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Special Skills:

  • Trained in search engine optimization, using keywords and phrases to improve the search engine rank of content and web pages.
  • Clear and fluent writing style; ability to make challenging topics more accessible to readers
  • Experience with Wordpress, including theme customization, plug-in use, and content creation.
  • Facebook and Twitter profile building and marketing experience.
  • Experienced in internet marketing techniques, SEO and social media marketing.
  • Editing professional, with a knack for making content shine.

Education:

Tompkins County Community College (2003-2007)

  • Extensive coursework in writing, education, psychology, and child development.
  • Writing and editing experience.
  • Experience in leadership roles.

Professional Experience:

Textbroker (2008)

  • Creating sales content for a variety of businesses
  • Using keywords and copywriting techniques to produce highly rated marketing material.
  • Basic market research, used to create copy that reaches the ideal audience

We Build Pages/QualityGal (2008-2009)

  • Web content writer.
  • Work in writing on a diverse area of topics
  • Keyword use and SEO for website content.
  • Using keywords and copywriting techniques to produce highly rated marketing material.
  • Basic market research, used to create copy that reaches the ideal audience.

WiseGeek (2008-2009)

  • Web content writer on diverse topics, including parenting, health and science related articles.
  • Use of keywords in articles for SEO purposes.
  • Working one-on-one with editors
  • Understanding and following strict guidelines.

eHow (2008-present)

  • Writing how-to articles on a variety of subjects.
  • Keyword research to discover high-ranking article topic ideas.
  • Use of keywords to improve search engine rank of content.

Demand Studios (2009-present)

  • Selecting and using keywords for a wide range of articles.
  • Use of SEO to improve search engine rank
  • Use of a variety of style formats
  • Working one-on-one with editors to create effective content.

BrightHub (2009-present)

  • Content production in the medical sciences channel
  • Use of SEO in content, title, descriptions and tags to optimize article placement in search engine result pages.
  • Research  complex medical conditions and treatments, and then write about them in a clear, understandable way.

Private Client Experience

  • In depth research on complex topics, and then turning that information into an easily understandable blog post or page of content.
  • Professional blogging to improve website rank and build traffic.
  • Creating, implementing and managing social media and internet marketing strategy.
  • Building and customizing blogs and other websites.
  • Copywriting and creating marketing materials.
  • Keyword research and use to improve page rank without sacrificing content quality.
  • Designing Twitter backgrounds.
  • Editing and rewording previously written content to improve readability.
  • Extensive ebook editing.

Real Estate Experience

  • Specialized blog posts.
  • Setting up and connecting blogs and social media sites to make social media marketing easier.
  • Explaining complicated real estate concepts “in plain English” for buyers and sellers.
  • Understanding and explaining market trends.
  • Building websites for real estate agents, complete with high quality content.
  • Embedding videos in websites and blog posts.
  • Training in the use of blogging, Facebook, Twitter and Wordpress for real estate agents.

Accomplishments:

  • Using blogging and social media, I was able to improve a client’s website traffic to ten times the original amount.
  • Helped client to be featured on Trulia.com as the real estate blog of the week through providing high-quality blog posts on a weekly basis.
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    "Margo has done excellent work for me and my site. She always comes up with fresh content each and every time that is well researched and easy to read. She is very talented and I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for creative writing services." -Chris G., local real estate agent
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