Editorial and website consulting

Make your content clear, consistent and compelling

Editorial advice and services from someone with over 30 years' experience across everything from magazines and newspapers to websites and brand campaigns.

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All of my consulting is tailored specifically for my clients. If you need a service not listed here – whether it's a style guide or you just want someone to bounce ideas off – let me know.

"The workshop was incredibly engaging. I enjoyed the workshopping activities, especially Dan’s encouragement. It was great to see examples from our council’s website – especially what worked and what could be improved.”
Taryn Kennedy
Penrith City Council
"Dan was a wealth of knowledge and has done a fantastic job of shaking up our team's approach. I feel confident that we will put these learnings into practice."
Phoebe Angelatos
ACT Emergency Services Agency
"I was able to put the lessons into practice straight away and our electronic newsletter open rates have already increased!"
Jane Phillips
"Dan's writing and communication sessions were inspiring. His hands-on training has helped to improve how our team writes and has increased our confidence when editing. I highly recommend this professional development resource."
Sue Gifford
Marketing team – Carey Baptist College
"Entertaining and informative. It was the best Writing for the Web workshop I've ever been to."
Janine Van Den Tillaart
Macquarie University
"Dan's thoughtful, practical advice helped me to refine my website and improve my SEO. It was easy to implement and made a big difference to the bottom line."
Matthew Young
Director, Melbourne Meditation Centre
"Dan has improved both our website copy and the SEO of our course browser considerably."
Peter Coppola
ACU
"Dan took the time to understand us and how we work. His advice was spot on, practical and easy to apply."
Justin Marmot
Ganton
"Dan cleaned and tightened our copy perfectly – and ahead of deadline. I highly recommend him!"
Sarah Jessup
Macquarie University
"Dan helped us create a tone of voice guide that was practical and easy to follow."
Natasha Parker
IOOF
"Dan has done a great job helping us understand the tone of voice we are trying to achieve as an organisation by using our own content and giving more options."
Ayrlan
Sydney Opera House
"Dan’s content toolkit helped us simplify our writing style and tailor our information for digital delivery."
Elissa Van Oosterhout
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Great presentation, catering to a range of levels. Fantastic examples with context and relevant advice. Your level of research of our business and understanding of our audience made for a worthwhile session for all. Thank you!
Rachel Drady
GMHBA
“Dan was a great sounding board while I was planning my website's content. I've been very appreciative of his skill at guiding me through website development, building my confidence and translating tricky concepts/approaches into easy to understand and implement bites.”
Julie Paraskevopoulos
Ecolix
"Highly recommended. Thorough, well-presented and essential information."
Odette Waanders
CEO, Palliative Care Victoria
"Great content and very helpful to everyone. The way you engaged everyone made them feel happy to contribute and easily get responses."
Amanda Manwaring
Department of of Transport and Main Roads
"Really good refresher workshop. Helped to clarify often-made grammatical errors and simplify concise writing habits."
Rebecca Sands
Knight Frank
“Dan developed a great tone of voice guide for us filled with practical tips and examples based on our own writing – and then ran a training session to show our staff how to make the most of it."
Nadine Redmond
Screenwest
"One of the most engaging and practical training workshops I've attended. It was clear that considered effort and preparation had been put into making the workshop tailored and relevant to us specifically."
Lauren Hogan
GMHBA
"After trawling for the right editor to teach me the trade, from square one I knew I'd found the right person in Dan. He's an incredible teacher, with amusing anecdotes to boot. After just a few sessions, I was seeing English in an entirely new way and, with his help, I knew I was ready."
Gavin A
"Dan was an engaging presenter and answered all questions well. The exercises were extremely helpful in understanding the content."
Lurline Byles
Department of Fire and Emergency Services
"I highly recommend Dan for SEO. His knowledge and skills with the English language make copy easy to read and understand. His thoroughness is unquestioned."
Amanda Lacey
McCabes
"Dan provided insightful and inspirational leadership in guiding AOA through the social media maze. Dan has a wonderful ability to communicate and connect and was instrumental in initiating AOA's presence on social media. I would highly recommend Dan for his sharp intellect, concise expression and powerful strategic and tactical insights."
Adrian Cosenza
CEO of AOA
"I was really impressed with the course and the delivery was both entertaining and engaging. We covered a lot of ground."
Ewan Richmond
Yarra City Council
"Dan injected fun and personality into our copy."
Justin Marmot
Ganton
“Dan has improved our website and SEO significantly.”
Alexandra Macaulay
ACU
"Great workshop. Clear, concise and lots of examples and exercises to do so we could apply what Dan had just outlined. Would definitely recommend."
Di Ovens
Landgate
"Dan is adaptable to the various audience’s requirements and has a tremendous scope of information and experience which he delivers very well."
Maggie Videan
Cancer Council NSW
"Very enjoyable and easy to follow. It was useful and engaging."
Darlene Vincent
NSW Department of Primary Industries
"Dan's Writing for the Web workshop was relevant, informative and fun – a must for any media business developing online content in Australia today."
Sarah Falson
Former managing editor at Reed Publishing
"Very engaging. I loved the sense of humour – makes it interesting."
Peta Cooper
NSW Health Pathology