Jonas C's new bio

Jonas C., a Malaysian born, Australian-based photographer recently hired me to rewrite his bio. Check it out!

2 New Blog Posts for a Financial Company

Last spring I did a good bit of work for a financial company, helping them launch several websites. They recently contacted me to write a few more blog posts for their sites. Below are two posts that are live.

Blog: - Green Cube & Bold Real Estate

At my day job, I manage several blogs. Here are two of them - Green Cube Storage and Bold Real Estate. Click on the screenshots below to see some of my original and curated content on each.

Southport, NC - An Extraordinary Town

I was recently contracted by First Bank of NC, SC and VA to write an article on Southport, NC. Every summer, my family and I spend a week at neighboring Oak Island, so we're familiar with Southport. This is an article that I'm very proud of. Give it a read here.

Bold Construction Rewrite & Redesign

Last month at my day job, we did a complete redesign of one of our websites, BuildBoldNC.com. A colleague did the actual design while I rewrote the majority of the content for the site. Check it out!

McGuire Design - One of my favorite jobs

In the spring of 2014, I did some work for Robert McGuire, founder and owner of McGuire Design in San Antonio, TX. 

I wrote the 'What We Do' and 'The Creative Process' sections on the front page.  Robert is a very talented designer and has a talented group of people working with him.  This website is so sharp and makes my content look much better than it actually is!

175 On The Park

A while back I was contacted by a prospective client about doing a fairly short project (a total of 2 paragraphs) with a quick turn around (a few hours).  I looked it over, agreed to his terms, and got to work. 

After an extreme rush job, he was satisfied with the work.  But the new site didn't go live for about 9 months!  This is one of my extreme pet peeves, but hey, I get paid so I can't complain.

The result is a total redesigned site for 175onthepark.com, a modern office building in downtown Columbus, OH.  I only did 2 pieces on this site - the paragraph on the front page and the 'About' section.  Basically I took their existing text from the previous site, updated it and tightened it up.  The result is a much cleaner look (from a design standpoint) and a much more readable site.

More news from the day job

Since I last blogged about this job with Domicile/ Bold/ Governors Club, I've been doing new things that I've never done before. I designed my first print ad this week, which may or may not ever see it into print. I'm also managing the Facebook pages for 3 companies, a new thing for me. And the writing that I'm doing is much different than what I've done in the past.

My Weebly site with Day Job samples

When I interviewed for this job, I was told that real estate writing is very flowery and was asked if could could that type of writing. I think my response was something like, 'I can write anything'. So I've been writing descriptions of houses and using words like 'charming', 'gorgeous,' and 'spacious' which should ideally help to sell the homes.

One of the main things I appreciate about this job is that I am pretty much left alone to do my work. And speaking of work, I'm using my Weebly site to keep a running list of articles that I've written. Click on the photo to find links to these articles.

**July 22, 2015 update: I switched up my website a little, so the link above won't work. See my work samples here.

Website Rewrites - Mind.K, Key Solutions, Vitalog

Over the past few years, I've been involved in several website overhauls.  My role has been to take existing content and do several things including rewording, simplifying, and adding new content as needed.  Here are some sites I've worked on:

Mind.K, a Ukrainian Tech company, did a total redesign of their site with updated content edited that was rewritten by a native English speaker (me).  Oleg and Maria were great to work with.



Based in Singapore, Key Solutions wanted the wording on their site to sound more natural.  There's lots of technical wording in this site, so the project was challenging.





Emme with Vitalog hired me to do an update for her simple, straightforward site.  

Loan Sites - Website Content

Blog posts on OpenCashAdvance.com

Last month, a financial company contacted me about developing the content for a new website. After seeing what I could do, they contracted me to do two more sites for them.  And now I am working on the 4th site for them. 

A lot of the content is boilerplate legalese type stuff (privacy policies, terms of use, disclaimers, etc), but most of the content is  original and I even wrote some original blog articles.

As is the case with other websites I've worked on, all of their sites make my writing look really good.

Two of these are live - LoanStart.com and OpenCashAdvance.com. 

Solar Events - one of my best and most favorite clients

One of my best clients over the years has been Duncan at Solar Events.  I have done tons of work for him, including this article (7 Signs You are Awakening Spiritually).

I have done some original articles, but of lot of my work for him has been based on audio and video transcripts or previous pieces written by the Solar Events trainers.  Duncan is a great guy with a great site; give it a look.

Backlr.com Interview

I interviewed one of my oldest friends Scott and his wife Amber for Backlr.com about how they store photos and videos of their kids.  Give it a read!

Backlr.com

I recently began writing for Backlr.com and now have several articles live on their site.  Check them out here.

The site offers tips and tricks for making sure all of your digital files are backed up.  Give them a visit and like them on Facebook.

Stancil & Company Raleigh finally live!

I worked with my friend Isaac Park at Pathos Ethos a year and a half ago to completely overhaul Stancil & Company's site.  Its finally gone live! 

I took all of the content, which was very extensive and wordy, and simplified it to make each section more concise and interesting.