User:Pminglin

Patti Minglin is a professional writer and marketing consultant with substantial experience in the areas of marketing to moms and marketing to women. After spending more than 17 years in the publishing industry where she held numerous senior executive positions in circulation, advertising, marketing, and new product development, Patti launched her own company in 2006 and has been involved with both print and web-based communication projects and assignments.

She is currently the editor and writer for M2Moms(R) E-ssentialsand M2W(R) E-ssentials as well as a regular writer for various parenting publications both on and offline including Chicago Parent magazine and MomsWhoBlog.com. Patti also manages her own blog, Patio Mingling, where she writes about the humorous side of her own trip through parenthood.

With her strong background in sales and marketing, Patti brings a different angle to her B2B writing projects and has experience working with both national brands and small businesses on communication initiatives including launching and monitoring social media strategies and building overall communication plans and strategies.

Patti resides in the Chicago area with her husband and three children.