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About Tom McKay & Maine Creative Services

Since graduating from Notre Dame with a B. A. in Communications, I’ve held a wonderful variety of gigs that helped shape the award-winning talent who’s ready to help you grow your small business. During a 20+ year media career in Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston, I was a news reporter, anchor, CBS Radio feature correspondent, advertising agency copywriter, disk jockey, Music Director, program consultant, and talk-show host.

SEO copywriter Tom McKay's handsome mugMy articles and essays have appeared in Reader’s Digest, Los Angeles Times and other major periodicals. I was even awarded Columbia University’s prestigious Armstrong Award for Excellence in Broadcasting.

During a decade mainlining DOS, Windows, Mac (and most recently, Linux) technology, I worked as a magazine technology columnist, software technical writer, and computer applications trainer specializing in desktop apps like Microsoft Office.

Creative communications to grow your small business

In March, 2001, I launched Maine Creative Services, a copywriting and business editorial service specializing in marketing communications materials that are both interesting and effective: putting a human touch on case studies, newsletters, brochures, sales letters and Direct Response copywriting.

Over the years, the demand for online copywriting and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) kept soaring. More and more of my time was spent writing — and eventually designing — websites, landing pages (online sales letters), e-newsletters, email marketing campaigns and the like. Many of these clients needed design services, too, and kept asking if I could provide them. Well, I can take a hint.

So I’ve teamed up with a nationwide network of talented web designers to offer complete web design packages. Complete = Awesome web design + Powerful SEO Copywriting that gets your phones and cash registers ringing — all from one convenient, expert source.

Best of all, our rates are frequently half those of comparable providers. Nice, huh?

If you’re a small business or non-profit organization who needs top-quality web design and copywriting — but don’t have the luxury of a big budget, I invite you to get in touch and see how conveniently and affordably  we can satisfy your internet marketing needs: websites, e-commerce, e-mail marketing, blogging and other social media.

If you need only my copywriting help to make your website or email marketing campaigns fly, I’m happy to help. Just call or email me.

These guys wrote the checks. What do they think of my work?

"Tom McKay is much more than a copywriter. He's been a trusted business advisor for several years. He's the first person I call for every marketing project, and he's delivered big on each and every one. Tom completely rewrote the content for our company's website. Within days we had a huge increase in leads and nearly doubled our conversion rates." Shane Kane, Kane Title Services

"There are tons of Web and marketing consultants but Tom McKay is at the top of my list. Not only is he creative, innovative and results-driven, he actually listens to his clients - a rarity among consultants." Shelley Hall, Catalytic Management

"Tom grasped rather complex information quickly and delivered clear, concise copy for an important project. He met my tight deadline, even though he was busy at the time. I definitely recommend him." Marie Sola, Young Presidents Organization

"Working with Tom has made me more productive. Time I used to spend struggling to write our own copy is now spent on income-producing activities such as meeting with new clients and securing new contracts. I'm supremely confident that Tom is one of the major contributing factors to our success."

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