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Wordsmith with Midas Touch (ID: 1060863)
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Marketing & Communications
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Summary
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| Member Since: |
August 08, 2008 | 0 quotes in last 30 days
| Last Signed in: December 03, 2008
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Bloomington, Indiana | United States |
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I'm a Guru newbie but a writing veteran with 25 years of experience as a writer for thousands of projects. Clients include:
*Good Housekeeping magazine
*Advertising Age
*Black and Decker
*Redbook magazine
*iVillage.com
*match.com
*msn.com
*aol.com
*Indiana University
*Corning Glass
My writing has appeared in an equally wide range of formats including:
*Magazine features
*Newsletters and e-newsletters
*Web content
*Press releases
*Pitch letters
*Higher Education publications including from alumni magazines to web content to development pieces.
*Nonprofit donor materials: letters, brochures, websites, donor solicitation and donor acknowledgments
I believe that a smart writer can write expertly about almost anything and, in fact, I have:
*Sex, love, relationships (I write for match.com)
*White collar crime
*GLBT issues
*Health and Medicine (I've won awards for my coverage of breast cancer, multiple sclerosis, and AIDS for McCall's and Redbook and was a columnist on sexual health for Seventeen for five years)
*Animal Welfare (Animal Sheltering Magazine, Humane Association of the US)
*Crisis Management
*Housewares and specialty food
*Bodywork
*Nonprofit management
*Fiction (four books published by Warner Books)
*Environmental issues (for www.spea.indiana.edu)
A good writer should be good enough to train other writers and I have:
*Taught in the School of Journalism at Indiana University
*Served as a consultant to fundraising writers at Indiana University Foundation
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Skills
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| Years of Experience: |
25 year(s) |
| Highest degree: |
Bachelor's Degree |
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Know your audience, determine your goals, write strategically. These are the guiding principals of everything I do, whether it's a communications plan or a magazine.
I have been told I have the Midas touch and when I reflect on all my projects I guess I'd have to agree: Everything I've conceived has turned to gold for my clients, my community, and yes, even for me. Hire me and you will be in capable hands, I guarantee it.
I'm a successful freelance writer with a relentless creative and entrepreneurial drive who believes that a smart and strategic writer can write almost anything, and believe me, I have, from trifold brochures to books. My writing is sharp, strategic, and designed to inform, persuade and sometimes even delight.
If I take on your project I will deliver results that meet your needs. I look forward to working for you. |
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Each job is unique. I have no hourly fee, preferring instead to suggest a flat fee. I find it most efficient to work by email and, when necessary, phone. I am flexible and accomodating and an excellent listener.
My goal is to create exactly what you need to accomplish your purpose, whether you're looking for a job or delivering a compelling speech. I prefer short-term projects that can be turned around quickly.
I am experienced in every kind of writing from features to fiction. Almost everything I write is strategic in nature, designed to produce a specific outcome.
My key requirement of clients is that we take the time to talk about the project so I completely understand your goals, your style, and your target audience. Because I'm new to Guru and competing with dozens of Guru veterans, I am eager to establish myself here and will negotiate fee, timetable --even write on spec-- to get my name into the Gurusphere. Thanks for considering me. I guarantee that you will be in talented and capable hands.
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