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“Yolander has been a pleasure to work with, delivering - on time - an interesting article that matched our brief. I look forward to working with her again.”
—Sarah Watson, Editor, International Travel insurance Journal (ITIJ)
“Yolander is a multi-talented writer with a strong background in finance and business. Her blog work for CheapToday.com is second to none. She can do fun and snarky or straight and businesslike with equal skill. Writing ability aside, Yo’s biggest asset is her flexibility. She’s a strong asset to any team.”
—Joe Wallace, Former Managing Editor, CheapToday
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Let an experienced financial professional create compliant and entertaining content, articles and blog posts that increase your visibility and cement your authority in the insurance and financial industry. I have spent over a decade in the financial industry as a writer, underwriter, marketing director, securities trader and insurance agency director of operations and have written both web and print materials for individual agents, financial advisors, web sites and companies like (click for samples):
Some of my content has been picked up on television network and newspaper websites such as WMOR-TV32, 10news.com, Springfield Business Journal Online, and The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
As a financial industry and freelance writing professional, I hold the following licenses, designations and memberships:
“Yolander has been an absolute pleasure to work with. She makes doing business with her easy. Since day one, she has clearly communicated each step of the process. Always meets deadlines and in many cases, she is ahead of schedule. She is one of those individuals that makes her clients feel as though they are her only priority. Her writings clearly show she is an authority on insurance. It is for these reasons, our demand for her services has grown each month and will continue to grow.”
—AnMarie Bozick, CIC, Communications Director, Insurance Technologies Corporation
I want to work with you to create business and financial content, articles and blog posts that your visitors will enjoy reading, will learn from, and that cement your reputation as a reliable industry authority. I have written about (click for samples):
When you hire me as your business and finance writer you put your website content, blog posts, trade magazine articles and e-books into the hands of an experienced financial professional. I create original, thought-provoking content that explores financial concepts from many different angles but is easy to understand and enjoyable to read.
“We hired Yolander earlier this year to help us develop content for an on-line library within our web site. She has done a terrific job for us writing financial services’ content which is life stage oriented. She is very well-versed in financial planning, investment and insurance products. She introduces creative concepts and writes about them in easy-to-understand consumer language. Yolander also writes content for our life insurance blog and is very active on our company’s own social network as well as outside social networks. I highly recommend Yolander and her work!”
––Rose Cahill, Vice President of Marketing, The Savings Bank Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts
I’ve worked with The Hartford legal and compliance departments, Woodbury Financial Services, Brookstreet Securities and other broker/dealers and insurance companies to get insurance agency marketing copy approved. I know what to write and how to write it and can work directly with your compliance department and broker dealer to get your content and marketing materials approved.
“We have hired Yolander several times to write detailed insurance guides. Her copy is excellent, she makes business writing readable, and she has an especially detailed knowledge of the financial and insurance industries. We will definitely be using her again and again and highly recommend her work.”
––Samuel Melamed, CEO, Insurance-Forums
“With your help, SalvageSettlers has been able to convince the complete Indian insurance industry about the benefits of salvage management. As on date, we are working with all the general insurance companies in India. Thank you very much and without your help I would not have been able to complete this Herculean task.”
—Anshul Gupta, CEO, SalvageSettlers.com & SalvageManagement.org
Contact me today and let me put my experience to work for you.
- I am a 2-15, series 7 and 66 licensed financial writer.
- I have been in the financial industry for 10 years as an underwriter, agent, trader, supervisor and marketing director.
- I have in-depth experience with options, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, CDs, life insurance and annuities and have been a featured speaker at insurance conventions, broker/ dealer conferences and seminars.
- A seasoned financial writer, I have been writing in-house for businesses since 1998. I have written about a number of subjects including business, motivation, event planning, current events, and travel.
- In addition to my print and web content work I have also written local television commercials and the script for a cable television instructional video.