In Tuesday’s Say It For You post we saw how a request from a diner to a waitress elicited the wrong response. In blogging, failing to consider your target readers can result in eliciting a reaction to your blog that is not quite what you’d hoped… Incorporating humor in a blog is especially tricky. “Know […]
For blog content writers, there’s a moral to the following humorous anecdote I found in Readers Digest: Eating breakfast at a diner, a man who had a cup of coffee but no spoon called out to the waitress, “Excuse me, but this coffee is too hot to stir with my […]
This week my Mensa Bulletin is sparking some thoughts about content and content marketing. In “Politics Aside”, Editor Chip Taulbee explains that, while the Mensa organization itself strives to be apolitical, it’s perfectly OK for any Mensan to express his or her own political views. The important thing when writing about any topic, Taulbee stresses, is […]
Nice guys DON’T finish last, and authoritarian parent ISN’T best. In blog marketing, ask for action, but explain why.
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” That advice from none other but bestselling author Steven King is perfect for blog content writers. In fact, I’ve been teaching at Say It For You, in order to create a valuable ongoing […]
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