Content Strategy for the Web by Kristina Halvorson, a Book Review
A review of Content Strategy for the Web by Kristina Halvorson
… And Facebook for All – All the Rest of It
… And Facebook for All – All the Rest of It What’s the rest of it? There are really only two areas that I haven’t delved into: Groups and Notes (and keep in mind, FB changes constantly, so these could go away). Groups Groups: a lot more self-explanatory than you might expect. They are, of […]
Podcasting for Fun and Possibly Some Profit
Podcasting Podcasting can get you to a wider audience. It’s a different medium from what you might be used to. And it offers practice and the opportunity to polish some skills that you, the writer, might not have realized you needed, such as thinking on your feet and being an interview subject. Getting Started What […]
Getting inspiration from literature
Getting inspiration from literature Literature sometimes feels like medicine writing. You know you should read it. But sometimes it just feels like cod liver oil in book form. Literature What is it about literature? From the classic to the lowbrow, it permeates our lives. As writers, we might appreciate it more than others do. Reading […]
Book Review: On Writing Well, by William Zinsser
Book Review: On Writing Well, by William Zinsser As a part of our required readings for the social media writing class at Quinnipiac, we were required to purchase and read On Writing Well, by William Zinsser. This was a terrific book. On Writing Well covers a multitude of issues that writers can face. Zinsser gives writers the […]
Writing
I bet it’ll look different. I bet it’ll be edited. I bet all sorts of stuff will change – if it’s accepted anywhere.
Book Review: The Elements of Style, by Strunk, White, and Kalman
Book Review: The Elements of Style, by Strunk, White, and Kalman As a part of the Quinnipiac social media writing class, we were required to purchase and reference The Elements of Style (illustrated) by William Strunk, E. B. White, and Maira Kalman. Rather than just reference this work, I read it from cover to cover. […]
Feeding the Content Monster
Keeping that content stream going, even when the muse has left for parts unknown.
Online Personas and Cyber Infidelity, Oh My!
Online Personas and Cyber Infidelity, Oh My! Cyber Infidelity? The Cambridge News reports that author Sophie Hannah has conducted a survey of Twitter, OKCupid and other sites, in conjunction with just plain out and out asking people – is online infidelity worse than in-person infidelity? Results Her results were mixed. Some of the respondents saw […]
Michael Fleischner’s SEO Made Simple, a Book Review
Dominate Google and get noticed. Michael Fleischner shows you how.