“I have been blessed with the opportunity to work with Tom Comes (TC) in three different “lifetimes”–I was his client, then I hired him and became his boss, and then he hired me and became my boss. So I have come to know TC very well. In fact I know him so well, I can summarize his strengths with three words; trust, heart and ability. I have never worked with anyone else who I could trust more than TC. I could trust him to give his best to everything he did. I could trust him to be wonderfully loyal and refreshingly honest. I have never worked with anyone else who brought more true heart and unselfish care to the projects he worked on and the people he worked with. I have never worked with anyone else who had more ability, drive and determination to get “stuff” done and done right. So if any of this interests you, and you have a marketing or communications need, I highly recommend TC to you.”
“I’ve worked with Tom Comes on a variety of different projects, and I always appreciate his flexibility and open mindedness to everyone’s ideas. Whether we are discussing a quick social media post or creating a new website together, he always knows how to streamline the process and make sure our vision comes to life. Tom is very organized, efficient, creative and overall just an awesome person to get to know and work with. I’d recommend C Marketing to anyone looking to talk to a real person in the world of marketing.”
“The opportunity to work with a guy like Tom doesn’t come often. I had that opportunity and jumped on it when I began working for him at Borgess in 2010. Tom is a natural born leader who knows how to grow and nurture the strengths of those around him. His unwavering dedication to doing what’s right for the organization while balancing the needs of all those involved is inspiring. Not to mention he consistently delivered results that exceeded the expectations of our stakeholders.
In summary, Tom is a motivated leader and “architect” with the unique ability to develop and grow highly engaged teams around him that consistently deliver the highest quality results.”
“Some people have the ability to quickly identify a problem. Others, have the skills to craft effective strategies and tactics to solve the problem. And then there are those who implement the strategy and tactics to bring the problem to a close. Finding all three of those competencies in one individual is rare indeed. Tom Comes brings all these qualities together and in practice adds another quality that is even more rare. Leadership.
I’ve worked with Tom in a couple of capacities. First, as a member of a creative team assigned to his accounts. Second, as a service provider for a large health care facility. In both environments I saw Tom take the lead in identifying problems, building a team focused on creating strategies and tactics to solve the problems and seize opportunities that arise in the process. Further, Tom follows the efforts to completion and analysis, again bringing together a team to implement the strategies and tactics in the most cost effective ways possible.
Tom’s natural ability to see and utilize the talents in others creates an environment where everyone in the process is heard and contributes. The result is better solutions, faster fixes and realistic budgets. A by-product of this process is an atmosphere of trust, loyalty and a mutual desire to succeed efficiently on behalf of the organization. The teams that work with Tom experience very little turnover, and that means teams that work seamlessly and effectively.
I have only worked with one other individual who shares these qualities, and he was the CEO of a Fortune 200 company for over 12 years. Tom has the absolute highest recommendation I can possibly give, because I know, without fail, the person who taps Tom has chosen a person with the highest integrity, outstanding problem solving abilities, exceptional leadership skills and unflagging commitment to success. In short, Tom wins, and everyone on the team shares in the win together, especially the client.”
“I’ve had the privilege of working with and knowing Tom for about 15 years, and by some miracle, neither of us looks a minute over 29 today. Kidding aside, when you love what you do, you stay young at heart, and Tom has been a big part of why I’ve been blessed with finding and nurturing what I love to do.
One of Tom’s biggest strengths is recognizing the value of inspiring, empowering and cultivating the strengths of others. The culmination of this strength has been the development of teams that through his guidance, drive and strategic vision have executed countless marketing solutions, on time and on budget. Along with a keen ability to pool talent and resources, Tom also possesses a deep understanding of all marketing and communications disciplines, and has collaborated with a broad range of clients to deliver exceptional results. He is a strategic thinker, a tactical taskmaster, a big-picture believer and a down-to-earth idea guy. Above all, he is fiercely loyal to partnering with and serving those who seek to do things right.”
“Tom was the primary reason I chose to work at Borgess and uproot myself from the east coast to Michigan. He is an exceptional leader, with the ability to to cultivate successful marketers working under him without micromanaging. Tom also possesses a wealth of marketing knowledge, which he is always putting to task to ensure successful campaigns. I firmly believe that Tom is not only an asset to organizations and his clients, but also to those who support him.”
“At the recommendation of a former colleague I reached out to Tom at C Marketing to consider partnering on a marketing communications project that had come my way. Having heard Tom’s name through the years, and even working at the same agency but during different years, we hadn’t officially ever met. It became clear during our first introduction meeting that we would work well together having a similar approach to client business. Now, months later, we are still working together, and our skill sets balance each other well in delivering strategic marketing solutions to our clients. Tom is the real deal, a true marketing professional always keeping the client’s best interest at the forefront.”