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I was born and raised in the apple country of the Hudson Valley in New York state. My father was a successful, self-employed land surveyor; my mother was the Purchasing Agent at SUNY New Paltz and, upon her retirement, was replaced by 3 men!! I was the youngest of 4 kids. My Norwegian grandfather greatly influenced my life.
I graduated with a BA in German Literature from Boston University in 1969, lived and worked in Hamburg, Germany for a year afterward. I've always been interested in languages, but am not really fluent in any other besides English and German, but I am familiar with some romance and Scandinavian languages.
I am married, have 1 son and 2 grandchildren. I travel often to Europe, now for business, but for more than 50 years have touched down someplace in Europe at least once a year.
Classical music is very important to me; I play the piano for enjoyment and each year host the musicians of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival. That's a treat. - Companies
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Virtual Internship Opportunity: Copywriting and PR
Our organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for (1) marketing students or teams. The primary focus for the student will be: Marketing Communications - Recommend changes to advertising and PR materials; create an integrated marketing campaign; create a rebranding campaign. Public Relations - Develop and implement a PR strategy; create collateral, including press releases, user testimonials, case studies, and customer stories. Prospecting Strategy - Evaluate our current customer base and make recommendations for further market penetration; assess our current outreach process and develop and implement targeted prospecting; review our prospect messaging, make improvement recommendations, and create new outreach content. SEO Strategy & Recommendations - Develop and implement an SEO strategy; provide content suggestions and recommendations to increase search visibility; increase our inbound traffic and optimize the customer journey; increase inbound leads. Copywriting - Create copy and content that will enhance our website and emails. Our goal at the end of this experience is: Branding and Marketing Communications - For the student(s) to help us improve our brand's presence and capture greater market share. Public Relations - For the student(s) to help us effectively communicate our brand's story and mission to a broad audience. Prospecting Strategy - For the student(s) to help us implement better prospecting that increases conversion rates and boost our sales team's performance. SEO Strategy & Recommendations - For the student(s) to help us generate more traffic and revenue through search engines. Other duties the student may complete could include : Assist with outbound email marketing campaigns as needed; measure and report on performance of these campaigns using tools such as (indicate tools used, eg.Google Sheets, Excel) Content development, including social posts, blog posts, LinkedIn articles, and website copy. We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern(s) using these communication tools: (list expected channels - eg. Riipen messaging, email, Zoom) Primary contact : Carla Bohnett, Assistant Director Secondary contact: Joan Hill, Director
Marketing Plan For Baby Boomer Demographic
For this project, students will need to: Understand our brand and mission. Defining the theme(s) and message(s) to be communicated and the most effective execution strategy for 70+ year olds. Developing strategies to increase exposure through word of mouth or other creative methods to promote our product and services. Developing strategies for increasing engagement on your various public accounts, blogs, or other marketing assets Identifying best practices to reach this target audience. We want to increase our brand awareness through a mission-aligned marketing campaign that works within our budget and time constraints.
Marketing Plan For Target Demographic
For this project, students will need to: Understand our brand and mission. Defining the theme(s) and message(s) to be communicated and the most effective execution strategy. Developing strategies for our online presence by recommending programs, tools, methods of engagement, social channels, or communication pieces. Developing strategies for increasing engagement on your various public accounts, blogs, or other marketing assets Identifying best practices to reach a new target audience. We want to increase our brand awareness through a mission-aligned marketing campaign that works within our budget and time constraints.
Work experience
Director
Artful Journeys LLC.
Eastham, Massachusetts, United States
August 2008 - Current
Founded, organized, managed, hosted every single trip for 10 years.
Bookkeeper
Joan Hill Bookkeeping
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
June 1993 - Current
I do contract bookkeeping and office management for small architectural and other professional firms.
Administrative Assistant
William Fallon PC
Arlington, Massachusetts, United States
June 1986 - August 1991
I assisted Bill Fallon, a neutral labor arbitrator, in all aspects of his work.
Head of German Department
Schoenhof's Foreign Books
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
June 1983 - June 1987
Responsible for German books' inventory, ordering, advising faculty.
Researcher (volunteer)
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
June 1982 - June 1985
Conduction of research into profiling of patients for malignant hyperthermia.
Owner
Joan Hill Button Works
Arlington, Massachusetts, United States
June 1978 - June 1983
I made production and custom leathergoods which were sold in local stores.