Carlie L
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Carlie began writing professionally in 1991. She spent five years at a mid-sized daily newspaper, beating deadlines on a daily basis while covering politics, entertainment, and sports. She's written for monthly magazines, weekly blogs, and academic publications. Educated at The University of Oklahoma, Carlie holds BAs in Journalism & Mass Communication, and Film & Video Studies, as well as, a Master of Regional & City Planning. She owns a business continuity consulting firm and a creative firm that specializes in SEO web copy, including blogs and articles. Carlie authored nine titles in the Mason Crest Publishing book series "Hip-Hop & R&B: Culture, Music, and Storytelling" and the book series "Infamous Jailbreaks," introduced in 2022. She also authored "Careers With Earning Potential Web Developer."
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Specialties

Specialty genres include: legal, including the verticals of environmental law and oil & gas law; finance; business, including the business improvement, business continuity, and hazards planning verticals. Carlie also covers sports; entertainment; politics; fashion and beauty; travel; pets. She writes SEO blogs, articles, SEO landing pages, SEO splash pages, SEO website text, and catalog content. Trained in effectively using:
- Clearscope
- Surfer SEO
- Market Muse
- Frase.

Interests

American football, cooking, hiking, travel, reading, music, guitar, animals, especially cats and dogs, and the positive thinking process.

Education

University of Oklahoma

Carlie completed a double degree during her undergraduate years at the University of Oklahoma, covering the major aspects of communications at that time. Both degrees also delved into the then relatively new public Internet, whetting her appetite for the subject.

University of Oklahoma

My speciality area is environmental planning. My thesis examined the droughts and wildfires in Oklahoma during 1996, 1997 and 1998, and the mitigation responses.

Insurance

594 Projects Completed

Carlie writes for insurance industry publications, including the NAIFA blog, and for various insurance companies that need the nitty gritty details of policies explained in everyday language to their potential clients.

Fashion

324 Projects Completed

Carlie writes fashion blogs and buyer's guides for an array of clients including specialty blogs, malls, and online stores. She also authors catalog content, including product descriptions for clothing and accessories. Her fashion bylines have appeared in Beverly Hills Magazine and She Owns It.

Finance

264 Projects Completed

Carlie writes for the Goalry brand of finance websites, focusing on the gig economy, wealth-building, startups, young people's finance, and retiree's finance.

Construction

121 Projects Completed

I author both web copy and blogs for construction clients. This includes general contractors, union groups and tradespeople, including plumbers, electricians, carpenters, floor layers, tilers, masons, architects and landscape architects. I also write on the topics of post-fire and post-flood cleaning and restoration plus mildew and mold abatement.

Cryptocurrencies

100 Projects Completed

Carlie writes blogs, articles, and e-books on blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. She also writes whitepapers for blockchain startups and conducts much of their ground floor research, including competition analysis.

Business

87 Projects Completed

Carlie has written on business and technology for online and print publications including "Keysian," "The Oklahoma Daily," "She Owns It," "The Lindsey Divide," "Oklahoma College Press," and "Second Comings." In 2014-15, she authored a more than 20-part step-by-step series to help small businesses create and implement a risk and risk communications plan. "Keysian" published the series in its entirety.

Entertainment

51 Projects Completed

I author the book series Hip Hop & R&B: Culture, Music & Storytelling for Mason Crest Publishers.

Blog Post

2,032 Projects Completed

For three years, Carlie wrote weekly blogs for "Keysian" and "Movitly." She's also written for "She Owns It," "Second Comings," and "JollyJo.tv."

Web Page

350 Projects Completed

Carlie has worked as a web designer, developer and content writer since 1996. She has plowed through numerous versions of HTML, enjoys the flexibility in design CSS provides, survived the .asp craze and gets her kicks devising efficient code that provides an esthetic display featuring a UX visitors love.

Book

39 Projects Completed

Academic
High and dry : institutional impediments to effective drought management and relief in the 1995-96 and 1998 Oklahoma droughts (2001)
Emerging Energy Technology Survey: Oklahoma State Agency Interests (2007)

Mass Market
Hip Hop & R&B: Culture, Music & Storytelling: Post Malone (2019)
Hip Hop & R&B: Culture, Music & Storytelling: Travis Scott (2019)
Hip Hop & R&B: Culture, Music & Storytelling: Nicki Minaj (2019)
Hip Hop & R&B: Culture, Music & Storytelling: John Legend (2019)
Hip Hop & R&B: Culture, Music & Storytelling: Lil Wayne (2019)

forthcoming in 2021:
Hip Hop & R&B: Culture, Music & Storytelling: Migos (2020)
Hip Hop & R&B: Culture, Music & Storytelling: Alcia Keys (2020)
Hip Hop & R&B: Culture, Music & Storytelling: Gucci Mane (2020)
Hip Hop & R&B: Culture, Music & Storytelling: Meek Mill (2020)
Careers with Earning Potential: Web Developer (2020)

eBook

17 Projects Completed

Carlie L. has authored 16 e-books, also published as hardcover books, as an author for Mason Crest Publishing. She writes the series, Hip-Hop and R & B: Culture, Music and Storytelling, and the "Infamous Jailbreaks" series.

She also authored an e-book on Oklahoma state agencies' interests in renewable industries and technologies. It was published by The University of Oklahoma.

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