Welcome to the Creative Link Communications portolio page!
My portfolio covers many of the communication pieces you may need — trade magazine ads, newsletters, media information kits, videos, news/product releases, "stand-up" editorial and advertising features, direct-mail letters, brochures and other sales support material, trade show & conference material, website copy.
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Newsletters
TORLYS 121 121 Flooring Solutions is a newsletter created for TORLYS Inc., a leading Canadian flooring company.
Frontline
Sample page from Snap-on Frontline magazine, APEX 97 Award of Excellence (One-person produced newsletters category) winner.
News & Product Releases
Habitat Sponsorship
TORLYS Inc. news release, 2003. Sponsorship of Habitat for Humanity Canada.
Funky Flooring1
A bylined supplied or "stand-up" feature on flooring provided by TORLYS to a hardware merchandising trade magazine and published in a special supplement on flooring.
Funky Flooring2 Second page of "Funky Flooring" supplied feature
Air Tools1
A different style of "stand-up" feature, on air tools, supplied to an automotive trade magazine. Dean Askin byline, article supplied to SSGM by Snap-on when I was the Canadian marketing communications specialist there.
Brochure3
This and the next file are part of a trade show support brochure I wrote and designed for a 2002 Snap-on sales meeting.
Brochure4
Inside page of trade show support brochure, Snap-on 2002 national sales convention.
Mailer Front
Direct-mail piece produced for the Snap-on Retail Store.
Mailer Back
Direct-mail piece (back) produced for the Snap-on Retail Store.
Advertorials (Advertising Features)
SOT Franchise Opportunity
Advertorials can be a great way to promote your business. This is an example of one I wrote about the Snap-on Franchise Opportunity that was very effective.
Magazine Feature Writing
YR Corporate Rise
Excerpt from feature in York Region Business Magazine, which I edited for two years.
EmissionsTesting1
Cover story on vehicle emissions testing, published in SSGM Magazine, August 2005.
The Paperless Office
A 1,000 word feature on the state of the "paperless office," published in Business Edge Newsmagazine, Dec. 22, 2005 edition. Other Business Edge features: the automotive service technician crisis, shortline railroads, the competitiveness of the commercial printing business.
Okay you got us — maybe you've got a project that's not something you see in our portfolio. No worries. Chances are that Dean Askin and Creative Link Communications can handle it. Why? Because of experience. And because Dean's good with words . . . it isn't boasting when you've got the credentials to back it up.
