Elna Cain
MAY 8, 2023
Picture this: You finally landed a freelance writing client, and you’re ecstatic. You go through the onboarding process with your new client, and they give you a content brief in the next few days. So you get to work. You write the content and source examples and use Grammarly to check for errors. You go the extra mile and get your friend to proofread it over and finalize your article.
Kayleigh Moore
MAY 8, 2023
TechCrunch reports that so far in 2023, there have been 121,205 employee layoffs at tech companies. Freelancers are feeling this belt-tightening, too. Client workloads are down, contracted budgets for content are getting cut, and in general, people working in the professional content marketing world are feeling…uncertain. That’s a nice way to put it, eh?
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Grammarly
MAY 8, 2023
Have you ever accidentally offended someone over text message? It happens. Unlike in speech, tone can be hard to convey and detect in written communication. Once you hit send, it’s up to the recipient to interpret your tone. This is where tone indicators come into play. Tone indicators are simple symbols or letter combinations that show what sentiment a message is meant to express.
The Write Life
MAY 8, 2023
Ever sat down to write a piece of text and found yourself stuck on whether to use effect or affect ? You’re not the only one! In fact, learning the difference between affect vs effect is one of the most common questions people have, which is understandable seeing as they can both be verbs and nouns, and their meanings can overlap—triple threat! Table of Contents Here’s how to remember affect vs effect Affect vs Effect in a Sentence Examples of When to Use Affect vs Effect Using Effect a
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.
David Meerman Scott
MAY 8, 2023
Marketers know that staying up to date with the latest marketing techniques is essential to stay ahead of the competition. Those who understand modern marketing are in demand in today’s fast-moving world. So how do you convince your bosses to implement new technologies like AI even when they’re skeptical?
The Creative Penn
MAY 8, 2023
What are the implications of generative AI for the indie author community? How can we make choices for our own creative business while respecting the decisions of others? Dan Wood (Draft2Digital) and Michael Anderle (20BooksTo50K, LMBPN) and I discuss our recommendations for the way forward. In the intro, Ingram Spark offers free title setup and revisions (up to 60 days); Findaway Voices cuts Spotify distribution fee ; Lessons learned from selling a million books ; Go Wide or Run Away or Amazon
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Smart Blogger
MAY 8, 2023
What the heck is a Bildungsroman? (And how do I pronounce it so I don’t sound like a fool?) It’s easier than it looks. First, you must sound confident when you utter that funny German word Bildungsroman. Repeat after me: Buildings-row-man. Or, if you want to go all-out German, Build-oongs-row-man. Easy-peasy. By the way, this word is capped because Germans capitalize all their nouns.
Blogging From Paradise
MAY 8, 2023
London has gained the reputation of being a ridiculously expensive tourist spot.
Pronto Marketing
MAY 8, 2023
If your small or growing business is trying to compete online , you know things move at light speed. You blink, and you’ve missed the next big thing. That’s why it’s crucial to keep your eyes open for the game-changers, the tools that can make your life easier and your business boom. Right now, that’s ChatGPT. AI has been kicking up quite the storm lately, but ChatGPT?
The Write Life
MAY 8, 2023
Ever sat down to write a piece of text and found yourself stuck on whether to use effect or affect ? You’re not the only one! In fact, learning the difference between affect vs effect is one of the most common questions people have, which is understandable seeing as they can both be verbs and nouns, and their meanings can overlap—triple threat! Table of Contents Here’s how to remember affect vs effect Affect vs Effect in a Sentence Examples of When to Use Affect vs Effect Using Effect an
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!
Pronto Marketing
MAY 8, 2023
If your small or growing business is trying to compete online , you know things move at light speed. You blink, and you’ve missed the next big thing. That’s why it’s crucial to keep your eyes open for the game-changers, the tools that can make your life easier and your business boom. Right now, that’s ChatGPT. AI has been kicking up quite the storm lately, but ChatGPT?
Copyhackers
MAY 8, 2023
Countdown timers can be an effective sales email tactic when used in moderation. Here are some tips for best results in your email campaigns. The post Do countdown timers even work? Understanding urgency in 2023 appeared first on Copywriting for startups and marketers.
Pronto Marketing
MAY 8, 2023
If your small or growing business is trying to compete online , you know things move at light speed. You blink, and you’ve missed the next big thing. That’s why it’s crucial to keep your eyes open for the game-changers, the tools that can make your life easier and your business boom. Right now, that’s ChatGPT. AI has been kicking up quite the storm lately, but ChatGPT?
Grammar Underground
MAY 8, 2023
You can run the gauntlet or the gantlet. And you can throw down the gauntlet, but not the gantlet. Here’s the difference between these two almost-interchangeable words. The post Gauntlet and Gantlet first appeared on Grammar Underground with June Casagrande.
Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service
Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.
Pronto Marketing
MAY 8, 2023
If your small or growing business is trying to compete online , you know things move at light speed. You blink, and you’ve missed the next big thing. That’s why it’s crucial to keep your eyes open for the game-changers, the tools that can make your life easier and your business boom. Right now, that’s ChatGPT. AI has been kicking up quite the storm lately, but ChatGPT?
Grammar Underground
MAY 8, 2023
“Something that drives me crazy is the word ‘awake,’” a reader in California wrote to me. “I hear newscasters saying, ‘I was woked up. He woked me up. I was waked up, wokened up.’” This issue gets tricky. According to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, “wake” gives you a number of past-tense forms to choose from. For the simple past tense, Merriam-Webster’s prefers “woke.
Kayleigh Moore
MAY 8, 2023
Think about the content you seek out in your free time. The newsletters you read. The podcasts you listen to. The YouTube channels you subscribe to. The influencer accounts you check in on even if you don’t follow the person because you don’t really need them in your feed, but you like to know what’s going on with them from time to time. (Wait…does anyone else do this?
Freelance Writing Jobs
MAY 8, 2023
As a writer, you probably focus on a few niches, but this doesn’t mean that you must stick to a single source of revenue. Anyone with financial smarts will tell you that you need to diversify your income stream and should never rely on one source of revenue. How do you go about securing multiple gigs? Here are some ways freelance writers can earn extra income from multiple gigs. 1.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn
Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.
iWriter
MAY 8, 2023
Unless you’ve been living on a desert island for the last several years, you’ve undoubtedly heard about AI-generated content. AI, which stands for Artificial Intelligence , is a new and quickly-rising technology sector with a wide range of amazing, time-saving benefits. Can it do everything? No, not yet, but it can be extremely helpful when a business, organization, or entrepreneur needs new, engaging, and thought-provoking content, and needs it quickly.
Article Writing
MAY 8, 2023
Content marketing generates upwards of 3x more traffic than traditional marketing, among a gazillion other benefits. Maybe a gazillion is a bit of an oversell. If you’re still hesitating to jump on board to outsourcing your content marketing because of the potential failures, here are some ways to turn the potential Cons into advantages. Because telling your story the right way will captivate the world, build your brand, and grow your business.
Smart Blogger
MAY 8, 2023
If you want to make a living writing, you’ve probably considered many types of copywriting. Not only can copywriting be a lot of fun, but it can also be financially rewarding. But if you did choose it as a career path, what type of copywriting would be right for you? Before answering that question, we need to discuss what copywriting is and what copywriters do to make sure it’s even a good fit for you.
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