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 […]
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.”
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lasik Web Copywriting
I first wrote this Midwest client’s :30 radio jingles and a direct mail project. Then, their East Coast agency asked me to edit the Home Page script and FAQs section for an innovative, interactive Web site: www.my2020.com/. Have a look…
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Batter Blaster Video :: Make A Better Breakfast Faster
Watch the video now — and turn your speakers up! Batter Blaster is a blast from the past. This organic batter features retro packaging in a spray can so you can make light, fluffy pancakes and delicious waffles with no mess, no fuss, and easy cleanup. This :60 Flash/Video that I wrote in 2007 highlights […]
Healthcare Copywriting
Healthcare Copywriting is one of my specialties. Because I’m a San Francisco freelance copywriter with vast expertise across all media, I’ve had the good fortune of working with a wide variety of healthcare products and services over my 25-year career. View my specific healthcare copywriting credentials.
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Barclays Global Investors 3D Direct Project :: 20% Response Rate
The Company: Barclays Global Investors is an investment management subsidiary of U.K.-based Barclays Bank. In 2007, it was the largest corporate money manager in the world.
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 […]
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 […]
Hungry? City Guides :: Contributing Travel Writer
There are dozens of city dining guides for restaurants. The best-known is Zagat’s for major cities. Hungry? is now publishing city guides for Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and most recently, San Francisco. As a travel writer and editor-in-chief of Vagablond.com, I’m proud to be a contributor to the latter for a number of […]
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 […]
Travel Magazine Articles
I love writing about travel. It started and continues with the 25+ published articles in newspapers, dive magazines and online media shown below. I’ve also been the Editor-in-Chief of the upscale travel, food, wine and shopping blog at Vagablond.com, where I published nearly 1,500 articles… SF Chronicle Sunday Travel Section, September 13, 2009, Just Back […]
Advertising Magazine Articles
The Diary Of An Unemployed Ad Man September 25 & October 2, 1989 by Gil Zeimer I was suddenly laid off from my staff job as a Vice President / Associate Creative Director at a San Francisco advertising agency after working in the business for 17 years. I then started keeping a diary of my […]
PwC :: Sarbanes-Oxley Training Materials
PricewaterhouseCoopers wanted to train its regional U.S. managers on how to create the most effective Sarbanes-Oxley sales presentation for both its current and prospective clients. Since I was working as a Webmaster, project management and copywriting consultant with multiple practices of the company, including Internal Audit, Data Management, Government, Risk and Compliance, and Security & […]