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Writing & Guestposting

Hi there,

I quite like writing. I like to write on a variety of topics, and I like helping out my fellow writers and bloggers.

If you're interested in having me write or guestpost for your site or publication, please drop a line with your general guidelines and what topics most interest you and your readership.

If you're interested in writing a guest post for my site, I'd be very interested in hearing from you, but before you write in, please familiarize yourself the style here - mostly conversational and casual tone, with a strong practical/applicable bent to most articles. Pacing and discussion level should be similar to having coffee in an upscale cafe with a really smart friend.

To get an idea of the style of the site, a great place would be the [New? Start Here] page. After that, you can reach me at sebastian -at- sebastianmarshall.com, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Business Cards and a Website? Nahh, just get started.

Just got a question about getting good looking business cards and a website before opening a consulting business.

It just so happens I recently made some biz cards. There's two general schools of thought on good biz cards:

1. Do something traditional, but make it excellent quality. 2. Do something weird.

The latter is actually good when done right - something like giving away a guitar pick instead of a card, or something made of hard plastic, or metal, or something weird. I thought of just making a card that says "Sebastian Marshall - Strategist" on it, and nothing else. (I'd have to be really vigilant with my Google results if I did that!) But anyway, the weird approach is very case by case, and probably not what you're looking for.

The #1 case is much easier. You write down all your contact info you want on the card, you put your logo on a zip drive if you have a logo, and then you go to a high end print shop and tell them to make your card on the nicest paper, and let their designers do it for you. It'll cost you between $20 and $100 depending on if there's design fees or not. That's probably the fastest way to get nice cards made - just go to a good printshop and let them have at it.