You’ve inspired a HuffingtonPost piece that just typed itself out of me today. I’m giving you cred at the end. 😀

Glad you liked it, Julia!

I addressed this the last time you said it, Bob. If you read closely, I’m encouraging writers to become entrepreneurs so they don’t have to take clients, or when they do, they get paid what they’re worth.

THANK YOU.

Thank you for writing and sharing this.

One of my biggest frustrations, tears-every-night type of frustration, ESPECIALLY the last week, is the undervalue that many of my writing agency clients place on our entire writing team.

The team of writers our staff handpicks, and I teach to reach high standards so we can succeed in online content, every time.

This client was a marketer telling us that our trained journalists aren’t writing his news right. When we are. And his feedback, if implemented, will actually hurt his news potential.

You know what I want to tell all of these douchebags?

Something along the lines of…

“You’re an IDIOT. Don’t you realize you have a true professional writing this, who knows how to get this written to where they can successfully pass through the detailed editorial guidelines of a high quality distribution network – EVERY time? You asking to add in a “more newsy voice” is going to RUIN your chances of submission?”

Oh, and this guy is upset because we’re charging him for an extra revision. Two rounds so far from him, and we’re not getting the “tone” right. He’s even tried to make a claim on his payment to get it back. Can you say douche?

Since when did a WRITER become so undervalued?

So looked down upon?

Treated like a SERVANT?

We really do RUN THE SHOW.

Words make your online presence successful – or unsuccessful.

And WE, the writers, are the ones behind ALL of that.

This talked to me today:

“We won’t accept meager pay while others cash in our copyright. We won’t toil in obscurity waiting for a green light.”

Brian, I’m thanking you with tears in my eyes.

Keep up with molding our industry and shaping it for the good of humankind everywhere… which I feel you’re doing today.

Thank you.

And keep it up.