Now it is my turn to blow out an author Introduction — Antony Williams Vadassery
Since 2007 I am predominantly in the Banking and Financial Services industry, and in 2018 I cracked into the high-paced Wealth Management industry (the scene was almost close to the wolf of Wall Street movie). I succeeded to get opportunities to work in sales, service, and operations in both industries. In my journey, I figured out that customers and employees are equally important. Therefore, I regularly took utmost care while drafting emails to them(Grammarly was banned at work). Even though the grammar and spell check was outrageous in MS-outlook. I survived to make an impression with my improving business communication skills. I learned by writing and was going good but not getting better though.
That’s when this pandemic happened and work-from-home started shredding my time off.
When the option of stepping out for a ride(cycle) stopped because of the spike in numbers. I was forced back with books as a stress buster other than working-out to show off on Instagram posts (🤣later deleted those pics when my folks saw it and thought that I was losing sanity)
And now in 2020 is when I read a book… really reading happened after 8 long years (I sound like one of those celebrities saying I am back into movies after a break). When I say reading, not reading the policies, procedures, market updates, or new rules & regulations in the financial industry. But seriously reading books right from fiction, non-fiction, self-help, growth hacks, and on.
I was knocked to realize that my writing flared up(reading impact). My colleagues started sending me their drafts for editing (lol) I had extended working hours now.
Then came that day of reckoning – 01.04.2020
It was April fool’s day, and I was extra prepared, especially for my close friends to throw that prank at me. But this time, I was in no mood of playing those usual pranks at anyone because of the present situation happening around the world. It was around 7 pm when a college friend who owns an Accounting Software business called me for help. I was sure that his intention was to celebrate the fool’s day with me. But then he was like – “Can you help me with content for my new website?”
I thought of rejecting the suggestion, but a voice within told me that I should give it a shot. The real challenge was the timings. My work schedule was as tight as a 28″ inch skinny jeans. So he gave me 4 days to pack up. I had plenty of questions in my mind as to where/how/what to start off with. That’s when I surfed around reading the ‘about us’ web pages of similar and different businesses to better understand the content.
To this, I drafted out samples and shared them with my friend a day before the TAT. The best part about content building is that you can’t replicate the text, that would be a shame. But the idea/objective could be matched to obtain your goal.
Well two day’s after my 1st ever-critical content writing gig I get my calling, but this time through the same college friend. He said “buddy, would you like to be a part-time content writer for an agency”. I was frozen first. He said, “the website developing agency is super impressed and wants you to be their content writer in your extra time”. Those words struck me like a thunderbolt.
That was the first time I got a job offer since 2007 from someone after reviewing my work. That was bang bang!
I felt confident but not carried. Hence decided that it’s time to explore & conquer (just like that game ‘age of empires’). And that is when I collided on www with digital marketing (am a DDIP batch-4 Student now). My journey is now on to become an established SEO Content Writer for the micro-businesses and attain the vivid skills of acute copywriting syndrome by learning from creative content writers like you.
Thank you very much for your time reading.
Cheers - That was an Author Introduction of Antony Williams
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