Paul D
Writer #19782
Joined 2/24/2017
6 Star Rating
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7,251 Projects
4 Endorsements
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Paul D. is a multiple Emmy Award® winner with more than 20 years of experience as a journalist working for some of the country's top publishers. For the past 20 years, Paul D. has worked as a marketing and advertising expert on projects for hundreds of clients. He holds an MBA in Business Administration and has earned the Content Strategy MasterClass Certification at Writer Access. He also earned certifications from Google, Moz, HubSpot, Semrush, LinkedIn, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

He writes clear, concise, and compelling copy that converts, specializing in B2B content and thought leadership for Fortune 1000 companies, startups, and tech companies.

His work has been featured in USA Today and Newsweek and has been honored by Broadcasting & Cable, the Local Media Association, the Red Cross, Boys & Girls Club, and the United Way. Paul D. has published three books on marketing, including his most recent, "Evolving Your SEO Strategy in the Age of AI and Search Generative Experience (SGE)."

He is considered a media industry leader, recognized as one of 12 "Digital All-Stars" on the front lines of transforming the broadcast industry and as a Media Influencer. He is one of the country's top writers on subjects as varied as AI, Business, Marketing, Growth Hacking, and Privacy.

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Paul D. has won more than 30 awards for writing and journalistic excellence from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Associated Press, Radio & Television News Directors Association, Society of Professional Journalists, and more.
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Specialties

Advertising, Marketing, News, Journalism, Business, Leadership, Management, Automotive, Small Business, Social Media, and all things Digital.

Interests

Technology and Digital, Small business, Advertising, Marketing, News, Journalism, Business, Leadership, Management

Education

Northern Illinois University

Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and a Minor in English.

California Coast University

Earned Masters in Business Administration while working full-time as President of a major media company, overseeing 7 television stations, dozens of consumer websites, and a digital marketing agency.

Marketing

278 Projects Completed

More than a decade of experience working with SMBs on marketing and advertising campaigns. Includes all phases of marketing and advertising including word-of-mouth, guerrilla marketing, research, TV and newspaper ads, digital advertising, in-store promotions, social media marketing.

Business

259 Projects Completed

Paul D. works daily with SMBs on crafting marketing messages, ad copy, sales copy, and native advertising. He is a working journalist with 30 years expertise creating, leading and managing multi-state businesses.

Sales

223 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate. Since transitioning to management, he has led sales teams that have sold more than $150 million worth of media and digital advertising.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

Technology

211 Projects Completed

Paul D. is nationally-recognized as an industry leader and influencer in the confluence of technology, media and marketing. He has written hundreds of articles for major news organizations.

He worked for 6 years as VP/Technology for a major media group.

Auto

177 Projects Completed

Paul D. has worked with auto clients for the past decade. He has written blog posts, web pages, advertisements, and developed two marketplace sites interacting with Dealer Management Systems. He has produced more than 50 TV commercials and countless advertising campaigns for local brand name auto dealers.

Health

170 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written hundreds of articles for leading news organizations on health-related topics. He was the Executive Producer and Creator of a weekly television program on health and medicine.

Publishing

109 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

Search Marketing

98 Projects Completed

Paul D. has been Google AdWords and IAB Digital Sales Seller certified. He founded two multi-state digital agencies working with 100's of clients on PPC, SEO, SEM, and mobile campaigns.

High Tech

91 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

He also served as VP/Technology for a major media companeis and is well-versed in IT, cloud computing, security, networking, and infrastructure.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

Medical

77 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

Career

73 Projects Completed

Paul D. not only writes about business, management, career, and leadership, he teaches mid-career professionals on career advancement and business ethics as a Visiting Faculty member. With more than a decade of experience managing multi-state, multi-million dollar media companies, he has hired and mentored hundreds of professionals.

IT

72 Projects Completed

Paul D. served as VP/Technology for a major media company and has a unique set of skills:

- 20 years’ experience as a journalist
- MBA in Business Administration
- Running enterprise companies for past decade

He has written extensively about IT security, network architecture, managed services, IaaS, SaaS, private/public/hybrid cloud solutions, and other enterprise tech.

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate. He is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

SaaS

62 Projects Completed

Paul D. served as VP/Technology for a major media company and has a unique set of skills:

- 20 years’ experience as a journalist
- MBA in Business Administration
- Running enterprise companies for past decade

He has written extensively about IT security, network architecture, managed services, IaaS, SaaS, private/public/hybrid cloud solutions, and other enterprise tech.

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate. He is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Finance

57 Projects Completed

Paul D. holds an MBA in Business Administration and has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Legal

57 Projects Completed

Paul D. has worked with lawyers to help develop advertising and marketing campaigns, SEO and PPC campaigns, branding, design, and implementation of websites.

Ecommerce

49 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers. He has written more than 4 dozen assignments on eCommerce, multi-platform selling, warehousing, and sales.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

Manufacturing

47 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

Cloud Computing

47 Projects Completed

Paul D. served as VP/Technology for a major media company and has a unique set of skills:

- 20 years’ experience as a journalist
- MBA in Business Administration
- Running enterprise companies for past decade

He has written extensively about IT security, network architecture, managed services, IaaS, SaaS, private/public/hybrid cloud solutions, and other enterprise tech.

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate. He is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Science

42 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written hundreds of articles for leading news organizations on science, space, and technology. He launched national apps on space and tech. Considered an industry leader in television, marketing, and advertised, Paul D. has been recognized as a leading tech writers.

Training

31 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

As a trainer, he serves as visiting faculty for training of mid-career professionals. he has conducted hundreds of training seminars to large and small groups.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

Artificial Intelligence

20 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers. He specializes in automation, AI, machine learning, and predictive analysis.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

Education

18 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

Article

2,828 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

Blog Post

2,000 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

Press Release

65 Projects Completed

A highly-skilled marketer, Paul D. has worked with hundreds of clients on crafting a compelling message that attracts media attention. His press releases have been re-published on hundreds of websites nationally.

Sponsored Content

45 Projects Completed

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

White Paper

38 Projects Completed

Armed with an MBA in Business Administration and decades of journalism experience, Paul D. has authored White Papers on tech, marketing, biotech, and security.

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

Book

7 Projects Completed

Paul D. is the co-author of two books on marketing and advertising for small businesses. In addition, he has served as a technical editor and editor on smaller projects.

Paul D. has written literally thousands of news articles for major publications during his 20+ year career as a journalist. His writing is crisp, concise, and factually-accurate.

He is an avid researcher and accomplished at adapting styles to subject matter and target consumers.

Paul D. is expert level at SEO and keywords, and hold certifications from Google, Moz, Facebook, Local Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Also, he holds an MBA in Business Administration and has never missed a deadline in his entire career.

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