About Us

The Allyson Group

Mission

The original content writing we develop for social enterprises and other mission-driven brands helps them maintain strategic focus, publish consistently, and stand out in the marketplace of products and ideas.

Clients

OUR CLIENT is a social enterprise, nonprofit, or other small business that’s out to make a difference in the world with its products and services. They practice sustainability in many aspects of their business. They maintain an empowering workplace culture in which people thrive. Finally, they act with integrity as corporate citizens, supporting communities outside, as well as inside, their organizations.

Team

OUR TEAM is diverse, by every measure. Like everything in nature. We are well-positioned to help our equally diverse client base maintain both the quality and the quantity of content they need to be successful online. Our original content writing for social enterprises targets the right people in the right ways, and converts prospects into customers.

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Meet Karen James Cody

Founder

“I’m a pessimist if I’m not careful, a feminist, a Black,…an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive.”
~ Octavia Butler, Author

We are a diverse group of writers offering content writing for small business brands, social enterprises, and nonprofits. We are based in the Washington, D.C. / Baltimore metro corridor.

Karen founded The Allyson Group in 1991 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her first jobs out of college put her inside award-winning graphic design firms. There she developed an appreciation for great design and subtle,  elegant typography. 

 

The Allyson Group’s services back then were writing, copyediting, book editing, early self-publishing, and media relations.

In the beginning, she wrote company newsletters, annual reports, and marketing copy. The primary tool of the trade was the Selectric typewriter. But soon enough came the PC: the MacIntosh, the IBM (with the DOS operating system), and the IBM clone. 

Today, we have come a long way. Websites, blogs, and social media are all well integrated with an organization’s core marketing program. 

All these platforms require content. That’s where The Allyson Group can help you. Let’s get started! It begins with just a conversation.