Punctilious Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Graphic Design Professional for Hire

Since the beginning of the year, through this blog and other freelance-work-generating programs, I have created logos, banner ads, testimonial scripts, press releases, web design, SEO services and much more from a number of new (and happy) clients including a home care company, a rehab facility, a commercial construction company, a gourmet food truck, a Las Vegas show, a bookstore, a motivational speaker, a printing company, a successful author and a few others.

I provide these clients a very focused approach to whatever their marketing or promotional needs are. My overhead is low and my passion and creativity are high. For a fraction of what a graphic design or public relations firm would cost you, I will provide verifiable advertising, marketing and public relations results.

Here's an ad I've been running which a) gives you the basic info I want to convey, and b) has been very successful in generating new clients.

Whatcha need? A banner ad, flyer, press release, logo design, email marketing campaign, social network marketing, SEO? I'll get it done, for much less than you'd expect. Contact me for some recent success stories.

One-man advertising/marketing/public relations department/graphic design guy looking to work with you on your projects. Do you want a team member who can not only design your banner and print ads, but also handle all aspects of placing the ads online and off? Do you want someone who is familiar with, and has had great success in generating traffic to web sites using standard SEO and SEM practices and other lesser-known techniques (long-tailing, geo-targeting, display networks, blogs, reviews, etc.) to establish your brand and bring in sales of your products/services?

• Would it be beneficial to you to create an advertising campaign over a targeted display network for much less that you ever imagined?
• Do you know the two most important things in any email marketing campaign? I do.
• Do you want someone who understand the importance of optimizing and/or creating your social media pages (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.) to give you even more visibility in Google, Bing and Yahoo?
• Do you want someone who can design web pages, install tracking code, run and analyze the reports generated and stay on top of new developments as they arise?

I am proficient with many software programs including the Adobe Suite of products (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere), Microsoft software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher, FrontPage, Expressions). My background includes many years in outside sales, marketing and advertising management, feature and copy writing, web design, public relations, public speaking, promotion and lots more. I am expanding my talents in the areas of webinars and video editing and my appetite and aptitude for learning new things is insatiable.

If you are spending too much money hiring contractors to complete each marketing task, please contact me. If you don't really have a marketing plan, but know that you should, please contact me. If you know that you need to do more to increase your ROI, but you don't have the time or inclination to stay on top of ever-changing environment, please contact me. If you just want to chat about your specific business and toss around some marketing ideas as how you can generate more revenue, please contact me.

I guess the ongoing theme here is: CONTACT ME.

Although I am currently employed I am looking for that next great opportunity. But, even if you're not ready for a full-time person, I do have an extra 30 hours or so per week to work on your projects.

So, if you have a small design project or a big-picture plan, please contact me.

Links to graphic designs, SEO successes and my resume if you want it, will be provided upon request.

Flyer on the fly

This is a travel/trip flyer that was needed in a hurry. Obtained a licensed NYC image and played with the layout and content provided. Designed in Photoshop and Illustrator in pretty short order.

Banner ads and web site headers designed for next to nothing!

In my neverending search for ways to make money online (check out my Get Rich Slowly blog), I ran across Fiverr. At Fiverr you can post products and services that you are willing to provide for five dollars. Everything is five dollars. People will sing for you, do promos of your business, writer you message on their lips. If nothing else, it's fun to see all of the stupid things people are willing to do for a five spot.

I'm not quite so adventurous and pretty much stuck to what I know. So, I offered to design a banner ad or website header for five dollars. I also offered to send an electronic version of the Dirty Joke Show Joke Book for five dollars.

Here is what I sent a client requesting a website header. In the future I will not probably give them so many options.

Four-page, four-color commercial construction company brochure

In the past year I have been fortunate enough to have landed a number of diverse freelance jobs, from a brick-and-mortar bookstore, to a catering truck. I did a successful email marketing campaign for a tool repair company and created social networking projects and SEO and SEM for a number of new clients.

This is one of the pages from a four-page, four-color brochure I designed for a commercial builder. The company was expanding with a partnership with another builder and needed logos designed, letterhead, business cards and three brochures. All done to the client's satisfaction in very short order.

Tool Repair Marketing Piece

Simple and sweet.

This marketing piece is targeted directly to machine shop owners who know that "Damaged Indexable Tools Suck!"

When the client called, I had no idea what an indexable tool was. I thought that if I broke my hammer I could just take it to this guy.

Photo images created in Photoshop, flyer designed in Illustrator.

Simple Save the Date post card/email graphic

This was needed FAST! So, a quick trip to Illustrator and Photos.com and Voila! A simple, but effective Save the Date post card in fifteen minutes.

Sample of a bio sheet for clients

Simple, straightforward bio sheet (resume, CV) created in Illustrator (with an assist from Photoshop).