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BIO

Ms. Schwartz was born and raised in the Bronx, NY and has lived her teenage and most of her adult life in nearby Connecticut.  She moved to Nashville, TN roughly eight years ago with a job transfer at a Fortune 500 company.  After 13 years of employment with the company and a very unkind economy, Schwartz was laid off after 7 days of employment with the new branch of the company.   Since she purchased a condominium, she decided to commit to a long term stay in the famed Music City. Schwartz jumped on the opportunity to take a much needed break and pursue her interest in photography.  After traveling to exotic locales such as Aruba, Bermuda, Turks & Caicos Islands she seized the day by capturing a photo from a departing cruise ship in the New York Harbor of the The World Trade Center Towers.  This rare perspective resulted in country music star Alan Jackson making a personal request to have the photo framed along with his autographed lyrics of "Where were You when the World Stopped Turning?" to auction at Richard Marx's Cystic Fibrosis Benefit. 

Being involved with the media and promotion of that benefit got Schwartz interested in marketing again.  So, she harnessed that creative energy into marketing clients via blogs, SEO writing, and social networking.  By listening carefully to her clients' goals and wishlists, she further developed the company to include administrative services to capitalize on the economic downturn.

 

Schwartz further explains, "My services include different packages such as setting up, maintaining, and marketing through blogs along with creating posts and most importantly, engaging the client to be involved in the marketing effort."  By employing freelance writers and admin specialists, Schwartz found she was able to target her services to a wide client base including writers who are in search of marketing for their recently published books.

 

Her creative and unique focus of talents, Schwartz has built a healthy client base which includes Fortune 500 companies, Small businesses, therapists, politicians, healthcare companies and up and coming authors.  According to Schwartz; "I've comeFull Circle as an entrepreneur, it's one of the reasons I named the company that name." 

 

MEDIA INQUIRIES

FCAS Publicity

Email:  MSSPhotography@aol.com

Tel: (615) 330-1305

Fax:(866) 605-3461

 

 

Skills

SOFTWARE PACKAGES

(Advanced)
10+ Years Experience, (Currently in use)
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  • Word
  • Excel
  • Publisher
  • PowerPoint
  • Various Photography Software Packages 
  • Twitter 
  • BlogSpot
  • Google Tools   
  • Webstat Reporting Tools

COACHING AND MENTORING

(Intermediate)
3-4 Years Experience, (Currently in use)
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Mentoring individuals and companies as a business coach or life coach:

 

BUSINESS

  • Assessing Business needs
  • Suggestions for improvement in
    •   Customer Service
    •   Advertising
    •   Target Audience
    •   Marketing
    •   Networking
    •   E-mail and Postcard mailers

 

PERSONAL COACHING

  •   Adult ADD Coaching
  •   Business Coaching

GHOSTWRITING

(Expert)
10+ Years Experience, (Currently in use)
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Ghostwriting includes:

  • Novels
  • Non-fiction
  • Memoirs
  • Academic Papers
  • Press Release
  • Health/Wellness
  • Business Articles
  • Blogging and more.

VIDEO TRAILERS

(Advanced)
3-4 Years Experience, (Currently in use)
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Skilled in creating video trailers to advertise business's and or individual's products.  Book trailers are also created for authors.

 

www.VideoTrailerCentral.blogspot.com

www.YouTube.com/writer4762

 

Work History

Full Circle Admin Services

Nashville, TN, United States
Jan 2008 - Present
Owner & Project Manager 

A company comprised of a group of Freelancers with various skillsets that can offer clients a variety of services such as blogging, proofreading, virtual assistant, ghostwriting, blog building, blog maintenance, press releases, banners, videos (posted to youtube), socialnetworking (Twitter, Facebook etc.), linkbuilding, light bookkeeping, data entry, creation of Excel spreadsheets and Word documents, typing, drafting of letters, newsletters, direct mail marketing, coaching, mentoring and other services upon request.

MSS Photography

Nashville, TN, United States
Jun 2001 - Present
Freelance Photographer 

Offering various types of photography; Event, Product, Headshots, Stock, Family Portraits and PressKits.  Shots created and burned to CD for unlimited use by purchaser. 

The Cooker

Nashville, TN, United States
Consultant 

Consulted with company to improve business strategy

  • Created various promotions for restaurant
  • Increased traffic by 25% overall
  • Marketed restaurant to area businesses
  • Team Lead for Servers
  • Maintained quality control, procedures for servers
  • Coached servers on best practices

Automatic Data Processing

Atlanta, GA, United States
Jan 2001 - May 2001
Senior Project Specialist 

Transferred from Connecticut branch to work virtually in Nashville, TN. 

  • Help Desk
  • Created custom reporting for clients
  • Worked closely with clients to ensure customer service
  • 401K and Insurance Reporting
  • EEOC Reporting
Milford, CT, United States
May 1987 - Dec 2001
Senior Key Account Manager 

Directly responsible for successful client retention by serving as sole support by request of company's senior management.

o   Promoted to Senior Key Account Manager -Team Lead

o  Handled a client base of larger Major Account and National Account Clients

o  Handled Accounts that were endangered in leaving due to poor customer service issues or pricing

o  Setup 401k, Section 125, New Hire Reporting, Group Term Life, and Restaurant Routines

o  Install and upgrade of PC based products for Payroll and HR

o  Attend and Run many meetings and conference calls both with internal and external clients

o  Track and monitor calls of new customer service reps for both quality control and training needs

  • Conducted proactive client calls and visits
  • Training of new employees

Branded Shoe Outlet

New Haven, CT, United States
Area Manager 

 Management of 6 stores in the Northeast region territory. 

  • Inventory Control
  • Forecasting/setting goals for store sales
  • Client and employee surveys
  • Recruiting and train employees
  • Held regional meetings
  • Setup sales and promotions

Education

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT, United States
Jan 1977 - May 1982
B.B.A., Business Administration

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT, United States
Masters, M.B.A., Computer Science

FCAS ACHIEVEMENTS

Richard Marx's Cystic Fibrosis Benefit

Cystic Fibrosis Benefit

Posing with the Auction item of Alan Jackson's signed lyrics along with Mindy Schwartz's photo of the World Trade Center Towers. 

 

The item fetched an impressive $25,000 for the charity.

The New Covey Video Trailer Awards

New Covey Trailer Awards

A FCAS video created by one of our staff writers placed 4th in "Most Intriguing Trailer" - June 2009 

International Book Awards - 2008

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A Ghostwriter on staff won an award for a book she wrote with her co-author. 

FCAS Portfolio Samples

Inclusion and Diversity in the Workplace

A video trailer depicting the benefits of Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace.

The World Trade Center Towers

WTC

The Towers shot by Ms. Schwartz from a cruise ship enroute to Bermuda.  This particular shot was used as an auction piece for Cystic Fibrosis.

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A Press Release for one of our clients.

Icon_pdf_16 Children's Book - Willie Whistle, Name for Puppy

A children's book featuring animals for teachable moments.  Written by our client, Nancy Mura and created by Full Circle Admin Services.

Icon_word_16 Working with 4 Generations E-Book

An E-book created for our client's use.  Stunning graphics.

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

"Excellent work!  I'm going to give you more work than you can handle!"    S.E.

First, we loved your script... you are a talented writer and the script is very well written.      G.G.

 

"I just read the new chapters.  I am still crying. You make it seem like it was only yesterday.  I love the way you write..." J.P.

 

"Mindy - What a pleasure to connect with YOU tonight! I was so energized by our conversation, with ideas bubbling up already!"    K.E.

 

"Great Job!, Can you handle more work?"  B.R.

 

..."I'm introducing all ...my business associates... to Taryn who does the phenomenal video trailers!"    S.E.

 

"Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your blog.  Your work is impressive and I'll definitely check out your other books.  I'm struck, however, by the coincendence today of receiving your attached samples.

Just this morning, I learned that the 24 year old son of a fellow board member had an accident in July that left him quadriplegic.  He had an extraordinary future ahead of him. I can't fathom how the young man and his family are coping.  Reading  your piece on 'missing my body' was so timely...

I feel as though I've made an extraordinary discovery today."

                                                 P.L.