“Are both sides right?” asks veterinarian Carrie Donahue, writing in Good Health magazine, alluding to the debate about whether dogs should be on a raw diet or a conventional one. The raw camp emphasizes raw or lightly cooked meat, including organ meat and bones. The conventionalists are concerned about bacteria in raw meat and the […]
Medieval philosopher William of Occam taught a logical problem-solving principle which came to be known as Occam’s Razor (forerunner of KISS – keep it simple, stupid). The concept: simpler solutions are more likely to be correct than complex ones. As blog content writers, we ought to get Occam’s message, learning to apply a “razor” […]
For years now, as a blog content writing trainer, I’ve been preaching the use of seemingly “useless” tidbits of information to spice up business blogs, engaging readers’ curiosity, and evoking an “I didn’t know that!” response. Tidbits can be used to: describe your way of doing business clarify the way one of your products […]
Redbook‘s holiday issue has a page blog content writers should see, titled “Dodge Common Dangers”. There’s a “Trim With Care” section cautioning readers to: keep lit menorahs at least three feet away from flammable items avoid overloading the Christmas tree with strings of incandescent lights avoid running electrical cords under carpets or rugs put glass […]
There are eleven characteristics often considered to be women’s strengths, Nancy D. O’Reilly writes in her book In This Together: How Successful Women Support Each Other in Work and Life. Interesting… was my reaction to that statement. In a content writer of either gender, I couldn’t help thinking, those very eleven strengths would result in […]
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