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Mai K.

Nagoya, Japan

$40/hr
5.0
37 jobs

I help global B2B brands win the Japanese market with Japanese copywriting, localization, SEO content, and messaging strategy built for how Japanese buyers actually decide. 5+ years with global IT, SaaS, and FinTech brands. 100+ campaigns and 400+ SEO articles delivered. ■ HOW I CAN HELP - Japanese marketing localization and transcreation - Performance Japanese copy for Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, X, banners, and eDMs - Landing pages, websites, brochures, and conversion-focused messaging - Japanese SEO content, keyword research, content briefs, and performance reporting - UI copy, onboarding emails, product manuals, and tutorial video scripts - Content strategy and organic audience growth for the Japanese market ■ SELECTED RESULTS - Created Japanese copy for 100+ B2B marketing campaigns across paid ads, landing pages, banners, email, and social media. - Produced 400+ Japanese SEO articles and currently deliver approximately eight articles per month for a global FinTech brand. - Supported onboarding and feature adoption for a B2B ordering app through UI localization, marketing emails, manuals, and tutorial scripts. - Grew my own Japanese social media account from 0 to 6,000 followers in three months and generated ¥1.5M (approximately US$10K) in digital product sales within six months. - Achieved a #1 Google ranking for a self-managed travel site through keyword opportunity and competitor analysis. ■ INDUSTRIES - Core: FinTech / B2B SaaS / Cloud Services / E-commerce - Additional: Cybersecurity / Travel / Education / Consumer Apps ■ TOOLS & WORKFLOW - SEO & Analytics: GA4 / Google Search Console / Ahrefs / SEMrush - CAT & Localization: Trados / XTM Cloud - Design & CMS: Figma / WordPress / Canva - Collaboration: Slack / Notion / Microsoft Teams — daily work with international marketing teams, all in English ■ CLIENT FEEDBACK "Mai was very responsive, efficient, and extremely easy to work with. She completed the project at a very high quality." "The writing is clear, natural, and well-structured. I really appreciate Mai's effort and professionalism." "We've worked with Mai-san several times and have always been thrilled with the quality of her output." ■ NEXT STEP Send me your source content, target audience, channel, and deadline. I'll reply with a recommended scope, timeline, and pricing. I look forward to helping your brand succeed in Japan! Mai

  • Copywriting
  • Ad Copy
  • Content Writing
  • SEO Writing
  • Japanese
  • Writing
  • Transcreation
  • SEO Localization
  • Translation
  • Localization
  • Digital Ad Campaign
  • Google Ads
  • English to Japanese Translation
  • SEO Audit
Carlos M.

Kiryu, Japan

$13/hr
5.0
14 jobs

Graduate in Journalism from the University of Seville and Master in Journalism from the School of Journalism UAM - El País. More than three years of experience in content writing for the media, PR and digital marketing agencies, and a lifetime dedicated to perfecting writing and communication in all its forms. *Areas of expertise - Journalistic writing (news, features, articles, interviews, interviews and press releases) - Creative writing (short stories, novels, poetry) - Radio voice-over - SEO Content writing for blogs and websites - Emailing and social media campaigns - Facebook Ads - Event and media management - Video recording and editing (Final Cut and Adove Premier) - Spanish-English and English-Spanish translations *Passions and interests - Literature and writing - Audiovisual media (cinema, series, videogames) - Philosophy and critical thinking - Advertising writing - Video recording and editing - Music and dance - Travel

  • Copywriting
  • Content Writing
  • English
  • SEO Writing
  • Creative Writing
  • Spanish
  • Blog Content
  • Product Page
  • Social Media Content Creation
  • PrestaShop
  • Website Content
  • WordPress
  • Article Writing
  • Blog Writing
  • Proofreading
Hiroki U.

Gosen, Japan

$30/hr
4.7
526 jobs

Hi! I'm operating a service called "translation-interpritation service chikyujin" What I work on is written down below. Simultaneous translation at the conference, party and so on. Interpretation mail, letter, speech, registration materials and more. These are my Academic results. Japanese cabinet office program “the 45th Ship for South East Asian and Japanese Youth Program, Niigata program”. Translator. Japanese cabinet office program “the 31st Ship for World Youth Program, Sendai program”. Translator. Gosen Koyo marathon introducing video, subtitle translation. Personal introduction translation. Game translation for Tokyo Game Show. Website translation. Adults contents translation(novels, videos, website) Proofreading e.t.c. Please contact me anytime!!

  • Official Documents Translation
  • Contract Translation
  • Japanese to English Translation
  • English to Japanese Translation
Mikey B.

Yokohama, Japan

$50/hr
5.0
16 jobs

🟢 // 𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗠𝗘? // 🟢 "MIKEY!!!! I’ve been impressed with your writing innumerable times but perhaps never more so than when reading your first piece for [client]. for all his stylistic quirks and language nuances, you really stepped up to match his writing beautifully. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳! thank you thank you!!!" - 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳 — Hey, I'm Mikey. I ghostwrite for busy founders and CEOs who value 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰, 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 over AI-generated gruel. As an agency copywriter, I've written for some of the world's top brands, including: - Tesla - 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 - BMW - 𝟯𝗠 - Quadrant Advisory - 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 - ... and many, many more You can also find my articles on Medium -- 15,000+ views and counting. (I could go on... or you could just ask for samples and see for yourself. 😉) 🔴 // 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗦 *𝗡𝗢𝗧* 𝗧𝗢 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗠𝗘 // 🔴 1️⃣ 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘱 I know how to use AI to speed up my work. But I don't outsource my creativity to it. If you want bulk-order blogs, I'm not your guy. 2️⃣ 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯. If the idea of asynchronous work gives you the "heebie-jeebies", I'm not your guy! 3️⃣ 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 "𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨." I ghostwrite for a specific person -- your founder, CEO, or anyone with a story to tell (and a following to monetize). If you want cookie-cutter company posts... I'm not your guy. But if you're cool with all that? And if you're looking for 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀? Then maybe I am. (Your guy, that is.) 😉 🟢 // 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗦 𝗜'𝗩𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 // 🟢 - 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟳𝟯% with five thought leadership articles over 60 days. - 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘐𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝟮,𝟬𝟭𝟴.𝟳% 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝟭𝟰𝟲.𝟮% 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 within 90 days. - 𝘌𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴-𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 +𝟮𝟬% 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 +𝟲𝟳.𝟴% 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 in the first two months. 🟢 // 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗜𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 // 🟢 New to hiring a ghostwriter? No worries -- I leverage an easy, five-step framework to build your content strategy: 1. Hop on a discovery call to talk out your needs 𝟮. 𝗡𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁/𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 3. Workshop interview (30-45 min) to mine for content 𝟰. 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 5. Content calendar delivery 𝗢𝗥... If you already have the strategy in place and just need execution, we can get started even faster. Either way? You get money-making content on autopilot, with as much or as little of your personal input as you'd like. 🟢 // 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 // 🟢 I charge per project. So give me the scope of the job, and we can work out an estimate. :) 🟢 // 𝗕𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗢𝗠 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 // 🟢 I'm a chameleon at heart. Meaning I'll ghost your workstyle just as well as your voice. - You want pure professionalism backed by 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀? Done. - Prefer to 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘇𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗿 while we mine for content? Love it. - Somewhere in the middle? 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱. So if you're looking for a "thought-partner" for content strategy, execution, or both... And if you want genuine, 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲-𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 that outperforms AI writing... Then reach out and tell me about your project. I'd love to hear from you :)

  • Content Writing
  • Ghostwriting
  • Email Copywriting
  • Blog Writing
  • Business Writing
  • Copy Editing
  • Newsletter
Gregg P.

Kobe, Japan

$50/hr
5.0
9 jobs

I'm an experienced writer who has worked in a variety of mediums, including film, books, and all manner of website content. My most frequent work as a copywriter has been in the specialty financial space, writing blogs and marketing materials about private equity, venture capital, Opportunity Zones, EB-5, 1031 exchanges, and other niche financial sectors. I have dealt with SEO and affiliate marketing, as well as edited articles and video for websites. Areas of expertise include product reviews, travel, film, literature, nonprofits, and English language instruction, among others. My English spelling and grammar skills are superb, and I would consider work in proofreading/editing or online language instruction. I am looking for positions that will utilize my skill set, particularly writing and editing for the web. I am located in Japan, and would be open to any position that can be accomplished remotely. Please contact me to discuss my qualifications and what I can offer your project.

  • Content Writing
  • English
  • SEO Writing
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Creative Writing
  • Affiliate Marketing
  • Online Market Research
  • Content Creation
  • Screenwriting
  • Teaching English
  • Article Writing
  • Blog Writing
Sharon B.

Kyoto, Japan

$17/hr
5.0
4 jobs

I’m a copywriter with about 7 years of creative industry experience. I love meaningful copy and beautiful designs. My expertise includes: creative strategy & ideation, versatile writing styles to match the client’s brand, and being familiar with different types of deliverables (advertisements, social media content, commercial scripts, brochures, web banners, etc.).

  • Copywriting
  • Content Writing
  • Creative Strategy

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