Susan Gunelius

Current

• President & CEO at KeySplash Creative, Inc.
• Guide to Web Logs at About.com

Past

• Freelance Writer at Self Employed
• Blogger at b5media
• Blogger at Know More Media

• Marketing Manager at Household International/HSBC
• Marketing Coordinator at AT&T Credit

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Education

• Fairfield University
• West Morris Mendham High School

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Susan Gunelius’s Summary

Susan Gunelius, President & CEO of KeySplash Creative, Inc. (www.KeySplashCreative.com), a full service creative solutions provider offering copywriting, business communications, blog and article writing, and marketing and branding consulting services. She brings with her over 15 years of experience working in the marketing field for some of the largest corporations in the world (including divisions of AT&T, HSBC, Household International and more).

Susan is a published author with two books available in book stores and online ("Harry Potter: The Story of a Global Business Phenomenon" through Palgrave Macmillan and "Kick-Ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps" through Entrepreneur Press). Her third book ("Google Blogger for Dummies") will be published in January 2009 through Wiley and a fourth about the Playboy brand will hit book shelves (through Palgrave Macmillan) in the latter half of 2009.

Susan frequently writes about marketing for various publications, including Entrepreneur.com, MSNBC.com, FoxBusiness.com, WashingtonPost.com, TheStreet.com, SmartMoney.com, Yahoo! Finance and Yahoo! Small Business.

Susan is also an active blogger authoring the KeySplash Creative Conversations blog about branding, marketing and advertising for her company, KeySplash Creative, Inc. as well as Women On Business - a blog for women working in business at www.WomenOnBusiness.com. She is a contributing author at Corporate Eye where she writes about corporate branding, and she writes about small business marketing for Cox Communications’ Kudzu.com Business Success Center where she authors the Everyday Marketing blog. Additionally, she is the Guide to Web Logs for About.com (a New York Times company).

Susan Gunelius’s Specialties:

marketing, advertising, copywriting, blogging, writing, branding, author

Susan Gunelius’s Experience

• President & CEO

  KeySplash Creative, Inc.

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  Owner of creative marketing communications company offering copywriting, article and blog writing, and marketing and branding consulting services. www.KeySplashCreative.com

• Guide to Web Logs

  About.com

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; NYT; Internet industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

  Guide to Web Logs for About.com (a New York Times Company)

• Freelance Writer

  Self Employed

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 11 months)

  Nonfiction author, freelance writer and copywriter, professional blogger and marketing consultant. In October 2008, Susan transitioned her freelance business into her new company, KeySplash Creative, Inc. (www.KeySplashCreative.com).

• Blogger

  b5media

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

  June 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 5 months)

  Author of several blogs, including www.Brandcurve.com.

• Blogger

  Know More Media

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

  May 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 3 months)

  Author of www.MarketingBlurb.com

• Marketing Manager

  Household International/HSBC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

  February 1998 — December 2004 (6 years 11 months)

• Marketing Coordinator

  AT&T Credit

  (Public Company; Writing and Editing industry)

  1993 — 1996 (3 years )

Susan Gunelius’s Education

• Fairfield University

  BS , Marketing , 1989 — 1993

  Maiden Name: Susan Henry

• West Morris Mendham High School

  1985 — 1989

Additional Information

Susan Gunelius’s Groups:

•    Know More Media, Inc.
•    Stevie Awards Honorees
•    AT&T Capital / AT&T Credit Alumni

Susan Gunelius’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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