A bookmark is the standard compliment for online writers. We applaud singers, we laugh at comedians jokes, and we bookmark articles we find on the web. Bookmarks and links fuel your blogs success. What can we do to get more bookmarks? Why then do some get bookmarked while others get ...
Category Archives: Writing
How to Write on Goal
In my last post I said you have to choose a goal for your communication. If you don't decide a goal first, don't be surprised if you end up with a random outcome. A few people have wondered if you can write with multiple goals. ...
You, Your Brand or Your Message
What exactly are you wanting your audience to do? This is an important question. Do you want your reader to get to know you? Do you want them to have "positive associations" with your brand? Are you trying to spread a message? Good communication starts with your goal. Fuzzy goals create fuzzy thinking. Fuzzy thinking leads to fuzzy communication. It's like ...
10 Tips to Make Yourself Understood Every Time
It's incredibly easy to be misunderstood. What people think you are putting out is never exactly what you intend. We all read and listen through our own brain filters, biases and broken ideas about the world. You can't blame your audience. It is up to us to speak and write clearly. How can you ...
How to Change Your Perspective
Have you ever visited a tourist location then browsed Flickr only to find everyone seems to have taken the same photograph? One of the principal techniques of better photography is to move around, look at the scene in different ways, approach from new angles. The same is true for writing. While the direct ...
Why it is Good to Repeat Yourself
In the previous post I recommended that you should find your own stories or develop a unique take on the news. Basically implying that repeating was bad. Here's the funny thing ... repeating yourself can be good ... Now don't get me wrong, I do not for a minute suggest that you ...
Do You Lead or Follow?
.flickr-photo { } .flickr-frame { float: right; text-align: center; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Where are ewe?, originally uploaded by foxypar4. Several bloggers have complained to me about the number of feeds they find lately ...
Should Any Topic be Out of Bounds?
In normal, polite conversation, people tell us that we should stay away from the topics of politics and religion. Does the same go for social media and blog discussions? There are probably other topics just as controversial, but I think in most cases these topics come under the heading of politics or beliefs for shorthand. This year ...
Planning Blog Post Topics
It is no coincidence that I am writing this at the end of the year. Traditionally at the end of one year we look ahead to the next. I'm trying to make 2008 much more organized than 2007! I am often paid to manage projects, it is something I am good at and enjoy, so ...
Using Mind Maps in Blogging
Mind Maps are a useful technique to learn for brainstorming, note taking, in fact any time you want to get thoughts down on paper. To show you how to use them I have created my first ever full length video/sketchcast. Man did I find this difficult, it is a lot harder than I thought to create ...
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