​ABOUT MARION E. GOLD

MARION ESTELLE GOLD is a writer, book author, and publicity consultant with a distinguished history of communications and marketing excellence. Marion develops marketing & publicity materials, and provides strategic planning counseling for entrepreneurs, book authors, small businesses and nonprofits. She creates "Personal Publicity" and other specialty press kits, quality editorials, position papers and more. All the publicity tools you need to gain visibility for YOU, your BOOK, your BUSINESS or your ORGANIZATION. She is also considered an expert in forging alliances between nonprofit organizations and corporate partners who must meet bottom-line marketing objectives. Her award winning articles on marketing, diversity, and women in the workforce appear in marketing trade journals, national newspapers, and national and international magazines. Among her specialty topics are women's advocacy, career enhancement, publicity for entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations, and healthcare education.

Marion is the author of TOP COPS: Profiles of Women in Command. “TOP COPS” was endorsed by former Governors George Ryan (Illinois), George Pataki (New York), and Janet Napolitano, former US Secretary of Homeland Secretary, and Governor of Arizona. She wrote The Personal Publicity Planner – A Guide to Marketing YOU, and co-authored  (wrote two chapters) for Skirting Traditions: Arizona Women Writers & Journalists 1912-2012. Marion’s essay on “The Heart and Soul of Communications” was also published in the centennial “Anthology” of the Illinois Woman’s Press Association, an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women. Escape from Heaven, co-authored with Jerry Marcus, is her first novel. 

One of the few women to break through the "Glass Ceiling" of Corporate America, Marion managed a multi-million dollar healthcare marketing agency in Chicago.

• Prior to launching her own company in 1994, she was executive vice-president and general manager of PRAGMATON - a health care communications agency in Downtown Chicago that was part of the Health and Medical Communications Group of OMNICOM, a major player in the marketplace based in New York City. She is credited with taking a part-time editorial position and less than $100 thousand in billings and rocketing it into a dynamic multi-media organization billing millions of dollars a year.
• In addition to Client Management and New Business Development, Marion developed corporate policies, set strategic goals, and managed the day-to-day operations of a highly professional team of 13 communications, event planning, production, graphics and computer personnel.
• She provided pharmaceutical companies with guidance and strategic direction in reaching out to major universities and nonprofit organizations to develop, produce and implement healthcare educational programs and projects.
• She designed and managed physician advisory panels, symposia, special monographs, series mailings, audiovisual programs and custom publications, and myriad other marketing and educational projects.
• Marion is known for expertly blending the needs of healthcare professionals and consumers for objective and balanced information, with the responsibility and desire on the part of corporations to supply that information through sales, marketing, and educational projects. 
• After 13 years at the helm of the company, Marion resigned at the close of 1993 to launch her own communications business. In 1994 she was featured in WORKING WOMAN MAGAZINE as an entrepreneur with "Guts."

Marion was a featured speaker on variety of topics 

• From the 'Status of Women in Law Enforcement," to the "Problems of Tobacco Use by Young Women," to "Trafficking of Women from Eastern Europe to the United States," to "How Volunteerism is Good for Business."
• She was a featured speaker and panel moderator for the annual meetings of the National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives, the National Center for Women & Policing, and Women in Federal Law Enforcement.
• Marion also was a guest speaker at a variety of other events, including the 17th Annual Graduate Women in Business conference at the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management, the Arizona Women's Town Hall, Arizona Press Women, the Women's Network Exchange of Arizona, the Arizona Women Lawyers Association, the Illinois Woman's Press Association, and at several programs by invitation of the State of Arizona Governor's Division for Women.
• She was also honored in both Phoenix and Chicago (on behalf of Soroptimist of Phoenix and Chicago, respectively) to give the welcoming address on two occasions to immigrants from around the world who -  after years of hard work and dedication - achieved United States Citizenship. 

• Following publication of her book, "PERSONAL PUBLICITY PLANNER - GUIDE TO MARKETING YOU," lawyers, women in law enforcement, executives, writers, journalists and book authors, as well as small-business owners and other entrepreneurs attended Marion's MARKETING YOU workshops.

She also served on a number of distinguished Boards

• Arizona Women's Town Hall 
• National Association of Women Business Owners, Phoenix Metropolitan Chapter 
• Board of Judges for THE GLOBALS International Competition in Healthcare Communications sponsored by The New York Festivals 
• Advisory Board of the National Women's History Museum (Washington, DC) 
• Soroptimist International of the Americas (Chicago & Phoenix Affiliates) 
• Public Policy Council of the National Association for Female Executives 
• President of the Illinois Woman's Press Association and Vice President of Arizona Press Women 

During her career in communications, Marion achieved many honors - among them...

• Communicator of Achievement awarded by the Illinois Woman's Press Association 
• Athena Award for Excellence in Mentoring awarded by Mentor & Protege Newsletter (for her book PERSONAL PUBLICITY PLANNER - GUIDE TO MARKETING YOU) 
• Working Woman Magazine featured Marion as an entrepreneur with GUTS 
• Featured in the Soroptimist of the Americas magazine  
• Named by Today's Chicago Woman to their list of 100 Women Making a Difference

Marion's articles on marketing, diversity, career planning and women in the workforce have appeared in marketing trade journals, and national newspapers and magazines - including Advertising Age, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Arizona Republic and the Business Journal of Phoenix, The Healthcare Marketing Exchange, Product Management, and Law & Order Magazine.

• In addition to "TOP COPS," she is the author of "Personal Publicity Planner: A Guide to Marketing YOU." 

• She is co-author of "SKIRTING TRADITIONS: Arizona Women Writers & Journalists 1912-2012." Her two bylined chapters profile Arizona writers Jana Bommersbach - a nationally acclaimed investigative journalist and book author, and Pam Stevenson - one of Arizona’s first on-screen television producer/writers and a video journalist. The book includes biographies of twenty-eight female writers and journalists from Arizona spanning the one hundred years since Arizona became the forty-eighth state in the Union. Skirting Traditions was named by the Arizona Historical Advisory Committee as an official Arizona Legacy Project, and part of Arizona's official 2012 Centennial celebration. 
• Marion's essay on "The Heart and Soul of Communications" is published in the centennial "Anthology" of the Illinois Woman's Press Association, an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women.
• Most recently, she co-authored a novel--"Escape from Heaven" with award-winning novelist Jerry Marcus—where they looked at the human condition through the eyes and voices of Marcus’ unique characters--The Righteous Ones and The Laughing Angels. 
  

OTHER AWARDS

• The Illinois Woman's Press Association (IWPA) awarded Marion FIRST PLACE in its 72nd Annual Mate E. Palmer Communications Contest for the comprehensive Press Kit she created and produced for Internationally known Film Critic Jan Lisa Huttner's book, "Penny's Picks: 50 Movies by Women Filmmakers 2002-2011." First Place winning entries were sent to the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) for judging in the NFPW 2013 National Communications Contest, where the Press Kit took Second Place in the "Media Kit: Tools to Gain Media Coverage." You can view the kit components at:  http://films42.com/feature/PennyEPK.asp.  IWPA independent Judges said that while the Press Kit was a "bit unconventional ... a number of journalists would find useful information...and apparently did. Smartly put together.
• Marion also received Honorable Mention from judges of the NFPW’s At-Large Communications Contest for a chapter she authored for the anthology, Skirting Traditions: Arizona Women Writers and Journalists 1912-2012. Skirting Traditions was produced by Arizona Press Women and published by Wheatmark Press (Tucson). The book was selected by the Arizona Historical Advisory Committee as part of the State’s official 2012 Centennial celebration.​
• Click here to read NFPW's interview with Marion about her career.

​MARION'S EARLIER YEARS IN COMMUNICATIONS - AN ACCOMPLISHED MEDICAL EDITOR, WRITER, JOURNALIST & PUBLISHING CONSULTANT

• Produced feature and news articles on various health care topics for medical, pharmaceutical and consumer publications.
• Associate Editor,  Journal of the American Medical Association, Medical News Department - Produced and edited medical news and feature articles about basic and clinical research, and provision of health care services. 
• Manager of Publishing Operations for Hospital Risk Management Publishing & Consulting Corporation - Produced reference materials for health care professionals. 
• Senior Medical Writer-Reporter-Photographer, International Medical News Group - Developed news and feature articles with photos based on interviews with medical "thought-leaders," and covered/reported on presentations at medical conferences and continuing medical education courses in the United States, Canada and Europe. Some investigative reporting. 
• Assistant Technical/Science Editor Drug Trade News and Drug Topics, Medical Economics Company - Produced news and feature articles for the pharmaceutical industry and pharmacists.

~ Marion's not-so-secret alter ego "Miriam Bat-Rachel,"  Gemstone Jewelry Designer ~ 
Words and Gemstones? Do they have anything in common? 
Many people are surprised when the marketing consultant and writer they work with – or "Book Author" they meet—also designs jewelry!  Actually, there is a great similarity between creating a press release, ghostwriting an article or editorial, or crafting a tactical marketing plan—and designing a piece of jewelry. Words or gemstones. Both need to be carefully considered in order to meet the needs of the client and the target audience. As my jewelry-designing persona, “Miriam Bat-Rachel,” I design each item of jewelry around the shapes and colors of the natural stones—choosing and then arranging the stones and sterling silver beads on my worktable, moving them around until I like the way they look. When designing the silver or bronze wire accents, I bend and twist the wire, so it looks natural on the focal stone—literally as if it were part of the natural texture of the stone. Words and gemstones. Working with either takes great precision.
They both light up my creative spirit! 
​You can see all "Miriam's" one-of-kind gemstone jewelry ~
And her unique beaded accessories for home & office at
Moonbeams Lilacs & Roses.

Click here to listen to Marion's Podcast with Biz Women Rock!


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