Whether you're speaking to clients, partners, funders, or media, your editorial assets have to do more than fill space—they must carry weight. With an award-winning journalism background and decades of experience in narrative architecture and editorial strategy, I develop editorial assets—content you fully own and leverage—that are sharp, credible, and built for high-stakes environments. 

This is not generic content or AI output (though I can revise that for professional use). It’s more complex, high-context, high-performance human writing that reflects your voice, your values, and your vision—refined by someone who understands what’s at risk if it misses the mark.

“Dahna is exceptional at editorial strategy, and I’m incredibly impressed by both the speed and quality of the strategy she delivered for us! Her sector-specific expertise is both broad and outstanding, and she’s a pleasure to collaborate with. Strategic communications is truly her zone of genius, and I recommend her highly.”

—Tanay Tatum-Edwards, Vassar Alum, Founder, financial services firm later acquired

Seven Sibs Consulting offers defined micro-engagements exclusively for established U.S. women's college alumnae who operate their own businesses or practices.

These aren't discounted versions of my larger consulting engagements. Each micro-engagement applies my senior-practitioner expertise to a specific editorial need that can be addressed effectively within a deliberately bounded project.

I accept a limited number of these engagements each month.

Senior Editorial Review

For polished or near-polished work that would benefit from experienced editorial review before publication.

I review the piece for clarity, structure, argument, audience relevance, credibility, voice, unnecessary language, and overall editorial effectiveness. I then edit accordingly while preserving your expertise and intended voice.

Appropriate for bylined articles, essays, blog posts, executive communications, commentary, and similar professional work.

This is substantive editorial review and editing of an existing draft. It isn't ghostwriting, developmental reconstruction, independent research, fact-checking, or unlimited revision.

Thought Leadership Strategy

For an established entrepreneur, consultant, advisor, author, or independent professional who has substantive expertise but needs a clearer editorial direction for expressing it consistently on one social platform.

The engagement focuses on a defined thought-leadership objective and provides strategic direction for subjects, positioning, editorial priorities, and how your expertise can translate into a recognizable body of public thinking.

This isn't social media management, a posting service, personal-brand reinvention, or an ongoing content calendar.

Manuscript/Story Diagnostic

Sometimes the problem isn't sentence-level editing. You know a piece isn't working, but you need to understand why before deciding what to do with it.

After asking clarifying questions, I'll assess the material as an experienced editor and provide a focused diagnostic identifying the most consequential issues affecting the piece and my recommendations for addressing them.

This can be particularly useful before undertaking a significant revision, submitting an article or story, or commissioning further editorial development.

The diagnostic doesn't include rewriting or line editing unless those services are included in the defined micro-engagement.

Expert Article Development

For established professionals who have the expertise, source material, and substantive idea but want an experienced business journalist and editorial practitioner to develop the finished article.

Depending on the assignment, the engagement may include a focused interview with you, review of materials you provide, development of the article's editorial direction, and writing of the finished piece.

Assignments requiring independent research, additional interviews, extensive source material, fact-checking, or greater editorial complexity are scoped accordingly.

This isn't commodity content writing. I selectively accept assignments where my editorial expertise is appropriate to the subject and objective.

Micro-engagements start at $650 for the smallest deliberately bounded editorial projects and increase from there depending on expected scope. Before proposing a project fee, I review the material involved, when applicable, and the project requirements so I can define the engagement appropriately.

If you already have an established budget for the work, you're welcome to share it. I'll tell you what I can appropriately accomplish within that budget and whether it fits this practice.

I offer enhanced solutions that can be larger engagement—like the one described in the testimonial above—but your investment in these still depends on a customized but clearly bounded scope. They can include:

• Founder Bio: A professional, voice-aligned introduction that establishes your leadership, expertise, and relevance (May be bundled with the "Founder Origin Story")
• Founder Origin Story: Clearly articulate your "why", including your background, sector positioning, and core values (May be bundled with the "Founder Bio")
• Website or Blog Editorial Content: Help your audience understand who you serve, what you offer, and why it matters with journalistic-style writing
• Narrative Blog Posts: Perspective-driven pieces that introduce your approach and signal your expertise
• Content Repurposing: Turning existing materials—proposals, outlines, transcripts—into publishable editorial assets
• Narrative Reframing: Strengthening your message for clarity, tone, audience, and strategic alignment and creating a specific editorial strategy for that new narrative
• Editorial Strategy: Focused senior guidance for a specific editorial initiative you're preparing to develop, such as a newsletter, recurring article series, or thought-leadership publication. 

My commitment is to supporting the U.S. women's college alumnae community of women-led businesses and independent practices with editorial assets that reflect our well-formed standards of excellence.

Through this practice, I work exclusively with women graduates of U.S. historically women's colleges who are established small business owners or independent professionals with at least five years in business or professional practice and prior experience working with consultants or other outside professional advisors.

My clients are typically consultants, advisors, authors, experienced independent professionals, and owners of established small enterprises who already have substantive expertise, a body of work, and a clear professional direction. They aren't looking for someone to help build their business, brand, or platform from the ground up. They're bringing a specific editorial or thought-leadership problem that requires experienced professional judgment.

To ensure I can provide personally focused attention, these special rates apply only to alumnae-led consultancies, small enterprises, or nonprofits with five or fewer employees. I don't work with early-stage solopreneurs or unfunded startups through this practice, although I provide some resources* at the end of this page for you.

Please note that clients outside the U.S. women's college alumnae network—or alumnae within larger organizations—are welcome to inquire, but standard consulting rates will apply.

Note: If you're a senior executive at an enterprise-level institution or a graduate of a co-educational institution seeking an experienced narrative architecture or editorial advisory consultant, please explore the solutions I offer here. They are offered to institutional clients in specific sectors or graduates of co-educational institutions at my standard professional rate, and you should connect with me from those sites directly.

My process isn't prescriptive. It's co-creative, centering your editorial goals. You'll start by asking about one of these engagements by emailing me or sending me a direct message on social media, and we'll briefly discuss your objectives there first. Then, we may schedule a complimentary 15—30-minute no-obligation introductory call to determine if my solutions are a fit for you.

If we decide to move forward, before we start I will send you an invoice—payable in full by bank ACH in advance to my corporation's U.S. depository account—along with an engagement agreement for your review and signature. Every project begins with a defined deliverable, scope, non-refundable fee, and schedule. Each engagement includes the specific revision terms stated in the agreement rather than open-ended revision rounds.

Work outside that scope requires a separate agreement or additional fee. 

Once you pay the invoice and sign the agreement, I will send you a list of questions specific to your needs to answer during the discovery call(s) we’ll schedule. 

I will record the calls, so I can focus on our conversation and use the information I get from the recordings to develop content or write your story.

Once I send you your content deliverables, you and your team determine what content or storytelling strategy you’ll use to distribute the content across messaging platforms.

Note: I don't offer spec work, unpaid samples, rush work by default, or guarantees about audience growth, sales, media attention, leads, or other outcomes outside the work itself.

If you know one of these offers is a fit for you, contact me to learn how to schedule a complimentary no-obligation 15—30-minute introductory conversation. Let's discuss working together to develop editorial assets that elevate both your profile and your business standing in your industry.

My editorial advisory engagements are scoped for B2B clients with existing professional experience in the area where they're seeking my solutions. I don't have experience working with product-based businesses. 

For those seeking unfunded startup and early growth stage resources and advice, I recommend getting help from early-stage small business experts who can help new and early growth stage entrepreneurs start, run, or grow a business. (You will need to research resources for startup nonprofits, but a few of these locations may help you with that.)

For Wellesley alumnae, visit our Center for Career Education for complimentary, but limited small business help. Others should determine if their college or university offers similar support to alumnae.

While I do not provide business coaching services to businesses of this size, you can get general insights from my blog posts on the American Express Business Intel platform. 

If you're unable or don't wish to meet my minimum starting fee, you might also search Fiverr or Upwork for lower-cost options or hire a paid intern from your school. My fees are based on my educational background and years of professional expertise and are customized to your project's requirements..