About HD Words
HD Words is a small copywriting company based in Cornwall, providing communications support to businesses, individuals and charities. Set up in 2015, the aim of the company is to provide high-quality written work for customers, whether from scratch or editing existing text, wherever that writing is to be read.
My clients are:
- Business owners who are time-poor
- Business owners whose expertise is their product or service, not writing about it
- Business owners with dyslexia, or for whom English is not their first language
- Businesses which need an extra pair of hands in their comms team occasionally
- Writers who’ve gone word-blind on their book or report
If writing your blog takes you all afternoon, and you’re not happy with it even then, you could pay me to write it, and effectively buy yourself an afternoon to work on your core business. Chances are, I’ll write a better blog, as well!
‘HD’ is me, Hannah Danson
I have worked for many years in communications, specialising in writing and editing, and social media. I have experience in business-to-business communications, as well as business-to-public and internal communications.
My previous employment was for the Adult Social Care communications team at Cornwall Council, where I worked on our popular fortnightly staff newsletter, press releases, web content, events, public-facing information leaflets, communication strategies and more. I was there for 13 years, before setting up HD Words.
Outside of work I enjoy quilting, playing the flute and singing, reading, walking and spending time with family; and I am that woman who corrects signs in shops.
Am I any good?
HD Words has been trading since 2015, and I was a communications officer for Cornwall Council for over a decade before that, so my writing skills are well-polished. I keep up to date with developments in the industry, and love a good word-related fact (talk to me about Oxford commas!)
I am a member of the Professional Copywriters Network, which is developing a Copywriter Code: a professional commitment to Master the craft, Act with integrity and Protect our partners. You can find out more here – https://www.procopywriters.co.uk/copywriter-code/. I will be signing up when it is released, and fulfil all of the commitment points in the drafts that I’ve seen, anyway.
You can see more about the skills and services I provide, and how my customers feel about me on the testimonials scattered through this website.
What about AI?
People often ask me how I feel about generative AI, and whether I see ChatGPT (and its friends) as a competitor.
The short answer is that real people value the connection that a human being brings, and those businesses are still hiring human copywriters. I do not use AI, at present, and will never use it to create content. If I ever do use it, it will be for research, or precis-writing, or generating bullet point ideas. And it will always be clearly flagged to the customer in question.
If you want lots of words, immediately, to fill up space, then ChatGPT and its friends are great. If you want good words, that actually connect to your readers, then you need a human.
You can find out more of my thoughts about AI in a couple of blogs I wrote.
Where can you find me?
I am a member of Your Partnerships, and you will regularly find me at their events in Cornwall, and occasionally beyond the Tamar.
I post occasionally on LinkedIn and Facebook.
I can meet with clients from anywhere in the world online, and more local clients I often catch up with at one or other of my local coffee shops. Ask me about recommendations for gluten free cake in West Cornwall, and check out my two local meeting spots for clients, near my home.
If you have more questions…
Case Studies
You can read case studies of work I’ve carried out recently.
Charging and Pricing
Information about charging and pricing policies are on the Services pages.
FAQs
Find answers to the Frequently Asked Questions
Contact Me
Or you can drop me a line.