Claire Coyne has served for more than 25 years as a communications professional for organizations in New York; Washington, DC; and Pennsylvania. Claire began her executive editorial career in Washington, DC, as managing editor of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA). She then became editor of Clinical Management in Physical Therapy, the national magazine of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Claire later started up Health Administration Today, the magazine of the Institute for Professional Health Service Administrators.
In New York, Claire served as communications coordinator for the American Psychoanalytic Association, and as a promotional writer for the Joan Rivers Show, and for Working Woman Network. She became director of communications of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), where she created the international direct marketing magazine, The DMA Insider; produced a series of annual reports; created Web site content; and edited 17 specialty industry newsletters. Claire currently provides writing, editing, and proofreading services to association, corporate, and university clients across the United States. Recent ccEdits.com projects have included: Writing Weekly specialty marketing e-newsletters (B2B Marketing, Customer Insight) Seminar promotions -- brochures, Web site content, letters Conference promotions -- brochures, Web site content, e-mails, welcome letters Virtual Conference promotions -- Web site content, e-mails Web site content, e-newsletter articles Fundraising letters Marketing Foundation promotional copy Articles for association magazines Press releases promoting Internet commerce, showcasing  Web sites of the National Wildlife Federation, World Vision, Smithsonian, J. Crew, Lands' End, Godiva, Sears, Sony The DMA Environmental Resource for Direct Marketers, third edition Series of Web site articles promoting conference speakers, sessions   Editing Weekly specialty marketing e-newsletters (E-mail Marketing, Interactive Marketing, Search) Nutrition catalog, e-mail promotions Daily marketing e-newsletter The Journal of the Nonprofit Federation  Being Direct by Lester Wunderman, second edition Medical manuscripts Conference promotions Corporate communications Fundraising letters  Proofreading Conference promotions Annual reports Magazine articles Promotional brochures Specialty publications Speeches   Web site content The best promotional copy is information your readers can use.