As well as offering academic proofreading, Words and Deeds also offers PR services, providing content writing in the form of press releases, magazine features, news items, social media posts, etc., for small businesses and charities who may not be able to afford an in-house PR team, or expensive campaign, but who will benefit from expertly written text that successfully communicates their message to a target audience.
A quick online search will bring up costs for PR services ranging from £200 to £2000, depending on the size/name of the agency; and some agencies will want to deal with a whole campaign, and may ask for a retainer. As the owner of a small business and a supporter of charitable organisations, I am committed to offering a professional service charging affordable rates* for the work involved in producing high-quality press releases and magazine features (from research through to drafting the article and finalising it with the client).
*Rates vary based on the amount of work required.
If you want to put your business in the media spotlight – whether it be your successes, developments, campaigns, products or personalities – I can help. Contact me: debra@wordsanddeeds.co.uk or: 07783 997129.
Why trust me with your PR?
* I am committed to helping new/small businesses, social enterprises and charities;
* I am able to identify and articulate the salient points in various documentation to enable ease of understanding by the general public/non-specialists;
* I have had a number of factual articles and press releases published in magazines and the local press over a number of years, as well as creative writing;
* I have held a number of both paid and volunteer roles incorporating media and publicity, including producing content for various university departments as part of my previous career, and being a Local Media Volunteer for a national conservation charity for over nine years.
A selection of articles, press releases and reviews
Between 2020 and 2023, I volunteered with Hen Harrier Action, a charity which focuses on alerting a wider audience to the problems of our uplands, not least the continuing persecution of mammals and birds of prey including the iconic hen harrier. My role involved proofreading/editing content for the website and newsletter, and for online events. I was also asked to write a short account of watching hen harriers on the Dee Estuary for the February 2021 newsletter: https://www.henharrierday.uk/newsletters/february-2021-newsletter/.
Throughout 2019, I worked with the North West Rare Plant Initiative, e.g., on news items based on their fieldwork. I also wrote a feature about Josh Styles, NWRPI’s founder, for Lancashire Life, which was published in the magazine in May 2020, https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/homes-and-gardens/gardening/josh-styles-botanist-7054302, with a slightly different version running in Cheshire Life a month later.
In May 2019, I worked with a team of people in a number of countries to coordinate the 5th World Seabird Twitter Conference. This included proofreading website text and the large number of submitted abstracts, which I suggested we collate into a printable booklet:
Between 2010 and 2019, as a Local Media Volunteer, I produced a number of press releases and magazine articles for the Woodland Trust, including:
Cheshire Life, September 2011: http://cheshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/in-art-of-the-woods-at-norton-priory-35567/.
Cheshire Life, July 2011: http://cheshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/cotebrook-shire-horse-centre-in-new-woodlands-scheme-33794/.
Cheshire Life, February 2011: http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?referral=other&pnum=110&refresh=4m1F08Mpo06A&EID=fa5d912d-5518-463e-93ac-21d33c798a6d&skip=&p=110.
In February 2017, I went on holiday to Islay with Aquila Ecology, and produced this trip report:
In August 2013, I wrote a feature on Liverpool Bay Marine Life Trust for Lancashire Life and Cheshire Life: http://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/out-about/wildlife/behind_the_scenes_at_the_liverpool_bay_marine_life_trust_1_2312374.
Between around 2011 and 2016, I proofread Bido Lito!, a monthly Liverpool music magazine, and wrote a number of reviews as well, e.g.,