When you deliver content solutions – and not just content writing services – to your clients, you dive into other aspects of their business such as social media, SEO and digital marketing. And you notice how difficult it becomes for businesses to choose their marketing style. If I had to write a book on Marketing in 2014 for Dummies, I’d segregate all kinds and forms or marketing into two simple buckets:
A friend of mine recently typed out a deliciously well written piece of work that just struck a cord of interest inside me. While I tried not to get caught up picking out his unconventional pairing of words, I found myself uncontrollably grasping his idea.It was so effortless to see his train of thought and value his opinion.
Talent is not something you develop, it is something you are born with. Skill is something you develop. It is like a blunt knife which needs to be sharpened. You may be a talented writer, but that does not mean you are a skilful writer. Talent is something that you see on the surface like a reflection of a mirror, but to be a good writer, to be a kick ass content writer that takes a mix of talent and skill.
Love what you do, do what you love. Does it have the same meaning or is it the ultimate paradox. An intelligent word play, I would suggest. But reading it on a motivational post was the last straw on this IT camel’s back, and prompted me to pursue my passion, writing.
Music blaring, fingers chattering on a keyboard and words being typed out onto a screen; that’s the way a content writer rolls in Spacebar (not all though, you can roll however you want). Once Mumbai was an industrial city, running on the threads of mills, but today it has shed its skin for a corporate suits powered by the service industry. So what is the life of a content writer? Is it just type, type and type? Is it just stuck at a computer terminal typing away? So many questions for the ignorant, so many questions for the misinformed and so many questions for the uninformed.