Writing Services

Clear Content Strategy

In a world where people are bombarded by new content daily, how do you stand out? If you are looking for that special razzle dazzle, it doesn't happen by accident. It all starts with creating a strategy for how you craft and deliver content that appeals to your audiences of choice.

Starting with key messages, we review and target important ideas and benefits and how they support the distinct vision and essence of your business. These details are then used as the springboard for your unique content plan, the "road map" that ensures important selling and call-to-action points are front and center. We also identify and outline important communications mediums and target markets to support the strategy.

Then, when the pot is about to boil, you are ready start making alphabet soup.

Buzz-worthy Writing

No matter what you need content for, the material must be succinct and memorable, otherwise, why bother? Buzzword writes content to help you:

  • Deliver key messages
  • Attract and/or sustain a specific target audience
  • Take an old topic in a new direction
  • Talk about how awesome you are
  • Share an important message or idea
  • Build your brand and attract more clients
  • Create community
  • Any other wild heart's desire

We make sure all content has an engaging and consistent tone, pacing and clarity to fit your communication medium of choice. This is also where that super valuable content strategy comes into play, naturally guiding the direction of the content to hit key points

Let Us Do the Dirty Work: We hear time and time again from busy clients that they just don't have time to create good, engaging content, don't enjoy the writing process or feel their writing skills are pretty rusty. Its in these situations that Buzzword is most useful, taking on writing projects so you can focus on your core business and passions.

Not sure what you need? Check out our extensive list of content options.

*Utilizing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques for web-based writing and blogs.

Ghost Writing

Creating new, fresh content is a necessity when you want to provide value for regular readers. If you are watching the hours slip away while your content gets stale, you might need to call in a pinch hitter to help. Buzzword can take over writing regular blog entries, social media posts and articles for you, while you still get all the credit. We can also help authors with ghost writing sections of books or full manuscripts.

Save time and still share great, insightful content with readers. Ghost writing services help boost visibility, strengthen brand awareness and position you as an expert while you focus on the basics of building your business.

Exemplary Editing

Buzzword understands that sometimes you already have the words down on paper, but they just don't seem to "come together". We can review, critique, and proof your work at various stages of development to help accentuate key points and develop content that is smooth and clear. Why waste time guessing if your content is readable when you can know for sure? Our editing services include:

Consulting Services with Creative Katrina

Bust Through Creative Blocks

Looking for a creative partner to guide you through creative blocks in your career or on a particular project, or to rework your brand image? Buzzword offers programs and classes to help you or your team work through key creative challenges, and allow pure passion and inspiration to bubble up to the surface.

Creative Brainstorm Sessions 1 on 1

This 1 hour session helps you look at where you are in your business currently and what seems to be missing. We evaluate new ways to market, position and talk/write about your products or services, or work on a specific, targeted problem. These sessions are perfect for generating a list of ideas to get you moving in a new direction and reignite excitement about moving forward.

Buzzword listens to your suggestions, challenges and ideas and offers specific solutions and strategies to help you movin' and groovin'. If the collaboration is a good fit, Buzzword will then put together a detailed plan.

Power Brainstorm, ½ hour

This is a power brainstorm for a specific problem. Buzzword will act as a sounding board to help you generate and bounce ideas back and forth to work though a specific business or life challenge.

Creative Brainstorms for Groups

Have a core group of folks you work with that are having a bout of creative conflict? Fresh out of creative mojo? Maybe there are group challenges that could benefit from an outsiders input and perspective? A group brainstorm with Buzzword helps shed new light on old problems and offers both practical and intuitive insight to help you all move forward as a team. Perfect for a specific project or to create a clear long-term vision and strategy for the group dynamic.

Creative Ideas Plan/Marketing Plan

Need to create a new marketing plan or spice up an old one? Maybe you just need a few creative insights to help reboot current brainstorming efforts. Buzzword jumps in to collaborate with your team to get things ideas rockin' and rollin'. With fresh insights and new ideas you can begin to revamp current communications and rework existing materials to improve online or print content efforts.

Mind maps and Defining your Work Matrix (Consultants only)

Want to make a life or career change? Sometimes the hardest step is to leave behind a skillset or job that is financially profitable but no longer personally fulfilling. This session helps individuals or consultants do an honest review of their current work, interests, skill sets and passions and begin to connect them all into a career path that is profitable, meaningful and fulfilling.

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Please contact Buzzword for more information regarding pricing for consulting services.

None of these options a fit? Hire Katrina to act as an invisible part of your creative team for a particular project or ongoing basis to get her skills and input only as you need it.

Buzzword owner Katrina also has a series of programs to help people work through various areas of life blocks to help overcome burn out and re-gnite creativity to start living from their heart and passion once again. Check out out the variety of creative programs, starting from passion recovery basics to a full-blown passion program.