What my clients say

I just wanted to thank you again. Your editing was perfect!

– PhD candidate

I’m grateful we’ve come across you – your care, respect, insights and explanations have been much appreciated.

– Government client

Thanks again for all of your amazing work editing manuscripts with us. We really appreciate your time and energy.

– Publishing client

A selection of unsolicited client feedback

This page, though long, gives you a genuine perspective on what it’s like to work with me. I look forward to working with you!

  • A lot of work in a small amount of time. Fantastic job.

  • Adam cut through a mountain of information to deliver customer-focused copy … clarifying the role of digital to stakeholders and making my job easier in the process.

  • Adam has an extensive folio that spans digital agency through to academia, and manages to be both thoroughly professional and genuinely lovely to work with.

  • Adam is one of the most hard-working people within our organisation. His attention to detail and the way that he applied himself to every part of this job, undertaking overtime and working till late at night to make sure all aspects of the job were finalised has been inspirational.

  • Adam’s wonderful copy has been incorporated into the [client] website.

  • Appreciate you fitting this job in at such short notice.

  • Appreciate your work on this and very happy to recommend you to others.

  • As always Adam, love your work.

  • Awesome stuff! That will work for sure!

  • Beautifully formatted and edited … thank you for your continuing support.

  • Big thank you for getting it back to us so quickly.

  • Bloody brilliant Adam! Absolutely wonderful … [The client] will also love it.

  • Brilliant, thank you so much Adam. Really appreciate such a fast response too!

  • Brilliant! To me it’s so much better!

  • Can we say how impressed we have been with Adam. He has been a pleasure to deal with and very cooperative and efficient. He had been able to accommodate our needs without complaint!

  • Can’t thank you enough for being such an important player in the launch of our website. I am so appreciative of your expertise and approach to our work – I doubt we could have got this across the line, in time, without you.

  • Damn! You are good. This is brilliant.

  • Deeply impressed – you’ve done a lot in a short time … thank you for an extraordinary effort.

  • Efficient and proactive … very hard pushed to find anyone with your eye for detail or, indeed, your passion for it.

  • Fabulous job and couldn’t be happier!

  • Fantastic Adam – your step-by-step advice on loading yesterday was also fantastic and I have now significantly upgraded my skills and knowledge … thanks again for all your help – it has been so much appreciated.

  • Good writers are SO hard to find, and you’re an excellent writer.

  • Great stuff Adam! Excellent rework and I love the concept at the bottom with the rotating content calling out key facts!

  • Great work overall – huge thanks for doing it in such a timely fashion.

  • He has done a brilliant job … all his comments are very astute.

  • Hey WOW! Just love the Venn diagram it really does encapsulate the whole picture! What magic!

  • High appreciation for your eye for detail and eagerness to do things the right way.

  • His efforts and dedication to the project have been outstanding … he has handled the management of the project to meet some difficult client requirements with an extreme level of professionalism and with a very calm and level head.

  • Hooray! Thank you so much Adam. I like all your changes, and really appreciate your amazing attention to detail.

  • I am grateful that we have come across you – your care, respect, insights and explanations have been much appreciated. Hope to meet you one day – in the meantime your behind the scenes work is gold.

  • I am so excited; I think here at last is someone who gets it.

  • I appreciate the work you have put in and especially the clarity of the changes.

  • I can certainly see the great improvements, which are the direct result of your experience, highly developed skills and hard work.

  • I can see it is a very different story now, thanks to your editing, direction and polishing. Whatever would I have done without you, Adam?

  • I found Adam to be highly professional, confident and friendly. His excellent attention to detail and work ethic made him a pleasure to work with.

  • I have looked at your comments, read your work and your summary sheet and am gobsmacked! You are a genius.

  • I have very much enjoyed working with you and will most definitely recommend you in future.

  • I just wanted to thank you again for your help. Your editing was perfect!

  • I love this.

  • I must say it has been fun … and all the learning I have done watching what you recommended and the difference it made.

  • I really appreciate that you kept your word and completed the work on time.

  • I really appreciate the work you have done for us this year. And your speed at doing all this work.

  • I really appreciate your comprehensive outline of the work completed. I have to say, a wonderful resource you’ve created!

  • I really appreciate your input! I’ve found the process quite confusing but you’ve helped enormously.

  • I really appreciated the quick turnaround.

  • I really really really appreciate it.

  • I sang your praises today to all the other producers so you might be getting some more work from us again soon!

  • I think it’s great – really clean and a friendly and accessible tone.

  • I think it’s looking really good. Very clear, friendly and concise!

  • I think you have hit the perfect level. All of your changes make the stories instantly better and your comments give us food for thought.

  • I wanted to personally thank you and your wonderful professional team for the great work and support provided … the final product is something we can all be very proud of. This project has an international profile and I am really pleased that the resources will be of the highest quality and standard.

  • I was just going through your style guide – it’s really good!

  • I will get your invoice paid. [Client] says you were worth every cent.

  • I’d like to express my appreciation to you for managing this project with your usual efficiency, diplomacy and elegance. Thank you for pulling it all together while maintaining a nice equilibrium of timeliness and rapport with the clients, and for undertaking the design work … as well.

  • It looks fabulous. You have done a great job; I’m sure our partners will be very pleased with how it has come up.

  • It’s been an absolute pleasure working with you.

  • Just for the record, I reckon … your abilities with the written word are nothing short of awesome.

  • Just to let you know how great it was working with Adam Finlay and his team … Adam was very helpful, responsive and a pleasure to work with.

  • Just wanted [the agency] to know that Adam has been doing really great work for us. The [client] team here love him!

  • Love it. The tone is informative but fresh and interesting to read. Great flow through the text … thanks again and brilliant work.

  • Love the banner suggestions – awesome work.

  • Many thanks Adam, [this] is wonderful.

  • Many thanks for a splendid looking document!

  • Many thanks for the quick turnaround as always.

  • Many thanks for your support and expertise, without it am sure I would not make it.

  • My goodness you’ve done a lot of work.

  • Nailed it.

  • Nice nice nice Adam. Just had a quick read and wonderful stuff.

  • Oh this is great Adam! Really like your angle and expression. Thanks! Excellent stuff. Very happy.

  • Oh you are awesome!

  • Oh you are fantastic! It reads really well.

  • Perfect Adam, spot on.

  • Perfect Adam, thanks so much for the rework. I’ve been through it all this morning and I love the way you have reordered everything … I think it makes total sense.

  • Perfect thanks Adam. All approved, and copy fantastic.

  • Perfect! Thanks!

  • Please let me say again how much better your editing additions have made this story. It has made it come to life. I have admired each one, and, as I said before, feel I’ve had a private writing lesson.

  • Really appreciate the turnaround.

  • Really appreciate your great job.

  • Really appreciate your great work, transparency, candour and professional opinion.

  • Really appreciated your help with this job on a tight timeline.

  • Seriously love your work Adam! Absolutely perfect.

  • Sharp, and pleasant to deal with.

  • So efficient! Thanks Adam.

  • Superstar!

  • Thank god for you!

  • Thank you … for your last minute, quick turnaround work – definitely appreciate your efforts!

  • Thank you Adam, this is a great review. We’ll be working on it ASAP!

  • Thank you Adam. You have improved the review significantly.

  • Thank you again for your generous help!

  • Thank you again so much for stepping in at the last minute. Although a small project, I have enjoyed working with you (very professional).

  • Thank you for all the trouble you are going to. I think it’s great.

  • Thank you for all your help. You have done a wonderful job making our work look very professional. The time and effort you have given is much appreciated.

  • Thank you for all your support to date … it has been a breath of fresh air.

  • Thank you for looking at this so quickly Adam.

  • Thank you for your speedy reply and the reformatting and your in-depth comments. I have really found your comments to be valuable.

  • Thank you so much for all your efforts. The modules look fantastic.

  • Thank you so much for everything you have done for us here, and for your easy and obliging manner, which has made working with you such a pleasure.

  • Thank you so much for the quick turnaround.

  • Thank you so much for your help! You’re too quick.

  • Thank you so much for your time, input and editorial direction. It was most valued.

  • Thank you thank you thank you!

  • Thank you very much for the review … I really appreciate your time on it!

  • Thanks a lot for this quick turnaround!

  • Thanks Adam – great work with the copy, it’s reading much better now.

  • Thanks Adam – it was a very professional experience.

  • Thanks Adam – this is great. And thanks for the quick turnaround.

  • Thanks Adam, you are a star. And a patient one at that.

  • Thanks again for another fantastic, last-minute job for us.

  • Thanks again for being so flexible.

  • Thanks again for being so responsive today, I really appreciate it.

  • Thanks again for your assistance with this – it has been a huge job and your feedback has been invaluable.

  • Thanks again for your monumental efforts. You have made so many improvements, and it’s hard going with such a problematic document. Now it looks fantastic.

  • Thanks again for your very high quality work to date – much appreciated.

  • Thanks for accommodating the feedback from yesterday in such a timely way – we really appreciate it.

  • Thanks for being so thorough.

  • Thanks for such sterling and fast work.

  • Thanks for taking the time to review this, awesome feedback!

  • Thanks for that tight turnaround and for giving us lots of options.

  • Thanks for the feedback. Great to get a fresh set of eyes over these, especially when they can point out inconsistencies with the broader digital channel UX.

  • Thanks for your painstaking work.

  • Thanks heaps for getting these back so quickly. Brilliant!

  • Thanks heaps for this Adam! Looks great!

  • Thanks mate, that is perfect! Brilliant, I really appreciate the effort you have gone to, a very fresh and engaging approach.

  • Thanks so much for all your work on this, you have done a fantastic job.

  • Thanks so much for this – this is exactly what I need, thanks!

  • Thanks so much for turning this initiative around quickly!

  • Thanks so much for your help with all this!

  • Thanks you very much for this turnaround … super quick. Saviour!

  • That’s great Adam – appreciate all your hard work!

  • That’s great! Thanks so much Adam.

  • That’s perfect – thank you!

  • The [client] has reported back that she is very happy with your work on the report. She said the readability was noticeably enhanced and the comments were quite valid and helpful. So, thank you for your work and thoroughness.

  • The boss was very complimentary about the work you did on the self-study.

  • The client said you were a great find as you’re so easy to work with.

  • The feedback from both myself and the business unit is that you did an excellent job and we were really pleased. Thank you for your work on this and the quick turnaround.

  • The manuscript actually looks lovely – very, very neat and readable.

  • The profile is perfect – [the clients] are both happy. Thank you!

  • The team would just like to thank you for all your hard work and dedication in proofing and improving our exam.

  • There are some absolutely beautiful expressions in this! You are a master!

  • They look fantastic and all are very impressed!

  • This has been a stunning effort Adam, and running according to time too!

  • This is exactly what I’m after. I totally agree with everything you have commented on and I will take this on board for sure.

  • This is great – brilliant, thank you!

  • This is really good feedback and has made me stop and pause about some of the terms we’re using.

  • This project has been a massive team effort and your contribution has certainly made a significant impact on the final product … we appreciate your efforts.

  • This works really well for me – it’s very clear and … there’s little room for confusing anything here.

  • We absolutely smashed the running of this campaign and a huge thank you to all for your hard work. The client is stoked.

  • We are both a bit blown away by the quality of your comments. You are REALLY GOOD at this. I mean outstandingly good. I know we’ve said similar in the past but honestly, your input is really excellent.

  • We just caught up and both love the [copy]; it’s spot on and does a wonderful job of tying everything together.

  • We really appreciate your partnership on our project.

  • We really liked your suggestions and will incorporate them into the style guide.

  • We wanted your help because you’re very good and frankly a few hours help from you is worth three times that from anyone else.

  • Well, your work was spot on time, and you deserve to get paid promptly!

  • Wow Adam, you have given us some really useful and relevant comments.

  • Wow! So many options; great work, thanks Adam.

  • You are a legend thank you Adam.

  • You are a superstar – thank you so much.

  • You are doing a fabulous comprehensive job on this – more than we were expecting!

  • You are doing great, diligent and intelligent work Adam.

  • You are the best! I can’t thank you enough for your help and suggestions, they’re fantastic.

  • You are the best! Thank you so much.

  • You did a great job and I really appreciate your punctuality and dedication. I will surely recommend you to my colleagues.

  • You did such a wonderful job on putting together for us last year – we were thrilled!

  • You do such a good job.

  • You have alleviated some serious stress that I was experiencing by offering your guidance and ‘can-do’ positive attitude.

  • You have always presented work on time and of the highest quality at a responsible price.

  • You have been incredibly ethical throughout.

  • You have done a wonderful job piecing it together and I can’t really fault it.

  • You have played a significant role in getting us prepared for this week … the final production of the submission, appendices and folders of additional papers were relatively stress free largely thanks to you and all looked impressive (which definitely helps!).

  • You rock thanks Adam, and thanks so much for dropping everything to help.

  • You rock thanks so much Adam.

  • You’ve done a really great job and you’ll be happy to know that I’m midway through writing an extra chapter. You were worth the money.

  • You’re doing a terrific job.

  • You’ve been a huge help and the copy is reading great.

  • Your attention to detail and your extremely strong commitment to getting the job done is well recognised.

  • Your changes and suggestions definitely make the article more readable.

  • Your feedback was the most valuable in a general sense. You take a great overview whereas the other editors were more copyediting … but your feedback was really at a different level.

  • Your manuscripts are wonderfully neat – thank you.