Category: Writing
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Unless you’re a narcissist or a massive lover of words (guilty), writing about yourself is one of the toughest things to do, whether you’re introducing yourself to a new set of employees or employers, redoing your LinkedIn page or resume, or simply crafting a 150-word bio for your company’s website. A recent client of mine…
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My new client Mat from Upwork need content and blogs for his Seattle-based cleaning business Chore-ology. I pitched him on some humor-driven blogs and he loved the idea. The result put a smile on both of our faces.
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I’m doing a series of feature stories on residents of several senior living communities over the next couple of weeks and have decided to highlight some of the truly remarkable people I’ve been lucky enough to talk to. James is from Dallas and is 94 years old. His wife is 93. He worked for Southwestern…
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I’m doing a series of feature stories on residents of several senior living communities over the next couple of weeks and have decided to highlight some of the truly remarkable people I’ve been lucky enough to talk to. A couple of weeks ago I interviewed a Texan named Clay who had flown in the Vietnam…
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I’m doing a series of feature stories on residents of several senior living communities over the next couple of weeks and have decided to highlight some of the truly remarkable people I’ve been lucky enough to talk to. Today’s subject was a guy named Al born in The Bronx in 1918. In addition to playing…
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I first thought about being a sportswriter when I was 7 years old and NFL legend Earl Campbell came to my elementary school in the prime of his career. I got to introduce him before his speech. As it happens, I spent a good dozen years as a sportswriter, another four years writing about tennis, and…
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It’s hard to believe I’ve been writing about professional golf for nearly four years, but time flies when you’re writing about the likes of Jordan Spieth, Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, and more. How do you know when you’re really loving writing about a sport? When you eagerly look forward to each spring to…
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Coming up on my one-year anniversary with Storkey Media, a British-based marketing firm that provides copywriting and other services to a wide array of businesses “across the pond” along with LinkedIn profile writing services. I started off as a straight editor but as the some of the staff has turned over, I’ve been able to…
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It was late May when I noticed an interesting job post on Upwork – “Need a 3,500 article about the Buffalo Bills”. That’s about as unique a job posting as you’ll get when it comes to pro sports – the Bills aren’t exactly the hottest thing going, but I applied all the same and got…
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What’s better than being a freelancer? Being paid to write about being a freelancer. That’s the gist of a new job I picked up a few weeks back working for the brilliant company ANDCO which is providing freelancers with a free app to serve as their Chief Operator for their freelance business. The app uses…
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