Photo by Kristina Flour on Unsplash Because I don’t have a background in marketing and I just learned to write on the go, I feel like I need to backfill my knowledge from time to time. I always thought marketing was pretty much PR and throwing in an annoying jingle to invade my brain. Over the last decade,…
Category: writing
The Ghost in the Content Marketing Blog: A Few Tips for Writing Like Someone Else
Caffeine IS required to be a good ghost in the blog, though my preferred delivery vehicle is tea. Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash Real. Honest. Authentic. These are all words content marketing aspires to be. When you’re the ghost in the blog, it’s easy to feel like you’re faking it. I’ve been ghost blogging for five-ish years…
3 of the Most Common – and Simple to Avoid – Writing Missteps Spikey Katfish Sees That Prevent Your Marketing from Blasting Off
The most common mistake businesses make is writing like they're a business. While I've noticed a shift to a friendlier writing style in the past decade, partially thanks to social media and I'm sure influenced as well by Millennials entry into the working world in large numbers, there's still waaaaay too much bad business writing…
You Don’t Need to Be an Expert at Writing to Write Great Content
Photo by Rita Morais on Unsplash I stumbled across a blog post by Chris Riley a few weeks ago. The main point of the post: experts shouldn’t be afraid to write what they know about and businesses shouldn’t be afraid to use content written by in-house experts. It’s a good post, check it out: Why Non-Writers Often Produce…
In Defense of Writing Twaddle
Sometimes, you just need to not overthink and just write -- even if it is navel-gazing to an extent.
9 Tips to Knock Out Blogger’s Block
Writing is hard. There's no way around that. Everyone gets stuck at least once in a while and needs a little nudge to get them going. I'm going to share a few ideas that I use frequently to help bust through writer's block. But, first, why should you even care about blogging? Why Your Business…