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Gimme Space!
The magic of saying just enough
When I was a child, time came with space. It was called Sunday and nothing much happened. When I lived in London and I needed some space, I’d go to a place called Dungeness. Other-worldly, this shingle headland on the Kent coast was the perfect place to just ‘be:’ “It is not a picturesque landscape,(…)
Read MoreContent Marketing – What’s Next?
How to be a thought leader
Have you heard? We’re all publishers now. With content marketing, anyone can find, curate and share information – make like publishers or media companies. So let’s say you’re doing it. Rocking this content marketing thing. You’re proactive and responsive, staking your claim to a corner of the Internet and building a bit of a reputation.(…)
Read MoreHow content works with social
Use social media to get the most out of your content marketing activity
To succeed in building market share these days, we need something more than the transaction-based, “I’ll stay till you sign on the dotted line” approach. (And yes folks – that’s a real-life quote from a kitchen salesman I crossed paths with in the 1990s). Luckily, we have that something in content marketing. It’s new (relatively-speaking(…)
Read MoreUnforgettable
Make your business stand out with storytelling
I was once told, when I asked for networking advice, to “just be interesting!” Being interesting, or rather being regarded as interesting, is obviously a good thing. But how can you pull it off when you’re writing for your business? Answer: use storytelling techniques to inject power and personality into your words. Desperately seeking understanding(…)
Read MoreBusiness Writing Basics
A Baker's Dozen - Tips for Effective Business Writing
Running your own business means that you have to turn your hand to all sorts of writing: from meeting notes and emails, to social media posts and blogging. How do you make sure that you write effectively, if writing has never been your “thing?” First of all, don’t panic! No one’s asking you to write(…)
Read MoreWhere is the Love?
A Marketing Reality Check
Valentine’s Day – maybe you’re a romantic or maybe you take a cynical view of the hearts, flowers, chocolates and fizz that commodify love. But stop and think for a minute about that word – love – how often do you use it? How often do you say “I love…” followed by something you saw(…)
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