On occasion, I find the need to remind business owners and professional practitioners of the differences between their print ads and brochures and their blogs. Business blogs exist to promote your expertise, products, and services, true, but in a manner much briefer and less formal than brochures, and a lot “softer” in approach than […]
It’s not hard to find websites listing funny examples of misleading punctuation – or lack thereof. A woman without her man is nothing. A woman: without her, man is nothing. Let’s eat Grandma. Let’s eat, Grandma! I have only twenty-five dollar bills. I have only twenty five-dollar bills. I’m sorry I love you. I’m […]
“Write to express, not impress,” advises Mary Cullen in 87 Advanced Business Writing Tips That Actually Work. “Your goal is to easily transmit ideas and information, not to flaunt a big vocabulary,” she says. Blog content writers should find these three tips particularly apropos: 1. “Be certain your paragraphs aren’t longer than seven […]
At Say It For You, I’m always on the lookout for different “templates” for presenting information about any business or professional practice. The “nucleus” around which business blog posts are formed is their topic (issues, products, services and advice related to their field). Although the general topic remains the same over time, there is endless variety that can […]
Years ago, at a National Speakers Association meeting, I remember being taught to create a “one-sentence speech”. The idea was that anyone who’d been in the audience should come away being able to summarize in one line what I’d said; otherwise, my speech would not have been well-constructed. I believe the same rule holds true for blog […]
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