During my lifetime, I’ve underexplored two career opportunities that still beckon me. Voice Over Career Every time I hear of a voice over audition that I feel certain I could ace, I remember how much fun it was to take voice over classes with Nigel Neale, both in Hollywood and (years later) […]
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Fun exercises are the way to go if you want to enjoy your workouts. During the course of my life, I’ve discovered at least eleven fun exercises. They are, in order of preference: Biking Swimming Pickleball Wallyball Volleyball Tennis Baseball Badminton Snowmobiling Hiking Walking Alas, I don’t remember the last time I
I have one hour to bang out a blog post before Earth Day begins in earnest for me. So, here we go! Here’s the history of my Earth Days… as many of them as I can recall specifically, that is. On the tenth Earth Day in 1980, Edward Smith, Cathy Strote and
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Someone asked me, “What was the best career compliment you ever received?” This is what came to mind IMMEDIATELY… While I was still attending local networking meetings, a young gentleman who was interested in getting into the copy and content writing fields asked to see some of my writing examples. I sent
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One of the triggers explained by Joe Sugarman in his copywriting book TRIGGERS is SCARCITY. I’m going to use it to see if that might be the magic potion that gets my Ideal Clients to pay attention. Here’s my new Profile cover letter at Upwork: PRICE IS ONLY A PROBLEM WHEN VALUE
Sometimes I could just kick myself to the moon and back for being too generous with my time and talent. Here’s a recent example: I have started to follow up with clients I write copy and content for since they so seldom get back to me except for additional copy and content work.
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BODY SHAMING Let’s be clear: body shaming is evil and anyone who does it (personally, professionally or commercially) is a demon. As the following link attests, all-out efforts to body shame healthy but wrinkling/greying/stout human beings turns rational victims of the practice into schizophrenic introverts on the inside and shame-faced prisoners on the outside.
If everything keeps going the way it has been, I will have a new client sometime in the next week. I’ll be creating an email campaign for him/them. I’ve already aced the Zoom call with the professionals I’ll be writing for. So, my contact asked me for my price to do the job I
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I reckon it’s time to post an update on Patches, my geriatric cat who had radioactive iodine treatment in January to destroy her overactive thyroid. She is doing well. She looks like an entirely different cat, bulk-wise. She’s a chunky monkey now. Her head feels twice the size it was before she had the
MY UNDAMAGED ESSENCE: CALM, CURIOUS, CONFIDENT, OPTIMISTIC, DETERMINED Last night, after experiencing a complete day of “downtime” — including a long nap, sitting shirtless in my back yard for the first time in 60+ years, and hanging out with my cats and goats — I went to bed feeling serene, confident and calm.
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