Lynn Stacy-Smith is a Professional Content Writer, Blogger, and Author who creates original written content for small business owners to showcase their products and services, improve their SEO, and connect with their target audience. Lynn specializes in articles, blogs, email newsletters, professional bios, web content, landing pages, lead magnets, eBooks, and other non-fiction content. Lynn’s ideal client has an established marketing plan and understands the value of hiring a professional copywriter to create content within that plan.
As part of the creative process, Lynn develops a relationship with each entrepreneur or business owner. She believes this relationship is essential so that their tone of voice will shine through to reflect their brand story, personality, and mission.
Lynn also offers copyediting services for business owners who prefer to write their own content but need an expert to perform a pre-publishing review. When copyediting, Lynn ensures that the piece is grammatically correct, cohesive, and conveys the writer’s message in an easily readable format.
Lynn comes from a long line of writers and has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Purdue University. Before starting Bark Out Loud Communications, she enjoyed a successful career in the college textbook industry as an analyst and corporate trainer. After leaving the corporate world, Lynn followed two of her passions (dogs and writing) and became a blogger for all-natural pet food manufacturer Canine Caviar Pet Foods.
Over the last seven years, Lynn has become a self-taught blogging expert. She is in the process of re-branding her previous blog about responsible dog ownership into a new blog focused on life in a dog-obsessed world. Lynn is the author of the 2016 book Love, Laugh, Woof: A Guide to Being Your Dog’s Forever Owner, which was recommended in Modern Dog Magazine in 2016.
The name Bark Out Loud Communications is a nod to her lifelong love of dogs and the fact that when wolves howl together, each wolf has a unique tone that helps them stand out from other members of the pack. Good content is essential for a business to showcase its products and connect with potential customers. It helps a business stand out in a crowded internet the same way a wolf can stand out from the rest of its pack.
Lynn resides in the far western suburbs of Chicago with her husband, three college-aged children, and her Labrador Retrievers Jackson and Tinkerbell. She is the Chapter Leader of the Yorkville, Illinois chapter of Women Entrepreneurs’ Secrets of Success (WES0S). Lynn is also a proud member of American Pet Professionals.