Laurel A. Kashinn Email & Phone Number

Greater Milwaukee Area

I conduct one-to-one writing session appointments with jobseekers during which we create the client's résumé in one day, usually. The process is uniquely empowering. As co-writer, clients learn how to write professional résumés, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles. The collaborative writing lifts spirits; some say it's therapeutic. Includes: 🎯 Same-day résumé service🎯 Job-search best practices 🎯 Avoiding Job scams 🎯 Cover letters and LinkedIn profiles🎯 Organic interview prep🎯 Career developmentMore than 1,000 clients served; 99% who use the system land interviews within 5 applications. Benefits:🎯 EDUCATION: By observing and participating, you learn how to write your own résumé, cover letter, LinkedIn profile, and more.🎯 INTERVIEW PREP: The simple process organically prepares you for interviews.🎯 GOOD VIBES: Come away energized with confidence, clarity, and empowerment. And have FUN!🎯 COACHING: Discover how to create your most attractive mindset that sources jobs, lands interviews and offers. You'll learn a new way to set goals around your strengths, and how emotional intelligence is actually personal energy management.🎯 SATISFACTION GUARANTEEDInitial writing sessions happen on Thursdays, Saturdays, or Mondays, morning to midday, Central time. Learn how my service works by watching my short 7-minute video ⬇️. If this resonates with you, just schedule your free Strategy Session. I'll learn about your situation, give a quote, and send you my Résumé Organizer Checklist: all the things to gather together to write your résumé. When ready, book the writing session appointment. No pressure! Cost varies depending on situation, career level, and a la carte or package. I also offer a sliding scale for those who need it; I never want to turn away anyone in need. Schedule your free strategy session now! I look forward to working with you!

Cedarburg, Wi

I help subject matter experts create marketable literary property. Whether working from interviews notes, or draft manuscripts, we work collaboratively to create first, second, and final drafts, book proposals, queries, and pitches (Wambtac process, Chicago Manual of Style.) HOW RESULTS HAPPEN Most authors' first book takes years. Working with a GPDP certified ghostwriter you'll be ready to submit for publication usually in 6 to 12 months. Books are built like homes. Draw up plans, assemble raw materials, create the foundation-- that's the first draft. Rough carpentry, mechanicals, drywall--that's the substantive-edited second draft. Finish carpentry, roofing, flooring, painting, furnishing, decorating--that's copy and musical line edited final draft. First party in the new home--that's your book launch! Your role: author and subject matter expert. My role: facilitate the process. Uderstand your vision and ideas; crystalize, polish, and produce viable literary property that grabs and holds the reader from first to last sentence; convey your message, succinctly, in your voice, to the right readers; gain all the attention your idea deserves in the market. Most of my clients go the traditional publishing route, I have also helped indie-publishing start-ups and self publishers create and execute winning property and strategies. Always happy to talk with you, whatever your goals!PAST PROJECTSHealing memoir, biographies, self-help, business books, spiritual, and children’s books. My dream projects: uplifting and inspiring memoirs of positive transformation, for people, businesses, and companies. LET’S GET STARTED!Help me prepare for your free Book Strategy Session by completing a Book Project Goals Questionnaire (very short, you get a copy of results, strictly confidential) at: http://bit.ly/BookProjQ. Then schedule your free strategy session at http://calendly.com/laurel-kash/30min Love to meet you and hear about your book!

Cedarburg, Wisconsin, United States

Helping my community part-time while creating my first online course and book series, I was in for a BIG surprise. This temporary part-time job has turned into mission work. Giving just 2 to 3 hours a day brings incredible rewards. Truly an honor to spend time with the kids! Absolutely priceless!As a school bus driver I provide safe transport and positive, loving energy to about 150 children grades K-12, both public and parochial schools in my community, home from school and back. I also participate in promotions to help out growing our local team.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Technically I still offer this, but not as active business anymore. (If I could clone myself though, I still would!! Something had to go!) I love science, the natural world, sustainability, and business as a force for good in the world. When I discovered how pure essential oils brought pain relief to a dear relative recovering from a tick-borne illness--and then I learned more about doTERRA the company--I said, WOW. Count me IN! doTERRA is THE gold standard in pure, therapeutic-grade essential oils. doTERRA's CPTG Lavender oil passed all the hoops by the FDA, first ever EO classed a drug. More than a dozen hospitals including doTERRA Center for Integrative Oncology at St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Cincinnati, now use it. A hand massage with doTERRA CPTG Lavender STOPS pre-term labor. That's HUGE. (Note: doTERRA's oils are third-party certified pure therapeutic grade (CPTG) by BATCH--every batch. This is a MUCH higher purity standard than Organic certification, which does annual site assessments. CPTG oil ≠ low-grade retail fragrance oils. The difference is astonishing. You can even look up the chemistry of each batch at SourceToYou dot com.)doTERRA's the drive of the explosion in scientific peer-reviewed mammalian research into new leading-edge understandings of systemic pathways and how cellular functions are affected by natural chemistries. Search PubMed "essential oils and ___". doTERRA scientists publish dozens annually. Plant chemistries are divine gifts and allies created in the laboratory of planet Earth over millions of years of evolution. For a few years I helped about 100 people open wholesale accounts. Alas, my resume writing business boomed during the pandemic and took priority. Am taking time off from building a doTERRA business--but definitely not stopping using or loving the oils! They've been a true lifesaver for my family! Am leaving open the idea of hopping back onto the doTERRA bandwagon in the future. We shall see!

Grafton, Wi

I provided responsive cheerful customer service and facilitated timely and accurate circulation to meet the needs of patrons. Established and led a nonfiction book club focusing on natural health, wellness, brain and behavioral sciences, spirituality and inspiration. I love the patrons, my co-workers, the books, and working at the library. Left for personal reasons.

Cedarburg, Wi

I oversaw design operations, created and continually improved production processes, and created all marketing materials for “the Dance World's #1 Source of Custom Branded Full-color Promotions” on t-shirts, posters, tickets, gifts, volunteer ID, and other items serving thousands of dance studios in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan and Germany. DESIGN OPERATIONS: Oversaw 40-50% annual growth first 5 years achieving annual sales of $.5M. Hired, trained, and managed staff of production designers. Designed and oversaw production of product templates, up to 72-page catalog, sales collateral materials, packaging, order forms, POP, trade show materials. Produced high-res EPS, CYMK, spot color TIF and PDF files.QUALITY: Established real-time quality processes and led annual quality meetings. Led cross-functional team in design of continually improving quality processes including 200+ production templates, job tickets, and job tracking system. Created custom CRM system in Filemaker Pro which tracked and managed art approvals, billing status, and production of multiple time-sensitive, custom orders within each job. Improved quality by writing CRM and auto-responder emails to engage, motivate, and train customers. MARKETING: Designed, print expedited, and managed mailing list for catalog mailed biannually to 15,000 studios. Wrote all sales copy, procedural manuals, and blog articles. Designed ads and negotiated terms in trade magazines and online. Achievements:• Reduced labor costs 50% in the design department by creating a custom CRM quality-control system that emailed proofs to customers upon sales-order set up, rewarding for pre-proofing copy, 2000-2011. • Led cross-functional team to achieve 100% error-free on-time delivery of 2,500+ time-sensitive custom product orders per month, by continually improving production and proofing systems.• Re-activated 25% of client base by implementing an automated CRM reminder system that used both email and post cards.

Grafton, Wi

In this boutique graphic design and indie publishing firm with 3 divisions B2C and B2B, I wrote professional résumés for more than 1,000 clients (Blue Rose Résumés) . I also provided creative, editorial, and graphic design services to small, medium, to large Fortune 500 companies and nonprofits. (Blue Rose Digital Graphics & Design). I also ghostwrote, edited, designed, and published books in the areas of nonfiction wellness, self-help, military history, real estate, and marketing. (Blue Rose Studio Books.) Services included: ghostwriting, editing, graphic design, prepress, publishing, direct response copywriting, sales letter writing, brochures, testimonials, order forms, and mailing envelopes. Wrote and edited nonfiction books, magazines, and newsletters. Print expedited books, booklets, brochures, direct mail packages, catalogs, sell-sheets, newsletters and magazines. Conducted press checks for full-color CMYK and spot-color printed pieces.Corporate and non-profit clients included:Kohler Company; PFA, Inc.Raffel Product DevelopmentNovoPrint USACenter for Creative LearningSuccessful Builder MagazineBuilder/Architect magazineGeorgetown Financial CorporationOzaukee Humane SocietyInterfaith CaregiversSt. Nicholas Orthodox Churchand many others. Authors included:•Therese F. Kasemodel, "Word Marketing: How to Empower Real Estate Advertising Through the Proper Choice of Words," fully revised 2nd and 3rd editions (ghostwriting, graphic design, and publishing)•Lee Raffel, "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" (book editing and promo copywriting)•Joe Schlidt, "KASHING IN On Your Future: 8 Principles To Help You Create the Life of Your Dreams" (ghostwriting, graphic design, publishing)•Robert E. Whittaker, "Dragon Master," book on WWI aviation history; numerous other books and booklets. (cover design, promotional copywriting)Left to manage our other company that took off like gangbusters, Dance Art FX.

Grafton, Wi

Interviewed and wrote monthly cover stories and features as assigned by publisher. Designed all interior pages and most ads. Served as editor, photo editor, and designer. Scanned and color-adjusted photos, negatives, and slides in high resolution in Photoshop. Created page layouts in QuarkXpress. Collected for output high resolution CMYK files for delivery to printer.

Milwaukee, Wi

Tracked sales and projected inventory needs for printing and reprinting of hundreds of titles by a major internationally recognized children's book publishing company. That included the industry's first subscription-based program of a 33-book children's science series by Isaac Asimov. Also discovered for the first time my continuing love for designing business forms, which I did with Excel. Believe it or not, I was the Excel guru in those years, even gave lessons to the execs, having been the only person in the company to have read the entire manual. Excel was v 1.0 running on an all-in-one Mac SE connected to an external SCSI hard drive sporting a whopping 20 MB capacity! That was so leading edge, as most were still using 500K floppy disks on the PC and 1 MB discs on the Mac. Our mainframe ran a PICK OS.Gareth Stevens was famous for its meteoric marketing-driven growth. I reported to the SVP of Marketing, and to the President. My role was to serve as liaison between marketing and operations. I worked with departmental leaders to analyze workflows and helped improve interdepartmental communications. I was in charge of annual physical inventories and handled all of the paperwork for international shipments, both inbound and outbound. I was also responsible for setting up all titles in the mainframe and became quite adept at the 10-key, with 10-digit ISBN SKUs. I had one direct report in my role, and one of our big accomplishments was to organize and oversee the move of the company of 350 from the northwest side into the newly-renovated Schlitz Park in downtown Milwaukee, including the warehouse.Not long after the move, the company entered Chapter 11 re-organization. While I was welcome to stay, I took the opportunity to help my assistant get a promotion into my job, and left to launch my own indie book publishing company, a project which at that point I had been involved with on the side, part time for 2 years, called Blue Rose Studio Books.

Milwaukee

I was the first employee of a start-up publishing company, subsidiary of a well-established packager, marketing children's books to schools and libraries in the US. Handled billing, customer service, and warehouse operations. Was promoted to the position of telemarketing manager, overseeing a staff of 20 part-time reps. I wrote sales scripts describing and selling children's book selections to librarians as schools and libraries nationwide. I also hired and trained telemarketers. After the publisher left the firm and the publishing venture was dissolved, I left for an opportunity to help a large and growing well established publishing company, with my intention move from operations into the creative area.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

What started as a volunteer position during college turned into a paid job in the news department. After graduation, I became the producer of the Larry Meiller Show on Wisconsin Public Radio. Sourced, scheduled and pre-interviewed guests for daily 1-hour consumer-oriented talk show. Edited tape. Left for an entry-level opportunity in the book publishing field.I also filled in on air, which frankly terrified me.One achievement was to source and book then-grad-student Patricia McConnell as a guest on the show who became a regular, then ultimately turned into a nationally-syndicated public radio show called "Calling All Pets."

Bachelor Of Arts, Journalism, Gpa: 3.7 / 4.0

Activities and Societies: Sigma Delta Chi-Society of Professional Journalists, Wisconsin Public Radio Association memberMember Society.

Certified Professional Ghostwriter, Professional Ghost Writing And Publishing

Graduate level 2-semester certificate course just shy of a masters program, covering all aspects of professional ghostwriting including: +.

High School Diploma, General

Activities and Societies: TheaterParticipated in Theater, mostly backstage on crew. Worked at Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors my junior year.