Nora Foster
Copywriter and Marketing Consultant
Nora began freelancing in 2002, putting her years of marketing and technology
experience to work for companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500 clients,
including Fidelity, Marriot Hotels, The Hartford, Booz Allen Hamilton, British Airways,
FedEx, AT&T and Dell Computer to name a few. Her career began in 1990 as a
copywriter. Over the years her focus expanded to include many areas of marketing
including product marketing, market research, direct response, relationship marketing, Internet and e-commerce
development
Before stepping into the freelance arena, she led customer experience
improvement and personalization projects for iXL/Scient (now Razorfish). Prior to Scient, she was with MoveCentral.com (now MonsterMoving), a leading retention
services website. While there she developed a highly targeted, personalized online advertising and
e-mail delivery program that helped the company increase sales by 38% in three months.
As a Marketing Manager at
First Foto (now Our365), the leading in-hospital infant photography company,
Nora launched the company’s first
direct marketing program. She also initiated the company into the online marketplace with its first e-commerce website
and the creation of WebNursery, an online photo posting service that continues
to be a thriving service for the
company.
Nora holds an MBA from Southern Illinois University, as well as a Master's in Telecommunications
and Bachelor's degree in Journalism (advertising emphasis).