Burgess Strategic Marketing Services helps socially responsible companies and nonprofits achieve their goals by injecting strategic thinking into their business planning, marketing communications and public relations campaigns. The firm brings a vital perspective to the planning process: the customer's point of view. Burgess Strategic Marketing Services focuses on both short-term business objectives and long-range organizational goals. The firms works especially well with visionary business leaders who embrace change, insist on excellence and have confidence that they can earn a fair profit while enhancing the general welfare of their communities. Burgess Editorial Services, a division of Burgess Strategic Marketing Services, provides writing, editing and creative team leadership in producing a wide range of promotional and educational materials in print and new media. Founded in 1986, the firm is owned by Sandra J. Burgess, EMBA, an award-winning professional communicator and marketing strategist. Before launching the firm, she worked as a health care marketing and public relations practitioner and as a journalist.