Writing

I have 15 years experience doing copy writing and editing for companies, both directly and freelance. Blogs, email newsletters, nurture campaigns, website copy, marketing collateral, SEO writing, decks, talks, and more. For rates and availability, email [email protected] with details on your upcoming job.

"Flesh" Color Band-Aids

​​Good/Bad Marketing
I am the co-founder and a contributor to GoodBadMarketing.com, a blog that looks at marketing campaigns big and small.

• Famous Marketing Language Translation Blunders
• What is “Flesh” Color? The History of Skin Tone Band-Aids
• Don’t Post These Online - Common Ways People Accidentally Compromise Their Privacy and Security
• A Data-Based Marketer’s Guide to Donating
• Why Do We Have Food Expiration Labels?
• Why Plain Packaging Is So Rare
• How much do we spend on pet food and gifts?
• Liquid Death Mountain Water has ads removed from Facebook
• Why is Instagram so Addictive?
• Brand New Roman – A font of corporate logos
• Businesses & Blogs with “Good” in their names
• Scented Pens And Other Bad Ideas
• Flagjacking – Brands that aren’t really from where you think they are
• The Future of Food is Creepy
• A to Z of Marketing - A Poem​​

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Renovation Relationship Tips

A Nice Home
Guest articles on owning, renting and filling a nice home. ​

• Tips for Saving your Relationship During a Renovation
  
• The Kitchen of Tomorrow, Today
• ​Acquiring a Gorgeous Showpiece Dining Table
• The Geek’s Guide to Kitchen Renovating
• Property Condition Reports – How Property Managers Fail Landlords

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PDF flyer I wrote & co-designed.

Discuss.io
For 10 months I was the marketing manager at tech startup and market research company Discuss.io. In addition to writing and authoring one-pagers, decks and other collateral, I wrote their email newsletter and blog. 

• 10 Language Blunders That Would Have Been Avoided With Market Research (local backup copy)
• The Best Zoom Alternative for Market Research
• Zoom Vs Discuss.io PDF (local backup copy)
• Discuss.io Featured in 2020 GRIT Report

Ingencia Corporate Blog:
​Some freelance copywriting for a local small business.
Going Batty (For the Better) | 6 April 2016 | A lighthearted blog article announcing corporate sponsorship of the Bat Conservation Trust. 
Bat Heroes Without Billions | 6 July 2016 | Second corporate sponsorship announcing a single donation towards costs for a local volunteer.
​​Ben Birns Presents Talk and Collects Award at Laserfiche Conference ​| 15 Mar 2016​​​ | Conference presentation rundown and award information.​​

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In Search Of Basho
Two guest blogs for a weekly philosophy haiku webcomic, starring a terminal mouse called Basho.

Brief: Guest blog for haiku / webcomic on the realisation that advertising surrounds us. 
Prompt: ​Just jackals and sharks! / A hand out at every turn - / Invisible? Ha!
View the prompt strip here | Read my article here| 3 September 2016

Brief: Write a guest blog on our haiku/webcomic strip on stoicism.
Prompt: I cannot change the world. / Cannot spin gold from rice. / But I can change me
View the prompt strip here | Read my article here| 9 July 2016
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Four Letter Word Magazine (now defunct)
Vol 1, Issue 1, Jan-Mar 2016, ISSN 2397-1215
Brief: Write two lighthearted comedy pieces in our Love section about family and relationships.
Article 1: Page 92: The Only Thing I Do
​Article 2: Page 93-94: The FAQ
Contact me for a copy of this article.
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​​Seattle Bewilderment Blog
My personal blog with musings, frustrations and wonderment as an who Australian living in the US, who moved here having never visited the country before.
Topics include food, the financial system, food, driving, shopping and food. My favorite blog entries are:
Seattle #27: Machines (not) understanding me.
Seattle #26: Dialect differences.
​Seattle #23: The sad state of mainstream American chocolate.
​Seattle #22: The honeymoon period – will it last?
Seattle #19: Quick movie releases, live TV, and cinema prices
Seattle #16: Food snobbery, especially ...corn?
Seattle #15: Marijuana - it's legal, and it's everywhere
Seattle #12: How judgmental people are of food, especially non-organic food
Seattle #10. They swear a hell of a lot less here.
Seattle #6 Buying second-hand here is expensive.
Read the whole blog at thedavidfrank.com/blog