Getting the gig: Skills vs. style
Pay close attention to each contractor’s ad to figure what they want to know about first — skills or work style.
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FTC determined to root out payola in the blogosphere
I confess: One of my largest clients manufacturers and sells safety equipment, and I’ve been known to blog (on my own blog) about the importance of having safety equipment in […]
Hand me the envelope
There’s one device in our home offices we’ve come to revile. Chances are it’s sitting under your desk, or in a closet where you can avoid thinking about it. You know what it is: The printer.
How to write a holiday letter (2008 Remix)
It’s that time of year again. If the sales and the Christmas tree lots weren’t already giving me hints, I’d know because StatCounter indicates a surge of hits to my […]
Sorry I couldn’t be two places at once
Some of us who usually attend Seattle Mind Camp were lured down to Portland over the weekend for Orycon. Orycon was great. However, this spoof video of Mind Camp, produced […]
Quick reads
Just as many social networkers enjoy the challenge of compressing their observations into a 140-word tweet, many writers have become intrigued with the power of a story told in just […]
Twitter: Beware the long tail and what it’s attached to
There’s no question but that journalism has in recent decades shifted its focus from news (chosen for news value) to “infotainment” (chosen for entertainment value). And the journalism world made […]
