Portfolio and pricing

Business stories

A sampling of solutions that have helped businesses connect with current customers and attract new prospects—

• Business cards
• News releases
  • “Melanie helped me create effective press releases for the launch of my business in 2007. Her efforts resulted in several speaking engagements and a wonderful, full-page article on the front page of the Southtown Business Section, Sunday Edition.” (Lara Vander Ploeg, birdseyeview)
  • Providence Life Services Realizes Social Media Success (news release for Providence Life Services)
  • Technology Pavilion Hopes to Reinvent Senior Living (news release for ProviNET Solutions)
• Business blogs I write
  • Glimpses of Providence
  • LifeLines ( of course!)
• Business blogs I helped set up
  • John Klompmaker carving
  • Vitaminute
• Brochures
  • Dermatology Associates
  • Providence Management & Development

Ministry stories

A sampling of solutions that have helped ministries engage constituents and raise support—

• Annual Report (The Bible League)
• Benefit concert program (Sarah Van Drunen)
• Facebook page (Living Springs Community Church)
• Fundraising appeal (Cary Christian Center)
• Video script (Back To God Ministries International)

Personal stories

A sampling of memoirs and collections that have brought families and communities together—

• The Geertsema Chronicles
• Cancer Freedom
  • Also view the Facebook page and promo video for this memoir!
• George Griffiths’ family memoirs
• Let it All Out (a gift from a mother to her 15-year-old son, a budding poet)
• Memorial folders for funerals

Pricing guidelines

Every project is different in terms of research, writing, revisions, and final production needs, so it’s difficult to give a definitive price quote without knowing exactly what you will need. Once we have a conversation (via phone or email) about your project, I will send you a quote that spells out an exact price and what you can expect for that price. Below are some general guidelines to start with:

• Blog ghostwriting: $250–400 per post
• Books: See the range of editing services and pricing I offer at Need Writing Help?
• Business cards: $150–250 includes design and 100 printed cards
• Case studies/endorsements: $175–300 each, includes doing interviews by phone or email from a client list you provide
• Facebook: $200–400 to create a profile/page; $250 to provide 10 original updates
• Fundraising appeals: $650–800 for letter, teaser copy, and reply device text
• Memorial folders: $250–600 for writing and layout (based on resource provided), with final document provided as a PDF that can be uploaded to a local printer
• News releases: $750–1,000 includes interviews, research, and writing for a 1–2-page release (submitting to local media costs extra)
• Video scripts: $850–1,000 to script a video of approximately 4 minutes
• Website content strategy: $500–900 for providing an outline of pages and content suggestions, with explanations of the intended goals
• Website content: $200–500 per page (includes researching and using industry-specific keywords)