David M. Freedman
Profile

Dave Freedman began his career in journalism; worked the public relations field; and since 1999 has developed websites and rich Web content for professional advisers, small businesses, and artists.

Journalism
Dave served on the editorial staffs of consumer, business, professional, and trade periodicals. He specialized in the fields of business (particularly finance, marketing, and HR), law, technology, real estate, personal finance, economics, consumerism, home improvement, and woodworking. He has won awards for outstanding legal journalism, magazine feature writing, financial magazine editing, and newsletter writing.

Public relations
Dave has helped legal and financial advisers get interviewed, quoted, and featured in the media, including print, broadcast, and online media. (See client list.) He has helped dozens of professionals write bylined feature articles and place them in print and electronic publications. He won a Your Honor Award from the Legal Marketing Association (LMA) for public relations.

Dave is a coauthor of Under Your Byline: 7 Steps to Getting Your Bylined Articles Published (www.byline7.com).

Websites, blogs, and rich website content
Since 1999, Dave has collaborated with designers and digital media producers to develop websites for small businesses and professional firms; and has created award-winning, journalism-level content for existing firm websites. He has spoken at conferences on Internet public relations strategies and techniques, and has written articles on social media optimization (SMO).

Dave has used HTML development programs such as Dreamweaver and ExpressionWeb, and content management systems such as WordPress and TypePad. He also collaborates with developers who use Drupal and Joomla! CMS.

Dave builds blogs using the WordPress platform, and creates custom WordPress themes. Freedman's own blogs include:

4YRP-Law     Law & Justice
4YRP-GLB    The Great Lakes Basin
Convert This   Website Conversion Strategies

Author
Dave is the author of two successful, non-fiction books:

Death of an American (Continuum, NY, 1983), based on the $100 million Singer vs. Wadman civil rights lawsuit filed in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1979.

Box-Making Basics, a woodworking book (Taunton Press, Newtown, CT, 1997) which has sold over 66,000 copies.

Workshops
Dave has served on the faculty of non-fiction writing workshops, including the SEAK workshop for lawyers.