Artem Medvedev, PhD: the blog. Russian, copywriting, English, Canada, life.

It's hard to research anything content-related nowadays without being bombarded with hundreds of poorly worded ads, blog posts and websites offering top-notch copywriting services for $5 or $2 or $1. The world, it seems, is going mad with these offers and the confusion they create. Can you really get quality content for $1? Yes, about 10 words, at most. Content marketing is not a rubber-stamp process (at least, it shouldn't be). It takes creative thinking, it takes research and it takes dedication. In the end, the investment you should make today is to make sure that your website, blog, social media and other copy are not ~~only~~ stuffed with keywords "for the sake of SEO" but actually readable, attractive, original and inspiring. Do all of these things come for free? No. Are they worth it? Beyond expression.

To find out more about my quality content marketing services, please visit www.bestcontentforyou.com

Customer feedback is always helpful. It can also make you smile like a baby.

Content writing as usual?

As you may know up close, the life of a content writer or online marketing professional is not ~~always~~ glamorous and there is always at least one (permanently) unhappy or marginally happy customer somewhere on the radar. Content writing means sometimes writing about things you've never experienced personally or even hope you would never need to experience.

Content marketing as an education

At the same time, online marketing is also a great school. Over the past few years, I've written about, among others, health care, ~~national defense, UFOs~~, ahem, online marketing strategies, teaching methods, grocery sales, bison meat (yes, my favorite example), ways to stop smoking, life insurance and taxes. I don't know another job that gives you this kind of exposure to the everyday worlds of hundreds of other professions: I truly find this a great experience!

Back to that word I just mentioned: taxes

Now here comes the main reason for writing this whole post, which is to share some feedback I just received from a customer (used with permission):

This is one of the best pieces of writing I've ever seen in my life and I want to marry him except I am already married. Bravo and I'm not changing a thing..........................run it!!!!!

Dexter Brown, owner, Premier Tax Resolutions

What do YOU do when you get feedback like this? Please share. ~~I want to double-check if my reaction was adequate.~~

For more information about my content copywriting and online marketing services, please visit www.bestcontentforyou.com

Learn English or study Russian in Edmonton. You won't regret it.

Today makes me feel very motivated and encouraged as a Russian tutor and English instructor. While building my new business website, I decided that I would go ahead and ask some of my former students to give an honest and fair appraisal of my teaching ability, so that I can could then share their opinions on my website, instead of only my own. I already have a few of their responses.

I am thrilled to see that even months (and sometimes years) after I last was their Russian teacher or English teacher, students remember having fun in class, learning a lot and being motivated to develop as human beings. It also seems that I'm patient, but strict. "Thank you so much for all the patience and learning :)", writes one student. "It was well crafted balance of orderliness and creativity", adds another. Waiting for more of them to respond...

Professional Russian tutor in Edmonton

If only I could express how I want to be back in the classroom! Not even necessarily a classroom. Just any space where I'm interacting with eager minds and teaching them about the Russian language, about my native culture, about ways they can integrate into the Canadian university context and so on and so forth. Teaching is something that runs in my family. It's the best thing in life.

For more information on my language teaching services, please see www.bestcontentforyou.com/language-services or call/text me at 780-222-7136. I'm always looking for people interested in learning Russian in Edmonton (or ESL, for that matter).

New website launched

I'm happy to announce that I have launched a new business website at www.artemcommunications.com,
which effectively returns this site to its original status of my business blog.