Symbol Specialist
ly found polo shirts for Revlon. "Any
amie Cygielman, marketing
kind of wearable is among the most
Franci Singer 1 31 vice
president for Revlon
popular logo items now
Cosmetics, was planning a
Singer sells more than $500,000
sales meeting away from cor-
has made porate headquarters
worth of promotional articles each
in New York. On
year and counts Moody's Investors
her to-do list was finding gifts for the
Services, Rolling Stone magazine and
a big business 100 participants and getting the
New York's Albert Einstein
Revlon logo imprinted on each
College of Medicine among her
os
are
Log-
out of giveaway.
clients.
in,
and
As other priorities claimed
Besides having access to cata-
Fr anci
Cygielman's time, she was at the
Sing. er has logues and computer informa-
10-day mark before she started
a cottage looking
400, 000 to tion, she does research and
for the personalized
ch oose
makes business contacts
items.
om.
through trade shows, show-
ft
industry. She knew the short time
rooms and company reps.
SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to The Jewish News
7/17
1998
118
would not be a problem. She
simply delegated the shopping to
Franci Singer, whose business last year
moved with her family from New
York to a West Bloomfield home.
"I represent more than 400,000
logo items," said Singer, who ultimate-
Cups, calendars, clocks, computer
accessories and calculators are among
the customized gifts Singer offers.
Because of the personal attention
given to each order, she calls her firm
Getting Personal.
"Since I work from home and since
I'm a one-woman show, clients know
they can reach me 24 hours a day,.
seven days a week," said Singer, 32,
who expedites operations by having
merchandise delivered directly to the
people ordering it.
David Heller, principal of the NRP
Group, a general contractor and real
estate developer building 500 units a
year in Ohio, has bought coffee mugs,
shirts and glass candy jars from Singer
over the past two years. The referral
came through his wife, whose employ-
er deferred to Singer's expertise.
"I really like the personal service
and the follow-up to make sure we're
100-percent satisfied," Heller said.
Singer, who was a liaison for the
Conference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations in
New York, started working out of her
home six years ago when she started
thinking about family issues.
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