Who is she?
Irritatingly passionate about the power of great words, Tiffany Markman is a prolific copywriter, editor, proof-reader and writing skills trainer. She is also a five-time published author on the topics of life skills, career guidance, emotional intelligence, social services and democracy for young people.
Her focus?
Tiffany focuses on corporate and creative copywriting, editing and proofing, with an emphasis on websites, marketing material, corporate profiles, brochures, proposals and sales letters.
But because the writing side can get a little lonely when you’re a workaholic, Tiffany’s company also has a corporate training division. This takes the form of writing-, editing- and language-orientated workshops, courses, seminars and presentations – as well as consultations with both the private and public sectors.
In this, Tiffany teaches about print copywriting, web copywriting, BTL and B2B copywriting, business writing, editing, freelancing, newsletter writing, proposal writing, minute-taking, grammar and other topics, all of which can be customised.
Her status?
As of October 2008, Tiffany Markman has a Level Four EME certification from EMPOWERDEX. She contributes regularly to top industry forums and sits on the boards of several community and educational organisations. She’s also happily married, slave to three psychotic cats and addicted to chutney-flavoured corn nuts.
Her big mouth?
Tiffany Markman is highly opinionated. She takes positions on web copy, and why it is – and should be – different to print copy. She’s concerned with misplaced apostrophes, dangling modifiers and whether or not to split the infinitive. She holds forth, regularly, about poor e-mail technique.
And she sometimes has anxiety attacks about prevailing trends in business writing.
But the good news is a) that’s Tiffany’s problem and not yours and b) Tiffany’s able to vent: she writes regular columns and op ed pieces for leading marketing, media and communications platforms – including www.bizcommunity.com, www.marketingweb.com and www.freelancecentral.co.za. And so, when she’s not working, Tiffany sleeps like a baby…
Her reviews?
When she’s not writing, editing or teaching others how to write and edit, Tiffany Markman can be found in a quiet corner with her nose buried in a book. Her secret joy is book reviewing and her book reviews, ranging from scathing to sycophantic, appear on her blog.
Her qualifications?
• BA Honours, Politics? (Cum Laude)? Rand Afrikaans University / University of Johannesburg
• BA Journ/Politics? (Cum Laude)? Rand Afrikaans University / University of Johannesburg
• Basic Principles of PR ?(Cum Laude)? Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (PRISA)
Is that all? Nope.
• Front Foot ‘Advanced PowerPoint – Microsoft 2007’ (2008)
• Funda Njalo Training ‘Iscamto isiZulu for Beginners’ (2008)
• Options in Training ‘Advanced Microsoft Word for Editors’ (2007)
• International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Best Speaker – Annual Conference (2006)
• Jacques de Villiers Johannesburg ‘Write Killer Web Copy’ (2005)
• Terry Raats ‘Brainstorming & Copywriting’ (2005)
• Patricia Pichulik ‘The Power of the Press Release’ (2005)
• Trish Murphy ‘Introduction to News Editing’ (2004)
• Alliance Française de Johannesbourg Certificat au Niveau du 3 Degré (1999)
• Alliance Française de Johannesbourg Certificat au Niveau du 4 Degré (1999)
Contact Tiffany
Interested in what would happen if you put qualifications like these behind your words? Contact Tiffany now.
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