Amy Grech 1K+ Connections

Current

• Online Managing Editor at College Bound Athlete
• Author at Amy Grech

Past

• Copywriter/SEO Specialist at Crimson Screams Productions
• E-News Managing Editor at Jobson Medical Information LLC
• Web Editor at PMA Literary and Film Management, Inc.

• Online Editor at Gandolfini.com

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Education

• Borderlands Press Boot Camp
• New School University
• Ithaca College

• Northport High School

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Amy Grech 1K+ Connections’s Summary

I am an SEO Specialist with over a decade of experience. Here are a few of the websites I have optimized for Google, Yahoo and Bing:

http://www.a-perfect-resume.com/ Site has 6 Page 1 listings.
http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/ Number 1 @ Google for child locator.
http://www.collegeboundathlete.com/
http://www.gandolfini.com/
http://www.rodgoodmanphoto.com/
http://www.simplicato.com/ Number 1 @ Google for email hosting provider.

Note: Most of these sites have a PR of 5 or higher.

Amy Grech 1K+ Connections’s Specialties:

Create effective meta tags, adhering to Best Practices.

Write and edit concise online content.

Re-purpose complicated medical jargon for patients and consumers.

Write keyword-rich articles designed to drive traffic to websites. See http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Amy_Grech
for examples.

Amy Grech 1K+ Connections’s Experience

• Online Managing Editor

  College Bound Athlete

  (Internet industry)

  March 2009 — Present (9 months)

  • Design and maintain SEO friendly website.
  • Manage Facebook page.
  • Develop and update blog.
  • Deploy monthly College Bound Athlete E-newsletter.
  • Create PHP application form.
  • Crop and resize photos via Photoshop.

• Author

  Amy Grech

  (Publishing industry)

  June 1994 — Present (15 years 6 months)

  • Damnation Books published my second collection, Blanket of White.
  • Successful fiction author with over 100 short stories published in various anthologies and genre magazines.

• Copywriter/SEO Specialist

  Crimson Screams Productions

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2000 — November 2009 (9 years 11 months)

  • Wrote and edited original online content using HTML.
  • Developed paid search marketing campaigns.
  • Created and edited copy for natural search campaigns.
  • Performed organic Search Engine Optimization.

• E-News Managing Editor

  Jobson Medical Information LLC

  (Publishing industry)

  July 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 9 months)

  • Created and updated articles daily, including Breaking News, on VisionMonday.com via custom CMS.
  • Acted as liaison between I.T. Team and Editorial for VisionMonday.com redesign.
  • Supervised a team of Web Programmers, Graphic Designers, Marketing Associates, and Print Editors onsite and remotely.
  • Generated slideshows for VisionMonday.com.
  • Built and deployed VM Business Essentials and Lab Advisor monthly E-newsletters.
  • Developed daily, unique videos for VM WebTV.
  • Cultivated and expanded unique E-content for VisionMonday.com, including web-only content and features.
  • Edit monthly E-Blast.
  • Cropped and resized photos via Photoshop.
  • Managed editorial calendar.
  • Repurposed print articles from Vision Monday for online use.
  • Wrote What’s Online @ VisionMonday.com for Vision Monday Magazine.
  • Performed organic Search Engine Optimization.

• Web Editor

  PMA Literary and Film Management, Inc.

  (Publishing industry)

  December 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 1 month)

  • Wrote and edited website copy for a Literary Agency.
  • Updated site content daily.
  • Wrote press releases using HTML.
  • Created Author! Screenwriter! eBook.
  • Managed Author! Screenwriter! eBook sales.
  • Integrated Author Videocasts.
  • Performed organic Search Engine Optimization.

• Online Editor

  Gandolfini.com

  (Entertainment industry)

  March 2001 — November 2004 (3 years 9 months)

  • Wrote and edited website copy.
  • Maintained comprehensive overview of James Gandolfini’s film, stage,
  and television work.
  • Created an extensive image gallery and up-to-date-news reports.
  • Managed online marketing campaigns with AllPosters.com and Amazon.com.
  • Created E-mail newsletter.
  • Performed organic Search Engine Optimization.

Amy Grech 1K+ Connections’s Education

• Borderlands Press Boot Camp

  Short Story 2006 — 2006

• New School University

  Web Design and Construction 1999 — 1999

• Ithaca College

  BA , English/Writing , 1991 — 1994

• Northport High School

  Regents Diploma , 1987 — 1990

  Activities and Societies:

  Marching Band, Jazz Band

Additional Information

Amy Grech 1K+ Connections’s Interests:

Content Management, Fiction Writer, New Media, Search Engine Optimization, Social Networking

Amy Grech 1K+ Connections’s Groups:

Horror Writers Association, Shocklines

•    Women 2.0
•    LinkedSEO
•    Content Management Professionals
•    Web Producers Organization
•    LinkEds & writers
•    Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo
•    eMarketing Association Network
•    Horror Writers Association
•    Writing Mafia
•    Ithaca Alumni Group
•    The Content Wrangler Community
•    Science Fiction readers, writers, and collectors
•    ThoseinMedia
•    Search Engine Land
•    Medical Marketing & Communications Group
•    CMS User Group
•    Book Publishing Professionals
•    New Media, Social Media, and Social Networking Participants
•    Online Marketing Network
•    Communication Arts
•    Social Media Marketing
•    Ithaca College Alumni Group
•    Publishing and editing professionals
•    Online reporters and editors
•    Social Media Mafia
•    Media Professionals Worldwide
•    Health 2.0
•    Music and Entertainment Professionals
•    Working Writers
•    Published Authors Network
•    Freelancers Union Group
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    Information, Knowledge and Content Management Specialists
•    SEO Expert
•    Magazine
•    New York Women in Communications
•    Online Media Jobs -- Work in Internet Marketing, E-business, Web Analytics, etc.
•    THE 405 CLUB PROJECT
•    The Job Hunter Group
•    Just IT and Tech Jobs
•    Book Authors & Agents
•    Social Media for the Arts Organization

Amy Grech 1K+ Connections’s Honors:

• 2009 Min’s Best of the Web Awards Honorable Mention - Editorial Excellence (B2B) category - VisionMonday.com
• E-News Managing Editor for VisionMonday.com, 2008 EPpy™ Award-Winner for the Best Regional Magazine-Affiliated Website.
• Modern Man 2008 Min Award Winner for Top Integrated B2B Program.
• 2008 Media Business Online Video Award Winner for VM WebTV.
• Member of Prime International Who's Who Registry of Outstanding Professionals.

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