Your marketing peers will tell you that I’m the type of copywriter you’ve been looking for:  Creative, on-target, and accepting of the fact that your new project is due yesterday.

I’m also a marketing consultant, specializing in word-of-mouth and buzz marketing.  Below you’ll find articles on trends and innovations in this exciting field.

If you’d like to discuss a potential project, need some rates, or just want a good recipe for jambalaya, let’s make contact.

gmwrites helps launch new blogsite for The Vision Therapy Center

December 9th, 2009

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Check out the new blogsite I just helped The Vision Therapy Center launch.  Created in WordPress, it gives us nice content management capabilities.  Design and programming was handled by Iota Interactive, and the photography was by Tara Kuhlow Photography

Note also the post for the upcoming visit by Dr. Sue “Stereo Sue” Barry.  We’re using her visit as a buzz generating event among teachers, parents and students.

Best and worst social media of 2009

October 26th, 2009

Social media

As I’m prepping for an upcoming presentation on buzz marketing, my daily email from the Word of Mouth Marketing Association comes across the wire.  Fortuitously, it includes a link to an article  on the best and worst social media campaigns of the year. 

While I think it may be a little early to start posting the best and worst of the year – it’s the equivalent to Christmas décor showing up in the department stores before Halloween – this is definitely a good read. Read the rest of this entry »

Freelance Copywriter to Deliver Speech to Nation’s Schoolchildren

September 15th, 2009

1205739_america_1 (Small)I’m sorry, but President Barack Obama has ripped me off.

This sad news came to light this past week, as I was preparing the deliver the first-ever address to the nation’s schoolchildren by a freelance copywriter and buzz marketing consultant. 

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Seven reasons for converting your website to a Blogsite

July 28th, 2009

472760_85196922 (Small) (Small)For years, something has been missing from my website.  I’ve received plenty of compliments from it.  Along with the dazzling writing (naturally), there’s a funky little typewriter animation at the top, pretty clear-cut navigation, and a nice overall look.  My problem with my website is the same problem most businesses experience:  Once I put it up, it just sat there, like an abandoned brochure on the shelf.   Read the rest of this entry »