Brian O.
Best-Selling Business Book Author, CNBC Writer
Greetings, My name is Brian O’Connell and I'm a Doylestown, Pennsylvania-based freelance writer with 17 years experience covering business news and trends, particularly in the financial, health and sciences, Internet and technology, political and career management sectors. As a former Wall Street bond trader; as an author who’s placed two investment books in "The Book of the Month Club" and as a business writer whose byline has appeared in dozens of top-tier national business publications, including Time, MSN Money, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, The Street.com, Yahoo Finance, CBS Marketwatch, and many more, I'd like to present my credentials as a contributing writer/editor for your company. For more information, please visit my web site at: https://brianoco.contently.com/. Or, visit this Amazon.com link http://www.amazon.com/Brian-OConnell/e/B001H6US9Y for a list/review of some of my book titles. While my cover letter/resume provides plenty of background, here are six key points that relate to my ability to handle your project. 1. My most current or most recent job - Here’s a brief list of continuing projects: I am currently one of the lead stock market writers for Investing Daily.com. · I write a regular personal finance/banking & credit column for Jim Cramer at TheStreet.com and MainStreet.com, and have written regularly for CNBC’s “Mad Money”. · I contribute regularly to Time.com (Moneyland), MSN.com, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and YahooFinance.com. I write the weekly entrepreneurship blog for The Kauffman Foundation. 2. My background in business and finance. I spent six years on Wall Street, as an over-the-counter trader for Kidder Peabody and as a corporate bond trader for Delaware Funds.
Earnings and projects
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Last 6 months: $1.7k
Billed in all: $20,340$20k
$430 in the last 6 months
Across 5 contracts
Across 42 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 15% in Blog Writing
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