Each principal at QCS has deep experience across a wide variety of magazines and media. Steeped in the world of circulation and audience development, our seasoned team has done the work we are asked to review as consultants. Our unique breadth of knowledge and experience, from controlled to paid, magazines to newsletters to websites and much more, qualifies QCS to step into any media environment and add immediate value to your circulation and audience development operations.
Carole Ireland, President
Carole Ireland’s career in magazine publishing spans 40 years. Carole launched Quality Circulation Services in 1989. Prior to QCS, Carole served in upper circulation management positions in three major publishing companies: Morgan-Grampian, BPI Communications and Lebhar-Friedman. Over the years, Carole has been a frequent speaker at industry events and has written a number of articles for industry publications.
Winner of the FMA Manager of the Year Award 2004 and the FMA-Fulfillment Hall of Fame Award 2014
E-mail Carole at: carole@qcs1989.com
Jo Ann Binz, Consultant
Jo Ann’s background includes 25+ years’ experience in audience development, circulation operations, database marketing, and fulfillment operations. She has held management level positions in both large and small publishing companies including Dow Jones & Company, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., The Deal (ALM), Chemical Week Associates and Thomson Financial Media before joining Quality Circulation Services in 2003. As a consultant Jo Ann acts as the Circulation Director, Fulfillment Director, Customer Service Director and Marketing Director on behalf of her B2B and consumer publishing clients providing them with high-level circulation management as an outsource solution.
Winner of the 2014 Angelo Venezian Circulation Excellence Award
E-mail Jo Ann at: joann@qcs1989.com
Maranne Kerr Green, Consultant
Marianne Kerr Green has 30+ years of experience in sales, marketing, operations, date base management and customer management with major publishers and information providers including Wolters Kluwer, Oakstone Publishing, Medical Economics, MetroCorp, Thompson Financial, Fairchild and Time Inc.
Specialties: Proven Revenue Producer specializing in strategic account management, direct response and multimedia sales driven businesses. Online/Interactive Marketing and Branding, Sales and Business Development, Audience Development, Business Analytics & Workflow Engineering, Fulfillment Operations, sales and marketing operations, database management.
Email Marianne at: Marianne@qcs1989.com
Julie Ball, Consultant
Julie has over two decades of magazine publishing experience working at EnsembleQ, Gardner Business Media, and Breaking Media. Julie skills include building and managing high-performance marketing campaigns increase renewals and bring in new subscribers. Julie has innovative ways to connect with audiences to achieve measurable growth; she is a creative audience development strategist who believes in the power of data to drive results. Julie is a master at multi-platform marketing as well as all traditional channels.
Email Julie at: Julie@qcs1989.com