Social Media and Business Coach Taylor Ellwood

About Taylor Ellwood

Taylor Ellwood, Business and Social Media Coach Welcome to Imagine Your Reality Business and Social Media Coaching.

My name is Taylor Ellwood. I am a business and social media consultant, as well as a freelance editor and writer. Of course, I wasn't always doing what I do now. If you'd like to know a bit more about me, let me tell you my story.

I first started writing as a teenager, and in college, at Penn State University, I decided to major in English. When I graduated college I worked as a baker for several years, because I wasn't sure what I could do with an English degree. Eventually I went back to school for a Master's degree in English at Clarion University. While there, I became interested in how students used the internet to do research for writing they needed to do. After the Master's at Clarion I attempted a Ph.d degree program at Kent State University in Literacy, Rhetoric, and Social Practice, where I continued doing research about how students used the the available internet technologies to research and learn. I eventually left the Ph.d program when I realized I was doing it for the wrong reason: Namely to get some job security. I didn't like what I was doing, because academic work is mostly focused theory, as opposed to practical applications. I'm a very practical person and I realized I needed to do hands-on work.

I moved out to Seattle, where I started doing Technical Writing for Boeing. What I enjoyed the most wasn't the writing, but rather testing the technology and learning how it worked. I left Seattle after a year, because I found it had too much traffic, and it just didn't feel like home. In fact, everytime I visited Portland I felt like I was home, so I ended up moving here, and doing some more Technical Writing for Nike, Intel, and United Information Technology. But I wasn't just doing technical writing...

Shortly after I moved to Portland, I met someone who was a coach and as I watched him teach a class, I realized I could do that to. I started researching coaching schools and picked the Baraka Institute. In six months I was certified as a coach, and in April 2008, I started my coaching business, which initially was focused vaguely on creativity and wealth.

Since then, I've worked with small businesses to help them understand integrate social media marketing and customer service into their existing marketing and customer service. I've also been writing a book on social media, developing instructional videos, and offering professional speaking and instruction on social media for business. On average I am doing 3 to 5 speeches a month on social media.

My passion for helping others succeed in developing their business extends to the Imagine Your Reality Radio show, which I use to interview other business owners about what they do and love. I also do the social media coach radio show, where I offer free tips and suggestions and information about social media trends and technology.

You can find me online at linkedin, biznik, and twitter as well.

Thank you for your interest in Imagine Your Reality coaching!

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All the best,

Taylor Ellwood

Taylor is an articulate and effective educator, who assists entrepreneurs in generating a linear plan of action to grow their businesses. I recently paid for, participated in, and very much enjoyed one of Taylor's classes, covering available online social-networking technology, and how to effectively harness and systematize it to expand and develop business via the electronic medium. Taylor was well researched and well organized, taught from an outline, and re-enforced key teaching points with relevant examples from his experience, as well as that of others. I learned a great deal from Taylor in a short amount of time, as he also creates a very comfortable atmosphere within which participate and ask questions. -- Steve Chapman, Portland or

Past and present clients Taylor has worked with:

Black Belt Business Solutions - Social Media and Business Coaching
Nike - Technical Writing
Intel - Technical Writing
Boeing - Technical writing
Red Business Solutions - Technical Writing
Bravo! Portland Publishing - Social Media and Business Coaching
European Travel - Social Media and Business Coaching
Immanion Press - Editing, Social Media and Business Coaching
Distinctive Dentistry - Local Search Engine Optimization
Maggy Henry Interior Designs - Business Coaching
Celt System - Business and Social Media Coaching
Alesia Zorn Calligraphy - Business and Social Media Coaching
Uncommon Invites - Business and Social Media Coaching
Northwest Artist Management Agency - Business and Social Media Coaching
Whittier Consulting - Business and Social Media Coaching
Nourishing Medicine Acupuncture - Business and Social Media Coaching
National Speakers Association Oregon Chapter - Business and Social Media Coaching
Your Roadmap to Home Realty - Business and Social Media Coaching
World Travelers United - Business and Social Media Coaching
New and Blue Wedding Invitations - Business and Social Media Coaching
ASAP Mac and PC Services - Social Media Coaching
Northwest Priority Payment Systems - Social Media Coaching
Quilligraphy - Business and Social Media coaching
North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce - Social Media Coaching
Gresham Chamber of Commerce - Social Media Coaching
St. Honore's Bakery - Social Media Coaching
Main Street Stamp and Stationary - Social Media Coaching
Phoenix Bodyworks Massage - Social Media Set-ups
Shelley Enterprises - Social Media coaching
Today's Home/D.P. Designs - Social Media Coaching
Vinideus - Business Coaching