Hello! I’m Dan Sousa, a professional writer that creates entertaining and informative content that gets inbound marketing results for my clients.

My articles, posts and blogs get read, shared and ranked.

My career includes extensive experience in journalism as well as media relations which allows me to provide clients with a variety of content from press releases that get coverage to email campaign copy that gets clicks.

I create captivating content for brands, businesses and websites.

In the last two years I have had 600+ articles posted for clients on a wide range of topics covering industries such as: inbound marketing, tech, telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, energy, logistics, food and beverage, HR, recruiting and other service industries.

In a previous life I was an award-winning journalist with daily newspaper and wire service experience. As an editor and publisher I had a strong track record of developing popular and informative websites and building communities utilizing social marketing tools such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Before moving to Texas, I created and sold two hyper-local media sites in Virginia. Prior to that, as a media relations/public relations pro in New York City and Washington, D.C. I had experience working with local, national and international organizations.

Career highlights:

• Current inbound marketing content clients include local and regional companies in oil & gas, manufacturing, IT, telecom, software, HR, employment recruiting, fitness industry and government and public organizations.

• Built VivaLoudoun.com into 5 million a year page view brand. Social marketing of site included 8,000-plus followers on Twitter and 3,000-plus fans of site on Facebook.

• Built LoudounPrepSports brand (acquired by DigitalSports) and website from four pages of content to 10,000 pages.

• Media relations for USAID’s largest subcontractor.

• Represented companies from France (Digigram) and Australia (Tieline Technology) in US by writing product press releases and facilitating story placement in U.S. and foreign trade press.

• Coordinated Bratskeir & Co. public relations speaker’s bureau campaign for Eckerd Drug in 30 U.S. cities and managed strategic marketing promotion with Reebok.

• Wrote lesson plans for Pittsburgh schools for Polar Water campaign.

• Created taglines and marketing material for Revlon.

• 20 years of comprehensive journalistic experience as news/feature writer and editor for Associated Press and other regional newspapers in California and Virginia.