WriteOutdoors Services

Ron Hustvedt founded WriteOutdoors in 1997 to deliver unique insights and perspectives to audiences through exceptional writing, photography, video, marketing and memorable learning experiences.

What can WriteOutdoors do for you?

There are a wide variety of activities, people and products in the outdoors world and all of them have a story to tell. An information-hungry audience of all ages wants to hear those stories and they read newspapers, magazines, product catalogs and the Internet seeking this information. They require informative writing and photography that is delivered in a timely, useful and interesting way. See samples of my work below, and see who I am as an outdoor personality on my Video Vault page!

WriteOutdoors is experienced at providing an outdoors audience with beneficial information and outdoors companies with effective marketing. Services include but are not limited to:

News articles
Feature articles
Product reviews
Press releases
Marketing plans

Webpages
Podcasting
Video production
Newsletters
Logo/Trademark Creation

Scroll down for examples of my work

News, feature and opinion writing for major publications

Write for print edition since 1997 and regularly blog for online edition

Writing and photography since 2003

Have written several articles for the print edition and regular blogs for online edition

Writing and photography featured monthly for a decade

Online and print display advertising

WriteOutdoors can create your advertisement for use online and in a wide variety of print sources including magazines and newspapers. This advertisement I photographed and designed for StrikeMaster appeared in several newspapers (skinny version), several magazines (full-page version) and also on large banners.

Video Filming, production and distribution
for commercials and display purposes

Produced, filmed and edited for nation's largest pre-hunting outdoor event

WriteOutdoors filmed, edited and broadcast this commercial in 2012, and updated versions in 2013 and 2014. It played on local NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX affiliates as well as on Charter and Comcast.

Longer version of above used at outdoor shows and sent to vendors

Produced, filmed and edited for community charitable event

WriteOutdoors filmed, edited and broadcast this commercial in 2013 for Bemidji State University. It played locally on all Bemidji-area channels including PBS, NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX.

Informational video made for MN DNR group promoting women in the outdoors

Product photography, press releases and marketing plans

WriteOutdoors helped launch the new Lazer Synthetic Ultralite to the rapidly growing ice fishing world. This space-age material ice auger is the finest hand auger on the market and is widely sold across the "ice belt" from the Rocky Mountains, through the Great Lakes states and up into New England. The release was featured in numerous publications across the "ice belt" while the photographs appeared in catalogs online and for major national retailers.