Dane excels at injecting a sense of narrative and storytelling into long-form content, making him an asset for magazine articles, eBooks, and other in-depth writing. Additionally, Dane loves working on technical or analytic pieces, product reviews or comparisons, and research articles. Some of his favorite subjects to write about include:
• Mobile & consumer technology
• Smart home technology
• Mobile security
• Trends in technology
• Interior design
• Do-it-yourself & how-tos
• Marketing & advertising
• Social media
• Career development
• Business & finance
• Enterprise software
• Freelancing
• Mental health
• Pop culture & social commentary
• Books, movies & television
• Entertainment
• Anthropology
• Astronomy & astrophysics
• Psychology
• Current events
Dane enjoys traveling; reading (mostly non-fiction and classic literature); cooking; independent research and study; learning about marketing, promotion, and SEO; web design; coffee shops; and live music. In his spare time, Dane can usually be found, coffee in hand, at a bookstore, enjoying a sunny day at the park, with friends at wineries and vineyards, walking down picturesque streets in quaint towns, or among ancient ruins looking closely at a pot sherd with a big grin on his face.
Dane O. attended Shepherd University in where he majored in social and industrial-organizational psychology. For his college thesis project, he conducted research using human subjects on impression formation based on facial features. His minor studies were graphic design and public relations with additional coursework in business, biology, marketing, creative writing, and journalism. Dane was briefly a fine arts major too, which provided him the opportunity to learn more about art history and to refine his skill as an artist. He graduated cum laude in 2010.
At the University of Mississippi, Dane studied anthropology and archaeology with a particular focus on Southwestern American pre-Colombian civilizations and early hominids. Dane has conducted extensive research on the dental and anatomical morphology of primates and hominids, gene flow and migration studies, and features of pre-Colombian Native American urbanization and architecture.
Dane is nearly as passionate about technology and electronics as he is for writing. Over the years, Dane has amassed a long list of clients who recruited him to cover their electronics. He's written blog posts, articles, product descriptions, marketing content, SEO copy, and many other forms of content for his electronics clients.
Though he's a writer at heart, Dane has always had a passion for technology, which has benefited his numerous clients in the mobile and consumer technology sectors. Specifically, Dane has written countless editorials, news articles, tech reviews, how-to guides, landing pages, and op-eds on topics that directly pertain to technology. Further, Dane welcomes any opportunity to continue sharing his excitement for technology through writing.
Dane is proficient at developing and implementing marketing strategies that can be applied to an array of businesses and industries. Moreover, Dane is great about actually writing about diverse topics in marketing. Having studied marketing both in an academic environment and independently, Dane excels at identifying ways to give businesses a competitive edge and boost performance by incorporating the latest marketing practices into his content creation process. His strategies are innovative, effective, and frequently involve creative, outside-the-box solutions.
Dane has written extensively for numerous clients in the software and, more specifically, SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) clients. His experience in this area include writing technical documentation, white papers, case studies, software reviews, blog posts, and marketing content.
Dane was a field and laboratory assistant to an archaeologist for about two years. During that time he assisted in the excavation and classification of various sites and artifacts, as well as spending much time analyzing those findings in an archaeology laboratory. Dane worked closely with his mentor, who provided him with invaluable tutelage and helped Dane get hands-on experience in the field of archaeology. As a writer, Dane has maintained a deep love for the natural sciences and looks for any opportunity to combine his talent for writing with his scientific background.
Dane has firsthand experience in management. He has worked in customer service, administration, human resources, and has even done basic bookkeeping. As such, Dane has a lot of valuable knowledge regarding daily business operations, sales models, guest relations, and brand development.
Dane has an educational background in fine arts and media, which has give him a keen artistic eye and an attention to detail that has come in handy for his entertainment writing. Over the past six years, Dane has written countless reviews of books, movies, musical artists and groups, works and collections of art, and even digital media like websites and advertising. Dane's reviews are concise, objective, yet also constructive. His copy is informative yet engaging and memorable.
Dane worked for a government agency as an administration and office manager. His work centered around scheduling and travel arrangements for his supervisor, being a resource for clients, handling all incoming correspondence, and being on-call most of the time for any side projects and research that would come up. Dane also had numerous opportunities to use his writing skills in an office and administrative setting.
Since he excels at long-form content, Dane has written countless eBooks for clients across many industries. Most recently, Dane has completely eBooks for clients in the mental health and substance abuse treatment sectors, garnering critical acclaim and helping those clients to communicate their messages with their respective audiences.
Dane has written many product descriptions for an array of products and services. Recently, he has written about mobile technology, computers, software, vehicles, jewelry, and many other products. Dane prefers to write objectively, highlighting reasons why someone would want to buy the product, and always ways the product could be improved.
Dane has extensive experience in writing editorial features and articles. Oftentimes, the articles he writes involve investigative research, product comparisons, or a meta-analysis of existing sources. Dane has become adept at crafting articles that are memorable, entertaining, and enlightening.