Hi there, and welcome to my official information clearinghouse on the Internet.
I am Zahra Stavis.
I am a writer, digital producer, PR agent, consultant, and technologist.
My services are available to the general public for no-contract (freelance) and contract (consulting) projects.
This site showcases some of my many useful skills and abilities.
Core Competencies
- Discovering and implementing the replacement of costly over-complex systems with low-cost efficient options with no disruption to the flow of business.
- I make most clever use of existing resources for new and unanticipated purposes.
- Proficient with Content Management Systems, and transitioning content trapped in proprietary systems to low-cost open alternatives like Drupal, Joomla, and Wordpress.
- Savvy in social media advocacy, internet marketing, search engine optimization, and the impact of the new media revolution on traditional business models.
- Professionalism done with a sense of style, a results-oriented approach, and 21st-century expertise.
- Over three years of experience providing online marketing services including in the startup and corporate environment.
- Excellent communicator, ideal for web, PR and print.
- Highly technically proficient, in a variety of projects for print and web.
Highlights
Sample Rates
| Hours | Freelance | Contracted |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 175 | 125 |
| 8 | 700 | 500 |
All rates exist on my discretion. The scale slides favorably indeed towards non-profit organizations, small agencies, artists, and individual creative professionals of modest means.
Non-monetary forms of payment, like barter, may also be accepted.
The best way to reach me is always by email.
Projects, organizations, and individuals of merit.
- thinkingSage - my full-service digital communications agency.
- Breaking Thought - my blog about history and statecraft.
- Journalisk Press - an autonomous node in the digital Fifth Estate.
- Steven Miklovic - the site of my thinkingSage co-founder.
Industry Background
four years experience in new media.
Well-connected in the Conscious, Holistic, and Green industries.