Introducing Tom Zoss and the services he offered

You could say my consulting "products" were mostly ideas, packaged in optimism, and accompanied by careful planning and guidance on how to implement them. In sum, I offered distant vision - an outsider's objective viewpoint, coupled with years of experience and eclectic training. Bringing the right skilled consultant into your organization can fundamentally affect your prospects for future success.

My typical approach was to meet with prospective clients and discuss their situation (at no charge), and then prepare a proposal in one of the following areas:

Marketing and Communications Projects

This usually involves PROFIT MAXIMIZATION. If you are taking in a lot of money but end the month without any left you need my intervention services. Another area is PROMOTION AND MARKETING (including adding good web sites to your mix). I can help to implement a branding program for your enterprise so all of your marketing communications materials help create a coordinated and professional impression. Many clients have let me show them how to make more effective use of NEWSLETTERS. Many of my longest client relationships began with small newsletter projects and grew to cover many other areas. I have samples and references ranging from modest local projects to major international corporate campaigns. My experience includes for-profit and non-profit and higher education clients.

Problem-Solving

Sometimes things in life just don't go as planned. Perhaps you're losing business, or have poor profits, or need to expand quickly without ruining things. Maybe you're a non-profit organization and need to raise money to better perform your mission. When faced with problems like this the answer is to engage an experienced problem-solver. I can generate an action plan, help gather your resources, and push for a solution to the problem. I can help you get back on track.

Strategic Planning

Perhaps you've been too busy but you know a long range strategic plan is important to success. The planning process goes best with a skilled guide who can help your organization participate in the process and "buy in" to the resulting plan. A good strategic plan is the result of a process that needs to be professionally managed. I can get you from here to there. Quickly. Within a pre-determined budget.

Negotiations

"Do It Yourself" may work with home improvement projects, but negotiations often go better when your side is represented by a skilled representative.

My Background

I began working as a consultant early in 1984. I really enjoyed the work because of the variety it offered, and because of the opportunity to bring fresh ideas from one situation that can help a different one.

My package of skills and experience is unusually diverse and I'm proud to say that many companies and non-profits have asked me to help solve problems, increase profits or donations, or leverage their successful organizations to new levels of achievement. After college I worked in corporate management, then in law practice. From about 1984 until 1998 I operated Zoss Communications, Inc., in South Bend, Indiana, working as a full-time consultant while still teaching law, marketing, and public relations part-time.

I took full time employment in higher education in 1998 as a visiting professor in mass communications, then moved on to head marketing and communications for a nationally-known college before turning to fund raising. Now living in Bloomington, Indiana, most of my present consulting work involves marketing, communications, and strategic planning. My experience in fund raising is also in demand and I can also help non-profits prepare and execute capital campaigns. Click here for a short resume.

At this site you can see the names of some clients I have served, and other information about consulting and the way I do business. It's usually best to start with a confidential talk and interview. If there are ways I might be able to help, I'll submit a written proposal and quotation - all at no charge. Thanks for visiting.

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Thomas Zoss
Zoss Communications, Inc.
3431 S. Weeping Willow Way, Bloomington, Indiana 47403 USA
Telephone 812-332-2334, E-mail to Tom Zoss