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We Heart: Our People
Passionate about what we do, our work is a labor of love. Each team member brings a wealth of different experiences to our customers, which has made us successful in producing top notch promotional products in-house. Not only is our team handy, we think we're pretty creative. Not watercolor-art-major-creative, but real-life-solutions-creative. Give us a marketing problem and we'll be honored to help you solve it.
We know how to laugh at ourselves, but we're serious about making our customers happy.
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Nancy Carothers, Owner
Favorite Color: Green
What has been your favorite customer project so far? My favorite thing I have made for a customer was very unique -- we took a newspaper article and engraved it onto a beautiful wooden plaque and then hand mounted different types of wood shapes into the plaque to add dimension. A copy of the finished product his hanging in our show room!
One celebrity you would like to meet: Oprah Winfrey
Number of years in the industry: Five years with this company, but I've had a wide range of experience owning other companies -- selling everything from gift baskets to tuxedos!
Advice that you live by: Be thankful -- when you don't know something it gives you an opportunity to learn.
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Jennifer Fields, Operations Manager
If you could meet one celebrity, who would it be? Richard Gear!
Favorite things: I love cooking and going to gospel concerts.
Number of years in the industry: I have over 14 years of embroidery experience sewing corporate logos.
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Elva Jean Kellogg, Part-time Assistant
What has been your favorite customer project so far? I made a huge colorful patch for the back of a customer's black vest.
If you were granted one wish: I'd like to go bear hunting in Alaska with Todd and Sarah Palin on their snowmobile.
Number of years experience in a certain trade/field? I worked as a church financial secretary for several years and before that in alterations for J.C. Penney. My husband and I traveled for 10 years participating in mission projects in Africa, Indiana, Israel, England, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Puerto Rica, Belize and U.S. areas.
Advice you live by: Yesterday is like a canceled check, tomorrow like a promissory note so be glad for today; do what you can, where you are, with what you have.
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Blake Trobaugh, Sales Manager
Name someone that you admire: Steve Jobs because he revolutionized the industry.
Why do you like working for EYB: I knew the corporate world wasn't for me because my family has always owned small-businesses. I enjoy being able to make an impact on a small team.
Number of years in the industry: I'm new to the industry. I started with EYB in March of 2012.
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Jess Powell, Director, Sales & Marketing
Favorite past-time: Snow skiing, playing guitar and bargain shopping
Special talent: I'm a part-time wedding singer
Fun fact: Nancy Carothers is my mother
Number of years in the industry: I've been with EYB for 5 years. I was on the client side of the table for over five years, when I worked in Chicago as a marketing manager.
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