Miranda Okonek
Hi. I’m Miranda.
Most people call me Mandy, thanks to my mom’s love of Barry Manilow.
Yes, that song. It explains more than I’d like to admit.
I hold degrees in Broadcast Journalism and English. Along the scenic alleyways of my career, I’ve been on-air talent and a producer for an award-winning radio program, then took a hard left into the record business when my station changed formats. (Nothing against love songs. But there are limits.)
For the next decade-plus, I worked in sales and marketing. B2C, B2B, scrappy, write-everything environments where words had to work. Press releases. Web copy. Email. Social. Record reviews. One-sheets. Campaigns. Radio and Television Spots. If it needed language and creative flair, I was on it. Somewhere in the creaky basement of a beloved music institution, I found my forever vocation.
Like any decent story arc, clarity arrived with conflict. I knew I could write sales copy five ways till Saturday, but could I go deeper? Editorially. Academically. With intention. So I went back to school, put in the hours and graduated summa cum laude.
While building my freelance career, I worked in nonprofit communications, where purpose powered the work and storytelling drove measurable impact. I created a brand and style guide, expanded blog content, curated a donor newsletter, and grew organic social exponentially, solid proof that good writing still works.
I read obsessively. I love English the way some people love power tools or spreadsheets. That love shows up in my content work: I can take any topic—technical, creative, niche, unsexy, or wildly unfamiliar—and turn it into writing that’s clear, compelling, and actually enjoyable to read.
And yes, I write to rank.
I’ve mastered the art of SEO optimization without strangling the soul out of a sentence. Keyword strategy, search intent, structure, internal logic—I use it all so blogs don’t just sound good, they perform. Traffic matters. Visibility matters. Great writing deserves to be found.
I write for humans and algorithms. I write with rhythm, research, and respect for the reader’s time. I write like someone who’s lived a few chapters.
If you need content that reads like literature, ranks like hell, and actually moves the needle, pull up a chair. I’m already writing.