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Professional Writer + Vivid Imagination = All Kinds Of Words For Kids What do you think of when I use phrases like “painting green skies and orange crushes”…or…”yellow donkeys, purple poodles “? Kids, right? Well, I do anyway. I’ve always enjoyed the looks on kids’ faces when I challenge their perception of reality . You start talking about green skies, and their heads turn sideways, and they give you that “wha?” look. Then you get even more of those funny looks when they try to... Read Full Story

Have You Found Your “Place” In The Digital World? Your “ Google Places ” that is… It’s a very cool and FREE tool for you and/or your business. You can add photos, video, and even your latest offer for online visitors. With  Google Places   your customers can easily find you on their mobile devices and leave reviews. You can respond quickly, too. And you’ll gain a lot of insight as to what keywords people are using to find you. That can help immensely when it comes to creating... Read Full Story

A Professional Writer Needs Good Note Taking Tools, and… I found a great one in Evernote. Text, photos, audio, video…you name it. You can make  a note of it using those tools and storing them in one place. Evernote is cool. Here’s a picture of a Facebook note I clipped from a website: Let’s talk, Read Full Story

Professional Writer …Smartphone…Is There A Connection? There’s definitely a connection when it comes to this professional writer. I just read where, by some estimates, smartphone usage (with apps) is now about 9% more than computer browsing. So…what this means is…what I said a long time ago is coming to pass. Less is more when it comes to writing to get attention. By that I just mean that with billions of cellphone users all getting bombarded with zillions of messages …you’d better be... Read Full Story

A Professional Writer Should Avoid Hype I call myself a professional writer because I get paid to write and produce words and media for other people and for businesses. Sometimes to get better search engine results, sometimes for more website traffic, and sometimes just to tell the story.    The main thing is to get people to notice and respond and take action. Since we’re visual and interactive creatures it only makes sense the internet should be like that, too. If you want to work on... Read Full Story

Is Your Business Global, Yet? I call myself a professional writer . And I’ve served clients in many parts of the U.S. and even in other parts of the world. But I certainly wouldn’t say my business is global. Here’s a little secret… I don’t plan to be global either. There’s plenty of business for me in my own local area. And I can easily telecommute and expand into the rest of the country. That’s why it’s an excellent marketing strategy to be easily found in “ local search ” engine... Read Full Story

Does A Professional Writer Need Words…or Strategy? Of course the answer is…yes! When I first started writing for more than a grade in school, I never dreamed there’d ever come a time when writing would involve so much more than just cool, creative words on a page. But here we are in the “new web”…the social media circles…the online, internet marketing era.  And I love it. Now, I can take a story (you do know your business has a story …right?) and write it a certain way and get it to... Read Full Story

Professional Writer = Skilled Storyteller Psst…let me tell you a secret… If you really wanna have a successful business , If you really wanna successfully advertise a new product or service, If you really wanna make a splash in the new social media marketing… You don’t need a professional writer . At least…if you’re a skilled storyteller, you don’t. When you get right down to it, everyone has a story. The problem is…not everyone is a skilled or gifted or decent storyteller. Not... Read Full Story

Did Anyone Ever Tell You To “Get Your Head Out Of The Clouds” Well…I guess that’s alright for some things, but… If you wanna market your goods, services, and ideas to the masses nowadays, you should really get your head in “the cloud”. In case you haven’t heard, there’s a whole new way of computing and storing files now. And it looks like a very cool way to do it, too. Apple is one of the leaders in this new cloud business with their upcoming music service: iCloud. And if security or... Read Full Story

This video used to be on another YouTube channel of mine. But I’ve consolidated all my creative efforts here on my singer songwriter blog. And the hot weather reminded me of road trips with the whole family…way back when. It seemed like there were always whiny sounding complaints among the kids. Maybe you’ve said this or heard your kids say this one… Stay tuned, P.S. You’ll love the “Kiddin’ Around” CD. $10.00: 10 fun songs about monkeys, bugs, doodling, being in a belly... Read Full Story