John Kuraoka, freelance advertising copywriter

www.kuraoka.com
(619) 465-6100
consumer goods and manufacturing experience

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You make a lot of things besides your product. A reputation, for example, or a brand, or sometimes even a whole market. A skilled, passionate advertising copywriter helps build the relationship between your product and your customers. Which, in turn, helps you make two more things. Sales. And money.

Consumer goods
Akona
Cobra Golf
Ektelon
Freedom Grill
Genesis Scuba
Giant Bicycles
Hewlett-Packard
HitchCAM
Hot Spring Spas
Kiron Corporation
Mark III Customs
Patagonia
Polaris Pool Systems
ProAction
Radia Systems
Rhino Linings
Rhino Off-Road Industries
Sherwood Scuba
Sony Electronics
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Manufacturers
Advanced Structures, Inc.
American Formulating and Manufacturing (AFM)
Comair-Rotron
CP Manufacturing
General Dynamics
Deleo Clay Tile
Hewlett-Packard
HitchCAM
Indyme Electronics
Intel
Kino Precision
Kolon
Kubota
Mahindra
Microdot Inserts
Miralite
Mitel
Optics Laboratory, Inc.
Proxima
Vernon Tools
Watkins Manufacturing
Zond Cogeneration
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More of my experience as a copywriter.

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Answers to frequently asked questions.

Why should you hire me as your advertising copywriter? | FAQ

Advertising & marketing advice.

Advertising strategy and other lies
An advertising copywriter’s bookshelf: recommended books
Brands and branding: a white paper
Do you make these mistakes in advertising?
Free (yes, free) advertising copywriting resources
Four ad copy traps that ensnare even experienced copywriters
How to become an advertising copywriter
How to take your copywriting portfolio to the next level
How to write a brochure: advice from an advertising copywriter
How to write better ads
Long John Silver on writing ads
More career advice: what’s it like being an advertising copywriter?
Napoleon’s advice to entrepreneurs, Part I: starting the enterprise
Napoleon’s advice to entrepreneurs, Part II: the entrepreneurial character
Napoleon’s advice to entrepreneurs, Part III: growing the enterprise
The ART of repurposing marketing copy (Or, why you shouldn’t use brochure copy as web content)
The economy (and what to do about it)
When you should consider hiring a freelance copywriter
Advertising copywriting mentorship
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Me, me, me.

Awards & honors | Curriculum vitae | Ad Blog | Services

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