Sr. Content Strategist and Copywriter Jeanne Grunert Returns to NAIWE for Fourth Term on Expert Panel
Seven Oaks Consulting’s founder and president, Jeanne Grunert, will return to the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE) to serve a fourth term as the nonprofit’s branding and marketing expert.
“I’m excited to share my branding and marketing knowledge with my fellow writers and editors,” Jeanne said. “I love serving on the NAIWE expert panel and teaching writers how to market and promote their work.”
Jeanne is no stranger to the writing world. An award-winning writer herself, she enjoyed a successful freelance writing career before entering the marketing profession over 30 years ago.
“I understand the difficulties writers face when marketing their work,” she said. “And I know what it takes to build a personal brand as an independent writer and editor. As a certified personal branding specialist, I know the importance of personal branding for writers. I have built brands for startups and worked with 100-year-old organizations that wish to update their brand image. There is so much to building a great brand, and writers can truly benefit from using these techniques.”
Jeanne began her writing career at the age of 14 when her short story, “Runaway Boys,” won the Brockport Science Fiction and Fantasy competition. She studied fiction writing with Nancy Kress and Stephen Donaldson and published several short stories and magazine articles while in her teens. In her early 20s, she was a frequent freelance contributor to equestrian and religious publications, writing feature articles and personal essays. Her work has been anthologized numerous times, including in the popular “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book series.
In 1995, Jeanne was promoted to Marketing Manager of Martin Viette Nurseries, an upscale garden center and retail store on Long Island’s Gold Coast. She then embarked on a successful marketing career, obtaining her Master of Science (with distinction) from New York University and winning numerous awards for branding, catalog, and direct mail marketing. She has led marketing for divisions of The College Board, McGraw-Hill Education, and Teachers College, Columbia University.
In 2007, Jeanne moved to Virginia and founded her own marketing consulting agency, Seven Oaks Consulting. She offers content marketing strategy and plans, fractional senior content marketing support, and copywriting services through Seven Oaks. Seven Oaks supports technology, manufacturing, healthcare, and business services companies and white-label content marketing services to digital and local marketing agencies that focus on these industries.
As the NAIWE Branding and Marketing Expert, Jeanne Grunert serves on a distinguished panel of experts that offers guidance and help to writers through seminars, workshops, articles, and more. The National Association of Independent Writers and Editors is home to more than 9,000 freelance (independent) professionals focused on copywriting, creative writing, editing, and book publishing.