Initial Thoughts

I’m new to blogging. Not that I haven’t read a few Blogs, I have – admittedly, just a few - but like some things, getting started can be a bit of a problem - first impressions and all.

I have a friend who Blogs, she and her husband moved their three kids to India a couple of years ago, taking advantage of her husband’s international job opportunity. She tells of their experiences in the new culture, her challenges with the language, and the problems with their local household staff. She is one to dive right in to new experiences, so she writes and posts professional-quality pictures of her visits to the Taj Mahal, the local open-air market, and trips to the playground with her youngest two in god-awful heat. Her perspectives are fresh and her writing is both entertaining and rich with personal experiences, thoughts, and impressions. I have enjoyed experiencing her travels vicariously, and the once mysterious southern Asian sub-continent has become more familiar, and its culture explained in Western terms as a result of reading her blogs.

Just recently, I’ve begun reading a few blogs related to my interests and hobbies. All intriguing and very well written.  Mine is to be a professional blog, demonstrating my proficiency in the field of Communications. I’ve thought about the professional impression I want to make, the communication expertise I want to convey, and the positive financial impact my work can have on an organization.

The value of the correct word or precise phrase in communications cannot be overstated; hence the Words & Phrases title to my Blog. I want my page design to convey professionalism, but also be engagingly fresh and new and to convey the nature of my work. I want you, the customer, to know that your bottom line will be positively impacted by the care I take to articulate your message and the quality of my work.

I offer samples of my work throughout these pages; feel free to browse. My hope is that you will see how I have differentiated myself, and want to know more about how I can come alongside your organization to help you get your words and phrases out.  

I am looking forward to hearing from you!

~ Susan G. Young