: About Me

Shawn Shearer is attempting to Save the World One Web Site at a Time. A seasoned SEO Web content writer and editor, as well as an award-winning sports journalist, columnist, and award-winning trumpet player, she has over 10 years in the writing business.

Shawn also is the Director of Marketing and Communications for the Utah Premiere Brass, Utah's only brass band and her favorite place to play.

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My passion is ...

Music and writing

I know too much about ...

Wanderlust

My parents always told me ...

Stop asking me why!

My favorite memory ...

Touring and playing with the Utah Symphony Orchestra

Why I write ...

How can I not?

My first job ...

Delivering newspapers

My best moment ...

Playing (Fanfare for the Common Man) with the All-American Marching Band at the Opening Ceremonies of the 1984 Internatonal Olympics in L.A.

My inspiration ...

My Grandmother - lifelong teacher

Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Quality writing required focus on content and appearance

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How important is your copy? Should writing quality evaporate for rankings? I've read articles that talk about these subjects. Some say grammar and spelling aren't essential. Some say just getting your stuff out there is the key - don't worry if there's no point to your debacle of an article. I've even seen it suggested that misspelling intentionally is all right to get SEO rankings. So, is it acceptable to have typos, misspellings, bad grammar, and poor sentence structure in your articles or on your website? Spelling, especially, is a hard concept for a whole lot of people. Grammar is a bi...

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