Archive | Portfolio

Please review my Portfolio of ads. Web sites and content. Radio scripts. TV commercials. Data sheets. Direct response packages. PowerPoints. Promotional copy. White Papers. Packaging copy. And more. You’ll see why I’m “The One-Stop Copy Shoppe.”

NYC Law Firm Website

From New York State to Japan, the Law Office of Florence Rostami-Gouran has earned an international reputation. The firm represents clients in a number of industries including hospitality, real estate, trading, construction and manufacturing. Here’s the site I wrote for them: www.rostamilaw.com/

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Fed Ex Freight Ad

As a freelance San Francisco copywriter, I’ve created campaigns for Viking Freight, DHL, Emery Air Freight, Consolidated Freightways and Greyhound Package Express. For decades, Viking Freight operated in the Western states and American Freightways operated in the Midwest and Eastern states. A few years ago, they both decided to merge under the name of Fed […]

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Geneaology Software Ad

This is one of my favorite ads for two reasons. First, the headline is humorous and embodies a product benefit because someone you’re related to can collect, organize and share your family’s history with “Family Gathering” geneaology software. And second, the ad features a photo of my daughter Sara when she was about two years […]

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Fair Isaac Newsletter Article

Fair Isaac, the FICO score company, publishes a bi-monthly online newsletter called ViewPoints. As a freelance San Francisco copywriter, I recently wrote this article about a complex new strategy visualization tool —- Strategy Designer — that can reduce strategy size and complexity by 25% or more, allowing risk managers to make more informed and ultimately […]

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Snake River Whitewater Brochure

Snake River Park Whitewater Rafting has great prices and a great location —- right on the river south of town. Their trips run conveniently throughout the day into the heart of the famous rapids like LUNCH COUNTER and BIG KAHUNA. They’ve been floating the canyon since 1969, making them one of the oldest and most […]

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TUDLA Website

TUDLA (Technology Users Database, Latin America) is a business intelligence software and service provider based in the San Diego area. Their Website was designed years ago and didn’t properly reflect its vast array of services —- as the world’s only contact database management company specializing in the research of technology and communication usage in Latin […]

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New Heights Company Website

Tamara Wiggins Steele is a colleague of mine through BNI Embarcadero. Her Website for New Heights Company — www.newheightscompany.com — needed a makeover to add new content for her expanded services across three areas: Executive Coaching, Management Training and Keynote Speaking. But Ms. Steele also needed the ability to update her site’s content frequently and […]

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Bluegrass Assisted Living Website

I first wrote the Website for Bluegrass Assisted Living in 2005. It consists of two Assisted Living facilities located near Louisville and Ft. Knox in the Bluegrass State of Kentucky. In April 2008, I updated the copy for the sales brochures and inserts for each of their four services, plus a new fifth insert for […]

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Freelance Catalog Copywriting

As a San Francisco freelance copywriter, I’ve written dozens of catalogs over my career. Below is a sampling of the most recent ones: Discovery Channel School: Science Collections Grades 5-9, Spring 2000 I helped an East Coast agency win this account in 1999 when I wrote a 32-page catalog for Science Collections for Middle School […]

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Healthcare Radio Copywriting

Lasik-1 :30 radio jingles: I wrote these spots for a client in the Midwest through an agency on the East Coast, which proves I don’t have to live in your town to write, direct and produce great radio copywriting for you: 1) Lasik-1 Jingle: Country Version” Lasik-1: Country.mp3 2) Lasik-1 Jingle: Rock Version” Lasik-1: Rock.mp3 […]

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Freelance Direct Marketing Financial Copywriting

Wells Fargo EquityLine Platinum Card Acquisition Letters For one of Wells Fargo’s design agencies (Damore Johann), I wrote a series of direct response letters to Equity Line Platinum Card owners with a promotional overlay from Home Depot. Download Wells Fargo EquityLine Platinum Card Acquisition Letters 3-Page PDF. For Wells Fargo, I also wrote a project […]

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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 copy on existing sites. I also manage and coordinate the production schedule of most of the projects that I write as a San […]

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White Papers Copywriting

I’ve written copy for many White Papers for a variety of companies. Here are several examples of White Paper copywriting I created for VNU Global Media, a media buying firm. 1) Media Preferences of Digital Consumers A Survey of the VNU Digital Consumer Webpanel Download PDF. 2) Globalization Is A Trend, Not An End A […]

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ISP Postcards :: Brainstorm Networks

THE PROBLEM Brainstorm Networks, a South Bay Internet Service Provider now owned by RCN, called on me to write and manage a direct marketing campaign. But they didn’t know if they should mail letter packages, postcards or what. THE SOLUTION I branded them as “The Business-Only ISP,” then wrote a series of four postcards initially, […]

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Blogging Expertise

I’ve been a blogger for about three years now on www.Vagablond.com and today, I reached critical mass. The article below if from the October 26, 2007 Snap.com newsletter. Snap is a great Webtool that you can easily load to your site to show snapshots of any site you’re linking to with video audio, RSS and […]

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A Do Tank :: Squid Labs Brochure

A Do Tank :: Squid Labs Brochure

“Venture Technologists” is a new term for companies like Squid Labs that incubate technologies to drive high-growth opportunities. As a “Do Tank” rather than a Think Tank, they invent, they adapt, and they integrate emerging technologies into materials, components and systems for new and existing products. As venture technologists, they are committed to providing solutions […]

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Check Point Software :: Direct Response Copy

During 2006/2007, I wrote a variety of direct response projects for Check Point Software Technologies, an Israeli company with US headquarters in Redwood City, California. This company is a leader in securing the Internet with the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall, data security and VPN markets. Here are some examples of their marketing toolkits, featuring […]

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