Professional/Personal Overview
As a writer specializing in b2b, I'm your marketing resource, whether you need a more user-friendly website, regular blog posts, a white paper, or a press release to announce a new product.
Work Info
Expertise
Copy Editor
22 Years
Editor
22 Years
Writer
25 Years
Specialty
Entrepreneurship
3 Years
Travel
22 Years
Business (general)
22 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
25 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Nielsen Business Media (11+), CFO Studio Magazine (3-5), Madden Media (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Newtek Business Services (11+), Beta Technologies (1-2), TheCashflow.com (1-2)
Other Work History
Contributing Editor
Computer Skills
Word, Quark, WordPress
Equipment
Laptop computer, digital camera, audio recorder
Awards
Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award 2000, Folio: Editorial Excellence Awards in the travel category 2001 (Gold) and 2000 (Silver)
Associations
Connecticut Press Club, AvantGuild
Other
A graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A. Literature) and the Stanford Professional Publishing Course, I have an excellent grounding in all aspects of writing, editing, and producing magazines. I quit my editor-in-chief job in 2001 to write my novel (now finally complete) and have freelanced since then.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(Beta Technologies Inc. , 6/1/2009)
Wrote press releases for three different constituencies; compiled the distribution lists and handled the distribution via email.
Management
(The Small Business Authority , 9/24/2010)
Blog item for a website being introduced for small business owners in January 2011.
(Advantages/Advertising Specialty Institute , 6/1/2009)
For this magazine's sales readership, my feature focuses on the five generations in the workforce and what they can learn from one another.
(Incentive magazine , 11/6/2008)
Online content. Complements the cover story, Pop, Fizz! that appeared both in print and online
(Incentive magazine , 11/6/2008)
Cover story on comprehensive recognition programs at two Pepsi bottling companies
(Incentive magazine , 2/2/2008)
Feature article on how three companies, including Ritz-Carlton, use empowerment in their quest to retain employees
(Sales & Marketing Management , 11/27/2007)
A front-of-book service piece on how to be a trade show spy
(Sales & Marketing Management , 10/1/2007)
Wine-tasting challenges are among the softer ways to motivate a team: a front-of-book service piece
Travel & Meetings
(Successful Meetings , 10/5/2007)
Feature on luxury resorts with skads of recreational options
(Successful Meetings , 2/14/2007)
Feature on chocolate tasting parties, chocolate sculpting, and chocolate challenges.
(Incentive magazine , 2/8/2007)
Travel feature on gastronomic adventures in Provence, written for planners of incentive travel
(Smart Money , 2/1/2004)
Service piece on saving money by taking mid-winter breaks
Advertorial
(Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau/VNU Travel Network , 4/15/2005)
A 16-page supplement that ran in four b2b publications in the VNU Travel Network, written for a single sponsor, the Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau
(Stamford Historical Society , 11/1/2003)
As a pro bono, I wrote a new brochure for the Stamford Historical Society
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
