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Marketing
Management Services, LLC
PO Box 273
Coopersville, MI 49404 |
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about .
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Philip J. Cok
Owner/Manager
- professional
experience: printing and photography, technical writer/illustrator,
illustration, document layout, and publishing, Mac-based trainer
of graphics and page layout programs, exceptional graphic and
technical computer-generated illustrations, packaging design
and documentation, machine graphics design, and product liability
expert
- industry
experience: furniture, automotive, plastics, consumer products,
graphics equipment, manufacturing, horticultural, publishing,
food processing
- personal
interests and activities: Married to an emergency room nurse,
they have three grown children. His son Mitchell is married and
an Air Force pilot. Daughter Catherine is married and lives in
Oregon. Daughter Meghan is teaching high school geometry in Florida.
Family activities include sports, photography, gardening, hiking,
camping, biking, cross-country skiing & boating;
- Philip
has fulfilled his sixth year on the Coopersville
Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors holding executive positions
as secretary and treasurer for the Chamber and currently is a
member-at-large, board liason. Philip was a member of the initial
advisory board for the Coopersville Farm Museum and presently
is the secretary/treasurer of the Western
Michigan Society for Industrial Heritage. The Society is a non-profit organization
dedicated to the preservation, restoration and demonstration
(education) of equipment used as part of our early American heritage.
Philip was also a member of the administrative committee which
founded Covenant Life Church in Grand Haven and has also served
as Sunday School teacher, building committee member, and as media
coordinator. Philip was also instrumental on the marketing committee
for the Grand Haven Christian School renovation. Promotional
materials and stationery for this project received recognition
from Quimby-Walstrom and Cross Pointe Paper Corporation for Excellence
in Design & Use of Paper in a campaign.
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Partner/Account
Manager
Philip
has worked in the field of marketing and communications since
1979.
- as a technical
writer and illustrator for the Challenge Machinery Company of
Grand Haven, MI he performed all functions of producing instruction
manuals including writing, photography, darkroom printing, typesetting,
key line, stripping film negatives and burning printing plates
for the printing department. He introduced telecommunications
with off-site typesetting equipment and introduced the Macintosh
computers for the design of POP packaging materials. Mr. Cok
also was chairman of the Product Liability Committee which worked
closely with corporate counsel and insurers to reduce premiums
through pro-active measures. The committee introduced a landmark
product obsolescence policy to reduce liability on outdated equipment.
- as an
account manager and vice president of Marketing Managers in Grand
Rapids, Mr. Cok continued to expand the use of Macintosh equipment
for production of instruction manuals, advertising and corporate
communications materials. He helped introduce the first Linotronics
image setter to the Grand Rapids market and helped pioneer the
direct to film output from Macintosh front-end equipment. Macintosh
computer layout and illustration training was a natural spinoff
for clients such as Meijer Corp., Sefton Advertising Agency,
Gantos and the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company. Client
lists included Challenge Machinery, Gallmeyer & Livingston,
Haworth Furniture, Cascade Engineering, Paragon Die & Engineering,
Chem Max Corp., Dake Corporation, Bissell Inc., Rapistan Corp.,
and others.
- as a partner
with Conni Schaftenaar in Marketing Management Services, Inc.
the duo continued to break ground with new technology. Conni
and Philip created the website, Coopersville.com at a point in
time when few local businesses wanted to invest in a web presence
for the Coopersville Chamber of Commerce. This is now one of
the premier sites for small chambers of commerce! Conni and Philip
expanded their clientele to include the Coopersville Chamber,
Steelcase, Herman Miller, David C Bos Homes, West Michigan Taxidermy,
Allendale Telephone, Community Care Centers, Northern Physical
Therapy Service, Volgelzang International, and others.
- Philip
and Conni dissolved the corporation in Dec. of 2005 after which
Philip retained the company name and re-organized as a Limited
Liability Corporation. Philip and Conni continue to partner on
joint projects and continue to rely on an extensive pool of free-lance
artists, photographers, programmers and graphic designers. This
business philosophy allows the business to keep overhead to a
minimum, control costs and provide an exceptional product that
produces results for our clients.
As a business
owner we realize how hard large and small corporations work for
their money. That's why we say,
A marketing
company with a difference . . . we hate to spend your money!
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