Pro Blog Service is a blogging and social media agency specializing in B2B content marketing campaigns. We help clients grow web traffic and sales, and win search rankings, through blogging, social media, and integrated marketing.• We helped one client with $200 million in sales increase their year-over-year sales by 6%. That worked out to $1 million improvement per month.• We helped another client triple her business three times in 4 years, and add a $1 million contract. She grew from 4 employees to 27 in that same time.• I have managed up to 7 freelance writers, handled business operations, and created production schedules for as many as 16 client accounts at once.• Handle client relations, digital project management, create creative briefs, and provide reporting and analysis of content campaigns.• We have had clients in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, with interest from other European countries.• I'm a professional speaker on social media, content marketing, writing, and personal branding.

Pro Blog Service is a blogging and social media agency. We help clients grow web traffic and sales, and win search rankings, through blogging and social media.• We helped one client with $200 million in sales increase their year-over-year sales by 6%. That worked out to $1 million improvement per month.• We helped another client triple her business three times in 4 years, and add a $1 million contract.• I managed up to 7 freelance writers and oversaw 16 client accounts at once.

Co-authored two books, published by Que Biz-Tech, an imprint of Pearson: "Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself," and "No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing." Branding Yourself is currently in its 3rd edition.I have also co-authored two other books on Twitter marketing and content marketing.

Travel writer and blogger. Wrote articles and blog posts about travel and tourism destinations around Indiana. Visited different locations to write about different aspects of my visit, including hotels, restaurants, tourist attractions, and the community. Focused mostly on "travel memoir" narrative, rather than traditional tour guide style.

VisionDirect is a direct mail service provider handling large-scale mailing projects.• I gained several new clients in the small business and non-profit sectors around Central Indiana, and improved customer engagement. I helped several of them create new direct mail fundraising campaigns.• I created our sales literature, managed our website, and created other marketing collateral as needed. I also oversaw our blogging and social media efforts as part of our lead generation campaign. We were one of the first companies in Indianapolis to join social media.• I specialized in B2B marketing, helping businesses target and reach other businesses around the country.

ISDH is responsible for all statewide public health initiatives and emergencies.• I served as media contact during emergencies and occasionally acted as department spokesman for interviews, appearing on TV, radio, newspaper and other media interviews. I handled all public relations and media relations during public health crises.• I placed stories in Indiana media, and had a .750 placement average in top 20 newspapers, TV and radio stations. I regularly wrote press releases that appeared word-for-word in different media outlets.• I often wrote speeches and talking points for the State Health Commissioner and other staff members. I was even asked to write the Department's "letter to the future" in our 50-year time capsule.• I led the initial crisis communication efforts on lead-contaminated toy recall that became a national recall with international news coverage in North America, Europe, and Asia.• I managed four to five public information officers who worked throughout the state and often traveled with them to provide guidance and creative problem solving for local public health emergencies.• I had to be a skilled multi-tasker to write speeches, press releases, talking points, as well as handle media relations and interview requests.

Taught classes in public speaking and interpersonal communication. Taught a total of four classes during this span of time.

GW Micro makes computer software, Window-Eyes, for people who are blind or visually impaired.• I improved the market share of new sales by 25% in one year through our marketing and brand management. We worked to improve the awareness of the Window-Eyes product name.• I helped to introduce a new, Korean-made Braille PDA, Braille Sense, to the U.S. market. • I devised and created one of the first ever Lease-to-Own programs for consumer software, which enabled disadvantaged and blind people to purchase the software and begin using it.• I persuaded the State of Kentucky to switch their entire Rehabilitation Services purchasing to Window-Eyes. This helped dozens of blind people find work in the state.• I managed our trade show and event planning efforts, exhibiting at roughly 15 trade shows per year in the U.S. and Europe, as well as new product launches and new versions of our software.• I managed the public relations for our software launches, doing early influencer marketing and integrated marketing campaigns.