Tattoo-Worthy

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
— Mary Oliver

Photo by Oo_Dee_oO, courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons.

It’s kind of ironic that I called my business Abby Kerr Ink and yet there’s no ink anywhere on me. Nary a tattoo, that is.

I’ll be the first to admit that I come off as one appropriate individual. Voted Biggest Goody Two Shoes when I graduated high school. And second Girl Most Likely To Succeed.

No mohawk, no unconventional piercings, not even a little dolphin design arcing across my shoulder blade.

I’ve done a few noteworthy things in my life, but Ink feels like the first tattoo-worthy thing I’ve ever done.

So much so that if I weren’t me, I might consider going out and getting a tat. {No mom, I really won’t.}

Making A Mark

I’m a newbie in the sea of copywriting and small business marketing blogs. I haven’t yet “arrived” and I sure won’t pretend to have.

But I’m here, I’m here for you, and I’m hungry to learn and grow.

I’m going to make my mark my way, and I want to help you make yours your way.

So what do you want to do that would feel tat-worthy?

I want to get to know you. Let’s have a little contest.

A few weeks ago, I found my way to Cori Padgett’s site, Big Girl Branding. {Cori’s kind of like the zany, always-there-for-you sister you wish you had.} Cori coaxed me out of lurkiness with a cool contest on one of her posts. She asked her readers to leave a comment introducing ourselves and answering a few questions. The funniest entry would win $10 toward a Whopper and a coffee. My aspiring vegetarian self still gives into the occasional Whopper {I know, I know, veg-heads – you can throw stones at me later}, so this contest I couldn’t resist. I told her how I make voices for my cats, and a few other things. And I won. And I told Cori I’d pay it forward.

Here we go.

Tell Me Your Tat-Worthy Dream

What’s your tat-worthy dream? The dream that’s so compelling that if you found yourself living it, you’d have to go out and get inked. {Forget about moral or aesthetic opposition to tattooing – this is all hypothetical, people.}

I’m all ears. And I’ve got $10 ready to deposit in the most compelling commenter’s PayPal account one week from today. The winner will be announced here in a post on Monday, June 14^th.

By the way, you don’t have to get a Whopper. You can take yourself to Starbucks. Or the local indie café. Or you can invest it in your own niche-y business.

So lay it on me. Introduce yourself and tell me your tat-worthy dream.