The simple answer is because I can’t draw.

The better answer is because it gives me an opportunity to help people. I get to say what they feel, and that’s a huge responsibility. That makes me feel great. “Honored” isn’t too far out of the picture.

Also, I’m a reader. I’ll read anything I can get my hands on. Fiction, business books, graphs, maps, anything. I’ve always been that way.

A little recent background: I managed a whitewater rafting company before I started writing professionally. Big job- oversaw a staff of about 80. I loved my employer, loved the people I was working with, loved the customers, our guests. But I realized that my favorite three or four hours every two weeks was when I was writing our newsletter.

It was inescapable. I had to do it. I made the leap, and now, here I am, a partner at Matterhorn.

My job, primarily, is to organize and create web copy, write and edit blog posts and newsletters, and create copy for peripheral pieces for clients. For us, I write proposals, write a lot of the Matterhorn blog, and take care of any other business writing that comes down the pike.

I get to integrate what our partners want to say within the style and structure that Pat creates online. It’s a good formula for us, and it’s working well.

So, in short, I love writing because I can, because I’m a reader, and because I feel it’s an honor to be asked to do it.

How about you? Why are you doing what you’re doing?

Tags: business relationships, business trust, content, Social Media, writing

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