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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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The Freelance Advantage

Many small business owners mistakenly believe that using a professional to write their marketing materials, form letters, website copy, ad copy, etc. is beyond the limits of their budgets.  But that couldn't be further from the truth.   Rather than turning to the big marketing and advertising firms to fulfill their writing needs, small business owners should consider taking advantage of the benefits offered by using a freelance writer.

The advantages of using a freelance writer are numerous, so I will share my top four with your here:

1.  Increase Efficiency - A freelance writer can help a business owner increase efficiency.  An inexperienced writer may take days or even weeks to produce what a freelance writer can knock out in a matter of hours.  By using a freelance writer, a business owner and his employess can focus on what they do best rather than wasting precious time trying to write copy that, in the end, probably will not be top notch.

2.  Enhance Your Image - A freelance writer can help you enhance your image.  Sometimes a business owner spends countless hours creating a concept and putting it on paper, but the end-product does not yield the desired results.  Maybe the copy just doesn't communicate to the target audience or maybe it comes off as amateurish.  Well, a freelance writer is a professional who understands how to turn a concept or idea into copy that flows and hits the mark with the desired audience.  When customers see that brochure or sales letter, written by a freelancer, they'll be most impressed with the business, not the freelancer. 

3.  Increase Your Profit Margin - Business owners lose money when they waste their time writing copy that does not deliver results.  Why hire a full time copywriter, to whom a salary, benefits, and sick and vacation pay must be paid?  What if a business has only sporadic writing needs and no need to have a copywriter on staff?  A freelance writer alleviates these concerns, saves the business owner money, and positions him to increase his bottom line.  The right marketing material, written by a dedicated professional, can result in a substantial increase in revenue.

4.  Make Life Easier - Freelance writers make the business owner's life easier.  Business owners can rest easy in the knowledge that a professional writer has their marketing project under control.  Gone are the days of missing advertising deadlines or stressing out over exactly how to word that press release or sales letter.  The simple truth is that most people are not very confident in their writing ability so the prospect of writing anything that will be read by the public is a source of stress.  Freelancers eliminate that stress.

Consider using a freelancer for your next marketing campaign.  You won't regret it!  For a quote on your next project, give me a call or shoot me an e-mail.  I look forward to hearing from you.

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