Ann Williams

Name: Ann Williams
E-mail: ann@2bbusiness.co.za
Ph: (012) 667 6603
Fax: (012) 667 6223
Website/s:
www.2BBusiness.co.za
www.2B-Marketing.co.za
www.2BHealthy.co.za

About Ann Williams:

She started her career with technical qualifications and spent the first decade of her adult life in the male-dominated environs of heavy industry, from the Nissan and Mercedes Benz plants to a leather tannery and a printing inks manufacturer, during which time she has held the positions of Quality Assurance Auditor, Administrator or Manager. She has also spent more than two years as the Production Manager of South Africa’s largest direct mailing company.

Her more recent career as a journalist started more than a decade ago when she worked for a stable of the newspapers in the East London area as a freelance journalist, a full-time sub-editor (copy and layout) and occasional locum editor. She later worked for Business Day newspaper as a sub-editor and went on to become the Online Editor.

Since getting married she has done freelance work for both print and electronic publications, was the marketing correspondent for the now defunct Gauteng Business newspaper, as well as having designed, produced and edited a number of websites.

Over the years she has written in the fields of marketing, management, entrepreneurship, commerce and industry, quality assurance, science and technology, engineering, education, medical and life-skills, as well as working in Public Relations on occasion (often as a volunteer) and has built strong organisational skills on technical, engineering and community projects.

Ann has various qualifications / studies in plastics technology, rubber technology and quality assurance as well as in information technology and entrepreneurship / management / marketing. She is also a Certified Guerrilla Marketing Coach, having obtained her qualification directly from the official Jay-Conrad Levinson coaching academy in the USA.

What Ann Williams can do for you:

At 2B Business Solutions cc we write for and produce a number of online publications and services.

As a certified Guerrilla Marketing Coach, Ann also does marketing consulting for small businesses as well as ongoing coaching for entrepreneurs in SMMEs.

We also do a limited amount of writing work which includes company profiles, electronic newsletters, press releases, website content and quality assurance processes and procedures. Our area of expertise is in technical writing and due to time pressure, we tend to take on clients for written work mainly in the fields of engineering, manufacturing, business services, ICT and medical.

Contributions to www.2BBusiness.co.za

Writing a company profile that works (article)
A company profile is one of the basic marketing tools that all companies should have. It gives an overview of what your company can offer potential clients, who you are as an organisation, and what makes your offerings unique. Company profiles can be a strong selling point for you – or they can put your audience off completely.