Email tips for organizations in times of pandemic
I’m not a health professional, so I can’t tell you much about dealing with COVID-19 but as a communications professional,Continue Reading
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Curiosity meets fear in Alternative Truths: Endgame
Everywhere I go, they’re talking about paths to the future. What will our food, and our food supplies, be like?Continue Reading
Anthologies: Variations on a Theme
The Metaphorosis Books anthology Reading 5 x 5 was designed to provide insight into the process by which authors write to a detailed theme.
Customer communications, done right
We get them just about every week now — mostly emails, but sometimes a physical letter from our dental office,Continue Reading
Pantsuits and Privilege
Well, blue-city ladies, I’m appalled by us and our unironic display of privilege.
Social Media for Public Relations — a post-election view
It’s critical for communications practitioners to acknowledge how uncontrollable, risky, and powerful social media has become.
The 7-minute solution for author readings
Tip from Worldcon: A great author reading is 7 minutes long. Plus information about the Two Hour Transport speculative fiction readings in Seattle.
Good Trump vs. Bad Trump is the game we’re all watching
[NOTE: I don’t usually write about politics on this blog, but the communications issues this year are fascinating me.] I’veContinue Reading
Do you still need a blog?
John Scalzi has spotted a change in the way we react to viral blog posts: The discussions that used to take place on our blogs are now taking place on Facebook and Twitter. What does this mean?
A shout-out to LinkedIn — and my colleagues
Free, organic marketing — that takes time. But it has at least one advantage: if you build and nurture a good LinkedIn network, the leads that come from it are very well qualified.
