[Ben Gran | Des Moines freelance writer I'm Ben Gran, a freelance writer based in Des Moines, Iowa. People hire me to write words that help their companies look smarter, sound better, gain credibility, attract a wider audience, and close sales. I've written for Fortune 500 companies, the Governor of Iowa (who now serves as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture), the U.S. Secretary of the Navy, and many corporate clients from Seattle to South Florida, from Los Angeles to New York to Washington, D.C., from Germany to Tokyo to London to Western Australia. I'm an award-winning blogger. I once won $10,000 for a single blog post called "Cubicles are the Phone Booths of the Future." I started my freelance writing business as a side project in January 2009. Soon my "part-time" hobby had grown to the point where I decided to quit my day job, and I've been a full-time freelance writer since June 2010. Why hire me? Because I … <a href="http://www.benjamingran.com/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>]