Customer Service Health

Karyn

Siegel-Maier

**********@***.***

Professional

writer with demonstrated research and project management skills proven

by more than fifteen years of successful self-employment as a newspaper

correspondent, magazine feature writer, copywriter, editor, content

provider, columnist, book author, award-winning web site designer and

facilitator/developer of online social networking communities, and

management of internal and remote teams.

Skills

Summary

Content

Development & Management Web

Site Design Adobe

Acrobat

Copywriting/Editing Social

Networking (Blogs, Message Boards, Contests, Polls, etc.) Microsoft

Excel (w/VBA)

Project

Management Newsletter

Production HTML

Training

& Coaching Press

Releases, Product Reviews, Consumer Guides Microsoft

Access

Customer

Service Medical

Writing Power

Point

Professional Experience Summary

FREELANCE WRITER/COPYWRITER/EDITOREditorial

management, development of editorial calendar, management of

freelance staff of writers, editing and fact checking, development

and implementation of news content, blogs, polls, surveys, help

documentation and securing third-party article reprint permissions.Identification

of consumer trends for marketing firms, SEO content writing.Preparation

of press releases, marketing copy, consumer health guides.Creation

of promotional materials and segment copy for The Pet Report, a

60-second television news feature, and Amazing Pet Discoveries, a

radio show nationally syndicated with Radio America.Preparation

of briefs for a

major Wall Street information provider to deliver summaries of

earnings calls and other types of live corporate conference calls to

analysts.Feature

writer and columnist for numerous industry and consumer magazines

with a strong focus on wellness, complimentary therapies, cooking,

home and family, and gardening.Writing

and editing of consumer, employee, and corporate newsletters for

various non-profit organizations, businesses, and web sites.Newspaper

correspondent and columnist covering regional news, recreation,

travel, art, history, and lifestyle.Book

author and contributing author to several titles focused on health,

country living and cooking.

WEB

DESIGN/ONLINE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/TEAM & PROJECT MANAGEMENTDesign

and maintenance:A

comprehensive alternative health site that has earned twelve

awards for excellence in content, function, and design.Production

of web-based and email newsletters.Daily

monitoring and enhancement of discussion forums, site metrics,

etc.Community

management of staff and remote teams:

o

Coordination and moderation of promotional events.

o

Recruitment

and training of chat and message board hosts via documentation, online

classes, practical scenarios, and individual mentoring.

o

Scheduling

and supervision of up to 30 online hosts, coaches, or customer service

representatives.

o

Conflict

resolution, crisis intervention, and security enforcement in an online

environment.

Employment History/Client List CLUBSPACES,

INC Managing Editor/Content and Blog ProducerARDIS

HEALTH Marketing Copywriting, Medical Protocols, Blog

ProductionALTMD

Copywriting, Natural Health Information ContentINFOSEARCH

MEDIA SEO Copywriter (Various Industries)PROSPERO

TECHNOLOGIES Online Community Moderation (Corporate)SPIRITUALITY

& HEALTH MAGAZINE Newsletter & Web ProducerLIFE

EXTENSION ORG. Medical WriterEMEDIA/FDCH

& CCBN - Financial Brief Writer & EditorNEW

VISIONS INTERNATIONAL Copywriter, Natural Product Guides

& CatalogsSTEWART

LABS Pharmaceutical Copywriter, Packaging & Insert CopyRUFF

RIDER LLC Copywriter, Press ReleasesSOUTHEASTERN

FRIENDS Radio & TelevisionCopywriterCONSENSUS

HEALTH Online Community Coordinator, Balanced Life CoachLYCOS,

INC. Online Community CoordinatorHEALTHLINE.COM

Daily Health News WriterTRIPOD.COM

(Lycos Network) - Alternative Health Newsletter EditorUNIVERSITY

OF WASHINGTON Online Medicinal Herb Library WriterSUITE101.COM

Botanical Therapies Columnist & EditorAMERICA

ONLINE City Guide WriterAMAZING

INSTANT NOVELIST (on AOL) Chat, Boards & Game HostPARENTING

MAGAZINE ONLINE Chat ModerationAMETEK

ROTRON (formerly EG&G) Marketing AssistantDEEGAN

& SANGLYN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

Copywriter, Brochures

Author s

Bio

Karyn

Siegel-Maier is a freelance

writer and book author with an expertise in complimentary therapies,

nutrition, general health and spirituality. Her work appears in many

industry and consumer publications in the U.S., Canada, and the UK and

her books are printed in three languages.

Ms. Maier makes her home in the majestic Catskills of New York

with her husband and sons, three felines, and newly adopted Australian

Shepherd.

Books

Authored:

The Naturally Clean

Home,

Storey Books, 1999

The Naturally Clean

Home, 2nd Edition,

Storey Books, 2008

50 Simple Ways

to Pamper Your Baby, Storey

Books, 2000

Books

Contributed to:

An Herbal Feast,

by Risa Mornis, Keats Publishing, 1998

500 Treasured

Country Recipes by Martha

Storey & Friends, Storey Books 2000

Strengthen Your

Immune System, Readers

Digest Books, 2002

Disease

Prevention and Treatment,

LEF Publications, 2006

National

Magazines & Web Sites

Natural

Living Today

Better Nutrition (columnist)

Delicious!

Your Magazine of Natural Living

Mother Earth

News

Let s

Live

Real Woman

The

Herb Quarterly

Whole Life Health

Healing

Arts (Canada)

American Fitness

Alive

(Canada)

Fitness Link

Your

Health

ClubMom

Natural

Pharmacy

Natural Health

Country

Living

Quilting Today

ePregnancy

(columnist)

Energy Times

Regional

Magazines

&

Newspapers

(New York)

New Visions (feature

writer new age/alternative medicine)

Rhythm

& News (correspondent - music publication)

The

Adirondack Guide (columnist & contributing editor)

The

Catskill Guide (columnist & contributing editor)

Northeast

(feature writer - regional art & history)

Kingston

Daily Freeman (correspondent lifestyles)

Saugerties

Post Star (columnist)

Mountain

Eagle (correspondent local news)

Newsletters

Herban

Lifestyles

Making

Scents, Newsletter of the International Herb & Aromatherapy

Association

Newsletter

of Ulster County Mental Health (client newsletter)

Kingston

Systems Newsletter (company newsletter)

Herbal Musings

Newsletter (founder, editor)

Other Founder

Herbalmusings.com & Herbal Musings Newsletter Former

daily news brief writer for HealthLine.comFormer

contributing editor for the Botanical Pages of Suite101.comFormer

moderator and newsletter editor of the Alternative Health forum at

Tripod.comContributing

writer for the University of Washington s Online Medicinal Herb

LibraryMember,

International Aromatherapy and Herb AssociationListed

in Who s Who on the WebMember,

Good Health Preview Directory

Interviews/Reviews/Appearances

WHO

Radio (Detroit)

WBAI

Radio - The Natural Living Show with Gary Null (New York)

WBCB

Radio (Philadelphia)

WKNO

Radio (Louisiana)

The

Deborah Ray Radio Show (Tampa)

Los

Angeles Times (March 2000)

Brooklyn

Daily Eagle (March 2000)

Live

Online Guest Chat OneBody.com (April 2000)

Detroit

News (January 2000)

Journal

Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN) (March 2000)

Natural

Living Today Magazine (April 2000)

Health

Magazine (April 2000)

Live Online Guest

Chat OneBody.com (January 2001)

Healthy

Talk Radio with Deborah Ray (February 2001)

Women's

Day Magazine (May 2001)

Healthy

Talk Radio with Deborah Ray (May 2002)

Amazing

Pet Discoveries Radio Show with Mitch Wilder (Nov. 2002)

Alternative

Health Magazine (Aug. 2002)

Natural

Health Magazine (Sept. 2003)

Family

Circle Magazine (Oct. 2003)

First

for Women (Nov. 2005)

Mothering

Magazine (April 2006)

Alternative

Health Magazine (July 2006)

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