My Business Story: How I Transformed Disability and Despair into a Career as a Professional Writer

My Business Story: .  How I Transformed Disability and Despair into a Career as a Professional Writer . . It’s a blog post I have been dreading writing. I never wanted to write it; I still don’t want to. It’s taken almost three years of convincing by other people, the few who really know my story, for me to finally put my …

5 Steps I’ll be Taking in 2011 On the Road to Corporate Responsibility! (From the No-Brain to the INSANE!)

  5 Steps I’ll be Taking in 2011… .  On the Road to Corporate Responsibility! .  (From the No-Brain to the Insane) An original business blog article by Yonatan Maisel exclusively at JobShuk . .  1) As the owner of a small one-person writing business, I will stop accepting African "conflict/blood" diamonds as an alternative to cash …

A Business Blogging Lesson in Creativity & a “Who-dun-it?”: Murder On the Orient Express!

  . A BUSINESS Blogging Lesson in Creativity & a "Who-dun-it?": . Murder On the Orient Express! . A lesson in bringing CREATIVITY to your Business blogging begins here with a practical and applied example. It’s MURDER…Agatha Christie-style… . It happened as the famed, iconic luxury passenger-train, still a thousand miles from it’s final stop in Istanbul, rounded the final bend before stopping at …

“Take Your Damn Sticker Off My Car!” When Company Branding Goes Horribly Wrong

. "Take Your Damn Sticker Off My Car!" When Company Branding Goes Horribly Wrong      . .  . Marvin Gaye, Strange Noises & In Need of a Service-Provider: . It happened while driving down the road the other day. An event that both you and I dread. That little noise which you think is an additional …

A Portfolio and Testimonials: Two INDISPENSIBLE Tools for Freelancers!

  A Portfolio and Testimonials: Two Indispensable Tools to Help You Land Your Next Client!   As a professional writer (both of the content and literary varieties), small business owner, and, by default, marketer to the public of my services,  I find it impossible to overlook, or for that matter to minimize, the importance of …

“A New Approach to Marketing: Beginning a Job Without Having Been Asked to”

Being between projects, and having some, let us say "unwanted" time on my hands (as evidenced by my recent blogging spree), I felt the time had come to be just a little bit more proactive in landing my next job. The time had come for a new approach; the thought had been on my mind, …