Writing

Making the Most Out of Recycling Your Online Content

Posted by on December 4, 2012 at 5:00 am

You have done an amazing job of writing top-quality content and your readers have reacted extremely positively to whatever you have posted for them to read. Potentially, there can be two different content phases: original content and recycled content. Continue reading

Writing Tweets That Grab Your Readers

Posted by on November 22, 2012 at 5:00 am

Twitter, by length limitations enforced by that tool, doesn’t allow more than 140 characters per tweet. However, just because the tweets are short doesn’t necessarily mean that the tweets are exciting and that they grab your readers profoundly. Continue reading

Hi Lisa! – What Not to Write as an Email Subject

Posted by on October 9, 2012 at 5:00 am

I recently received an email in my inbox with the subject line “Hi Lisa!” The from address only said “Suz.” I get hundreds of emails a day and this is the type of thing that I would normally just send to my spam folder – between the dubious subject line and the cryptic “from” address, it really triggered all my red flags. But I had just sent a few photos, via Facebook, to a friend named Suzanne and thought that maybe she was replying to say she received them. I opened it and was surprised to see that it was a note from an old client, writing to set up another appointment! Continue reading

How to Write Professional Emails

Posted by on October 6, 2012 at 5:00 am

Many people now use email as a primary way of communicating with friends, family, co-workers and others who are important to each of us for different reasons. You may be contacting someone about employment, a business venture, following up with customer service or emailing instead of using the telephone. Continue reading

The Benefits of Writing Online Content Consistently

Posted by on September 29, 2012 at 5:00 am

As a business owner, you have made a commitment to not only posting content but doing on a consistent and regular basis. Quality is critical but quantity is not to be forgotten. As the writer, that can be very beneficial. Continue reading

Giving Your Blog Posts Magnetic Power

Posted by on September 22, 2012 at 5:00 am

You put a great deal of thought and effort into your blogs. Your goal is to megnetize your readers so that they will interact with you and with others. You need to keep them coming back to read. Continue reading

Making Your Blog Turn Heads

Posted by on September 1, 2012 at 5:00 am

Now that you have a blog and you are sharing content on a very regular basis, it is important that the purpose of your blog is well defined and that your content really draws the attention of your readers. Continue reading

Using Proper Grammar Through Social Media

Posted by on August 28, 2012 at 5:00 am

You see all sorts of “creative” English being written and shared online. A lot of the language quality is a throwback to when social media was used primarily for personal communications and a lot of abbreviated English was used. Continue reading

Writing Top-Quality Content That People Love

Posted by on August 7, 2012 at 12:00 am

Using content that is controversial (or practically incites a riot) draws attention but it doesn’t necessarily draw the right sort of attention. If you work at it, you can create the same amount of attention without any controversy at all. Continue reading

Compelling Subject Lines to Get People to Open Your Email

Posted by on July 19, 2012 at 5:00 am

Using the phrase “You are not alone” as the subject of your Email gets people’s attention like no other phrase. The reason that it draws so much attention is that it touches them on a personal level. It touches emotions. Continue reading