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About Me
I'm a very experienced writer and journalist who is also technically literate (trained as an engineer) with extensive business experience. I'm also web literate and a social media expert.
Areas covered: Writing any kind of text for business - technical, marketing, PR, web, social media - and business plans
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Job Reviews on PPH
by Kate P on 22 Mar 2012
Richard has exceeded my expectations every step of the way. Not only does he deliver on time, on budget and to a consistently high standard, Richard genuinely cares about the work and always goes that extra mile to produce something exceptional . His flexible and friendly approach makes him an absolute joy to work with.Top qualities: reliable, personable, high integrity, great results.
by deborah m on 15 Dec 2011
Knowledgeable, professional and wonderful to work with. We will be using him again and would recommend him highly.
Work Experience
Richard Milton is an experienced freelance journalist. He has written, edited and published for national press and business magazines for more than 25 years. He is professional, flexible and delivers high quality writing quickly.
Milton is a freelance business writer and journalist working for a wide range of publications including The Daily Telegraph and the online site Techwatch. He is the author of five books including "Bad Company", selected by The Sunday Times as its Business Book of the Week and used as a set book at universities and business schools on MBA courses. His website is http:// www.freelance-writing-services.co.uk
He is co-founder of The PR Training Centre, where he lectures on Creative Writing in Business, Digital journalism, and social media. (http://www.theprtrainingcentre.com)
Experience
Editorial director, Compass Press Ltd., responsible for the editorial content of a stable of business newspapers and magazines. Titles included "Minicomputer News", "Electronics News", "Desktop Publishing", Expert Systems User".
Freelance journalist and writer based in London Press Centre, Fleet Street. Writing projects for a wide range of business publications and corporate clients, including “Computer Weekly”, “Computing”, “Management Today” and many others.
International Information Officer with PA Management Consultants, Computers and Telecommunications.
Journalist with Classified Publications Ltd. Editor of weekly magazines “Electronics Today” and “New Data”. Helped launched “New Electronics” and “Communications International”. Business Publications Ltd. Editor of weekly business publication including "Dataweek".
Dec 2011 to Dec 2011
PR and marketing consultant at Jacqui Green Marketing and PR
Writing of marketing and PR material on behalf of numerous agency clients including web copy, press releases, direct emails, market studies and case histories.
Written material was optimized both for human consumption and also for the web using keyword vocabularies. Also search engine optimization of websites in order to rank higher in searches.
Education
I have been a staff and freelance journalist for more than 25 years
I was for 3 years International Information Officer with PA Management Consultants
I was for 8 years a design engineer in the telecommunications industry
I was for 3 years International Information Officer with PA Management Consultants
I was for 8 years a design engineer in the telecommunications industry
