Stan Collins Writing
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It’s 12:45 on a Saturday night…
It’s 12:45 on a Saturday night, and I do know where I’m at. I suppose technically, it is a Sunday morning, and contrary to how this story would have gone a year ago–or six months ago, for that matter–I’m sitting in a semi-dark condo, alone, with what remains of a small bottle of tequila that…
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Stan Collins Portfolio of Past Marketing Projects
Society Florence June 2013 It was sometime around early 2013 in Florence, Alabama when Stan Collins and Chris Brown started Society Florence. It began as a website to keep up with what bands were playing at which bars on any given night. The University of North Alabama was engulfed in a deep culture of music…
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Thoughts On Wanting More and How To Get It
Thoughts On Wanting More and How To Get It – Stan Collins Originally Published on Dec 4, 2017 I originally wrote this post in a brown leather traveler’s notebook which doubles as my wallet and business card holder. I used a Mont Blanc fountain pen and a custom blue-black mixture of ink that I extracted…
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A New Chapter in Life and Business
Stan Collins – A Rollercoaster Lifestyle This past year has easily been the most chaotic rollercoaster ride of my life thus far. The highs were amazing but the lows nearly pushed me to my breaking point. This won’t be the post that I dive deep into the disaster that consumed the last company that I…
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How to Rank in Google Search Results: A Key to Online Branding Success – Stan Collins
Author: Stan Collins, Online Branding Expert In today’s digital age, your online presence can significantly impact your personal and professional life. When someone searches for your name on Google, what they find can greatly influence their perception of you. This is where the importance of having multiple favorable listings in Google search results comes into…
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Thoughts on Work, Goals, and Perspective
(Originally posted on June 25, 2020) When I was in grade school, the general idea as I understood it, was that we were to do well in school so that we could get into a good college, so that we could get a good job, and make a lot of money, and then it would…
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A Race Against The Clock
A Race Against The Clock – Stan Collins The exhaust note of the Maserati Quattroporte sang through the streets of Scottsdale in the dead of the night. They recklessly raced through town with no regard for pedestrians, scooters, bicycles, or other obstacles in their path. Time was running out. “We’re not going to make it…
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The Disaster That Brought Me To Phoenix
The Disaster That Brought Me To Phoenix – Stan Collins Originally published on October 15, 2018, regarding events of 2015. I regained consciousness in a puddle of my own blood. I could see out of only my right eye and I feared for the worst. “Where the hell am I?” I was in a daze…
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Last Man Left – Twilight Zone Writing Prompt
A short story by Stan Collins posted to Reddit’s r/WritingPrompts [WP] You’re going about your daily business and decide to check reddit, when suddenly you hear the voice of Rod Serling: “Here we see an average person, taking a short break from the turmoil of modern life. But that break is about to get a…
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His Faith In Dreams – Poem
5/1/17 My dear, you clearly haven’t seenthe terrors that make up my dreamsI promised me I’d never try again, We know exactly what takes placeWhen so called friends get their sayIf everything is doomed, then why begin, The deed is done but scars remainThe love, the sex, the bars, the painIt taught me things but…
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The Unlikely Racists – A Short Story With Lasting Implications
The Unlikely Racists A Short Story With Lasting Implications Nothing was familiar, the world had gone mad, and Don was starting his life over in a brand new location. He was alone, new to the area, and eager to find a social group to associate with. The night had been flowing well thus far as…
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My Dear Black brothers and sisters, You’ve Been Deceived
My dear black brothers and sisters, you’ve been deceived. I was never really political until a few years ago, as I imagine is the case for most people in their 20s; and when I began to think about society and politics, I was drawn to the left. There are no facts or studies that I…
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The Sickness of Society and the Rise of the Virtuous Ones
Why do you believe the things that you do? The sickness is all around us. Some are immune, but they’ll never know it. Instead, they’ll sit in fear as they watch every other person around them get sick. The vast majority of those infected will recover after a week of hell, and the healthiest person…
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Thoughts on the George Floyd Protests – What happened to morality?
They locked everyone up in their houses for two months and then said, you can leave the house now if you riot in the streets. And if you riot in the streets, you won’t get in trouble because you’ll be “fighting for injustice.” And so thousands of people across America proceeded to go out at…
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Running Away With Strangers
Sunlight poured through the blinds into the room and under the lids of my dry, tired eyes. My body was hurting and my mind was lost. The remnants of a once vivid and engaging dream were fading away as I slowly became conscious of my surroundings. Confused, worried thoughts and questions began to swirl through…
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The Darkness Under Scottsdale Lights
The Darkness Under Scottsdale Lights – Stan Collins An Old Town Scottsdale Story Underneath the grand facade of Scottsdale city lights lives a melancholy existence, a sort of shared sadness amongst many of the locals that frequent the scene. Masked by massive amounts of blow and promiscuity, is a collective feeling of lacking. Everyone is…
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A Firework Romance
A Firework Romance – Stan Collins May 29, 2019 They had only just met but their connection was powerful and apparent. She appeared to be everything he’d hoped for. Her voice was like elegant music to his ears and her words carried such weight that he always longed for more. Her face hung in his…
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Venturing Into The Vortex
Venturing Into The Vortex – Stan Collins An Old Town Scottsdale Story She could feel her skin tingling and her heartbeat was in sync with the blaring music at the trendy new Old Town nightclub. She had spent more time than usual applying makeup and styling her hair that night, and she did so while…
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The Freedom Experiment Part 2: Journey To The Ranch
THE FREEDOM EXPERIMENT PART 2: JOURNEY TO THE RANCH – Stan Collins One evening, after a week of indecision, interviews, drunken nights, and hungover mornings, I got an unexpected call from a friend. “Hey man, are you free for the next week?” “Well yeah, I suppose so,” I responded. Eight hours later, I was on…
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The Freedom Experiment: Part 1
Personal Freedom THE FREEDOM EXPERIMENT: PART 1 – LIVING A LIFE OF ULTIMATE FREEDOM – Stan Collins A RISKY EXPERIMENT INDEED (This post was originally written on 8/13/2018 and serves as a preface to the recent events that make up the bulk of The Freedom Experiment.) Very few of us live in an actual state…
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The Mayan Goddess – Poem
They were all fixated on the goddess as she strolled through the venue. To whom had she come there to see? How long might this mystery continue? Every head turned towards her and every mind thought the same. How glorious it would be to meet and whisk her away. I had found what I was…