About Tony’s Bologna

You’re probably wondering…

Who in the hell is Tony?

And what in the hell does he write about?

Well…

My name is Tony, and I like writing comedic short fiction, marketing advice that actually works, and funny personal development stories on my 10-year-old blog, tonysbologna.com.

The details:

In all seriousness, I’m a:

Best-selling author, humorist, senior copywriter, and small business owner.

Sorry for the mouthful.

All of the jobs I’ve ever had revolved around one thing: “Words.”

How to write them. How to say them, and how to use them to make connections. It has become my livelihood.

I started off my career doing something I never thought I would do, sales.

As someone who was shy, short, and soft-skinned, the constant rejection I faced during outside sales was perhaps the best therapist I ever had.

It turned an introvert into an extrovert. It made a weak man strong. It taught me about human nature and was the single best training for copywriting I ever had.

Over the course of my sales career, I’ve sold to hundreds of companies, been rejected thousands of times, and tallied up millions of dollars in sales. While I loved the thrill of selling and the people I met – I needed an escape. It was writing –the only way for me to make sense of the chaos.

I started writing comedy in 2015, and I haven’t looked back since. Once I learned you could get paid to sell through writing – I made the switch to copywriting- it was the best decision I ever made.

Chances are, you may have read and even thrown away my work. I’m the guy responsible for the junk mail from one of America’s largest companies.

Today, I’m a marketing manager and own a freelance copywriting business. But at my core, I’m the same guy I’ve always been –

A comedian at heart whose favorite thing is a well-timed joke or an ill-timed fart.

When writing, I focus on three main topics:

Stories to make you laugh.

Stories to help you live better.

Stories to make you more persuasive.

And sometimes all three at the same time 😉

At the end of the day, I’m trying to do the best I can with the tools I got, and I try to bring all facets of me to the paper… not just a specific niche.

My big dream is to make it as a fiction author, and I’d love to have you along for the ride.

That said, thank you so much for reading, I can’t tell you how much it makes my day.

You rock.

– Tony

P.S.

Want to work with me? Want me to write for you?

Shoot me an email: Anthony@anthonyrobertagency.com

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Also – Want to read my book?

Here you go!

480 thoughts on “About Tony’s Bologna”

      1. Hi Tony,

        I liked your style of writing.
        I will read your blog and have pleasure.
        Finally take my love that you liked my blog too. It means a lot to me, because I am just landed in this excellent platform of writing blog.
        Cheers!

  4. Thanks for your comment on my blog concerning the Bill Gates misguided thoughts, thinking a world vaccine will save the world. Strange! Vaccine injected persons die yearly of seasonal flu.

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  5. Hi, love your perspective. I’m trying to get a post series started on my blog, something along the lines of getting to know other bloggers/writers over the internet and documenting the process. An experiment about optimizing the personal connections you can form over the internet, and the things you can learn from others views. If this is something you would be interested in, let me know! Thank you

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  8. Hi! If this is about food and humor, life and jokes, then I’m in!
    Checked your music, though, none posted yet.
    But will be waiting.
    Until your next serving…

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  12. I love bologna and I have a satirical side that I must keep chained up or someone’s going to get hurt. So I enjoy the premise of your blog completely.

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  13. Some how I found my way here from the atozchallenge, however it doesn’t appear that you took that challenge. Question #1 Why not? I like the way you think and everyone needs some honest, satirical, observations. I think so anyways. Question #2 … how do you find time to respond to every single comment? I spent the whole month reading and commenting on other blogs, now I have to spend the next month going back to respond to everyone so they don’t think I’m a snob. I’m really not. Anyhoot, I just wanted to comment to see if you really do respond. Ha ha.
    Have a great day!
    Cheers,
    Crackerberries

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    1. Hey! Thanks for stopping by! So I actually don’t know what the AtoZchalkange is but I’d like to find out.

      I try to respond to comments like once a day! I know as a writer it makes me happy when someone takes the time to read my work and comment so I try to return the favor.

      Thanks again for stopping by!

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  17. Thanks, TB, for your Like on my blog. I’ve been told that much of life is B, so you’re right on target here. Carry on!

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  20. Hey Anthony, I wanted to reach out as I’ve secretly loved reading your blog for a couple of months now, ever since I found you out after noticing you reading mine! Do you have a post or resource as to your journey in terms of how you grew your community without losing authenticity or the light that makes you you? Did it emerge organically (for ex., as it did for me), and how did you sustain its “organicness” as your platform grew? Thanks in advance!!

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    1. Hey Prajna – thanks so much for stopping by and the kind words.

      Basically all I do (and rather poorly) is just interact with other writers. I like and comment on other people’s posts and then they find mine.

      Also i just try to write mainly what interests me or what I respond emotionally to to get my voice. Most of my short stories are born out of a small observation I thought was funny and I just wanted to express it

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  22. Your blog is awesome and I love the humor! Sometimes it’s nice to remember life isn’t that serious.

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  26. Hi, Mr. Bologna (I’ve always wanted to say that)
    Thanks for liking one of my posts. It is genuinely appreciated. I started reading your stuff, and you now have a returning customer :0)
    Best wishes – Victoria

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  27. Hi Tony. Thank you for checking out my blog diaryofanitinerant.wordpress.com – Love your writing.

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  28. Hey Tony,

    You have a very beautiful site. I seen you’ve done a whole lot of work before. So congrats and you inspired me!

    Thanks!

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  29. Tony, quite brve of you to stop by my blog. always fascinating to conect with the wandering creative spirits inhabiting the internet. I’m tryng to figure out how to “follow” your blog but my blindness has so far not been able to sofrt out how to do this. Suggestions? Cheers! Tio

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  33. I’ve been chuckling at several of your posts. I see here where others have tried to find a link to follow your blog. I, too, can’t find the magic button to do so. I tried on both my iPad and my laptop.

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    1. I appreciate the kind words! I know if you find me in the WordPress // Jetpack app, there should be a link – however let me look into this but most importantly, I appreciate you reading!

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  37. Hi Tony,
    I follow your blog posts … via one of my three email accounts … I believe the one I have attached to my writing, but who knows? Anyhow, I just realized you had a book! Ha! I now own that book on my kindle and am looking forward to reading it. My husband is an outside sales guy. Have I heard his stories? Oh yes. Is he a good sales guy? He talked me into marrying him … so in my book he sells well!
    Anyhow, Wanted to say I love your posts, especially about writing, and would like to invite you to guest post at Writer’s Co-op. If you’re interested, DM me and let me know. I think your posts Like “The Secret Writing Advice Most Gurus miss” and the most recent one “How to Write More (Even When You Don’t Feel Like It) would resonate with the writers on our site.
    Here’s the link so you can surreptitiously scope us out:

    https://writercoop.wordpress.com/

    Writer’s Co-op is a band of writers of all genres, experience levels, ages and published/not published levels. We’re also readers, and prolific chatterers. Would love to see some of your posts appear there. Check us out and let me know what you think.
    Sandy

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