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[reeces]

Hello all,

After an almost three year hiatus of taking on new clients, I've decided to re-enter the freelance side of the web hosting content writing / editing / consulting market.

Following is a brief overview of my skills and experience:

- Senior Editor of the leading web hosting industry periodical (Ping! Magazine - 4 years);
- Chief Content Engineer at one of the fasting growing web hosting firms in Australia (Net Logistics - 3 years);
- Extensive background in public, media and customer relations;
- Exceptionally skilled content writer and editor, in nearly all areas related to web hosting, from press releases and website content through to technical documentation;
- Diverse experience in developing and implementing customer relations strategies and marketing plans;
- Formal education includes a BSc (Comp. Sci) and a BA;

If you feel that I may be able to assist you on any of your current or planned projects, please be at liberty to contact me. The best methods of contact are PM here, MSN Messenger to reece_mobile@hotmail.com, or e-mail to reeces AT gmail.com. Some additional information about my work is available on my Linked In profile at www.linkedin.com/in/reeces

Sincerely,

[FHDave]

What exactly are the services you are providing?

[reeces]

Thanks for your post. :-)

To clarify, the type of services I can offer are fairly vast. Most commonly, though, I've been hired as a writer to develop content / marketing materials, and as a consultant to guide entrepreneurs in establishing and growing their hosting companies.

Hopefully that clarifies matters a bit :-)

[reeces]

Dave, I agree that I did not specify PM/email to be my only contact method, but I have now stated twice, both in my original post ("The best methods of contact are PM here, MSN Messenger to reece_mobile@hotmail.com, or e-mail to reeces AT gmail.com") and in my most recent post before this ("may I suggest doing so via PM or e-mail") that my (strong) preference is to communicate in that fashion. The primary reason for this is that determining if I'm likely to be able to assist a prospective client would involve asking some questions about their business(es)/projects; it has been my experience that the answers to these questions, even if not strictly confidential, are usually sensitive enough that a private conversation is appropriate.

No offense intended, but I thought I was relatively clear in what I presented. Rich is essentially correct in his statements about the type of work I do, and managed to determine that quite readily from my posts. As he succinctly put it, "I'll document your marketing plan. I'll create landing pages and press releases. I'll teach you how to start your web hosting company off right and promote it efficiently." That's honestly a pretty good overview :-) All I would add to that is that my expertise can probably fit into most any hosting company regardless of their stage of development; more mature companies also often need to gain or regain a competitive edge and/or improve various aspects of their services.

Your current set of questions seem to be asking for specific examples/references. Again, we're into the realm of more sensitive discussions, and I think it's far more appropriate to talk about those privately.

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