The Music For Life Institute is the parent organization of the African Children’s Choir based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. This nonprofit organization has several choirs touring the world to raise money and awareness for millions of African children across Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa. Here are a few radio public service […]
Author Archive | Gil Zeimer
Zeimer’s NewZletter, April 2010
1. Welcome Message 2. What’s New? 3. Recycled Creativity 4. A Recent Success Story 5. Humor Is A Funny Thing 6. Why I Love Referrals 7. About Zeimer’s Advertising Shoppe Welcome Message Hi there, Is the recession over? With a roller coaster stock market and other vague indicators, who knows? But when I’m awarded six […]
Freelance Travel Copywriting Experience
Travel Copywriter I’m proud to have over 25 years of freelance travel copywriting expertise across a wide range of clients and periodicals. These include resorts in North America, top-rated airlines that cross the globe, one of the world’s most popular cruise lines, a leading watersports activities company, restaurants in Northern California, and adventure/scuba diving magazines […]
The Sequoias Portola Valley Health Center Brochure
The Sequoias — Portola Valley is a beautiful 42-acre Life Care community on the San Francisco peninsula in the wooded hills near Woodside, California and Silicon Valley. (CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGE) As a freelance healthcare copywriter, I was asked to create a new brochure for its Health Center. People who use this Skilled Nursing Rehabilitation […]
IPSOFACTO IT Services Website
I just completed the revision of this site’s copy, using more descriptive copy and SEO keywords. As an established IT managed services company serving clients in the San Francisco Bay Area, IPSOFACTO IT SERVICES works with small businesses, medium-sized businesses, large enterprises, and government entities, as well as not-for-profit groups. Visit the site of approximately […]
Marin County Mock Trial Results
Click image to enlarge. (Caption) Kingsley Leung, of Terra Linda High, (front right) and fellow TL student “attorneys” Wilhelmina van Royen (wearing vest, left) and Natsuko Porcino (far right), applaud for their school during the awards ceremony at the 2010 Mock Trial Competition, coordinated by the Marin County Office of Education at the Marin County […]
Trader Vic’s Foods Label Copy
Around 1990, I wrote some romance copy for Trader Vic’s Salad Dressing labels through one of Michael Osborne Design, one of San Francisco’s premier logo and graphics companies. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) It wasn’t until last summer, while having dinner with Brian Jacobson of Focus Design in San Rafael, that we discovered we’d worked together on […]
Terra Linda Wind Article
My daughter has been a member of the Terra Linda Orca Swim Team for seven years now. Here’s an article that Gil Zeimer and Norm Levin of Prime Road Marketing and Communications co-wrote about this great community swim team for ages 4 – 18. The photo caption is on page 7 with the article on […]
Zeimer’s NewZletter, Dec 2009
Welcome Message What’s New? Recycled Creativity Humor Is A Funny Thing Why I Love Referrals Happy Holidays From Gil, Ellen & Sara About Zeimer’s Advertising Shoppe Welcome Message Hi there, One of my dogs squatted on a trail recently to pee and got stung by a bee. But isn’t that the type of year it’s […]
More Healthcare Copywriting
Healthcare Copywriting is an exciting field and I’ve written for a myriad of healthcare products and services. Below are more examples of my healthcare copywriting expertise: Portola Valley Health Center Brochure Copywriting As a freelance healthcare copywriter, I was asked to create a new brochure for The Sequoias — Portola Valley Health Center. People who […]
BNI Visitor’s Day Recap
By Gil Zeimer, BNI Embarcadero Member, BNI Ambassador & Freelance Copywriter We had them at “Wilkommen.” From the moment Herr Richard Reinholdt started singing “Wilkommen”, the audience of 90 members, visitors, and guests on October 28th was enraptured. One visitor said, “I’m ready to drink the Kool-Aid now!” Our Visitor’s Day to celebrate BNI Embarcadero’s […]
Zeimer’s NewZletter, Oct 2009
Zeimer’s NewZletter, Vol. 1, No. 4, October 2009 Welcome Message What’s New? A Recent Success Story Featured Blog Article Recycled Creativity Humor Is A Funny Thing Why I Love Referrals Ad Trivia About Zeimer’s Advertising Shoppe Welcome Message Hi there, How’s business? In the words of Larry David, “September and October to date have been […]
Why Referrals Are Like A Bottle of Wine
By Gil Zeimer, Ambassador at Large, BNI Embarcadero, San Francisco This article appeared in the September 2009 issue of Referral Success Magazine. I don’t have an empty bottle of Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac 1990 on my desk as I write this. But I am an expert in gauging the timeliness and quality of referrals that […]
Kosrae Publicity
Asian Diver, No. 108, Issue 3/20/10 3 Paths to Diving Bliss – Kosrae by Gil Zeimer, Travel Writer is showcased on page 12 of this beautifully designed diving magazine published in Singapore. It features a map to give the reader a quick orientation of where Kosrae and the Federated States of Micronesia are in the […]
Zeimer’s NewZletter, Vol. 1, No. 3, August 2009
Zeimer’s NewZletter, Vol. 1, No. 3, August 2009 1. Welcome Message 2. What’s New? 3. A Recent Success Story 4. Featured Blog Article 5. Recycled Creativity 6. Humor Is A Funny Thing 7. Why I Love Referrals 8. Ad Trivia 9. About Zeimer’s Advertising Shoppe Welcome Message Hi there, When my wife needed a new […]
39 Ways To Increase Your Referrals
As an ambassador through BNI Embarcadero, my weekly referral group, I often address chapters on the best ways to network through word-of-mouth networking. I’ve summed up my thoughts in an article in the August 2009 issue of Referral Success Magazine entitled “39 Ways To Increase Your Referrals and Grow Your Chapter.” Overall, these are the […]
Zeimer’s NewZletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, July 2009
1. Welcome Message 2. What’s New? 3. A Recent Success Story 4. Featured Blog Article 5. My Tropical Dive Trip To Kosrae 6. Recycled Creativity 7. Humor Is A Funny Thing 8. Why I Love Referrals 9. Ad Trivia Welcome Message Hi there, As a freelance copywriter, I received a terrific response to my first […]
Kosrae Photos
Here are a sampling of photos from my Spring 2009 dive trip to Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia. During my first trip to Maui in 1964, I saw the Hawai’i I’d always dreamed about. There were only three resorts along Ka’anapali Beach. Today, this three-mile-long Maui beach looks more like Miami Beach, while […]
BNI Presentation, May 27, 2009
Below is a slide presentation that I made to my Business Network International group this week at BNI Embarcadero in San Francisco, probably the largest chapter on the West Coast. This 13-slide PPT offers an overview of my freelance copywriting, freelance copy editing and freelance project management services, shows a brief background, some family photos, […]
Direct Mail & Response Copywriting
For freelance direct response copywriting, I have over 20 years of experience across all media, including postcards, self-mailers, ads, radio, TV, online banners, and direct response packages. Below are a variety of examples of my creative skills for direct response copywriting. To receive an estimate for your next direct response copywriting project, please contact me […]
How To Get Clients :: April 23, 2009
(Graphic reprinted courtesy of Orma Design.) Gil Zeimer and Zeimer’s Advertising Shoppe were just mentioned in a story in the SF Examiner: How to Get Graphic Design and Copywriting Clients: Drop the mouse and step away from the computer by Stephanie Orma. For the creative industry, in which 99.9% of the time is spent interacting […]
Zeimer’s NewZletter, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 2009
Welcome Message What’s New A Success Story I’m #1 in SEO. Are You? DM Sales Statistics Humor Is A Very Funny Thing Why I Love Referrals Advertising Trivia Welcome Message Hi there, After years of writing dozens of email, printed, and Web-based newsletters for my friends, colleagues and clients, I’m finally taking the time to […]