Joseph Coplans

Current

• Owner at Ink Stain, Inc. (Self-employed)
• AIGA Colorado (American Institute of Graphic Arts) at AIGA Colorado | The Professional Association For Design

Past

• Account Executive at Global Imaging, Inc
• Corporate Sales at ComputerWare for Apple Computer

Education

• State University of New York College at Purchase

Recommended

14 people have recommended Joseph

Connections

101 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Website

Joseph Coplans’s Summary

Copywriter with 12 years of sales experience
Ink Stain specializes in brand writing for the Web.
I find the emotional hot buttons that provide thoughtful credibility for your company. I work to create copy that enhances your brand image, increases your sales and positions you properly in the marketplace. Visit http://www.inkstaininc.com for a tour of my work see how I can help you effectively communicate your goals.

Joseph Coplans’s Specialties:

I am known for my ability to write the story about what you do - inspiring your audience to learn about your company while motivating them to become your lifelong customers. I distill your company message. I make it contagious and repeatable. Specializing in the interactive marketplace.

Joseph Coplans’s Experience

• Owner

  Ink Stain, Inc. (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

  February 2005 — Present (3 years 6 months)

  Ink Stain is an Award Winning Copywriting firm. Ink Stain provides Sales Language for the Web and Interactive Marketplaces, Brand Strategy and Graphic Design Resources.
  
  …excellent copy is not the pen moving as a wand; it’s an informed mind using language with decisive pageantry. Excellent copy leads the client through the sales cycle, from creating initial awareness, to closing the final sale. True sales integration, fuses marketing ideas and sales goals together.

• AIGA Colorado (American Institute of Graphic Arts)

  AIGA Colorado | The Professional Association For Design

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2003 — Present (5 years)

• Account Executive

  Global Imaging, Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Photography industry)

  January 2003 — January 2005 (2 years 1 month)

  1.5 million in sales commercial grade banner printers and related equipment for 500 member FASTSIGNS signage store owners.

• Corporate Sales

  ComputerWare for Apple Computer

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  January 2000 — November 2002 (2 years 11 months)

  • Top Producing Salesman in Five Store Company
  • Highest Revenue and Margin,
  • Most Acquired Professional Clients
  Professional sales account executive for authorized Apple reseller of Apple hardware, peripherals and software, from top manufacturers such as LaCie, Epson, Canon and Microsoft. Created a successful program that inspired a large sales block of independent Macintosh consultants to facilitate their client base hardware sales needs exclusively in the Berkeley retail store. Met with system administrators and CEOs to acquire service contracts and won hardware sales with creative media clients such as, American Zoetrope, media arts schools such as Bay Area Video Coalition, and top level San Francisco design firms, public relations firms and video production houses.

Additional Information

Joseph Coplans’s Websites:

• My Website

Joseph Coplans’s Groups:

American Institute of Graphic Arts, President's Chair

Joseph Coplans’s Honors:

Awards from Media and Film Organizations

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