Elaine Pofeldt

Elaine Pofeldt – Ghostwriter

Author of "The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business" (Random House) and "Tiny Business, Big Money" (Norton), ghostwriter and book editor.

Overview

If you are looking to write a book on entrepreneurship, business or personal development in the coming year, I can help you achieve your vision. I help clients with book proposals, outlines, developmental editing, ghostwriting and editing their books. I was a senior editor at Fortune Small Business magazine and my freelance writing has appeared in Fortune, Money, CNBC, Forbes, Columbia Business Magazine, Millie, Economist Intelligence Unit reports and many others.


I would love to tap my background in media, research and writing--both commercially and custom-published books--to help you author a book that is worthy of the reputation you have built in your field. I'm one of those rare authors who loves collaborating just as much as I enjoy writing my own books. While I have very high standards, I am a friendly and approachable guide. And, as a mother of four, I look forward to nurturing your budding talents as a writer--so you can learn from our work together and confidently write whatever you want in the future.


I usually sign a non-disclosure agreement but I can share that my ghostwriting and developmental editing clients have included:


* The CEO of a multi-billion financial services company and author of a New York Times Bestseller

*The founder of a worldwide entrepreneurship organization and author of a perennially bestselling self-published book on entrepreneurship

*The CEO and founder of a groundbreaking branding agency whose commercially published book on branding will be available in 2025

* The CEO and founder of a high-profile HR consultancy and author of a newly released custom book for Gen Z and GenX leaders

* A high-profile coach to CEOs, whose book on employee engagement will be published in 2025 by a prestigious hybrid imprint

* A scalable entrepreneur in the education space and author of a popular commercially published book on mindset

* A top-selling real-estate broker with a new take on residential property

* A business broker who needed help in explaining complex mergers & acquisitions transactions to family members who inherited businesses they had never run in a custom-published book he could hand out

* A wealth manager at a prestigious financial services firm who is building a life coaching practice to help current and future clients manage their financial lives in a healthier way

* A physician pioneering a new way to treat psychological trauma


Whether you are publishing a book with a commercial publisher or going the entrepreneurial route and publishing it yourself, writing and editing it to the highest standard can make a big difference in getting you noticed by potential clients, event planners looking for keynote speakers, the thought leaders who matter in your field, and members of the B2B community or the public who will benefit from your product or services. If you've got great ideas but are getting stuck in moving forward because you don't know how to express them in a published book, don't struggle anymore. I'd love to chat with you.

Services
Non-Fiction
Business & Management Career Guides
Languages
English (UK) English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Oct, 2007 — Present
I have been a ghostwriter and book coach for a number of authors in the area of entrepreneurship and careers, in addition to writing my own commercially published books -- "The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business" [Random House] and "Tiny Business, Big Money" [W.W. Norton & Co.]. I am a widely published journalist on entrepreneurship and am a senior contributor at Forbes. I have written for many major business publications and am a former senior editor at Fortune Small Business magazine.

Fortune Small Business Magazine

Aug, 1999 — Sep, 2007 (about 8 years)
Wrote and edited cover stories and other features. Nominated for National Magazine Award for both writing and reporting. Founded national business plan contest for student entrepreneurs. Ran Fsb.com, a part of and later CNNMoney.com, boosting traffic to 2-5M page views per month. Appeared frequently on broadcast and online video programs.

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