There are so many new words, terms and phrases for small businesses to learn these days. Which is why I’m proud to introduce you to the Intuit Small Business Dictionary that I created as a contributing writer to the Intuit Small Business Blog. The Dictionary contains over 250 brief definitions of phrases and terms that […]
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More blog.intuit.com Articles
I’m thrilled to say that I’ve now written over 50 articles for the Intuit Small Business Blog over the last three months. Here are the most recent posts that I’m proud of — please read and feel free to comment on that site: Money Identity Theft and How to Prevent It by Gil Zeimer on […]
Financial Copywriting: Doha Bank World Cup Ads
A graphic designer I’ve worked with in Toronto knows a marketing manager at Doha Bank in the Middle East. He recently asked me to collaborate with him on a campaign of four ads to celebrate Qatar being the first Arab nation to be selected to host the World Cup. Here are the four initial ads […]
2011 Small Business New Year’s Resolutions
Here’s an article I wrote that went live today on blog.intuit.com: What’s your list of resolutions? As a freelance blogger and small business owner for over 15 years, here’s my list of top New Year’s Resolutions for small businesses — feel free to comment below:Â #10 — Go green… #9 — Stop smoking… #8 — Lose weight: […]
‘Twas The Night Before Networking
This poem and artwork were presented to BNI Embarcadero last week. It featured a collaboration with my colleague of FritzCartoons.com. I hope you enjoy it. Illustrated by Fritz Wall. Written by Gil Zeimer. Narrated by Steven Favreau. Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore. ‘Twas the night before networking when all through the bay, BNI Embarcadero members […]
Healthcare Website Copywriting
HEALTHCARE WEBSITE COPYWRITING I’m proud to be a top-ranked healthcare copywriter on Google and other search engines. Below are a list of recent websites. I also write ads, postcards, newsletters and direct response projects for healthcare clients. 1. www.drrichardevans.com This Cosmetic and Restorative Dentistry site went live in late 2007 with a series of three […]
Real Estate Website Copywriting
REAL ESTATE WEBSITE COPYWRITING 1. www.sfbaywindow.com When this site was being created by the San Francisco Association of Realtors, the very talented Web designers at Aerojet.com in Berkeley recommended me for Website copywriting, editing and proofreading for the content originally created by a SFAR employee. As a freelance San Francisco Website copywriter, I’ve edited over […]
Miscellaneous Website Copywriting
For freelance San Francisco Website copywriting, I create the content for sites from as few as 5 to 120 pages or more, edit them with SEO (Search Engine Optimization) content, and expand on copy existing sites. I also manage and coordinate the production schedule of most of the projects that I write as a San […]
Intuit Small Business Blog
As an active networker, I’m always following on referrals. Here’s one that turned into ongoing projects. Lauren Deane Evans is an art director, friend and colleague. Her company is Good Looking Ideas and we’re both members of a networking group at BNI Embarcadero.com. A few weeks ago, she told me that someone looking for writers […]
Fashion Eye For Men Website
Joui Turandot is a colleague from BNI Embarcadero, the largest weekly networking group on the West Coast. She wanted to rebrand her “Joui Style” site to make it more fashionable, hip and cool by focusing on her male clientele. Bradley Charbonneau, the WordPress guru at Likoma.com, helped Joui rename the site as Fashion Eye for […]
Freelance Copywriting: InspiredInLaw.com
Through a BNI referral as a freelance copywriter, I wrote the website for Larson Shores’ newest architecture venture to introduce The Inspired In-Law Cottageâ„¢ to two different worlds of people: families concerned with Aging in Place and those looking for sustainable living spaces. The new site is www.InspiredInLaw.com. The central theme: the Inspired In-Law Cottage […]
Cutting Edge Jobs Video
A long-time client and friend in New York City recently asked me as a freelance video copywriter to edit a video script for a colleague of his. Check out this visually arresting technology that puts the video on the front of a Web page so it looks almost three-dimensional: www.CuttingEdgeVideo.com. If you’d like to contract […]
FICO® Financial Copywriting
As a freelance financial copywriter, I was contracted by FICO® in 2010 to write Website copy, brochure copy and video copy for a number of their industry solutions: Retail & Consumer Goods Marketing Projects Visit Web page portal for Merchant Services. Visit Marketing Services page. Download FICO Retail & Consumer Goods Brochure PDF. Auto Finance […]
Breastfeeding Copywriting
When the San Mateo County Health System needed a freelance copywriter for a new education campaign, I recently collaborated with Nora Isaacs, another writer, and Kuleana Design in San Francisco. Collectively, we created this campaign to tell young mothers that each additional month they breastfeed helps their child grow stronger, gives them a healthier future, […]
Group Price Website Copywriting
A few months ago, I received a referral to the founder of this site through a friend who’s a SEO expert. As a freelance website copywriter, this was right in my wheelhouse. GroupPrice.com is for businesses what Groupon is for consumers. How? Because with Group Price, any small business can go online and grow online […]
Virtual Tour Scripts
Bluegrass Assisted Living, in Kentucky, is one of my clients. It was approached by a virtual tour company in the Midwest. So I was brought in to write separate 10-scene scripts for each of these two senior living facilities to offer an online tour and showcase the properties that offer four levels of assisted living, […]
African Children’s Choir Radio PSAs
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]