TONY BOVE: WRITING SAMPLES
AND MARKETING PROJECTS

HIGHLIGHTS

CONSUMER/SMB AUDIENCES

iPod & iTunes for Dummies (chapter extract in PDF). “Modifying Songs in iTunes” (popular excerpt on the Dummies site). For more, see list of Dummies books by Tony Bove.

Just Say No to Microsoft (chapter extract in PDF). See also Get Off Microsoft! for blog, news, reviews, and alternatives.

Tony's Tips for iPhone User's Manual (iPhone app).

Tony's Tips Wiki on iPods, iPhones, iTunes, and other topics.

Bove's Blips (on the Scope of Innovation) is a blog about iPod, iTunes, iPhone, audio and video tech, and digital rights (DRM).

Rockument articles and rockumentaries about the roots of rock music:

ENTERPRISE/IT AUDIENCES

Innovating with Dynamic Business Applications (PDF), a BEA white paper written for CIO and IT directors.

Building a Flexible Foundation for E-Business, Dell Power Magazine (feature article in PDF), written for IT managers and directors.

BEA Success Story: VISA (index page links to PDF story, PPT slides, etc.), written for IT managers and directors.

BEA Corporate Overview Brochure (PDF), written for C-level executives.

CHRONOLOGICAL

Jan. 2008 - Mar. 2008

ENTERPRISE/IT AUDIENCES

BEA Whitepaper (PDF):
Innovating with Dynamic Business Applications

BEA: I developed messaging strategy, helped produce the microsite, and wrote the white paper -- to establish BEA's thought leadership in enterprise innovation, services-oriented architecture (SOA), busines process management (BPM) and Web 2.0 social computing technologies.

Feb. 2006 - Dec. 2007

Sun Microsystems: Customer success stories (I wrote more than 50 and managed over 400 through the customer reference approval process) -- for example:

Accor Hotels

Callidus Software

Swedish National Police

Feb. 2005 - Jan. 2006

Adobe Systems -- LiveCycle and Intelligent Document Platform: I interviewed product managers and engineers, wrote all drafts, participated in the Adobe review process, and produced finished pages for the following (PDF files):

Adobe Systems Inc. Case Study

Adobe Intelligent Document Platform Optimized for IBM WebSphere (Solution Brief)

Adobe Intelligent Document Platform and IBM WebSphere: A Technical Brief

Adobe Form Server for IBM (Solution Brief)

Adobe Form Server for IBM (Technical White Paper)

Adobe and SAP: Interactive Forms Based on Adobe Software (Datasheet)

Adobe LiveCycle Process Management

Adobe LiveCycle Software Customer FAQ

June 1999 - June 2002

BEA: As Director for Enterprise Marketing, I developed messaging for BEA's highly successful re-branding campaign including new logo (see left), revamped Web sites, and international media advertising to assert BEA's leadership as the premier provider of e-commerce solutions, which greatly contributed to a 61% increase in BEA revenues in 2000. I also increased effectiveness of sales efforts by developing customer references (including success stories, audio and video testimonials, and press releases) and product and corporate messaging for all marketing campaigns and events, and by managing internal and external Web marketing content. These are all PDF files:

Articles for Magazines

 

Dell Power Magazine: "Building a Flexible Foundation for
E-Business
" (feature article)

Product Collateral

 

BEA WebLogic Server Product Brief

BEA Weblogic Server Data Sheet

Customer Success Stories

 

CBCA

Honeywell

Jefferson County, Colorado

IP Communications

NCFE

PSS World Medical

VISA

Washington Post

White Papers & Guides

 

 

 

BEA WebLogic
E-Business Platform White Paper

BEA WebLogic
Server Reviewer's Guide

BEA WebLogic Commerce and Personalization
Server Reviewer's Guide

Corporate Brochures

 

BEA Corporate Overview Brochure

BEA Financial Solutions Overview

 

 

 

 

 

Information Portal Example: I proposed, designed, and implemented a customer information portal for the Enterprise Marketing group of BEA Systems, Inc., to distribute customer-related documents to marketing and sales departments.

More writing samples are available upon request, including excerpts from the following books, sites, and publications:

Just Say No to Microsoft (No Starch Press), book
iPod and iTunes for Dummies (Wiley Publishing), book
iLife All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies (Wiley Publishing), book
iPod Companion (M&L Publishing), book
Haight-Ashbury in the Sixties (Rockument), documentary CD-ROM
Rockument podcasts and commentary

Macromedia Lingo Studio (Random House), book/CD-ROM
Official Macromedia Director Studio (Random House/Hypermedia), book/CD-ROM
Using Macromedia Director (The Voyager Co.), CD-ROM Expanded Book
Using MacroMind Director (Que)
Que's Macintosh Multimedia Handbook (Que)
Adobe Illustrator: The Official Handbook for Designers (Bantam/Random House)
Desktop Publishing with PageMaker (John Wiley & Sons)
The Well-Connected Macintosh (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
The Art of Desktop Publishing (Bantam)
CP/M User's Guide (Baen Books/Simon & Schuster)
Free Software (Baen Books/Simon & Schuster)
InfoWorld's Essential Guide to CP/M (Harper & Row)
WordStar Pocket Reference (Addison-Wesley)
TRS-80 Model III User's Guide (John Wiley & Sons)
CP/M Handbook (Sybex)

Magazines: Computer Currents, Dr. Dobbs Journal, Macintosh Today, MacUser, NewMedia, NextWorld, Portable Companion, Publish, User's Guide, and the Whole Earth Software Catalog.

Online columns: Prodigy, The Marc Canter Show, The Backstage Report

Other: Inside Report on New Media, newsletter
Macromedia User Journal, newsletter
The Chicago Tribune, Special Technology Section (Sunday newspaper)

Contact: For my email address, type my first name, followed by the usual symbol, followed by tonybove.com.

Resume: PDF version or Web page

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