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Sharp Pencil Marketing

TELLING THE STORIES THAT GET YOU NOTICED

About

Sharp Pencil Marketing is a dynamic, forward-thinking content marketing and public relations firm that is dedicated to helping small businesses build their brand and gain visibility. We use our vast knowledge of the media industry to increase your brand awareness and get your company noticed. And we provide professional-caliber content marketing services -- including blog writing, social media messaging, e-newsletter creation and web content writing -- to give your business a digital edge. 

​Lauren Heist Carrane, Owner

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Lauren has a wealth of writing and editing skills in both print and digital media.

An experienced journalist, Lauren has written for The Boston Globe, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, The Daily Herald, Fast Company Magazine, Make It Better Magazine, Chicago Parent Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine and more. She also taught journalism to graduate students at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she earned her Master’s degree in 2005.

As a former newspaper reporter, editor and online web editor, Lauren knows how to write copy that is clear and compelling -- and how to hit a deadline. She understands how the media thinks and how to pitch a story that will grab a reporter's attention. Her experience in business-to-business magazines taught her how to tailor a message to a specific audience for maximum impact.

Lauren also passed the AP Copy Editing Test, which means she has a mean eye for grammar and AP style. 

Call us today to have us write for you!

CLIENTS
Authors

Rick Bass
Fritjof Capra
Leslie Epstein
Helena Gustavsson and Charlie Bennet
Samantha Rose Hill
Stephen Graham Jones
David Lazar
Evan Lieberman
Gregg Mitman
​Suzanne Nossel
Molly Peacock
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Ayanna Thompson
Isabella Weber
Adam Wilson
Social Services

Bridges Sober Living
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Bright Promises Foundation
​The Cradle
Junior League of Evanston-North Shore
"Protecting Your Children from the Emotional and Financial Effects of Divorce"
Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center
Yellowbrick

Theater, Comedy, Music, Arts

ARC Gallery​
Ben Hollis

Bradford Newquist
Chicago Improv Festival
Chicago Podcast Festival
​Civitas Ensemble
The Defamation Experience
Eye on India Festival
FAME Center
​Four Star Comedy Fest
Green Shirt Studio
Hunter Cole
Improv Nerd
Jerry Miller Productions
Joe Mack
Margaret Pasquesi
Megon McDonough
Newberry Consort
Russian Culture Now
Ryan Heywood
Sarah Barnhart Fields
Statue Stories Chicago
Stories Connect Us All Storytelling Festival
Studio5
​Sympathy, Said the Shark
Small Businesses

800Cars, LLC
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A Natural Foot
Absolute Precision Skin Care
Brent Garcia, LAc
Center for Holistic Medicine
Chiropractic First
DeNovo Development​
DMSFit
FastBeats, Inc.
First Bank & Trust
Greenview Homes
​Growing Through the Arts
Holistic Connections
Kai Behnke Interior Design
Littlerock Construction, Inc.
Origami Only
Pasquesi Partners, LLC
Potash Markets
Punch Construction
​Return 2 Health
Robert Gold Salon & Spa
Russian Pointe
​Taelor
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Sharp Pencil Marketing
954-554-0336
Lauren@sharppencilmarketing.com
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