Andrea Reynolds... consultant, author, speaker, activist

"Be kind to strangers... they could be angels in disguise." Or it could be me testing you for my book, column, keynotes, etc.

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I've been known to enlighten, entertain, provoke and disturb audiences.
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Andrea Reynolds,
Investigative Journalist (Former media guest, periodical writer, freelance broadcaster/radio host, public relations consultant, and speaker agent.)

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My first of several goals is to raise $50,000 by December 31, 2010 to pay off the balance of debts I incurred when I was forbidden (harassed and threatened) to write, consult, publish books, teach, appear in the media, own a web site, or earn a living by the association board of directors and property manager for the condo unit I owned. (When I moved in I was starting over and debt-free.)

Essentially, the neighbors I voted for to act in my best interests denied me multiple rights and freedoms guaranteed by Canada's constitution. (My story will be detailed in my book, The Kindness Experiment.)

Once I have rebuilt a nest egg for my golden years, I will then build a nonprofit foundation to assist other writers who also have been denied the right to speak, write or publish.

One step at a time.

I welcome your support in these ways.

1. Invite me to speak to your group, conference, meeting, or class on any of my lecture/seminar topics.

2. Retain me to write a persuasive letter that will recover reputation, money or property that is rightfully yours that was removed, denied, stolen or swindled from you.

3. Retain me as your Undercover Client-Patient-Guest-Customer to tell you what your patients, clients, guests, association members won't tell you but wish they could. (Appropriate for physicians, lawyers, dentists, chiropractors, veterinarians, realtors, landlords, etc.)

4. Offer me a paying assignment to write a column for your magazine on how not to work against your own best interests.

5. Ask me to write a regular (paid) column for your newspaper on how not to work against your own best interests.

6. Invite me to host a call-in radio advice show on how not to work against your own best interests.

7. Pay me what you still owe me (plus interest) when/before you receive my invoice.

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I've been quoted in these publications for my "advice empire" consulting work, books, and ideas:

Time
Entrepreneur
USA Today
Financial Post
National Post
Globe and Mail
Toronto Star
Toronto Sun
Hamilton Spectator
Canadian Business
Canadian Living
Rocky Mountain Times
Las Vegas Review
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Jamestown Post-Journal
Erie Times
Korea Times
Dagbladet Børsen
Skyword
Successful Owner-Manager
Sales & Marketing Management Magazine
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I'm still doing research for my next book, The Kindness Experiment, which is a rare opportunity to show yourself publicly as a Good Samaritan or HERO.

I've been testing people for 13 years in various situations. Sadly, many choose to be villains even after receiving a second chance to redeem themselves.

Will you choose kindness over mean-spiritedness, and generosity over greed?

Or will you do what many choose to do....work against their own best interests?

Remember: It's all material for my next book, The Kindness Experiment.

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FYI, As of August 30, 2010....

1. I'm no longer... Conducting marketing, positioning, and visibility campaigns for authors, speakers, experts, consultants. Instead I will teach you what I did so you can do it successfully for yourself.

2. I'm no longer... Negotiating book, speaking and syndication contracts for speakers, columnists, authors and consultants. Instead, I will advise you on how to negotiate successfully for yourself.

3. I'm no longer... Editing and proofreading books for other authors.

4. I'm no longer... Representing speakers in the capacity of an agent.

5. I'm no longer....Providing professional voices on radio and TV commercials and training programs without a written contract signed in advance.

6. I'm no longer... Offering unpaid services as a professional home economist: estate caretaking, house-sitting, pet-sitting, home maintenance, home staging, painting, de-cluttering, organizing.

7. I'm no longer... Accepting telephone inquiries without an appointment from speakers, experts and authors who are looking for free marketing advice or no-fee campaigns. Instead, I encourage you to arrange a one-time, prepaid, phone consultation in which you are welcome to pick my brain in 20 minute increments.

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This web site was banned by the board of directors and property manager of Geneva on the Park Condominiums in St. Catharines Ontario... because we all know only men should publish web sites. Right?

News Release: June 8, 2009

For interviews contact: Andrea Reynolds,
crisiswriter@gmail.com (814) 520-5230

Forced into poverty (again) by overzealous condo management, author launches money recovery service to help others like her.

[ Erie PA ] The Cease and Desist letter arrived soon after American writer Andrea Reynolds was nominated for (but not elected to) the board of directors in her condominium corporation’s association. The board members she had just voted in suddenly prohibited her from selling her e-books online and consulting by phone and email to her American clients from her St. Catharines, Ontario condo. Two of the five members had been her clients. Reynolds acquiesced, but all her income abruptly stopped she had to take advances on her credit cards for 18 months (at 32% interest) to keep paying the mortgage and condo fees on time until she could find a buyer for her unit. She took the first offer, selling her new home at a loss and paying a hefty mortgage penalty for selling early.

For a total of 32 months Reynolds had endured 86-degree heat, second-hand smoke from renters below, bullying in the hallways, two dog bites from a renter’s dog, threats at gunpoint, and a hunting knife at her throat. She was cornered in the mailroom and laundry room, and went outside only in daylight when the streets were crowded because she was told she was being watched and followed. When she asked for protection, management said, "Keep your mouth shut" and that if she didn't comply with their order to stop earning income they would put a lien on her property to make escaping their oppression more difficult. It appeared to be punishment, but for what? She didn't know. (Some would later say it's because she is a US citizen.)

Finally out of the building, she was homeless for 4 months and spent 3 more months moving between 3 storage units and 2 empty apartments in her cargo van with her cat. 59-year-old Reynolds, who holds a bachelors degree in Home Economics and Marketing from Kent State University, found a soft place to land in Pennsylvania where she could start over.

To pay back $25,000 of credit card debt and to avoid more debt, she began recovering money from people who overcharged, underpaid or "forgot" to pay her. Her inspiration was the persistent uphill battle by the late Robert Edmonds who sued the Ontario Lottery Corporation, even as he was living with cancer, after a convenience store clerk stole his $250,000 winning lottery ticket.

Previously, Reynolds successfully advocated for several individuals who were fighting a large organization with endless resources to thwart their efforts to receive justice. On January 1, 2009, to assist more people suffering similar injustices as hers, she created an online money recovery service on the same public relations web site that had been banned by the condo board: www.AndreaReynolds.com. Within hours of posting the first web pages she received her first client retainer. Within a week her client had her $2600 back.

Reynolds offers 8 payment options and has fees affordable to most people, ranging from a $10 booklet or $17 email consult to a $500 retainer for investigation and persuasive letter explaining why returning her client's money or property makes more sense than keeping it.

Reynolds, a self-proclaimed kindness advocate, doesn't use harassment, abuse, insults or intimidation tactics. "I’m not a bill collector; I work for the Davids, not the Goliaths, using my investigative skills as a journalist,” she insists. “I appeal to people’s sense of reason and compassion. They see that I don’t attack them or portray them as villains. I want to make them heroes."

She adds, "I don't reveal the names or locations of my clients, but I do describe each case on my online Case Blog and add periodic updates. When the person or company doesn't reply or cooperate, after multiple opportunities, I post my letters online."

Reynolds also intends to clear up her own pile of debts by selling her how-to-earn-money and avoid-bad-relationship e-books, including OutSmarting Sweetheart Swindlers, , and No Surprises: 365 Critical Questions You Need to Ask Each Other Before You Marry. Selling 5,000 of her booklets will stop the harassing phone calls she receives from bill collectors. Visit http://www.AndreaReynolds.com/books.html

When her debts are paid, she'll write a book about her experiences, The Kindness Experiment.

(Content: 700 words)

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Editor, Producer: If you'd like to arrange an interview I can tell your readers or listeners how to begin retrieving money and property on their own. And to anyone who emails me their request, I will email them a free e-tip sheet on "20 Things You Must Not Do When Recovering Money." I use this as a contract with clients who sometimes sabotage their own and my efforts to recover what is theirs.

And I’d love to increase sales of my four e-booklets to pay off my debt:

1. OutSmarting Sweetheart Swindlers: How to Protect your Assets and Heart from a Romantic Con Artist ($9.95)

2. No Surprises: 365 Critical Questions You Need to Ask Each Other Before You Marry. (2 copies: $15.95)

3. Sell Your Mobile Home in 60 Days: 150 Smart Selling Secrets for Owners ($9.95)

4. Stand Up! ...and address others' critical, manipulative, and controlling behavior ($16.95)

Contact me: CrisisWriter@gmail.com. Thanks!