Donovan R
Writer #64112
Joined 7/29/2022
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Donovan is a digital marketer and copywriter with 20+ years of experience.

• Spiked lead gen to $1.7M in Q4 2021 and landed a $1.1M job for the 2nd largest veteran-owned biz in the Bay Area.
• Built and administered a website with 3M visitors/year to one of the biggest science museums on the West Coast, where he administered 17 blogs.
• Increased admissions apps by 300% at one of the top five private high schools in the Bay Area.

A passionate student of psychology and marketing, Donovan loves creating compelling content, especially if it's fun or funny.

He's an accomplished storyteller, video editor and Wordpress developer.

Over the past three years, he's become obsessed with copywriting for clicks and calls, and considers this skill to be at the heart of all advertising and marketing.

Donovan graduated in 1997 as the sixth person in the world with a Master's of Multimedia from CSUEB.

He's ardently pursued digital storytelling ever since and never ceases to be amazed his body doesn't just collapse into a pile of mush.
Non Profit
Artificial Intelligence
Article
Web Development
Construction

Specialties

Donovan is obsessed with science education and loves simplifying difficult concepts so more people can understand them.

As a content writer, he writes about a wide range of topics, including marketing psychology, content strategy, technology, science, sustainability, and deep stuff that blows your mind.

Donovan is obsessed with copywriting, but he doesn't just "write clever words." He writes for clarity, brevity, relevance, and to get people to do something (click or call).

Donovan has a good sense of humor and likes using it whenever he can on his projects.

Also, he wouldn't mind throwing Grammarly out the window for constantly correcting him.

Interests

Donovan is particularly interested in sales, copywriting and content writing.

He is passionate about environmental issues, education, video creation and technology.

Thought for the day: Often, the question is more important than the answer.

Education

Cal State East Bay

He got his Master's in Multimedia.

Web Development

30 Projects Completed

Donovan has 15+ years experience in Wordpress administration, building websites.

Construction

30 Projects Completed

Donovan was a digital marketing manager at a commercial roofing and construction company.

Non Profit

15 Projects Completed

Donovan was web manager at non-profits, with a focus on environmental issues, for 14 years and has extensive experience in this field.

Artificial Intelligence

2 Projects Completed

Donovan has written a home page and creative brief for an AI startup.

Article

23 Projects Completed

Donovan is adept and researching and writing technical articles, with a particular interest in writing about Artificial Intelligence.

AI of today is completely different from the AI of 4 years ago. It is going to change our lives as much as electricity and the steam engine did. Donovan is particularly interested in China's race to dominate this field and how the U.S. is responding. He's also interested in how it will realistically affect our daily lives.

Donovan distills complex information into easy to under terms, while maintaining a balanced perspective. His writing is compelling and difficult to put down.

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