could ship back old equipment (and not be charged for that).

We like having Schooley Mitchell in our corner defending our interests. I highly recommend that other businesses use their expertise to lower costs and optimize services.

Sincerely,

Jerry Mullins
Owner, Air Xperts

 

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Terri Braun / September 5, 2024

Featured Contact McCloud & Associates

Based in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, McCloud & Associates is a locally renowned tax and accounting firm with more than 64 years of collective experience. It specializes in tax and accounting services and provides individualized concierge service, competitive prices, and free consultations.

Brittany Powers / September 5, 2024

Testimonial Letter from Contact 24hr Rape Crisis Center

P.O. Box 2963
Huntington, WV 25728

August 22, 2024

To Whom It May Concern:

Schooley Mitchell of Louisa, Lee and Marla Balaklaw, have been our telecom consultants for the past 6 years. We engaged them to help us with our telephone bills. They have saved us many thousands of dollars. They have done so much more than that. When we needed a new phone system, they paired us with a phone vendor that put in an inexpensive phone system, and coupled that with a fractional sip trunk provide which dramatically cut our phone bills at our main office.

When we needed cell phones, Lee and Marla did a full evaluation of the marketplace for us. They compared two major vendors and different plans. This saved us a lot of time. It has saved us money as well.

We have multiple offices. When we have Lee and Marla monitoring all of our accounts for internet and phone. Every time there has been a price increase from the vendors, they have kept us informed and negotiated new pricing for us.

When billing errors have occurred, Lee and Marla have obtained credits for the incorrect billing. When we have needed to change service providers, and move locations, Schooley Mitchell has overseen those changes, so they go smoothly. When a vendor could not understand that we needed a simple move of a modem from one part of a building to another, Lee engaged with the vendor, making several phone calls to get them to understand what was needed, and that it did not need a construction crew. That would have added significant time delays, which we needed to avoid.

We highly recommend any not for profit to engage Schooley Mitchell to look at bills, and evaluate services to decrease costs and optimize services.

Sharon Pressman
Executive Director

 

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Terri Braun / September 5, 2024

Featured Contact Simmons Bank

Founded in 1903, Simmons Bank is a community bank with over 3,200 associates in more than 200 locations across six states. It offers quality services to personal and business clients including home loans, checking accounts, digital banking, and much more.

Brittany Powers / September 5, 2024

Testimonial Letter from Aurora Chamber of Commerce

March 9, 2023

To whom it may concern,
I am pleased to write this testimonial for Sanjay Tyagi of Schooley Mitchell for helping Aurora Chamber of Commerce with expense reduction.

Aurora Chamber of Commerce supports a thriving community of businesses and social organizations in Colorado’s Arapahoe, Adams and Denver counties. We pride in being responsible managers of funding that we receive from multiple sources, and always look for opportunities to minimize expenses.

I was intrigued when San jay, himself a member of the Chamber, briefed me and my staff about Schooley Mitchell cost optimization. He explained that he will conduct an independent expense analysis, without any fees or risk to the Chamber, to identify and recommend cost reduction options. I authorized Sanjay to review two expense categories.

True to his commitment, Sanjay came back in a few weeks with an independent cost analysis report that showed me how we could reduce one of the Chamber expenses by as much as 20%! That too without any changes to the systems and processes that we use at the Chamber.

This cost analysis didn’t cost the Chamber anything. Sanjay’s consulting fees will be just a limited share of the savings that Chamber will soon start to realize. San jay and his team will also continue to audit the reduced expenses, so that will be one less task for my staff.

I highly recommend other businesses and organizations interested in saving money and time to engage Sanjay and his Schooley Mitchell team.

Kevin Hougen
President and CEO,
Aurora Chamber of Commerce

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