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Ian Nairn / January 30, 2024

iyampolsky – Non-Profit Savings

IS YOUR NON-PROFIT BEING OVERCHARGED FOR VITAL BUSINESS SERVICES?

Your team has more important things to do than conducting thorough audits of your expenses. Thankfully, that’s what Schooley Mitchell does, all day, every day. We optimize your expenses so you can focus on doing what you do best – making a difference.

At Schooley Mitchell, we’re entirely independent. Our consultants don’t accept kickbacks or incentives from service providers, and our process is completely risk-free. In fact, we’re so confident in our ability to generate savings for our clients, we’ve based our business model on that very fact. If we can’t deliver on savings, we don’t get paid.

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Savings Delivered

Large Food Bank

$157k

Waste Fees

Municipal Humane Society

60%

Processing Fees

Immigration-focused Nonprofit

40%

Telecom Expenses

Nonprofit Educational Institution

75%

Small Package Shipping Services

Waste

How predictable is your waste every month?

Variability in your waste from month-to-month makes a big difference to certain service providers.

Is your container size and collection frequency optimized?

Finding a provider that is both cost effective and meets your needs can be challenging.

Are your waste disposal fees changing frequently over the course of the year?

A professional audit of your expenses can get to the bottom of it.

Merchant Services

Do you reference the "effective rate" to evaluate how competitive your processing fees are?

A blended pricing structure makes it more difficult to fully understand all the factors impacting your fees.

Do you know how your current processing environment impacts your processing fees?

How you process payments and capture data can have a big impact on your monthly fees.

Have you asked your processor to provide you an "interchange-plus pricing" quote?

This pricing structure is often the least expensive and most transparent option.

Telecom

Have you conducted a recent usage audit across your telecommunications system?

In many cases, we find inefficiencies and redundancies in the number of lines and features.

Have you considered moving to a Voice over IP platform?

Cloud based telecommunications systems typically provide unique features at lower costs.

Do you know when your current plan automatically renews?

Companies typically only have a 30-day window to make changes to their current contract.

Shipping

Have you considered splitting your shipping business across multiple vendors?

Vendors tend to specialize in certain areas so playing to their unique strengths can reduce your overall costs.

Are you paying for unnecessary delivery guarantees?

Being more flexible on delivery times can significantly reduce your costs.

Do you review your monthly statements to ensure the correct charge codes are used?

Charge codes can be very confusing and require a detailed review to ensure you are being charged correctly.

Ilya Yampolsky

Business Optimization Specialist
Office: 512-387-3223

Schedule A 30-Minute Introductory Call







    Ian Nairn / January 29, 2024

    iyampolsky – Professional Services Savings

    IS YOUR FIRM BEING OVERCHARGED FOR VITAL BUSINESS SERVICES?

    Your team has more important things to do than conducting thorough audits of your expenses. Thankfully, that’s what Schooley Mitchell does, all day, every day. We optimize your expenses so you can focus on doing what you do best – providing professional solutions to your clients’ business and advisory needs.

    At Schooley Mitchell, we’re entirely independent. Our consultants don’t accept kickbacks or incentives from service providers, and our process is completely risk-free. In fact, we’re so confident in our ability to generate savings for our clients, we’ve based our business model on that very fact. If we can’t deliver on savings, we don’t get paid.

    CONTACT US TODAY

    Savings Delivered

    Legal Practice

    53%

    Telecom Expenses

    Accounting Practice

    $44k

    Payment Processing, Telecom, eSignature & Shredding

    Litigation Attorney

    36%

    Small Package Shipping Expenses

    Accounting Practice

    70%

    Merchant Services Fees

    Waste

    How predictable is your waste every month?

    Variability in your waste from month-to-month makes a big difference to certain service providers.

    Is your container size and collection frequency optimized?

    Finding a provider that is both cost effective and meets your needs can be challenging.

    Are your waste disposal fees changing frequently over the course of the year?

    A professional audit of your expenses can get to the bottom of it.

    Merchant Services

    Do you reference the "effective rate" to evaluate how competitive your processing fees are?

    A blended pricing structure makes it more difficult to fully understand all the factors impacting your fees.

    Do you know how your current processing environment impacts your processing fees?

    How you process payments and capture data can have a big impact on your monthly fees.

    Have you asked your processor to provide you an "interchange-plus pricing" quote?

    This pricing structure is often the least expensive and most transparent option.

    Telecom

    Have you conducted a recent usage audit across your telecommunications system?

    In many cases, we find inefficiencies and redundancies in the number of lines and features.

    Have you considered moving to a Voice over IP platform?

    Cloud based telecommunications systems typically provide unique features at lower costs.

    Do you know when your current plan automatically renews?

    Companies typically only have a 30-day window to make changes to their current contract.

    Shipping

    Have you considered splitting your shipping business across multiple vendors?

    Vendors tend to specialize in certain areas so playing to their unique strengths can reduce your overall costs.

    Are you paying for unnecessary delivery guarantees?

    Being more flexible on delivery times can significantly reduce your costs.

    Do you review your monthly statements to ensure the correct charge codes are used?

    Charge codes can be very confusing and require a detailed review to ensure you are being charged correctly.

    Case Study

    The Client:

    • Signs a Service Agreement that covers our business terms
    • Provides us with bills, or online access to their accounts, so we can establish a baseline of their current rate structure
    • Signs a letter of agency, so we can negotiate with their current vendors
    • Describes their current processing environment

    Schooley Mitchell:

    • Uses our benchmarking data to research options nad negotiates better pricing for the client
    • Requests, reviews, and validates competitive quotes from other processors
    • Negotiates with the current vendor for a re-rate
    • Compiles our research and recommendations into a Value Report
    • Assists with the cancellation of services if needed
    • Assists with compliance standards
    • Implements pricing and changes
    • Confirms the new price 30 days after implementation

    Client A:

    An attorneys office, with an average annual revenue between $1 to $5 million. Their pain points included:

    • Very poor service experience from incumbent phone system provider left them without phones for multiple employees with no clear path forward to close gap
    • Concerned costs for overnight document shipping were out of line with no ability to compare to the broader market
    • Limited time to investigate phone providers and shipping costs and no market data to use while negotiating

    Client A sought Schooley Mitchell’s marketplace intelligence and expertise to assist with a phone transition and to save money across essential services.

    Schooley Mitchell's Solution:

    • Reduced shipping, data/internet, and waste removal costs with no vendor change
    • Coordinated transition of phone system to a modern platform, added needed phone, and reduced phone system spend

    Annual Savings:

    44.4%

    SHIPPING

    55.5%

    INTERNET

    29%

    VOICE

    32.8%

    SHREDDING

    Ilya Yampolsky

    Business Optimization Specialist
    Office: 512-387-3223

    Schedule A 30-Minute Introductory Call







      Ian Nairn / January 29, 2024

      iyampolsky – Medical & Dental Savings

      MOST MEDICAL PRACTICES ARE OVERPAYING FOR THEIR BUSINESS SERVICES – AND DON’T EVEN KNOW IT

      Current economic challenges have made it imperative for Medical offices to continually assess their fiscal health in order to find ways to counter rising costs and staffing shortages. Many of these Doctors know they can easily spend up to 36+ hours a week treating patients – leaving little time to help develop and maintain strategies to increase profitability or evaluate new opportunities to streamline operations. Most MEDICAL PRACTICES are overpaying for their business services – and don’t even know it

      Evaluating the options that best balance your office’s goals while ensuring optimal performance from your various business services can be very time consuming and frustrating. When was the last time you assessed your Waste or Merchant Services contract and pricing? Is it time for your team to get a no cost, no obligation audit of some of your key services from Schooley Mitchell?

      CONTACT US TODAY

      Savings Delivered

      Plastic Surgery Clinic

      42%

      Telecom and Merchant Services

      Family Medicine Practice

      78%

      Telecom Services

      Orthopedic Practice

      44%

      Waste and Merchant Services

      Internal Medicine Specialist

      58%

      Waste Services

      Medical Waste

      How predictable is your medical waste every month?

      Variability in your medical waste from month-to-month makes a big difference to certain service providers.

      How do you deal with amalgam waste? Contaminated waste? Sharps?

      Each of these require a specific disposal method that could represent additional costs.

      Who supplies your medical waste and sharps containers and how are they stored?

      Operational procedures and location specific descisions can substantially impact your overall pricing.

      Merchant Services

      Do you reference the "effective rate" to evaluate how competitive your processing fees are?

      A blended pricing structure makes it more difficult to fully understand all the factors impacting your fees.

      Do you know how your current processing environment impacts your processing fees?

      How you process payments and capture data can have a big impact on your monthly fees.

      Have you asked your processor to provide you an "interchange-plus pricing" quote?

      This pricing structure is often the least expensive and most transparent option.

      Telecom

      Have you conducted a recent usage audit across your telecommunications system?

      In many cases, we find inefficiencies and redundancies in the number of lines and features.

      Have you considered moving to a Voice over IP platform?

      Cloud based telecommunications systems typically provide unique features at lower costs.

      Do you know when your current plan automatically renews?

      Companies typically only have a 30-day window to make changes to their current contract.

      Shipping

      Have you considered splitting your shipping business across multiple vendors?

      Vendors tend to specialize in certain areas so playing to their unique strengths can reduce your overall costs.

      Are you paying for unnecessary delivery guarantees?

      Being more flexible on delivery times can significantly reduce your costs.

      Do you review your monthly statements to ensure the correct charge codes are used?

      Charge codes can be very confusing and require a detailed review to ensure you are being charged correctly.

      Ilya Yampolsky

      Business Optimization Specialist
      Office: 512-387-3223

      Schedule A 30-Minute Introductory Call







        badmin / January 26, 2024

        cshrum – Fairfax, Virginia

        COST REDUCTION CONSULTANTS

        Fairfax, Virginia

        Chris Shrum

        Strategic-Partner
        Office: 703-539-2113

        Office Information

        12587 Fair Lakes Circle, Suite 325 Fairfax, Virginia – 22033
        703-539-2113
        schooleymitchellcshrum
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        When it comes to saving money for your business, the best time to start is right now. Reach out today for a risk-free analysis of your business expenses.

        Schooley Mitchell saves our clients an average of 28%, and our entire process takes less than two hours of your time on average. Stop paying your vendors more than you need to. Let Schooley Mitchell put that money back in your pocket.







          By clicking "Submit", You consent to receive SMS messages from Schooley Mitchell which will only be sent in response to you initiating contact in order to answer questions you may have. Message and data rates may apply. To opt-out you can reply with "STOP" to the same number at any time. Additionally, you can also send us an email here [email protected] with your requests.

          Ian Nairn / January 24, 2024

          mseipel – Automotive Savings

          IS YOUR AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS BEING OVERCHARGED FOR VITAL BUSINESS SERVICES?

          Your team has more important things to do than conducting thorough audits of your expenses. Thankfully, that’s what Schooley Mitchell does, all day, every day. We optimize your expenses so you can focus on doing what you do best.

          At Schooley Mitchell, we’re entirely independent. We believe in FIT: Flexible & Integrity & Transparency, and our process is completely risk-free. In fact, we’re so confident in our ability to generate savings for our clients, we’ve based our business model on that very fact. If we can’t deliver on savings, we don’t get paid.

          CONTACT US TODAY

          Savings Delivered

          Used Car Dealership

          57%

          Reduction in Merchant Services Expenses

          Large Dealership

          $18k

          Merchant Services Savings

          Auto Repair Shop

          39%

          Reduction in Waste Disposal Expenses

          Single Dealership

          $10k

          Waste & Small Package Shipping Savings

          Waste

          How predictable is your waste every month?

          Variability in your waste from month-to-month makes a big difference to certain service providers.

          Is your container size and collection frequency optimized?

          Finding a provider that is both cost effective and meets your needs can be challenging.

          Are your waste disposal fees changing frequently over the course of the year?

          A professional audit of your expenses can get to the bottom of it.

          Merchant Services

          Do you reference the "effective rate" to evaluate how competitive your processing fees are?

          A blended pricing structure makes it more difficult to fully understand all the factors impacting your fees.

          Do you know how your current processing environment impacts your processing fees?

          How you process payments and capture data can have a big impact on your monthly fees.

          Have you asked your processor to provide you an "interchange-plus pricing" quote?

          This pricing structure is often the least expensive and most transparent option.

          Telecom

          Have you conducted a recent usage audit across your telecommunications system?

          In many cases, we find inefficiencies and redundancies in the number of lines and features.

          Have you considered moving to a Voice over IP platform?

          Cloud based telecommunications systems typically provide unique features at lower costs.

          Do you know when your current plan automatically renews?

          Companies typically only have a 30-day window to make changes to their current contract.

          Shipping

          Have you considered splitting your shipping business across multiple vendors?

          Vendors tend to specialize in certain areas so playing to their unique strengths can reduce your overall costs.

          Are you paying for unnecessary delivery guarantees?

          Being more flexible on delivery times can significantly reduce your costs.

          Do you review your monthly statements to ensure the correct charge codes are used?

          Charge codes can be very confusing and require a detailed review to ensure you are being charged correctly.

          Compressed Gases

          Do you think your compressed gases expenses are written in stone?

          Commodity markets can be complex and confusing, making it difficult for business owners and managers to navigate.

          Are you certain there are no billing errors in your invoices?

          There are opportunities to optimize pricing structures and recover billing errors.

          Are you receiving all tax benefits available to you?

          Your business might be missing out on significant savings opportunities.

          Mirka Seipel

          Strategic-Partner
          Office: 714-823-3734

          Schedule A 30-Minute Introductory Call







            badmin / January 23, 2024

            mstacey – Toronto, Ontario

            COST REDUCTION CONSULTANTS

            Toronto, Ontario

            Marty Stacey

            Strategic-Partner
            Office: 416-874-0585

            Office Information

            211 Pacific Avenue Toronto, Ontario – M6P 2P6
            416-874-0585
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            MEMA Foods International Inc.

            "I wanted to take this opportunity to write about my experience working with Marty Stacey of Schooley Mitchell. I was initially hesitant to engage with Schooley Mitchell as I felt we were already optimized in the cost areas that they focused on. However, after Marty explained the process, I decided to try out their services on one cost category-uniforms/linens. I was extremely impressed that Schooley Mitchell was about to reduce my monthly bill on uniforms by over 54% - without requiring any vendor change!"

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            Project Abraham

            "No one knows the importance of managing costs more than those who work in the nonprofit sector. I was faced with the task of setting my employees up with cell phones - I had no idea where to start. The thought of calling various companies getting quotes was overwhelming - I just didn't have the time or expertise to do this. I reached out to Marty and Schooley Mitchell and they were incredibly helpful in finding the right options for Project Abraham."

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            When it comes to saving money for your business, the best time to start is right now. Reach out today for a risk-free analysis of your business expenses.

            Schooley Mitchell saves our clients an average of 28%, and our entire process takes less than two hours of your time on average. Stop paying your vendors more than you need to. Let Schooley Mitchell put that money back in your pocket.







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              badmin / January 19, 2024

              rlawrence – St. Louis, Missouri

              COST REDUCTION CONSULTANTS

              St. Louis, Missouri

              Ryan Lawrence

              Strategic-Partner
              Office: 815-761-6707

              Office Information

              P.O. Box 23093 St. Louis, Missouri – 63156
              815-761-6707
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              When it comes to saving money for your business, the best time to start is right now. Reach out today for a risk-free analysis of your business expenses.

              Schooley Mitchell saves our clients an average of 28%, and our entire process takes less than two hours of your time on average. Stop paying your vendors more than you need to. Let Schooley Mitchell put that money back in your pocket.







                By clicking "Submit", You consent to receive SMS messages from Schooley Mitchell which will only be sent in response to you initiating contact in order to answer questions you may have. Message and data rates may apply. To opt-out you can reply with "STOP" to the same number at any time. Additionally, you can also send us an email here [email protected] with your requests.

                badmin / January 19, 2024

                dsteele – St. Albert, Alberta

                COST REDUCTION CONSULTANTS

                St. Albert, Alberta

                David Steele

                Strategic-Partner
                Office: 587-857-4545

                Office Information

                28 Muir Drive, Suite 1143 St. Albert, Alberta – T8N 1G3
                587-857-4545
                schooleymitchelldsteele
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                When it comes to saving money for your business, the best time to start is right now. Reach out today for a risk-free analysis of your business expenses.

                Schooley Mitchell saves our clients an average of 28%, and our entire process takes less than two hours of your time on average. Stop paying your vendors more than you need to. Let Schooley Mitchell put that money back in your pocket.







                  By clicking "Submit", You consent to receive SMS messages from Schooley Mitchell which will only be sent in response to you initiating contact in order to answer questions you may have. Message and data rates may apply. To opt-out you can reply with "STOP" to the same number at any time. Additionally, you can also send us an email here [email protected] with your requests.

                  badmin / January 19, 2024

                  rrons – Long Island, New York

                  COST REDUCTION CONSULTANTS

                  Long Island, New York

                  Ryan Rons

                  Business Optimization Specialist
                  Office: 631-966-4866

                  Office Information

                  Long Island, New York – 11746
                  631-966-4866
                  TF
                  1-855-816-3813
                  schooleymitchellrrons
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                  When it comes to saving money for your business, the best time to start is right now. Reach out today for a risk-free analysis of your business expenses.

                  Schooley Mitchell saves our clients an average of 28%, and our entire process takes less than two hours of your time on average. Stop paying your vendors more than you need to. Let Schooley Mitchell put that money back in your pocket.







                    By clicking "Submit", You consent to receive SMS messages from Schooley Mitchell which will only be sent in response to you initiating contact in order to answer questions you may have. Message and data rates may apply. To opt-out you can reply with "STOP" to the same number at any time. Additionally, you can also send us an email here [email protected] with your requests.

                    badmin / January 19, 2024

                    mseipel – Huntington Beach, California

                    COST REDUCTION CONSULTANTS

                    Huntington Beach, California

                    Mirka Seipel

                    Strategic-Partner
                    Office: 714-823-3734

                    Office Information

                    17462 Mashie Cir Huntington Beach, California – 92647
                    714-823-3734
                    schooleymitchellmseipel
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                    When it comes to saving money for your business, the best time to start is right now. Reach out today for a risk-free analysis of your business expenses.

                    Schooley Mitchell saves our clients an average of 28%, and our entire process takes less than two hours of your time on average. Stop paying your vendors more than you need to. Let Schooley Mitchell put that money back in your pocket.







                      By clicking "Submit", You consent to receive SMS messages from Schooley Mitchell which will only be sent in response to you initiating contact in order to answer questions you may have. Message and data rates may apply. To opt-out you can reply with "STOP" to the same number at any time. Additionally, you can also send us an email here [email protected] with your requests.