Q: Leslie, are you a blogger?
A: Maybe.
My business doesn’t revolve around writing articles. My business revolves around real people, their lives, and helping them face the problems they meet on their career path.
At this point, I don’t make money off of my blogs. I write articles as an additional service for those who employ my work of enhancing their careers and for those who are thinking of making a change. I write when I am not busily writing resumes, letters, and talking on the phone with individuals who demand my complete attention. It’s impossible to write a quality article and a job winning resume at the same time, so I take note of themes or questions and get to them during my morning tea.
My clients are people who have committed to making change in their lives and need a supplemental place of reference when they cannot immediately speak with me. I realize the value and importance of writing exceptional content relevant to career building. The themes I write about are common questions and concerns of clients or friends and it makes sense to record these commonly asked questions in a findable place.
Then, there are non-clients whose needs are equally important. These people are thinking about making a career or job change. Perhaps, they’ve been forced by unemployment or circumstance to face their career dilemmas and need advice. They might eventually hire me, they might not.
The purpose of each article is to provide concise, quality information that can help readers shape their decisions for their own unique and common life situations regardless if the reader is a paid client or an online user. The value in my writing comes from spreading knowledge, offering realistic solutions, and reducing, if not altogether eliminating, fear to face our life’s toughest questions.
Am I the Perez Hilton of career blogs? No. So, am I blogger? Maybe. I’m passionate about making the most satisfying career and life possible. Whatever I’m doing on this blog section of my website, I promise to make it relevant to your career as it’s happening now. When this blog no longer serves you, I’ll stop and do something better.
While you’re reading, check out this cool article about blogger stats for 2009 at The Future Buzz and feel free to come back when you’re done.
