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  • My Portfolio: Overhauling Was The Digital Refresh I Needed

    My Portfolio: Overhauling Was The Digital Refresh I Needed

    Thinking through, who I was professionally took years to ideate. At the core, what was my focus? Was it SEO? What about Content? What even is content? Is content copy? Can I list that when I haven’t been paid to write since college?

  • Why I Must Capitalize All Hashtags on Social Media

    Why I Must Capitalize All Hashtags on Social Media

    At the end of the day, including caps has no technical bearing on how much exposure my posts get on any platform: Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn don’t care about caps. So why do I use them? Because English-speakers can read them easily.

  • Contemplating Medium: Evolving Stances On Freemium Publishing And Portfolio Building

    Contemplating Medium: Evolving Stances On Freemium Publishing And Portfolio Building

    Updated 12/9/20. Content updates in Italics to reflect updated thoughts on Medium.  I recognize that I’ve been absent in my blog maintenance, so for the 3 people who have checked in (well, a random 52 person spike in May, despite no posts), my apologies. I won’t bore you with 52-55 hour work weeks (with…

  • #Customer Service has Evolved to Need #SocialMedia

    #Customer Service has Evolved to Need #SocialMedia

    In 3 Tweets and under 600 characters (598 by my count), I had put one of my favorite stores on blast and hash-tagged some of the more alarming elements.

  • How NOT to Send an E-Mail

    How NOT to Send an E-Mail

    Inter-office communications can backfire easily – especially via floods of e-mail. I’m finding this a few years out of my undergraduate degree and after working in roles that require either minimal or severely colloquial correspondence (working at an older “start-up” and a call center has had some lack-of-formality perks). Now that I’m facing independent…

  • Why Not? Why “Power” is in PowerPoint

    Sorry I’ve been gone for a while- but let’s talk about PowerPoint. Right after my last post, my social life went a bit pear-shaped due to the strains of a social life on a moderate-extreme introvert (I know, it’s hard having friends). I prioritized the essentials and bore through and survived the holiday season,…

  • Hello, and Welcome.

    Hi! Welcome. Like it says in my “About” section, this site is designed to be a semi-personal blog as well as a host/launchpad for my professional web-content. A brief introduction: my name is Brian (it says so right on the site!) and professionally, I’m working my way further into writing, editing and web content,…