Thanks to my loyal customers, my time is more in demand than ever.

For scheduling purposes, only requests for ongoing blog posts and e-mail newsletters are being accepted at present.

Tell your story starting with this checklist

It’s your story but it’s my mission to help you tell it well. This E-Content Butler checklist will get you started.

1. Decide who your intended audience will be
Are you addressing your children or heirs, family and friends, those who need your expertise, individuals facing similar circumstances as you, future generations who will need an eyewitness account of history as it was being made, complete strangers who have money to purchase your story, someone who _________ ?

2. Pick your “voice”
Tailor your writing style to your intended audience. Pick easy-to-understand words and concepts for small children. Use humor to entertain family and friends and build them up. Share your expertise in a manner suitable for where it will be published—professional journals, for instance, require a more scholarly tone than a newsletter. Choose whether you will tell your story in first person (“I” and “we”) or in third person (“she” and “he”) from a narrator’s point of view.

3. Choose your format
Which format will you start with (you can expand to others later): audio recordings, blog, book in print, e-book, newsletter, series of articles, series of videos, or a Web site?

4. Create an outline
There is no one-size-fits-all for storytelling—you can organize your tale alphabetically (A is for _____, B is for _____), around one common theme that is repeated multiple ways, chronologically with a timeline, numerically (1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___), ordinally (First ___. Secondly ____. Thirdly ___.), or sequentially—this can be as simple as an introduction, text, and conclusion or as complicated as a prologue, multiple chapters with subheadings or plot twists, and an epilogue.

5. Select your “look”
Like your voice, the presentation of your story should also appeal to your chosen audience. Things to consider include accessibility for those with audio and visual challenges; a coherent color scheme for branding, images, and any online presence; font size and font style; how you will handle captions, credits, footnotes, references; how much white space you want to include in your presentation; placement and number of images; and whether your storytelling will be playful, professional, or somewhere in between.

6. Gather supporting evidence
This includes facts, figures, photographs and other images, quotes, source and copyright information, and written permission to use all of the above if they are not your own.

7. Block off time each day to work on your story
The more writing you do, the easier it gets (as the E-Content Butler, I speak from experience) so mark your calendar now.

You have a unique story to tell. Let’s get started.
“Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord” Psalm 102:18
Taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version
©1973, 1978, 1983 by The International Bible Society. Used by permission

Let me do that for you

I take great delight in beautiful gardens but find little pleasure in planting, weeding, and other upkeep that only seems to encourage the rabbits and deer to feast in my yard. That’s why I am such a fan of gardens done for me (and other visitors).
I get to enjoy the end result of someone else’s
• Expertise
• Planning
• Preparation
• Attention to detail
• Hours of labor
• Perfect timing
• Placement
• Maintenance
all without having to give it any thought.

The same holds true of content done for you. When I write your blog posts and newsletters, you get the E-Content Butler guarantee of original content AND you get
• My copywriting expertise
• Articles and posts that are carefully planned and crafted for your intended audience, not fluff pieces
• Material that is backed up with research and your notes
• Attention to details that will engage your ideal clients
• My labor instead of you staring at a blank screen or piece of paper for hours
• Timely posts
• Placement where you get the most traction
• A database of articles and posts we can link to and reuse in the future

Are you tired of creating all your content yourself? Contact me about content done for you.

“Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin.
Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.”
Luke 12:27
Taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version
©1973, 1978, 1983 by The International Bible Society. Used by permission