About Shari Rose

One of the main goals I have for Blurred Bylines is to help foster national awareness of the systemic problems and trends that negatively affect so many people’s lives. I also work to share stories of individuals who have done incredible work to improve the conditions of historically marginalized groups due to race, gender, sexual identity, or class, and fight against the political structures that are designed to keep some from exercising their full rights as Americans.

When I began writing these articles for BB, I learned that search engine optimization (SEO) is a powerful method of sharing my stories with a wider audience. For over 5 years now, I’ve worked as a professional SEO specialist at different marketing agencies throughout the country. With this experience, I’m able to build an audience for Blurred Bylines. In fact, the vast majority of this website’s monthly traffic comes from organic search. 

In recent years, I’ve had the opportunity to translate those skills into a freelance SEO business I own and operate through BB. I provide SEO and content writing services to small- to medium-sized businesses and nonprofits in Michigan and all across the U.S. If you are interested in inquiring further about my services for your own website, please reach out to me through the contact form at the bottom of this page.

Take a look at some SEO case studies I’ve put together for past clients and see the actual organic results my work has produced for those businesses. The strategies I used for these Dental SEO clients can be applied to virtually any service- or product-based business or nonprofit, regardless of size or industry.

As much as I adore SEO, I’m happiest when I can write articles about issues and events that I care deeply about. My stories often involve themes of race, gender, sexuality, crime, and American history. Whether it’s through activism, journalism, justice reform, or other forms of advocacy, I try to focus on individuals whose lives are shaped not by what happens to them, but the work they do in response to the circumstances they’ve encountered.

From survivors of violent crime who used their experience to advocate for others in similar situations, to individuals in history who worked to fight the systems that sought to disenfranchise them, I try to find topics that I feel aren’t fully explored by traditional media outlets or covered in a typical U.S. history textbook. A few of my favorite articles that I’ve written on BB are:

• Enietra Washington: Only Confirmed Survivor Of The Grim Sleeper
• Yuri Kochiyama At The Intersection of Black Power & Asian Movements
• Why Do Bisexual Women Face High Rates of Sexual Assault?
• How Kara Robinson Outsmarted A Serial Killer
• Jovita Idár’s Fight for Mexican-American Rights in Texas

Have a story idea you’d want me to write about? Let me know through the contact form below and I’ll check it out.