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When was the last time you read something that made you feel exhilarated? Alive? Like you'd come home, and like you were on an adventure, all at the same time?

What would happen if that's how people felt when they read your LinkedIn profile? Your resume? Your website?

What would happen if that's how you felt about the words that represent you to the world?

When we partner with the right words, our voice comes to life, and there is no limit to what can happen then. Doors open. Horizons expand. And happiness unfolds in ways we may never have imagined. 

Here are a few of the doors we can open together...

Transforming Your Career

Resumes

What it is

I‘ll create an optimized resume for you from scratch, or take your existing resume to the next level. We’ll work together to identify the specific type of resume that will best position you to pursue your goals, determine an optimal layout, and ensure your content aligns with your strategy.  


Who it’s for

Everybody! OK, kids can wait a few years. But seriously, an updated resume is for you if: 

You are working and happy with your job. You are working and not happy with your job. You are not working but want to be. You are a stay-at-home mom or dad returning to the paid workforce after raising your family. You have worked your whole life in one career and want to switch to another one now. You have no resume at all. You have a resume but you feel like it’s outdated or doesn’t show who you really are. You have a resume more than six months old (because that’s how fast things change).


What it includes

  • A discovery call to identify the specific type of resume that will best position you to pursue your goals
  • Comprehensive intake including a brainstorming & strategizing call to determine your optimal layout and ensure your content aligns with your strategy
  • Research into keywords tailored to your field/job
  • Creation or revamping of one resume
  • One revision
  • Final copies delivered to you as both a PDF and an editable Word doc

Why it matters

Do you speak resume?


That may sound like an odd question, but in the land of resumes, there is a very specific language that needs to be mastered in order for you to be understood and effective in getting the position you seek. Think of our collaboration as your passport! 


What’s your investment

Resume prices are tiered according to your level of experience, beginning at $400 for college grads or entry level. A discount is applied if purchased together with LinkedIn services. 



“Marissa took my outdated, overly informative resume and gave it new life. She is amazing with finding the right wording to be short, concise and get the information across clearly. Highly recommend Wordtree and Marissa!!!” 

—Lisa Franklin, Alchemy Massage and Bodyworks

LinkedIn

What it is

LinkedIn is so much more than the online version of your resume. It’s a place where you can paint a fuller picture of who you are as a person and a professional, what you hope to accomplish, and what you can offer. It’s your story, and how you tell it matters. I’ll create an optimized profile for you from scratch, or take your existing profile to the next level.

 

Who it’s for

An optimized LinkedIn profile is for you if you are:

Seeking employment opportunities. Looking to hire. Wanting to connect with like minded professionals. Interested in building your credibility as a professional with a dynamic online platform. Eager to grow your list of meaningful connections. Working to establish yourself as the go-to expert in your field.


What it includes

  • A discovery call to identify your goals and strategy
  • Comprehensive intake including a brainstorming & strategizing call to  ensure your content aligns with your strategy
  • Keyword research for your industry and profession for SEO
  • Optimization of URL, headline, about section, featured skills, and education
  • Optimization of job titles & descriptions (number of optimized roles determined by level of service chosen)
  • Optimization of projects, organizations, publications, awards, languages, volunteer work
  • Strategic inclusion of media
  • Consultation on profile and customized background image
  • One revision
  • Choose to have content delivered to you via email or uploaded directly to LinkedIn
  • Training on personalized strategies to leverage your new profile (depending on level of service chosen)

Why it matters

All business is personal. It’s all about relationships, and LinkedIn is designed to help you establish and nurture those connections. Unlike your resume which is a very edited, targeted document, LinkedIn is narrative in nature. It’s a place to tell a story. Your story. Why you do what you do. What inspires you. What you’re proud of. Who you are as a person and a professional. LinkedIn is personal, and it’s searchable, making it a powerful vehicle for authentic relationship building. 


What’s your investment

LinkedIn profile prices are tiered according to your level of experience, beginning at $600 for college grads or entry level. A discount is applied if purchased together with resume services.


“Marissa brings humanity back into digital profiles and resumes.

She has a thorough process to get to know you, your professional expertise and all those little details that represent who you really are and what sets you apart from other professionals in your field — no gimmicky keyword lists or weirdly structured sentences that make you sound like a bot.

She wove my professional story together so elegantly. It’s easy to read, to the point, thorough, professional, and most important of all, so very me.”

–Lydia Grossov, Creative Director at Expresso Design


Bios & One-Sheets

What it is

Bios serve an important purpose for professionals. Whether you need to supply a bio to a venue where you are presenting, to a publication or media outlet where you’ll be featured, or to accompany pitches, how you represent yourself in words matters. 

One-sheets are a bit of an oxymoron (like jumbo shrimp), because they are often two sheets. But the idea of a one-sheet is to have a summary of who you are and what you offer on one document that can be emailed, downloaded, or handed out. One-sheets combine images and branded colors with text to convey your personality as well as your offerings, kind of like a brochure without all the folding.

 

Who it’s for

Bios and one-sheets are for anyone who needs to send a concise, attractive, well-written and--most importantly--authentic description of themselves to a venue, organization, committee, employer, publication, media outlet, publisher, etc. They are also for folks who want something that can be emailed or handed out at trade shows, events, conferences, workshops, and other virtual or in-person gatherings.


What it includes

  • A discovery call to identify your needs
  • Comprehensive intake including a brainstorming & strategizing call
  • Development of the bio or one-sheet you’ve requested
  • Consultation on and help finding images if needed
  • One revision
  • Final copy delivered to you as a PDF

Why it matters

Besides being required in many professional initiatives and settings, bios and one-sheets are part of your marketing toolkit when it comes to representing yourself and what you offer to the world. They are an effective and personable way to connect with your ideal audience, and provide people with something they can hold on to and remember you by.


What’s your investment

Bios come in various lengths, from 500 words all the way down to bylines which are just a sentence long. Many people use two or three bios of different lengths. For a quote on your bio or one-sheet, drop me a line so I can learn more about what you need and how we might work together. 


“Marissa is an absolute pleasure to work with, so professional yet kind and down-to-earth. She was able to take my work, education, and life experiences and communicate my story in writing in a way that felt very authentic to me.” -—Linda Brophy, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist & Speaker

Transforming Your Business

Word Guru

What it is

Six months to bring clarity and consistency to how you show up in the world through words.



Who it’s for

Personal brand professionals who want the assurance that they are communicating in their most authentic voice across their entire platform.


How we'll transform your business: 


For the first four months we’ll follow a clear and effective roadmap to create and/or revamp your main online assets: 


  • LI profile & Company Page 
  • Resume or CV or One-Sheet
  • Website (home, about, services page) 
  • Bios--500 ord & 250 word plus 1 sentence byline 

Months five and six are about making sure that you are able to leverage what we created with ease, and confidence. I’ll be your eyes and ears, helping you make sure your message stays on brand and relevant to your audience with:


  • A review of up to two documents per month (think blog posts, opt-in offers, pitches, listings, project-specific bios, etc.) 
  • Feedback provided via email, phone call, or Zoom chat as preferred. 
  • One 30-min consult call per month
  • One comprehensive platform audit following the final consult call. You and your business are continually evolving. So is your ideal audience and the world they live in! In a comprehensive platform audit, I’ll review your presence in all of your major assets--LinkedIn, resume/CV/one-sheet, website (home, about, and, services page), plus up to four other areas of your choice, like your page on a speaker representative’s site. I’ll provide feedback for suggested updates and, where possible, implement them for you to make sure that your words reflect the most up to date information about what you are sharing with the world. 

What’s your investment

Six monthly payments of $2000.


"Marissa is a true wordsmith. Her ability to weave language together is magical and sparks attraction in those that read her work. I highly recommend her if you'd like to attract new business or authentically influence and inspire potential clients."


Heidi Garis, Tap Into Abundance Success Coaching


LinkedIn For Professional Brands

What it is

A joy-filled and purpose-driven collaboration to leverage the storytelling power of LinkedIn to bring your personal brand to life. 


If you're used to thinking of LinkedIn as the online repository of your resume--which as a self-employed business owner you don't even need--think again.  LinkedIn has evolved from the short and short-on-personality resume-speak that sent professionals passionate about their brand running in the other direction to become what is now the premier story-telling platform in the professional world.

 

Who it’s for

Personal brand professionals who are tired of the cookie-cutter, outdated approach to LinkedIn profiles and want a personal profile and company page that looks and feels authentic--to them and their audience.


How we transform your business:

Soulless and slightly smarmy corporate-speak. If you’re a personal brand professional, that’s the exact opposite of how you want to show up in the world. Business for you is personal, because you are your brand. 


That’s why LinkedIn is now your ideal platform. It’s a place to tell stories. It’s a place for you to tell your story--not just what jobs you’ve had and what your key accomplishments are, but who you are, why you do what you do, what you love about your work, what you’re proud of, and how you want to make a difference.


LinkedIn for Personal Brands is my signature approach to collaborating with personal brand professionals to bring your story to life on the powerful relationship-building and narrative platform of LinkedIn.


We ditch the formulaic resume language. We ditch the minutiae of job descriptions.We ditch the impersonal third-person monologue that no one reads. And we talk together about what matters to you, and why what you’ve built matters to your audience.


From that conversation, I craft a LinkedIn profile and company page for you that speaks directly to your audience in your voice. It will feel inviting. It will feel purposeful. It will feel like you. And it will get results.



What’s your investment

$2500


“Marissa is an absolute pleasure to work with, so professional yet kind and down-to-earth. She was able to take my work, education, and life experiences and communicate my story in writing for LinkedIn profile in a way that felt very authentic to me. She exceeded all my expectations and I highly recommend her work. If you’re curious that she could do the same for you, reach out to her for a conversation. You’ll be happy you did.” 


–Linda Brophy, Registered Dietitian & Speaker


Transforming Your Website

Website Copy

What it is

I‘ll work with you to either breath new life into your existing website copy, or help you draft copy from scratch that catches your readers’ attention and imagination.


Who it’s for

Website copy development is for you if you:

Have a website but don’t feel inspired when you visit it. Have a website that is not visited as much as you’d like it to be. Have copy on your site that you feel just doesn’t capture who you are or what you do. Are launching a new website. Are rebranding and need a shift in tone or focus.


What it includes

  • A discovery call to identify your needs
  • Comprehensive intake including a brainstorming & strategizing call
  • Development of the website copy you’ve requested
  • One revision

Why it matters

In the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Ali Baba stands in front of a seemingly immovable wall of rock…but then he utters the secret words, “Open sesame!” and the wall gives way to a chamber, filled from dirt floor to vaulted ceiling with gold and jewels and silks and brocades, treasure piled upon opulent treasure.

The right words are not a secret, but they can be magical. Whatever wall you are standing in front of with your website copy, I’ll work with you to help you find your right words. It’s time to start turning walls into open doors!


What’s your investment

Pricing for website copy starts at $500 per page, and varies according to the scope of work. For a quote on your website copy development, drop me a line so I can learn more about what you need and how we might work together. 


“Marissa is not only an exceptional wordsmith, but she also understands the subtle and intimate nuance that is necessary for the pure expression of someone’s essence.

She is a master communicator and creates an open environment for collaboration and expression of the best possible copy for websites, courses, and anything you could need on a page.” 

—Tricia Brouk, Director, Writer, Filmmaker


Blogs & Articles

What it is

I‘ll craft engaging, SEO-friendly content for your company blog that helps you connect with your ideal audience.


Who it’s for

Entrepreneurs and business owners who are ready to up their credibility as the go-to expert in their field, provide added value for their clients, and engage with them on a consistent basis.


What it includes

● Blog topic development

● Blog content development

● Leveraging of best practices for SEO

● Revision if requested


Why it matters

Are you maximizing the potential of your company blog? How about LinkedIn articles, or articles for publication?


A strategically planned schedule of well-written blog posts and articles shores up your credibility as a market leader, enhances your online presence, and creates a conversation with your ideal clients.


What’s your investment

Blog prices vary according to desired length, depth of research, and other factors. For a quote on your blog or article, drop me a line so I can learn more about what you need and how we might work together. 


“We hired Marissa to rewrite the copy on our website and to write our blog posts. Not only is she an exceptionally talented writer, she has become a valuable asset. Her insight on suggested topics has kept us on track and even elevated our vision.


Marissa has given our thoughts a strong and eloquent voice! We highly recommend her for all of your content development needs.” 

—Tracey Piechocki, Illustrated Designs, Inc.

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