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I am a writer, editor, and marketing professional with experience covering a range of industries, from travel to healthcare to home services.
Over the years, I’ve produced every type of content modern brands and publishers need, including blogs, books, direct response emails, YouTube scripts, and more.
In addition to my content creation and editing expertise, I am proficient with a variety of software, tools, and platforms, including several content management systems, project management tools, and SEO platforms.
I’d love to discuss your content needs.
Ben Team
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I am a writer, editor, and marketing professional specializing in content related to pets, outdoor recreation, tree care, eco-friendly lifestyles, alternative energy, and environmental education.
I have authored more than 40 books, managed a 1500-page website, and generated every kind of content modern brands and publishers require.
It’s time to let me help solve your content needs.
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- Software, Platform, & App Experience
- General Writing Samples
- Copywriting & Product Description Samples
- Book & eBook Samples
- Content Editing Samples
- SEO Editing Samples
- Email & Newsletter Samples
Resume & Professional
Highlights
Professional Highlights
- More than 20 years of writing experience
- More than 14 years of WordPress experience
- More than 14 years of experience with email marketing platforms
- More than 13 years of editing experience
- More than 9 years social media content generation experience
- More than 7 years SEO experience
- Managed a 1500-page, $3 million website
- Doubled site traffic (from 1.5 to 3 million/month) within 6 months
- Served as executive director for nonprofit 501(c)3 organization
- Authored nonprofit blog
- Edited non-profit organizational newsletter
- Designed educational curricula for a variety of audiences
- Member, Dog Writers Association of America
- IBM AI-Fundamentals Credential
- Profiled on GPTV, in CountyLine Magazine, & by Radio Disney
Software, Platform, & App
Experience
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Google Docs
- Google Sheets
- Google Analytics
- WordPress
- Wix
- Zoom
- Trello
- Asana
- Clickup
- Monday
- Notion
- Surfer
- Frase
- Ubersuggest
- YouTube
- X (Twitter)
- TikTok
- Canva
- Irfanview
- Filmora
- TypingMind
- ChatGPT
- ElevenLabs
- Lasso
- Amazon Associates Stripe
- Loomly
- Social Pilot
- Cloud Campaign
- Hootsuite
- Later
- Constant Contact
- Mailerlite
- Mailchimp
General writing Samples
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Pumping the Breaks on the New "Mystery" Dog Illness
Cases have been reported in 16 states, from Washington and California to New Hampshire and Florida.
However, the associated media attention (including that of the traditional and social flavor) the disease is garnering may be complicating things.
Most pet owners are concerned; some are freaking the hell out.
A Complete Guide to Cooling Clothing for Fisherman
No matter how good the fishing is, the summer sun can make any day on the water miserable — and potentially dangerous.
You can persevere for a while, but eventually, you’ll feel compelled to turn the boat around and seek air-conditioned accommodations.
Unless, that is, you have some high-quality cooling clothing.
19 Health Benefits of Hiking (Plus Some of the Risks)
Hiking, it turns out, may make your brain bigger. Well, part of your brain at least.
The brain is a complicated doodad, and the storage of memories is complicated in itself. But the hippocampus is one of the big players in the making-and-storing-memories game.
As it turns out, it may be possible to increase the size of your hippocampus…
6 Reasons Homeowners Are Picking Battery-Powered Lawnmowers
…if you’ve been browsing lawnmowers lately, you know that the market is overflowing with options.
A trip down the mower aisle at a big-box retailer will not only reveal mowers of every size imaginable, but also mowers that use different kinds of technologies.
You’ll see corded electric models, old-fashioned gas-powered models, and really old-fashioned reel-style manual mowers.
SEO vs SEM: Which Is the Best Option for Your Pool Store?
You don’t necessarily have to show up at the number one spot for every possible search term your customers are using, but you do need to hang out near the top.
The question is: How do you get there? How do you go from showing up 8th or, heaven-forbid, on the second page, to showing up at the top where you can make money?
Well, you have two basic options — SEO and SEM.
European Oak vs American Oak: Picking YOur Hardwood Floors
While the term “American oak” is often applied to two distinct species, “European oak” almost always refers to English oak (Quercus robur).
An important timber species for centuries, English or European oak has an array of desirable characteristics that make it well-suited for hardwood floors (as well as furniture, cabinetry, and other uses).
European oak is usually light brown in color…
Copywriting & Product Description Samples
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Tools for Camping: Camping Tools for Your Next Adventure
An affordable yet capable fixed blade knife with a razor-sharp 4.1-inch, stainless steel blade, a polymer handle and sheath (with built-in belt loop).
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The 10 Best Heavy-Duty Dog Leashes for Big, Strong Dogs Who Pull
Featuring a carabiner-style clip and a tubular handle for comfort, this rope leash is strong, easy to use, and comfy in the hand.
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The Best Backpacking Stoves: Lightweight and Easy-to-Use Options
A complete modular backcountry cooking system, the Windburner Personal features MSR’s incredible windscreen, radiant burner and…
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Book & Ebook Samples
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Bearded Dragon Care: A Bearded Dragon Pet Owner's Guide
Crypsis is the first method by which bearded dragons seek to defend themselves. The combination of their camouflaged colors, flattened body, sedentary behavior and numerous skin projections makes them blend in quite well in their natural habitats.
When crypsis fails, bearded dragons may elect to flee, but as they lack the high-end speed of many other lizards, bearded dragons may instead stand their ground.
The Dog CBD Guide: Everything You Need to Know
Carbon dioxide is a very useful solvent, as it has the unusual property of being a “tunable” solvent.
In other words, by carefully manipulating the temperature and pressure of the CO2, you can use it to extract different compounds from a substance.
Accordingly, it has been used in a variety of food producing applications, such as the process of coffee decaffeination.
REd-Footed Tortoise: A Red-Footed Tortoise Pet Owner's Guide
Some researchers are convinced by DNA-based evidence that suggests chelonians’ closest relatives are animals called archosaurs – a group that included dinosaurs and pterosaurs but is represented by birds and crocodilians in the modern world.
By contrast, other researchers find the morphological evidence more compelling and believe that lizards are the closest relatives of turtles.
Content Editing Samples
The Five Best Labrador Retriever Mixes: Paws and Personality
This is an editing sample of a human-written blog article about Labrador retriever mixes.
This article was edited for SPAG, flow, best practices, and in-house style.
[Redacted Business Name] Tree Care: Available Services
This is an editing sample for a tree-care business’s services page.
This article was edited for SPAG, flow, best practices, and to improve the business’s conversion rate.
Got a Crazy Canine? [Redacted Business Name] Can Help!
This is an editing sample for a dog training business’s landing page.
The article was edited for SPAG, flow, best practices, and to improve the business’s conversion rate.
SEO Editing Samples
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Birding Binoculars for Beginners: 7 Common Novice Mistakes
This is an informational article edited to improve its Surfer SEO score and rank higher on the SERP for “Birding Binoculars for Beginners.”
The initial Surfer SEO content score was 54. After editing, the score improved to 90.
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Are Cat Sitters Better Than Boarding Your Cat?
This is an informational article edited to improve its Surfer SEO score and rank higher on the SERP for “Cat Sitter vs Boarding.”
The initial Surfer SEO content score was 38. After editing, the score improved to 92.
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Generator Installation: Dunwoody Upgrade Edition
This is an informational article edited to improve its Surfer SEO score and rank higher on the SERP for “Generator Installation Dunwoody.”
The initial Surfer SEO content score was 42. After editing, the score improved to 84.
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Email Drip Campaigns & Newsletters
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You do know how to identify poison ivy, right?
Few things will ruin a trek through the forest like a brush with poison ivy.
Many outdoor enthusiasts think they can identify it on site, but you’d be amazed at how many people confuse it with some of its lookalikes.
So, to help keep you safe while you’re enjoying the great outdoors, we’ve put together a few resources.
Our hiker’s guide to poison ivy identification features more images of the plant than any other informational resource on the web.
Boaters Rescue 38 Dogs from Drowing & Brave Doggo Saves Owner!
Given that you’re a dog lover, you’ve probably already seen videos on YouTube or TikTok of dogs using talking buttons to communicate with their owners.
They’re certainly adorable videos, but many owners and scientists were skeptical that dogs were actually using these buttons in the way it appears.
Instead of using the buttons to communicate specific thoughts, concepts, or words, many felt that the dogs were simply picking up on subtle social cues from their owners.
Running a Nonprofit Is Hard; MCS Wants to Help [No Tricks]
Times are tough for everyone lately, but nonprofits have been hit especially hard the last few years.
You already know this. You deal with it every day.
But we want you to know that we understand what you’re dealing with.
And we’d like to help.
Our team has more than 12 years of hands-on nonprofit experience – social responsibility is in our blood.
But since we aren’t a million-dollar…
What to Do When You Walk Through a Spider Web
Step 1: Walk through a spider web. For maximum adrenaline value, it’s best to do so accidentally and without any warning.
Step 2: Immediately check your nethers. Having a spider anywhere on your body is undesirable, but there is something of a terror hierarchy at play, with your nether bits being at the top.
Step 3: Quickly find & yeet the spider. If your nethers are clear, chances are, the spider is on your face. Grab the arachnid and launch it into low earth orbit. Or directly at one of your companions.
Dogs Sell Themselves. dog Products Do Not.
Let Us Help.
Dogs may sell themselves, but dog products certainly do not.
We can help with that.
Our team has more than 20 years of combined digital marketing experience in the pet niche.
We know what works, and we know what does not.
Start getting the traction your new product deserves.
Visit our website or DM us to get started.
Four Reasons Frogs Love to Party in Your Pool
To get frogs to leave your pool, you have to understand why they’re showing up in the first place.
Here are 4 reasons frogs love to party in your pool (…and how to stop them).
1) The air is hot, and your pool is cool. To be fair, that’s why we like pools too…
2) There are tons of tasty bugs near your pool. We actually like when they eat the skeeters…
3) Frogs like to mate and lay eggs in the water. Bet ya didn’t know it was THAT kind of party…
YouTube Content Samples
Links & Excerpts
Everything You Need to Know About Rottweilers
A basic guide to everything prospective Rottweiler owners should know before adopting or purchasing one of these amazing dogs.
Poison Ivy Lookalikes: The Five Plants That Give People Trouble
A detailed visual guide for hikers and campers that outlines five plant species people often confuse with poison ivy.
Do Dog Cooling Vests Work in High-Humidity Environments?
An empirical examination designed to determine if evaporative cooling vests are effective in high-humidity environments.
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