Twitter PR: Fabulous and easy to get presentation without sounding dumbed-down. I’d love to take Corrine Weisgerber’s social media PR class. Social media will not kill PR, but it does expose industry weaknesses. What’s Your Least Favorite Part of Freelance Writing? Mine: Phone interviews. [...]
Having just read two great articles about book reviewing, it felt appropriate to make this the next, “Hey!” blog entry. Joanna Young and Joyful Jubilant Learning ask what do you look for in a book review and Lillie Ammann reviews The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing. Bad Quotes These quotes tell the story of what not to [...]
While playing mahjongg with friends, they started talking about a book that I ordered as soon as I arrived home. On Saturday night, I read half of Stuff Happens (and then you fix it!) that came in my mailbox earlier in the day. Fate may have intervened when all this happened. The next day, I went [...]
Hocus Focus: Expert advice on dealing with coworkers and managers with short attention spans. The Beginner’s Guide to Finding a Job with Twitter [Link: Ritu] Figure in today’s economy — job seekers need all the help they can get. The Top 5 Mistakes Internet Marketers [...]
This quirky problem has happened often enough that it warrants a post of its own. The problem doesn’t happen on my desktop running Microsoft Windows XP with Office 2003. It occurs only on the laptop running Microsoft Vista with Office 2007. I can’t tell you if it’s a Vista problem, an Office problem, or both. If [...]
Ever receive a link to a business web site where you can’t figure out what the company does? The home page sounds like something from the company’s fancy and non-sensical mission statement. Unfortunately, many companies rely on content from their business plan and other internal documents. I had a brief client who did this. The filler [...]
The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form Thank goodness, the election ended with no run-offs (at least not for my area). But a good lesson to be learned with political signs looking like bad PowerPoint slides. Just like writing for the web differs from other resources, signs have [...]
I believe I’m a resourceful person. I try to find answers on my own through support pages, FAQ, research, search engines, and other resources. But we can’t find everything we need. We may need to contact people who have the information or the knowledge stored in their brain cells or on the computer’s hard drive. A Story… [...]
I enjoyed reading Great Writing from a Small Child. When I read the post, my 5-year-old had written a poem. The requirements were the poem had to be about you and the end of every line must rhyme with dog. Can you believe not many words qualify? His poem: I have a dog. I like to sing [...]
How to Pre-screen Prospects with Your Book Writing That Comes from the Source. The Four “P” Approach: Persuasive Writing That Works. Outsourcing: What’s Your Policy? Know the nursery rhyme, The Lion and the Unicorn? Here’s a parody: The Writer [...]

