Author: Deborah Drake

  • Write Drunk & Edit Sober

    So advised Hemingway. So shared Linda Zeppa with me as we parted ways after her Sunday workshop on Developing the Intuitive You. It was an apropos comment for in some way I did feel quite intoxicated. On Tuesdays our rag tag collection of enterpreneurs and writers gathers to talk about what we would like to…

  • Message in a Bottle: Keeping the Conversation with Teens Candid

    “At the time of this writing, we are experiencing a thirty-year high in teen alcohol and other drug use. Admissions to drug treatment centers have been escalating for years with young adult admissions at scary levels.” (~from the Introduction) In the name of the well-being of our present youth and future generations, as a mom…

  • Your Job Search: Becoming the Ideal Candidate

    REPRINTED from Your Professional Profile Deborah Drake: Authentic Writing & Communications Mentor, Workshop Facilitator and Co-Author of Burn Your Résumé. You Need a Professional Profile™ – (Winning the Inner and Outer Game of Finding Work or New Business) I believe that Authenticity in communication provokes–every time and always for the better. I believe we all will do…

  • The Tip Sheet from Let’s Demystify the WordPress Dashboard

    Stephen and I enjoyed presenting the pilot of the Workshop on Demystifying the WordPress Dashboard. And here is the much awaited tip sheet. This list represents Let’s Start with Easy to Sustain SEO Attractability that can be easily remembered and maintained from first blog post to last and to every page. First things first: Creating…

  • The funny thing about blogging

    The funny thing about blogging is that we all ebb and flow, wax and wane in our stamina or enthusiasm. Take seasonal weather…it’s a beautiful day. Let’s all meet outside…LOL Or let’s write up wanting to play hookey (smile) and why that could be either good or not so good for your business?    

  • Telling the truth is scary. And fun. Once you get used to it.

    In business, we can make up the ideal scenarios or we could choose to be truthful. What will you do?  

  • May 2012 be the year you FINALLY learn to WRITE as Yourself.

    When I was nine, I was given a Hallmark Diary. Pink Plaid. Locked with a small brass key. I was sure it was secure BUT then no one was actually interested in my nine year old ramblings (right?) Fast forward to 14. I am a freshman in Honors English: My new teacher, a new teacher…

  • Seth Godin (demi-god) On Being Remarkable

    What might it look like for you to stand out online and offline from the crowd? This is what we are tackling week after week and this will be the theme of the new series starting February 29th. And once again I return to a virtual mentor of mine whose message is always helpful to hear…

  • A Writing Challenge May Be Just The Ticket.

    How does writing every day (or intending to), affect your sense of your creative self, your communication skills, your sense of motivation? Simply Effective, Small Business Coach, Leona Rehm’s post on December 7th STILL causes a warm electric shiver in me from head to toe! It captured the foundational themes, issues and beliefs that so many reticent…

  • The good ideas that run away OR find me.

    Writing is an activity that I personally do as easily as breathing. And yet, there are those who “dread” the very idea of having to write a thank you note. I often wonder where the resistance to writing comes from each time I hear someone express having it. And then there are the good ideas…