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Internationally published writer, author, and producer with bylines and credits in national magazines, Discovery Channel, major market newspapers, local radio and TV affiliates, and trade publications.
News, marketing, advertising, and public relations writer, copywriter, editor, book publisher, and producer in all media (print, web, and TV) for over 25 years.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Science, Healthcare, Technology News, Marketing, & PR General Interest
Healthcare Internet Real Estate
Diabetes News Media Leadership
Computers Marketing Outdoor Recreation
Software Public Relations Cycling
Environment [Green Topics] Non-Profits Govt. & Public Policy
Public Safety [Police & Fire] Books & Authors Business
Oceanography & Beaches Social Media
Telecommunications Crisis Management
I specialize in making complex topics interesting and understandable for the target audience.
WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU
Integrated Campaigns or Individual Projects
PRINT WEB TV, RADIO, & “LIVE”
Straight News Writing Websites & Micro-Sites News Packages
Feature Stories Blogs & Forums Feature Segments
Advertising Copy E-Blast Campaigns Commercials
Sales Letters Reputation Management Public Service Spots
Brochures & Collateral SEO / SEM / SMM Speechwriting
Editorials Social Media Power Point
White Papers CONTENT MARKETING
*Brand Journalism*
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
•ARTICLES
- "Icom Magic for Amangiri"
- "IDAS and SWAT: The Right Combination for Mission Critical Mutual Aid"
- "IDAS - The Right Choice for Crestview School District" - ICOM America News
-“VillageWalk at Lake Nona Open for Sale” - Orlando Homebuyer Magazine
-“Walk Communities of Southwest Florida” – Where to Retire Magazine
-“VillageWalk Comes to Orlando” – Newsweek Magazine
-“DiVosta Homes Ranked #1, 6 Years in a Row by J.D. Powers” – Palm Beach Post, Sun-Sentinel, Sarasota Herald Tribune, Ft. Myers News-Press, Treasure Coast News, Naples Daily News, Orlando Sun-Sentinel, Tampa Tribune, Jacksonville Times-Union
-“Low-Rise | High-Style: Villas by the Sea” Travel Host Magazine
-“Minto Communities Breaks Ground on Luxury, Low-Rise Building on the Ocean” – Sun-Sentinel, Miami Herald
-“New Model Grand Opening and Family Fun Day at Olympia” – Palm Beach Post, Sun-Sentinel
-“New Product Introduction at Artesia: ClubVillas” – Sun-Sentinel
-“Minto Communities Ranked #1 in Customer Satisfaction in Florida” - Palm Beach Post, Sun-Sentinel
-“Minto Earns Top Honors at South Florida’s BEST Awards” – Palm Beach Post, Sun-Sentinel, Miami Herald
-“Vacation Getaway – Find Your Home at Waterway Village in Vero Beach” – NY Newsday
-“Waterway Village: Saferooms and Luxury in Vero Beach” - Treasure Coast News, Palm Beach Post
-“The Lifestyle of Tuscany at Abacoa” - Sun-Sentinel
-“VillageWalk of Wellington Grand Opening of Sales” - Miami Herald
-“Using Personal Computers to Start a Business” – Popular Computing, Software List
-“Yacht Charter Businesses” - Popular Computing, Software List
•WEBSITES - MULTIMEDIA
- SEO and SEM for consumer and business-to-business. Google Adwords campaigns. Blogs.
- Marketing Works Today - Brown Ltd. Blog
- Town of Palm Beach Civic Association Facebook Fan Group
- Town of Palm Beach Civic Association
- Senora Empanada
- Artesia English, Spanish, and Portuguese Micro-Website for Minto Communities
- DiVosta Homes: http://www.pulte.com/divosta
- VillageWalk at Lake Nona Micro-Website for DiVosta Homes
- Pulte Homes Florida Micro-Website
- DiVosta Homes: Built-Solid in Florida for Pulte Website
- Business and Government website for Motorola
- First Nextel-Motorola Website
- Pan-Caribbean Disaster Preparedness for Motorola [$300 Million in Sales]
- Archive of the Indies for IBM [$50 Million Vatican Acct Winner]
- Introducing Ultimedia for IBM [NY Film Festival Award Winner]
•E-BLASTS
-"Monday Morning in Palm Beach" – Palm Beach Civic Association
-Minto Times: “Olympia’s Sales Success” [Over 60 home sales in 4 months in 2008: $21 Million in sales]
-“At prices from $199,900 You have to say Yes!” [Over 30 home sales in first 2 weeks in 2008: $6 million in sales]
-“Get Ready…For Free Food, Fun, and 5 New Furnished Models” [Over 1,700 visitors for the grand opening event]
-“Ocean Views Like This… can be enjoyed from your new low-rise oceanfront condominium.”
-"Minto Times: “$15 Million in Condo Sales in 2 Months!”
-“Buy Early: Magnolia Bay Pre-Construction Prices for Repeat DiVosta Customers” [Sold out 384 unit community with 2 emails: over $172 Million in Sales and Revenue]
-“Motorola Whitepaper: Biometric Technology: Our First Line Of Defense Against Terrorism”
-“Motorola Expands Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Portfolio”
-“Charlie Chaplin Never Heard of Such a Thing” [IBM Multimedia Launch]
•ADVERTISING
-DiVosta Homes Built-Solid Campaign
-“Built-Solid for Generations”
-“Anatomy of a DiVosta Home”
-“Get Ready…For Free Food, Fun, and 5 New Furnished Models” [Olympia]
-“Only Minto Would Offer New Furnished Models at a Time Like This: Olympia” [Over 1,700 visitors for the grand opening event]
-“Grand Opening of PortoSol with New Furnished Models” [Over 1,950 visitors for the grand opening event]
-“TownPark Land Rush”
-“Here Comes Our First Oceanfront Building: Villas by the Sea”
-“Ocean Views Like This…” [$15 Million in Condo Sales in first 2 Months of 2008]
-"DiVosta. A Higher Standard of Florida Living"
-“DiVosta Goes Green: Built-Smart Certified by FPL”
- Mallory Creek, DiVosta at Abacoa Campaign [Over 1,700 visitors to the Grand Opening Event!]
-“Del Webb Florida” AARP Magazine
•SALES LETTERS
-Go on Stay-Cation At Olympia!
-Minto Offers Incentives For Repeat Homebuyers
-Repeat DiVosta Homebuyers Get Early Buyer Price Breaks
-Go on Vacation – Buy a House – And Get the Vacation on Us [DiVosta]
-A Vacation Get-Away Package for Del Webb Customers
-Motorola Expands Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Portfolio
•BROCHURES, COLLATERAL, WHITE PAPERS
-VillageWalk at Lake Nona for DiVosta Homes: http://www.divosta-lakenona.com/
-The Anatomy of a DiVosta Home
-VillageWalk of Wellington for DiVosta Homes
-Mallory Creek at Abacoa for DiVosta Homes
-Tuscany at Abacoa for DiVosta Homes
-Villas by the Sea Sales Kit for Minto Communities
-ClubVillas at Artesia for Minto Communities
-“Minto Living, Florida Style” Canada collateral for Minto Communities
-“Biometric Technology: Our First Line Of Defense Against Terrorism” White Paper For Motorola
-Bertram 54 Sportfishing Yacht
•TV, VIDEO, and RADIO
-Demo Reel: http://youtube.com/user/RMikeBrown
-“The Response to 9/11” for Motorola Customers and Employees
-“Everyday Heroes and Leaders” TV Commercial for Motorola
-“Connect and Conserve: Galapagos.” Discovery Channel Segment for World Wildlife Fund and Motorola
-“JD Power #1 Award 6 Years in a Row!” TV Commercial for DiVosta Homes
-“Just Checking: Anatomy of a DiVosta Home” Radio Spot
-“Abacoa Lifestyle” Sales Center Video
-“Motorola Presents: Tetra for the London Underground”
-“Motorola Presents: Future Technology for Police and Security”
-“Motorola Presents: London Fire – Future Technology for Public Safety”
-“Motorola Presents: APCO for the Baltimore Fire Department”
-“Motorola Presents: Freedom to do More – iDEN and Nextel Wireless Data”
-“Motorola Presents: GO!”
-“Motorola Presents: Tetra 2000 in China”
-“Motorola Presents: Connect and Conserve – the World Wildlife Fund in the Florida Keys”
-“Motorola Presents: Our Brand Promise to Business and Government Customers”
-“Telerio for Retailers” Motorola Communication Solution
-“Telerio for Hotels” Motorola Communication Solution
-“Telerio for Warehouses” Motorola Communication Solution
-“IDEA 1999: Since the beginning of time…” for Motorola [BusinessWeek Magazine Product of the Decade: 1990’s]
-“Motorola TalkAbout: Family Two-Way Radios” for Motorola [BusinessWeek Magazine Product of the Year]
-“Motorola and F.I.R.S.T Education”
-Premier of China Visit Sales Presentation for Motorola [$1.2 Billion Order]
-“Premier of China Visit to Motorola Chicago” Documentary
-“Introducing Ultimedia” for IBM on Good Morning America and the Today Show
•SPEECHWRITING
-“The Future of Public Safety” for the Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago to Parliament and national TV – Motorola customer
-“Software and Service”: IBM Executive Speech to Customer Forum
-“Multimedia”: IBM Executive Speech at Comdex and Consumer Electronics Show
-“Building Businesses: The Growth Curve”: IBM Executive Speech to IBM Employees
•POWER POINT
-“The New DiVosta Brand”
-DiVosta Annual Town Hall
-DiVosta President Anniversary Roast
-Motorola Annual Town Hall
-Wireless Telecommunications: Future Vision for Motorola
-Integrated Public Safety Communications in a Digital World for Motorola
-Changing the Brand from 2-Way Radios to Integrated Solutions for Motorola
-Personal Computing: Future Vision – Software and Service for IBM Customers
-The Future of Multimedia and the World Wide Web for IBM Customers
•BOOKS
-Digital Photography from IBM Press. Editor: R. Michael Brown
-Fundamentals of the Pascal Computer Language. Author: R. Michael Brown. Computer textbook for IBM
-The C Programming Language. Editor: R. Michael Brown. Computer textbook for IBM
-Computer Language Series: FORTRAN, COBOL, Basic, Pascal, C++: Managing Editor: R. Michael Brown. Computer textbooks for IBM
EDUCATION
MA Communications, Barry University
Concentration in Marketing and Public Relations
BA Communications, Florida Atlantic University
Concentration in Journalism and Engineering
BA included over 100 credit hours in civil, mechanical, electrical, and ocean engineering toward the field of Science and Technology Journalism
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Communication Chair Training
Certificate in Public Relations for Non-Profits
Maine Media Workshops
Certificates in: Producing and Directing the Documentary
Writing and Producing “60 Minutes” Feature Stories
UCLA/Sony Film School, California
Certificate in: Directing Talent
Grass Valley University, California
Certificates in: Video Editing. Broadcast Editing
IBM Management School
Certificates in: Leadership • Management • Global Culture
• Project Management • Sales & Marketing