• Communications project management: Books (fiction and nonfiction), websites (Wordpress), optimized content for multi-platform use (social media, website, books, special reports).• Clients includeIgnite Partnership LLC: I am the Quality Assurance/Quality Control department. I maintain style guidelines for the entire agency, broken out by clients, and I proofread and edit all material before it goes out the door to clients or an external audience.Lucky Bat Books: Project… Show more • Communications project management: Books (fiction and nonfiction), websites (Wordpress), optimized content for multi-platform use (social media, website, books, special reports).• Clients includeIgnite Partnership LLC: I am the Quality Assurance/Quality Control department. I maintain style guidelines for the entire agency, broken out by clients, and I proofread and edit all material before it goes out the door to clients or an external audience.Lucky Bat Books: Project management of authors’ intellectual property (primarily novels) through editing, ebook programming, and coordination with cover artists and interior book layout designers; also provide launch, marketing, and business consultation.Jacobs Engineering Inc.: Project management of website content and annual reports.Comerica Bank: Internal communications for a confidential acquisition that successfully retained the desired incoming talent.• Author: See published books at http://www.hotwaterpress.com/Editorial: Research, conceive, and write first drafts; work with editors to final draft.Production: Hire and oversee cover artists; lay out paper books; create epub files for ebooks; post all metadata and content to retail sites.Marketing: Imagine and execute promotions and advertisements for books, from book lists (such as BookBub) and paid advertising (primarily Facebook), as well as social media content for Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Google+. Show less

Hot Water Press is an independent publishing company owned and operated by Jeff Posey. I publish novels and short stories centered in and around the Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States, particularly those influenced by the ancient cultures that flourished in the area before the arrival of European influence. See more here: http://www.hotwaterpress.com/books-by-jeff-posey/

The world of book publishing is changing more than since the early days of Gutenberg. Economics of the book business are moving from the few to the many, from monolithic publishers to small and independent publishers--and most importantly, to buyers (readers). The ability of readers to discover books has never been greater. Through trial-and-error, endless practice, and relentless study, I've become an expert on every step within the book publishing business, from the creative… Show more The world of book publishing is changing more than since the early days of Gutenberg. Economics of the book business are moving from the few to the many, from monolithic publishers to small and independent publishers--and most importantly, to buyers (readers). The ability of readers to discover books has never been greater. Through trial-and-error, endless practice, and relentless study, I've become an expert on every step within the book publishing business, from the creative through the mechanical. Lucky Bat Books has a large stable of experienced book professionals who work strictly on fee-basis (never a share of your royalty earnings), including editing at all levels, cover design, interior design, print on demand, ebook design and programming (which is becoming both more powerful and more fragmented), placement with book retailers, and marketing. Show less

I teach continuing education classes such as "Creative Writing Beginner's Fiction," "Journaling and Memoir Writing," "Creative Writing Beginner's NonFiction," and "Kids and Teens University – Writing Workshop (Grades 4 – 6)."

The DFW Writers' Conference is one of the fastest-growing conference for book authors in the nation. We've grown from fewer than 100 attendees a couple of years ago to more than 400 attendees at the 2011 conference, in February 26-27. We've grown into a new location, at the American Airlines Training & Conference Center, which is ideal for a gathering of writers. And we're bringing in as many as 20 literary agents and acquisition editors, plus speakers (New York Times best-selling author Sandra… Show more The DFW Writers' Conference is one of the fastest-growing conference for book authors in the nation. We've grown from fewer than 100 attendees a couple of years ago to more than 400 attendees at the 2011 conference, in February 26-27. We've grown into a new location, at the American Airlines Training & Conference Center, which is ideal for a gathering of writers. And we're bringing in as many as 20 literary agents and acquisition editors, plus speakers (New York Times best-selling author Sandra Brown is our keynote) and teachers.• Top executive of the 2011 DFW Writers’ Conference, February 26-27.• Oversee teams handling facilities, marketing and sales, speaker and literary agent acquisition, sponsors and vendors, etc.• Administer and maintain budget, and negotiate and execute contracts on behalf of conference.• Manage relations with elected DFW Writers’ Workshop board.• Plan for extreme growth, resulting in 100% increase in paid attendees from 2010 to 2011. Show less

I oversee operations for the social marketing company FunCitySocialMedia. What does that mean? Managing process and employees who handle Twitter feeds for clients that make sense in terms of content, frequency of activity, targeted audience, follow/unfollow strategies, integration with all social media activity. We also build and manage Facebook Fan Pages, Twitter backgrounds, iPhone apps, Virtual Billboards (aka Landing Pages), Foursquare & Gowalla promotions, YouTube channels, etc. This is a… Show more I oversee operations for the social marketing company FunCitySocialMedia. What does that mean? Managing process and employees who handle Twitter feeds for clients that make sense in terms of content, frequency of activity, targeted audience, follow/unfollow strategies, integration with all social media activity. We also build and manage Facebook Fan Pages, Twitter backgrounds, iPhone apps, Virtual Billboards (aka Landing Pages), Foursquare & Gowalla promotions, YouTube channels, etc. This is a fast-changing marketing play, and we'll do whatever it takes to bring customers to our clients.• Manage marketing, finances, contracts, work-flow process, and employees.• Create and launch social media marketing plans for clients, then teach them to maintain.• Help build social media platforms for clients: Facebook Pages, Twitter accounts, iPhone apps, Virtual Billboards (Landing Pages), YouTube channels, Wordpress websites, etc. Show less

• Act as Chief of Staff to President & Founder of Javelin Marketing Group, Greg Banks. • Enhance President’s officer-level relationships at prospective-client Fortune 100 companies. • Develop and managed thought-leadership material: presentations, articles, workshops, etc. • Listen to all conversations for: questions, actionable promises, brilliant quotes. • Continuously improve company’s story to be most compelling to our target audience.

Here's what I get to do: interview senior leaders and ghostwrite bylined articles for trade press publication; write case stories about what Javelin has done for clients; put together persuasive presentations for prospective clients. That's fun. (Well, most of the time.)• Manage “inside sales” responses to opportunities.• Direct PR agency: more than tripled press coverage during tenure.• 25% of time assigned to CEO to define and communicate core company… Show more Here's what I get to do: interview senior leaders and ghostwrite bylined articles for trade press publication; write case stories about what Javelin has done for clients; put together persuasive presentations for prospective clients. That's fun. (Well, most of the time.)• Manage “inside sales” responses to opportunities.• Direct PR agency: more than tripled press coverage during tenure.• 25% of time assigned to CEO to define and communicate core company messages.• Regularly interview top 20 executives to refine key company sales messages. • Develop 46 bylined articles submitted to trade press, all published. Show less

I'm the corporate storyteller for the company. I manage news on the company intranet, which means I'm constantly searching for and writing about stories that exemplify company strategy and direction. I also help with all other forms of internal communication and with getting the words right in marketing messages.• Direct the company’s “corporate storytelling” department of three employees. We delivered more than 250 brand-strengthening stories to employees and the media in… Show more I'm the corporate storyteller for the company. I manage news on the company intranet, which means I'm constantly searching for and writing about stories that exemplify company strategy and direction. I also help with all other forms of internal communication and with getting the words right in marketing messages.• Direct the company’s “corporate storytelling” department of three employees. We delivered more than 250 brand-strengthening stories to employees and the media in 2007.• The most critical internal metric, employee turnover, improved 6% during my tenure. Human Resources estimated this reduction saved more than $2.3 million annually.• Editor-in-chief of the intranet, the company’s primary internal news outlet (employee readership increased from less than 20% to more than 80% during my tenure). • On behalf of the Jacobs Carter Burgess team for which I was project manager, I accepted a second-place award for an internal communications campaign from the Society of Marketing Professional Services on August 30, 2007. The campaign, known as the “ducks” program, encouraged employees to nominate their friends and former colleagues to the company’s employee referral program in a quest to recruit high-quality new hires. It was so successful, the number of employee referrals went up by more than 3,000 percent in one year. Show less

We help mid-size companies clarify their marketplace identites, make people aware of that identity, and motivate people to become customers. Marketing thus becomes a funnel into your sales operations.• Analyze, propose, manage, and execute complex marketing projects for clients.• Perform client account management; as many as 12 clients at any given time.• Develop relationships and leads that result in new and existing client business.

I was hired as the "editor of long documents." How strange is that? I soon decided that merely editing "long documents" wasn't doing the company much good, so I built a business case to start a for-profit book division and convinced management that it was a good idea. We did better than break-even within a year. I managed a virtual team (meaning they were not direct VHA employees, but freelancers or vendors) to write, publish, and sell about six new book titles per year. The book topics were… Show more I was hired as the "editor of long documents." How strange is that? I soon decided that merely editing "long documents" wasn't doing the company much good, so I built a business case to start a for-profit book division and convinced management that it was a good idea. We did better than break-even within a year. I managed a virtual team (meaning they were not direct VHA employees, but freelancers or vendors) to write, publish, and sell about six new book titles per year. The book topics were related to healthcare management.• Identify and develop 12 book topics annually on healthcare management.• Manage budgeting, sales, marketing, product concept, design, printing, and fulfillment.• Manage as many as 10 contract employees at a time; negotiated vendor contracts. Show less

I convinced the Editor to let me start up a fiction section, which I did to great enjoyment (a few readers even liked it!). I was also the primary assigning editor of the departments section, and I assigned about 120 articles per year and managed a string of more than 50 freelance writers.• Direct startup of fiction section; manage more than 50 nonfiction freelance writers.• Manage and edit more than 150 article assignments per year.

I began at the lowest rung of the magazine -- a fact checker. Within a couple years, I was the City Editor, meaning I attended all sorts of public meetings, wrote half a dozen short articles a month, and wrote longer articles for each issue on specialty topics, from arts to the environment.• Report and write six articles per month mostly on Dallas City Hall-related topics.

I was an oil and gas exploration geologist. I struggled the first couple of years and I don't think they liked me very much. But then I had an epiphany: I would stop doing what they told me to do and start doing what I thought I should do. That was my turnaround moment at this company. After I started spending time actually looking for oil and gas rather than running around like a rookie responding to the boss's every whim, they loved me. But after a while, I realized I wanted to be a reporter… Show more I was an oil and gas exploration geologist. I struggled the first couple of years and I don't think they liked me very much. But then I had an epiphany: I would stop doing what they told me to do and start doing what I thought I should do. That was my turnaround moment at this company. After I started spending time actually looking for oil and gas rather than running around like a rookie responding to the boss's every whim, they loved me. But after a while, I realized I wanted to be a reporter and writer, not an oil company desk jockey.• Generate, develop, and present prospects to drill for new deposits of oil and gas. Show less