Lois Nicholls, Freelance Writer since 1994
I’ve had over 20 years industry experience writing for newspapers, magazines and the web. Clients use my writing and interviewing services to help them capture the essence of a message, story, business offering or cause – in print and on-line. Crisp, compelling and concise copy, using everyday language is what I love to produce!
- Skilled website copywriter, producer of search engine friendly content and compelling feature stories that capture an audience
- Ability to produce clean, jargon-free website and print copy without verbose padding
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and accomplished interviewer
- Strong capacity to engage and communicate
- Experienced in a wide range of on-line and print publications
- Author of ‘Aussie, Actually’ – Landing on Foreign Soil – a memoir about what it’s really like to emigrate to Australia.
- Aussie, Actually is available in Paperback, eBook and Audiobook - iTunes and Audible.com
- Q&A on www.news24.com
- Sample
- Editor of www.journonews.com, an online magazine covering people, places and businesses around the world
Career summary
Professional Freelance Writer 1994 – present
Feature writer and Columnist - 1991 – 1993
- The Mercury
- Sunday Tribune
- Woman’s Weekly – Lois Lane Column (Humorous)
- Marketing and advertorial copy
- General news
- Business and property news.
Feature writer - 1988 – 1991
- Personality Magazine
News reporter - 1986
- Zululand Observer
Education
Diploma of Journalism - Durban University of Technology 1983 – 1985
Clients
My clients for freelance feature writing, website copywriting and editing over many years include:
- Blue Care website ‘refresh’
- Blue Care’s Blue Print - In-house staff and volunteer magazine
- Vale Australia’s Vale News – In-house staff magazine
- Australian Longwall Magazine
- Good Health & Medicine Magazine
- Country Style
- The Courier Mail
- Sabona Magazine
- Readers Digest
- Country Life - SA
- London’s TNT travel magazine
- The Sunday Tribune
- Pretoria News
- The Mercury
- The Witness
Hourly rates (see Rates page)
- AU$75 for Australian clients (exl 10% GST)
- If outside Australia, use the Australian Dollar Converter on the Rates page to view my rate per hour in your currency.
Impact Unlimited
loisnicholls.com.au is the editorial division of Impact Unlimited, an Australian-registered consulting company (ABN 40 837 235 887) located in Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland (The Sunshine State).
Founded in 2004 by director and owner, Brenton Nicholls, Impact Unlimited provides SAP ERP & BW consulting for Government and listed Australian and International clients, WordPress web site design, SAP change management, business presentation and communication transformation programs, book, audiobook and eBook publishing and software pre-sales consulting.
Impact Unlimited’s clients have included Vale Australia, Boeing Australia, Bluecare, SAP Australia – Office of State Revenue (Qld), Corptech (Qld Government), QR National, Queensland Rail, TechnologyOne, Mincom, EntelSoft, CS Energy and other SMBs.
