MARION GOLD is a writer, book author, and publicity consultant with a distinguished history of communications and marketing excellence. Marion's services include the development of marketing & publicity materials, and strategic planning counseling for entrepreneurs, book authors, small businesses and nonprofits. She creates "Personal Publicity" and other specialty press kits, quality editorials, position papers and more. All the publicity tools you need to gain visibility for YOU, your BOOK, your BUSINESS or your ORGANIZATION. Marion is also considered an expert in forging alliances between nonprofit organizations and corporate partners who must meet bottom-line marketing objectives. Her award winning articles on marketing, diversity, and women in the workforce appear in marketing trade journals, national newspapers, and national and international magazines. Among her specialty topics are women's advocacy, career enhancement, publicity for entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations, and *healthcare education.
Click to hear Marion's tips on How to Market YOU. Marion was interviewed by "The Women's Connection" moderator Barrie Switzen.
Have you written a book designed to market you or your business?
Do you want to write a book, but need help getting started?
Do you need a skilled writer and editor to ghostwrite or fine-tune your manuscript?
Do you have a new product or service to promote and need a tactical plan?
How about a press release, or a comprehensive press kit?
Marion's consulting, coaching, ghostwriting and editorial goals are to Make Every Word Count!
Bottom Line: Creating Communications That Make a Difference - For YOU and for your target audience.
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Marion is also an entertaining, informative and motivating public speaker who is available for group presentations, seminar keynotes, workshops, and round-table discussions on marketing & publicity. She provides do-it-yourself tactics for entrepreneurs and book authors, and executives of smaller nonprofit associations, who have to compete with the "big guys" for visibility, media attention, and dollars!
Marion has also spoken on a variety of other topics - From the 'Status of Women in Law Enforcement," to the "Problems of Tobacco Use by Young Women," to "Trafficking of Women from Eastern Europe to the United States," to "How Volunteerism is Good for Business." She was a featured speaker and panel moderator for the annual meetings of the National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives, the National Center for Women & Policing, and Women in Federal Law Enforcement. She also was a guest speaker at a variety of other events, including the 17th Annual Graduate Women in Business conference at the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management, the Arizona Women's Town Hall, Arizona Press Women, the Women's Network Exchange of Arizona, the Arizona Women Lawyers Association, the Illinois Woman's Press Association, and at several programs by invitation of the State of Arizona Governor's Division for Women.
Download a FREE reprint of Marion's article on "Volunteerism - Good for Your Career, Good for Business and Good for the Community"
Marion served on a variety of distinguished Boards
· Arizona Women's Town Hall
· National Association of Women Business Owners, Phoenix Metropolitan Chapter
· Board of Judges for THE GLOBALS International Competition in Healthcare Communications sponsored by The New York Festivals
· Advisory Board of the National Women's History Museum (Washington, DC)
· Soroptimist International of the Americas (Chicago Club)
· Public Policy Council of the National Association for Female Executives
· Past President of the Illinois Woman's Press Association and Vice President of Arizona Press Women
She also achieved many honors-Among them:
· Communicator of Achievement awarded by the Illinois Woman's Press Association
· Athena Award for Excellence in Mentoring awarded by Mentor & Protege Newsletter
· Working Woman magazine featured Marion as an entrepreneur with GUTS
· Featured in the Soroptimist of the Americas magazine
· Named by Today's Chicago Woman to their list of 100 Women Making a Difference
Marion is the author of two books:
PERSONAL PUBLICITY PLANNER: A Guide to Marketing YOU is Winner of an Athena Award for Excellence in Mentoring sponsored by Mentor & Protege Newsletter.
TOP COPS: Profiles of Women in Command was endorsed by United States Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, and former Governors George Ryan (Illinois) and George Pataki (New York).
She is also co-author of SKIRTING TRADITIONS: Arizona Women Writers & Journalists 1912-2012
Marion’s two bylined chapters profile Arizona writers Jana Bommersbach - a nationally acclaimed investigative journalist and book author, and Pam Stevenson - one of Arizona’s first on-screen television producer/writers and a video journalist. The book includes biographies of twenty-eight female writers and journalists from Arizona spanning the one hundred years since Arizona became the forty-eighth state in the Union.The was named by the Arizona Historical Advisory Committee as an official Arizona Legacy Project, and part of Arizona's official 2012 Centennial celebration. The book is available from Amazon.com.
Marion offers a
full range of writing & ghostwriting, editorial, marketing communications, strategic planning,
and consulting & coaching services to
book authors, entrepreneurs, artists and artisans, and others seeking career-enhancing visibility.
Specialized freelance services are also available to corporations, advertising agencies, and nonprofit organizations.
Marion was profiled in "WE Magazine for Women." To download a reprint, click here.