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Being a writer legitimizes my right to stick my nose into your
business - literally.
I have been writing for the advertising and marketing industry and
producing feature editorial for newspapers and periodicals for 25
years. I specialize in nothing. Because I love to write, I will tackle
almost any topic! I have been blessed with opportunities to write
for every medium: radio, TV, newspaper, magazines, websites,
the Internet, email, video, direct mail, and of course sales and
marketing literature, campaigns and collateral.
From an early start writing radio spots, to planning media and
managing accounts at a Miami ad agency, I moonlighted behind
the cameras at Miami's ABC affiliate (WPLG) and even managed
a small-town business and lifestyle magazine. After being
informed in 1997 my writing was “too clever for TV", I spent 3
years working as an editor for a sports publisher while
freelancing various writing projects on the side.
In 2000, I received kudos for writing and producing a corporate
marketing video for an OEM window-manufacturing product - the
byproduct of stricter window-testing standards after Hurricane
Andrew. I quickly found myself managing a corporate marketing
department and my repertoire expanded into the Internet
including websites and email marketing.
I find many businesspeople do not have time to write; others are
not comfortable writing. Some people are awesome at what they
do for a living but simply don't have the experience to put into
words the beauty of their work.
Since moving to Huntsville in 2006 when my mother was
diagnosed with cancer, I have been asked many times whether I
am a technical writer. I respond this way:
I have not written according to government standards, but, I am
very experienced at taking complex problems and simplifying
them for the lay market - for instance, I wrote a manual and a
marketing video on how to set up clean rooms, wash glass and
laminate window film onto windows during the window
manufacturing process. I have also written procedural manuals,
operations manuals and if you visit my "Journalism" page, you
will see I have written about some highly technical subjects: lunar
landers, control theory, radiation hardening, etc... in my book -
those are pretty highly technical topics and I enjoyed doing every
one of them.
From a marketing perspective - I will tell a story about your
product or service, and use bright ideas and creative messaging
to target your customers!
I'm looking forward to hearing from you!
Kimberly Ballard
business - literally.
I have been writing for the advertising and marketing industry and
producing feature editorial for newspapers and periodicals for 25
years. I specialize in nothing. Because I love to write, I will tackle
almost any topic! I have been blessed with opportunities to write
for every medium: radio, TV, newspaper, magazines, websites,
the Internet, email, video, direct mail, and of course sales and
marketing literature, campaigns and collateral.
From an early start writing radio spots, to planning media and
managing accounts at a Miami ad agency, I moonlighted behind
the cameras at Miami's ABC affiliate (WPLG) and even managed
a small-town business and lifestyle magazine. After being
informed in 1997 my writing was “too clever for TV", I spent 3
years working as an editor for a sports publisher while
freelancing various writing projects on the side.
In 2000, I received kudos for writing and producing a corporate
marketing video for an OEM window-manufacturing product - the
byproduct of stricter window-testing standards after Hurricane
Andrew. I quickly found myself managing a corporate marketing
department and my repertoire expanded into the Internet
including websites and email marketing.
I find many businesspeople do not have time to write; others are
not comfortable writing. Some people are awesome at what they
do for a living but simply don't have the experience to put into
words the beauty of their work.
Since moving to Huntsville in 2006 when my mother was
diagnosed with cancer, I have been asked many times whether I
am a technical writer. I respond this way:
I have not written according to government standards, but, I am
very experienced at taking complex problems and simplifying
them for the lay market - for instance, I wrote a manual and a
marketing video on how to set up clean rooms, wash glass and
laminate window film onto windows during the window
manufacturing process. I have also written procedural manuals,
operations manuals and if you visit my "Journalism" page, you
will see I have written about some highly technical subjects: lunar
landers, control theory, radiation hardening, etc... in my book -
those are pretty highly technical topics and I enjoyed doing every
one of them.
From a marketing perspective - I will tell a story about your
product or service, and use bright ideas and creative messaging
to target your customers!
I'm looking forward to hearing from you!
Kimberly Ballard
About KimberlyWrites
| Meet my children! |
Mr. Buzzy is a Norwegian
Forest Cat. I found him as an
8-week-old kitten in a snow
storm in 1996 and traipsed
through the snow to meet
the vet, who met me for an
emergency visit when the
next day he was so sick he
couldn't stand up. She said
he has a 103 degree fever
and doubted he'd make it.
She called me a couple of
days later and said, "Your
kitty is ready to come
home." I responded, "He's
not really my kitty," and she
replied, "Well, he is now."
He came home with a green
bandana tied around his
neck and he is a sweetheart.
Forest Cat. I found him as an
8-week-old kitten in a snow
storm in 1996 and traipsed
through the snow to meet
the vet, who met me for an
emergency visit when the
next day he was so sick he
couldn't stand up. She said
he has a 103 degree fever
and doubted he'd make it.
She called me a couple of
days later and said, "Your
kitty is ready to come
home." I responded, "He's
not really my kitty," and she
replied, "Well, he is now."
He came home with a green
bandana tied around his
neck and he is a sweetheart.
Spike is more adoringly
known as "BeaverButt". He
isn't fat, but as my friend
LaJoyce says, "He's the
biggest housecat I've ever
seen!". I didn't want another
cat when my friend Joyce's
cat had kittens. I said "no"
several times but she started
a marketing campaign to find
good homes for the new kits
and she sent me adorable
pics by email of him playing in
his food dish. When he was
little, he bowed is back up
and ran sideways like a crab
at the others, thus his name,
Spike. He also has 2
different-colored eyeballs and
looks sort of goofy but his
nickname BeaverButt speaks
for itself!
known as "BeaverButt". He
isn't fat, but as my friend
LaJoyce says, "He's the
biggest housecat I've ever
seen!". I didn't want another
cat when my friend Joyce's
cat had kittens. I said "no"
several times but she started
a marketing campaign to find
good homes for the new kits
and she sent me adorable
pics by email of him playing in
his food dish. When he was
little, he bowed is back up
and ran sideways like a crab
at the others, thus his name,
Spike. He also has 2
different-colored eyeballs and
looks sort of goofy but his
nickname BeaverButt speaks
for itself!
Spooky Pooky showed up
on my patio playing in my
plants last September and
was entirely too young to be
out wandering around by
himself. I think he was
about 10 weeks old and I
fought off taking him in - he
wouldn't let me pick him up
or touch him (thus his name
Spooky). But he laid outside
my screen while I worked
here at the desk, looking at
me adoringly and after
several weeks, I broke
down and bought some flea
killer and trapped him in the
bathroom. A few scratches
along his spine and under
his neck and I had a new
baby. He's a teenager now!
on my patio playing in my
plants last September and
was entirely too young to be
out wandering around by
himself. I think he was
about 10 weeks old and I
fought off taking him in - he
wouldn't let me pick him up
or touch him (thus his name
Spooky). But he laid outside
my screen while I worked
here at the desk, looking at
me adoringly and after
several weeks, I broke
down and bought some flea
killer and trapped him in the
bathroom. A few scratches
along his spine and under
his neck and I had a new
baby. He's a teenager now!
| I am a proud Conservative and a believer in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior |
