About EDC Creations




Welcome to our web site, and thank you for taking the time to learn more about our firm. Since 2000, we at EDC Creations, have represented both individual and corporate clients around the country by offering top-quality marketing services, graphic design, website and image development, event consulting and social media publicity. Applying rigorous energy, experience, and resourcefulness to every project we accept, our staff members are dedicated to your success.  We have the experience, equipment and expertise to make sure that hiring EDC Creations is the last thing you have to do before the responses start rolling in from all your new found fans.

EDC Creations and its owner Ella Curry, can help you breathe new interest and strength into your company. Our creations leave a lasting impact!  EDC Creations can enable you to find, attract, retain, and grow new business with increased effectiveness and reduced costs. We combine marketing promotions, creative web development and professional social media networking  with our leading-edge technologies to create marketing communications solutions that exceed expectations and deliver greater customer service for your company.

Meet Black Authors Network Radio host Ella Curry EDC Creations
Ella Curry is the president and CEO of EDC Creations Media Group. She brings more than 20 years of PR and marketing experience to clients in film, music, publishing and corporate event planning. Her expertise as well as her love for all things literary, dynamic contacts, and collaborative approach with clients have earned her a reputation as a respected leader in the publishing industry. 

She has interviewed community leaders and celebrities such as: The View's Emmy® award-winning co-host, comedienne/actress Sherri Shepherd, Byron Pitts Emmy® award-winning journalist for 60 Minutes and chief national correspondent for CBS Evening News, American film director of Secret Life of Bees, Gina Prince-Bythewood, literary legends Dr. Maya Angelou and Sonia Sanchez, along with award-winning actors and actresses such as Hill Harper, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Dakota Fanning, Tristan Wilds, and International motivational speaker Lisa Nichols of the Secret DVD and author of No Matter What. 

Ella has interviewed MochaMoms® and other community leaders along with bestselling authors Terrie M. Williams, Sue Monk Kidd, Farrah Gray, Breena Clarke, Carleen Brice, Nathan McCall, Mary B. Morrison, Francis Ray, Walter Mosley, John Kremer, Lutishia Lovely and Donna Hill. Publishers Vickie Stringer, Azarel Smallwood and Brian Hollygrove are just a few of the publishing leaders to grace the show. World famous musician Russel Blake is among the many artists to grace BAN. We were proud to accept the 2009 award for the Best BlogTalk Radio Show presented by Tifany Jones, founder of the Black Book Club Rock Awards.

Ella Curry is the host and producer of the Black Authors Network Radio Show; sponsored by EDC Creations Media Group. Ella has enjoyed an extensive tenure in media promotions and book publicity. She started out as a corporate event planner and website developer; later becoming a buyer for the legendary Karibu Book Store chain. Her career now includes services such as blog tour coordinator, book coach, video journalist and literary publicist.

Currently Ella Curry is the publisher of Black Pearls Magazine, a professional blogger and literary reporter on www.edcmagazine.blogspot.com  where she publishes her popular Intimate Conversation Interviews with today's hottest authors, business owners and community leaders. In the Spring of 2010, Ella will release her first book on how to effectively market and promote your book with social media while on a budget.

Our Vision
Our vision is to build the most successful network of readers, authors and publishers by bringing together the talents, efforts, and relationships necessary for a greater collective success. At EDC Creations every client is vital to us and our community. Your success and ours are truly dependent on each other. Without your support, we cannot deliver the information and resources that are so important to millions of people who read in the world.

We will give our all in order to help you meet the challenges you face by developing
innovative programs that really work, with the audience we have come to know and love.

Through the ups and downs of these trying times, our partners and loyal supporters have stuck together and have emerged as industry leaders in building rich, credible, and inviting communities for people around the world, and from all walks of life, whatever their interests and lifestyles. We strive to continue to bring you the most stimulating content on the web.

Take a moment and examine the services we offer business owners, authors and publishing house--traditional and independently operated. Feel free to email us with any questions or comments. [Contact Us]   [Client List]


            

Speaking Engagements:
Ella Curry owner of EDC Creations can be hired to speak at your next conference, civic meeting, corporate group or to facilitate workshops. Fees for speaking begin at $350.00 per hour plus lodging and transportation if overnight stay is necessary.

Need a reporter for your next event? Ask Ella to help!
Ella Curry will take part in your events, videotaping the event and blogging about it afterwards. All event photos will be listed on the EDC Creations' Black Pearls Magazine front page. We will send out a eblast announcing our event details. Fees for reporting begin at $250.00 per hour plus lodging and transportation if overnight stay is necessary.

Services we offer the small business owner or author:

Virtual Authors Assistant Services:
• Web Site or Fanpage Content Management
• Creation of e-Magazines or Newsletters 
• Blogs and Podcast Management
• Internet Marketing Management
• Social Media Networking Management
• Organizing Tele-classes, Auto-responders, BTR Broadcasts 
• List Management and Database Coordination 
• Syndication of Articles to Social Media Sites
• Submitting Press Releases to Social Media Sites


Office and Event Support
• Database Management
• Correspondence
• Presentations
• PDF conversions
• eBook creations
• Trade show support
• Web broadcasting
• Live event broadcasting
• Integrate offline and online advertising
• Set up virtual book tours 
• Set up virtual radio tours 
• Blog set up & maintenance 
• Podcast recording, editing and maintenance 

Marketing Support
• Brand development coaching
• Publicity plan creation
• Creation of e-newsletters
• Database management
• Article submissions
• Newsletter creation
• Outbound pitching
• Inbound enquiry handling


Online/Social Media Services
• Social media training
• Forum participation
• Monitoring website traffic
• Ghost Blogging
• Skype Meeting with Bookclubs
• Contest Setup and Maintenance
• Mini-Digital Magazine for Pre-pub Promo
• Social Media profile setup and maintenance
• Creating and Maintaining business profiles on social networking sites 

Future Goals
Our president and chief executive officer, Ella Curry, is determined to become one of the most powerful literary conglomerates in the industry. Offering the self-published and independently published author the same quality of exposure as the traditionally published author. In  2010, we hope to have our own radio show on AM radio, our cable TV literary show launched and to bring new books and the authors who create them,  to millions of readers around world. Join us in this drive to Give the Gift of Knowledge!