Blog posts, website copy, Twitter campaigns/social media marketing, content management
finance, news, politics, pop culture, media, law, music, television, banking, business
Amanda double-majored in Creative Writing and American Studies at Eckerd College, a small liberal arts school in St. Petersburg, FL.
Amanda has worked in the web entertainment industry for eight years. She has written scripts for eight web series, most of which lasted 3-5 years. For many of the series she's worked on, she also managed the blog and Twitter accounts. Projects include: CBS Interactive's Wallstrip and MobLogic, AOL.com's Daybreak, TV.com's TV in a Flash, and Next New Networks' Small Business Rules.
Amanda wrote scripts and blog posts for CBS Interactive's daily web finance series Wallstrip, which ran for five years. The show was irreverent and snappy, looking at stocks from a pop culture point of view. In this position, Amanda also wrote and managed the blog for the series, publishing posts throughout each day, based on current trends and SEO.
Amanda wrote and produced a web series for one of the top banks in Switzerland that ran five years. During that time, she edited and modified content from media releases, speeches, PowerPoint presentations, and bullet points to create a fun and informative web show for the bank's employees. In this position, Amanda also acted as a producer, gathering assets and coordinating interviews.
Amanda wrote scripts and ran the blog for CBS Interactive's daily news and politics series MobLogic. Blog posts expanded on the day's show, with a breakdown and additional resources focused on the topic addressed in the show. Topics included: peak oil, capital punishment, the presidential election (2012), and police brutality.
Amanda produced, wrote the blog for, and ran the Twitter account for Crash Test Mom, a product review web series hosted by Natali Morris. Blog posts took the parenting product reviewed in each video, and broke it down for those without enough time to watch the video. Amanda is also a mother of a toddler, and writes about child development and life on Nashville Moms Blog, part of the City Moms Blog Network.
Amanda has written and managed blogs on various topics, including finance, news and politics, pop culture, motherhood, product reviews, and feminism. Many of these projects were used SEO and trending topics. Amanda specializes in adapting her voice to fit any tone: irreverent, informative, efficient, personal, professional, and any combination thereof.
Amanda ran the Twitter campaigns for various web shows, including CBS Interactive's Around the World for Free and TV.com's TV in a Flash. That series began with 0 followers and increased to 5,000 in two months. Amanda specializes in creating a unique voice to fit each client's needs.