A Clear Why Builds Confidence to Share Your Story.

by Susan Sparks | blogging, How to write right, marketing

Part 2 of Personal Branding This week marks the start of summer for most of us. Here in central Indiana, the weekend weather was nearly perfect, with a few passing storms, the Indy 500 went off flawlessly and there were countless ceremonies and remembrances for our...

How To Encourage Social Sharing Of Your Blog Posts

by Susan Sparks | blogging, business strategy, copywriting, How to write right, marketing

How To Encourage Social Sharing Of Your Blog Posts I find I’m getting more of my info on social sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. I’m interested in hearing other’s view points on issues, but also learning what others are interested in and what makes them...

How to Blog Part 3

by Susan Sparks | blogging, How to write right

This is part three of my series on blogging. In case you missed it, you can also check out  Write A Better Blog Title and How Long Should Your Posts Be? Break Up Your Content to Make It Easy to Scan As a writer, I’m also a reader – and I can get sucked into research...

How To Write Attention Grabbing Blog Titles

by Susan Sparks | blogging, business strategy, copywriting, How to write right, marketing

You see it more every day – “This woman brought home an old rusty rake, what she did next was genius!” or “The shocking reasons behind the Mayor’s sudden news conference.” I’m sure you’ve fallen for a few of those...

How I Shut My Monkey

by Susan Sparks | blogging, copywriting, How to write right, Just thinking

There was almost no blog post from me today. You see, yesterday was a terribly off-day. The monkey was loose. I don’t like monkeys. It perplexes me that people decorate babies’ nurseries with little furry monkeys frolicking in the trees or hanging by their tails near...

The Power of a Story

by Susan Sparks | blogging, business strategy, How to write right, marketing

We’ve just watched an incredible story unfold before us in the past several weeks. Regardless if you are a baseball fan or not, it was fun to keep up with the building excitement, the rush of hope and, the endless tales of superstition, rituals, and legends. The...