Is it time to add Jersey Shore lingo to the dictionary?
It made me wonder how words evolved in the first place. How did certain words become accepted into normal use and eventually accepted in the main dictionaries we all use?
Make your blog come alive with photos
You might think that it’s only your actual blog content that is going to get people to stop by and read, but images play a big role, too. They can help make your blog posts appear more professional and attractive, but that’s really only a small portion of their benefits.
Scheduling posts for your blog
Few bloggers recognize that blog scheduling is breaking rather than making a blog.
Keep your business blog RELEVANT
Last week’s post focused on choosing or understanding the two main writing styles you can use for your blog. That post went into incorporating the personal into your business blog – this one will focus on what I like to call Read More >
Learn how to pitch freelance writers
Want to know how to pitch a freelancer? Elizabeth M. writes about business and technology primarily in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. I stopped her on a busy street this week and amid planes, trains and automobiles (ok may not trains but it sounds like it) asked her some questions about how she likes to be pitched, what stories she likes and her pet peeves..
Baby got back?
For news stories, and particularly for talk shows and feature ‘packages’ the back story is often more important than the actual product or service. Lance Armstrong is perhaps the best example of a great back story.
Writing a good hook
If your email has a starting sentence that the editor or reporter can see as a lead-in you’ve got them “hooked”.