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Print Sales Consultants
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Carey Kehler
Friesen America Agents | Eastern USA & YBDirect | careyk@friesens.com
Print Sales Consultant
Eastern USA & YBDirect
I’m Carey Kehler. I’ve been with Friesens since 1979 (I may have started working here before you were born).
If you are visiting this website as a customer, you already know that we have a lot to offer. If you are a prospect school simply looking for an alternative solution to your yearbook needs, I’d like to mention that we have a lot to offer.
Have you noticed that you never see a yearbook at a garage sale? That’s because a yearbook gets to be more and more important to us as we age. All those wonderful memories we had in school begin to fade over the years but a well made yearbook will last forever. Today’s yearbook will turn into tomorrow’s history book. I can’t tell you how often I’ve heard people say that they can’t remember what they paid for their yearbook when they were in school, but every one of them now wouldn’t sell it at any price.
Feel free to contact me directly if you’d like to know more about our company, our products and our service. If you’re looking for a quote to compare to your current price, drop me an email with your specifications or click here to request a quote online. I will get back to you with a price within 24 hours.
At Friesens we guarantee that our invoice will match the quote we give you.
Cheers.
Toll Free: 888.324.9725 (ext. 103)
Fax: 877.405.1190
Elana Sacino
Friesen America AgentsUSA @en-us | San Diego, CA Office | elanas@friesens.com
Print Sales Consultant
San Diego, CA Office
I have spent the last 5 years helping over 50 schools create award-winning yearbooks with the latest in design trends. I enjoy sharing my passion for photography with yearbook photographers.
As a yearbook advisor, you will have my full support to create the best book you want to create. Other areas that I can provide support include growing book sales in a declining economy, developing techniques to make deadlines without stress, teaching theme development, design and layout.
By joining forces with Friesen Yearbooks, I hope to inspire and equip you with all things yearbook.
If you are already a Friesens Customer, congratulations! You’ve made an excellent choice. If you are not experiencing the “Friesens Advantage” yet, what are you waiting for? You will be amazed what a difference Friesens can make for your yearbook.
Phone: 858.243.5662
Fax: 877.405.1190
Greg Samples
Friesen America Agents | Los Angeles, CA Office | gregs@friesens.com
Print Sales Consultant
Los Angeles, CA Office
It gives me great pleasure and satisfaction to serve as the Los Angeles Area Yearbook Consultant for Friesens.
Yearbooks are my life and have been for a long time. I have always been passionate about education and the impact it has on student lives. I truly believe every school deserves to have the best yearbook possible and I do everything within my power to make this happen. A yearbook is a custom product which documents a slice of educational life like no other method can do. This is why I want to help you and your students take advantage of this opportunity.
I have been a journalism instructor for over 25 years. I know schools, education and yearbook. I love to work with students and bring a special talent to my job. It has been my pleasure to work with students all over the country in specialized yearbook training for over 10 years. If you or your staff needs help on any aspects of production, I hope you will give me a call or drop me an email.
Friesens is the perfect printer for your school. Its commercial printing heritage flows over into yearbook production. Its books are beautiful, just like your yearbook should be. Their great customer service specialists, value pricing and caring employees make for an unsurpassed yearbook experience.
Phone: 818.438.1040
Fax: 877.405.1190
Jim O’keefe
| Concord, NH Office | jimo@friesens.com
Print Sales Consultant
Concord, NH Office
Jim offers over 20 years of experience working with high school and college yearbook staffs. He is an exceptional teacher with superior project management skills and has a documented record of success in guiding yearbook staffs to set high standards and achieve printing excellence.
Jim has helped staffs win prestigious PIA awards and has been personally recognized by advisers for “Excellence in Customer Service”. When you team up with Jim you will meet deadlines, stay on budget and produce your best yearbook ever.
Contact Jim to set up an appointment.
Phone: 603.856.8224
Fax: 877.405.1190
Judy Babb
Friesen America Agents | Plano, TX Office | judyb@friesens.com
Print Sales Consultant
Plano, TX Office
I am pleased to represent Friesens in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
In the last 30 years, I have taught journalism, both at high schools and at SMU. I have had the fortune of winning many honors at the state and national level including the Texas Journalism Teacher of the Year and being named a ‘Texas Legend’ by UIL’s Journalism arm.
I have a long history of yearbook experience, advising more than 25 yearbook and newspaper staffs. Our yearbook teams have been Tops in Texas, CSPA Crowns and NSPA Pioneer. What this means to advisers is that they will have my full support to create the best book they want to create. Other areas I can provide support include growing book sales in a declining economy, developing techniques to make deadlines without stress, teaching story-telling techniques, design and photography.
By joining forces with Friesen Yearbooks, I can bring a tangible difference to you and your yearbook program. Friesen’s quality is world famous.
I’d love the opportunity to introduce myself to you.
Phone: 469.223.8318
Fax: 877.405.1190
Linda Casson
Friesen America Agents | Southern Manitoba | lindac@friesens.com
Print Sales Consultant
Southern Manitoba, North Dakota, Northern Minnesota
My name is Linda and I am excited to be part of the Friesens team as the Print Sales Consultant for Winnipeg, Southern Manitoba & North Dakota!
Yearbooks are one of the best ways to put your school memories together, and helping to create them is what Friesens does best! I love going to schools and helping the teachers and students create these memories with some hands on experience using our easy on-line programs, sharing ideas and designs! We also have great customer service specialists who are just a phone call away and we have lots of marketing tools all to help make your yearbook experience the best it can be from start to finish!
I have many years experience in sales, marketing and hospitality which all involves working with people which I love to do! My passion is to help, educate and listen to what you need and want so I can make your experience with Friesens a positive one! I am here to inspire your group and help your students show off their talent and creativity through yearbooks, agendas or even your schools own Literary Magazine!
We want to help you make every year one to remember, I look forward to helping you get started on your memories today!
Phone: 204.806.3308
Fax: 877.405.1190
Paul Friesen
Friesen America Agents | Western USA & YBDirect | paulf@friesens.com
Print Sales Consultant
Western USA & YBDirect
Hello,
I am the yearbook consultant working with our YBDirect customers and I would be happy to discuss your yearbook needs. I have been with Friesens for over eight years and I have helped many schools produce a wonderful yearbook on time and on budget.
Friesens is all about trust, flexibility, and relationships. I’m sure we have a program and a price to meet your needs! Friesens can also boast a 99.7% on-time delivery rate! Our commercial printing heritage gives us an edge with binding and colour reproductions. Many of our operators have been with Friesens for 10-20 years and have the experience needed to manufacture beautiful books. Friesens is 100% employee owned so you can be sure each person that touches your yearbook puts 110% into it!
I look forward to building a long-lasting publishing relationship with you!
Cheers,
Paul Friesen
Toll Free: 1.888.324.9725 (ext. 286)
Fax: 877.405.1190
Ryan Shimala
Friesen America Agents | Portland, ME Office | ryansh@friesens.com
Print Sales Consultant
Portland, ME Office
Ryan Thomas Shimala brings to Friesen Yearbooks 18 years of experience in the fields of yearbook publishing, marketing, advertising, film and television production, and photography. Ryan previously worked for clients and employers including Jostens, Disney, Starbucks, Home and Garden Television, Citibank, Bank of America and GAP. Ryan believes that putting together a yearbook is a school’s best way to teach their students creative collaboration as well as marketing and budgeting for business, and technical use of computer software. Ryan teaches each and every student and school official the importance of understanding what the yearbook book is – one of the most inspiring, rewarding and challenging undertakings they will ever be involved with.
Phone: 207.650.1061
Fax: 877.405.1190
Sandra Russell
USA @en-us | New Jersey Office | sandrar@friesens.com
Print Sales Consultant
New Jersey Office
Hello,
I am the yearbook consultant for New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania for Friesen Yearbooks.
With over 25 years experience working with yearbooks I bring a breadth and depth to my position that enables me to help my clients in a variety of ways. I have been on both sides of the proverbial desk, first as an English and journalism teacher with responsibilities for advising both the newspaper and yearbook. After moving to the other side of the desk, I have been involved in the yearbook industry both in the US and internationally. This unique perspective from both positions allows me to advise new advisors about the project management skills necessary and to help experienced advisors achieve the goals they have set for the project, create new and fresh ideas, or help problem solve issues when asked. My teaching skills and knowledge of yearbooks gives me the background to provide instruction and workshops in the classroom, in small groups, or in workshops.
My goal as your consultant from Friesens is to provide you the kind of support that you want when and where you want it. Each school is different, each situation is unique, and one service model does not fit all.
It is my pleasure to be working with Friesens, a company that has both feet firmly placed in the 21st century but with a solid dedication to the past. Driven from its inception by taking care of its customers, its goal is simply to produce the highest quality yearbook at a reasonable price…and it delivers.
If you are in New Jersey or eastern PA, please call me at the number below or e-mail at the address below.
Sandy Russell
Phone: 609.937.5093
Tom Vranich
Friesen America Agents | Elk Rapids, MI Office | tomv@friesens.com
Print Sales Consultant
Elk Rapids, MI Office
I am excited to represent Friesens covering the state of Michigan from my office in Elk Rapids, near Traverse City.
As a former yearbook representative, book producer and newspaper editor I bring experience. Working as a photographer for his high school and college publications, I continued my career in journalism as a writer-photographer before becoming a yearbook representative and working with over 60 schools. I then formed a book production company to assist authors and organizations successfully publish, helping to produce many local and regional history titles.Most recently, I accepted the opportunity to become editor of a new weekly newspaper, the Elk Rapids News.
Having been around printing and electronic publishing for many years, working as a book consultant is the ideal opportunity. Not only for me, but for all of the schools and organizations that will benefit from a highly regarded, technically advanced and service oriented book manufacturer. Friesens focus on support is outstanding. I look forward to sharing the “Friesens Advantage” with schools.
I enjoy photography, reading, rock collecting and outdoor adventures in northern Michigan with my wife Ardie. My daughter Rose recently graduated from UCLA and is pursuing a career in the fashion/health business.
I look forward to helping schools create beautiful books for many years ahead.
Phone: 231.342.9571 Fax: 877.405.1190