Mon.Jun 06, 2022

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Do You Make These 4 Common Mistakes With Subject Matter Experts?

Content Marketing Institute

By collaborating with subject matter experts, creators can help transform decades of experience into powerful storytelling. But it won’t be successful if you make any of these four mistakes.

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You’re fired –– thriving in the downturn will be about remembering “it’s just business”.

Honey Copy

Your company cares about you. But, they care about their bottom line more. Over the past couple of years, AliExpress has laid off 624 employees, Carvana has laid off 2,500, Ford 580, Noom 500, Robinhood 300, Peloton 2,800, Nestle 474, Unilever 1,500 and QVC 1,900. The list goes on. When folks get fired, it hurts. Especially in the United States where "what you do" is so closely aligned with "who you are" that it’d be a chore to run a cheese cutter between the two.

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Upside Down Subordination

Grammar Underground

When you accidentally emphasize the wrong information in your sentence, your message can fall flat. Here's how subordinating conjunctions can put your reader's attention right where you want it. The post Upside Down Subordination first appeared on Grammar Underground with June Casagrande.

Copy 40
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Is it true you should avoid adverbs?

Grammar Underground

A lot of people go on and on about why writers should avoid adverbs. A lot of other people go on and on about how stupid the first group’s advice is, citing countless examples of adverbs used by the best writers. Often they cite examples of the anti-adverbs people using adverbs. Who’s right? They both are. Who’s wrong? They both are. And the whole stupid argument occurs only because the anti-adverbs people overstated their case or the anti-anti-adverbs people took the other guys out of context.

IT 40
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How to Leverage Behavioral Science Insights for Direct Mail Success

Speaker: Neal Boornazian, President and Nancy Harhut, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer - HBT Marketing

Direct mail has consistently remained a powerful tool in the marketer's arsenal, but in an age of digital dominance, its effectiveness hinges on the strategic integration of behavioral science. 💡 When you incorporate powerful behavioral science principles into your direct mail marketing strategies, you can prompt the hardwired decision-making shortcuts your audience relies on — and that automatically unlocks new avenues for engagement, conversion, and brand loyalty.