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Meet the Readers: Angela Shupe

By on February 21, 2011 in Meet the Readers

Once a week or so I’m going to profile the very special people who read this site. If you’d like to participate, shoot me an email.

Today’s profile is of Angela Shupe, a longtime blogger for this site.

Hi Angela, tell us about yourself.

As you already know, my name is Angela. I am 25 years old, and I live in Michigan. I am the mom of a feisty 6 year old girl. She keeps me on my toes! I am also a college student at University of Phoenix. I am just a few weeks shy of finishing my first year, and so far I am doing so with a shiny 4.0! I am currently in the Associate of Arts program with a concentration in Foundations of Business (AAFB). I want to move on to my Bachelor of Science degree in business/e-business after I am done.

Tell us about your work or business.

I am a freelance writer for you and virtual assistant. Nothing can beat the work I do, I love it! It doesn’t matter if I am writing or just acting as an assistant. Although I have not taken on any extra work since I started school, it is definitely something I love doing.

How long have you been reading the site?

Since I started posting here in March of 2007.

What’s your favorite kind of post?

My favorite posts are the interviews, of course! However, it is not because I do a lot of them. I enjoy contacting the owners, learning about their business, and sharing that information with others. I can often remember the basis of my favorite interviews a year or more after it was completed. Some of the advice they have shared tends to stick with me.

Do you have a specific favorite post?

I have quite a few favorites. If I must limit it to one, though, it would be the Sippy Straw Cleaner interview. I found Jennifer Reyes particularly inspiring. Not only did she create a viable product, she did so in three months! In just over a week, she launched, brought in two wholesale accounts, and began distributing internationally. When people imagine the stereotypical super mom, I cannot help but wonder if they are thinking of her.

Is there something that you’d like us to be writing about that we’re not?

Personally, I would not mind more information related to ecommerce. However, I think that would come down to me finding it first? ;-)

What other sites do you read regularly?

I guess I am a little old fashioned. I do not read many websites for entertainment. However, I have a large magazine subscription list that includes Star Lee Magazine’s Success on Your Terms, Time magazine, Fast Company, and Inc.

Is the glass half empty or half full?

Half-full, of course!

Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park. He accidentally became a professional blogger in 2001. He has added 12,203 posts to the site.

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  • http://www.dog-crate-shop.com Donna White

    Nice to meet you Angela. This kind of interview gives me a sense of connection to you when I read your articles. Congrats on the 4.0 and good luck with the rest of your education at the University of Phoenix.

  • http://wahm.business-opportunities.biz Angela Shupe

    Thank you Donna! :-)

  • ted

    Congratulations on the 4.0 and on raising the next generation – that’s the most important job you’ll ever have. Thanks for your contributions to the site – would love to know how you began writing-for-pay…I grew up in a newspaper family (here in the ‘thumb’ of Michigan too!) and I’ve written, but not for a paycheck — maybe that’s my next career! Anyway – Thanks and take care! tedleesadler@yahoo.com

  • http://n.a. Cindy Hawkins

    Hey there Angela! Ric and Cindy here! One of the things I like most about this site is that we often, even without knowing it, “psych each other up”. Positive energy’s something you can NEVER have too much of. We don’t have kids, but Jake, Lexie and Mack, our cats really keep us hopping, along with four brownstone houses and a block full of eccentrics (including yours truly, of course!) When I am not teaching and mentoring ESL, I harvest textiles and just now finished a fifty pound batch of clothing I’ll get into the system and pass along to my clients, once the items are processed later this week. A friend of ours always says, “We all got a song to sing!” And shaking hands, electronically…that’s fine by us! “Cause you never know where that next great idea is gonna come from.

  • http://wahm.business-opportunities.biz Angela Shupe

    Thanks Ted! It’s nice to meet another Michigander. I am farther down on the hand, near the Indiana border.

    I didn’t start out with the intention to become a freelancer. I was simply looking for some work when I found Dane, and it grew from there. When my interest in freelance writing was piqued, I learned as much as I could through books I bought from Writer’s Digest (www.writersdigest.com).

  • http://n.a. Cindy Hawkins

    Hey Angie..I almost forgot! A GPA of 4.0? — that’s wonderful!! You go, girl!

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