Well, hi - glad you’re here.

I’m Courtney Westlake, and I live in Illinois with my husband and two kids.

Who I Am

If you’re into personality stuff, I’m an INFJ - which is apparently the rarest Myers-Briggs type.

I’m a morning person, and I like setting my alarm for unconventional times like 5:17 or 6:03. I hardly ever finish the last bite of anything. I take a hot bath nearly every day.

I have a cat named Boston who is named so because I thought it was cute and not because I had visited or lived in the city. I have a goal to travel to all 50 U.S. states as a family by the time my son graduates college; we're at 39 so far!

What I Do

I’m especially passionate about case study copywriting, but also specialize in website copywriting, b2b copywriting, and financial copywriting.

I have a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I learned to put together words concisely in a story that grabbed a reader’s attention. I also learned the value of turning over a high-quality completed piece of writing on time; simply put, I don’t miss my deadlines.

Over the past 15 years, I’ve worked at a daily newspaper, a public relations department, and as a freelance copywriter. I’ve written for blogs, magazines and websites, as well as for online media publishers such as Woman’s Day, Yahoo and the TODAY Show. Whether you’re redesigning your website or building out customer success stories, I help you do what you do best…by doing what I do best. Get in touch with me today.

 

These are a few of my favorite things…

  • Reading all the books (especially historical fiction and middle grade novels)

  • TV Shows: Parenthood, Downton Abbey, Schitt’s Creek and Friends

  • Movies: A League of Their Own, Argo and the cheesiest ever, Letters to Juliet

  • Cool Ranch Doritos

  • Travel: specifically, the U.S. National Parks, Alaska, Iceland and Bavaria.

  • Road trips (see: travel, above)

  • Kitty cats (crazy cat lady, through and through)

  • The Beatles, country and Christian music