Penelope Trunk is a nut case, but she’s a smart nut case. Penelope Trunk has a blog, book and company called Brazen Careerist. I have never seen her in person or interviewed her on the phone.* I have no idea how she is as a CEO, mom, daughter or ex-wife. But this I do know. […]
May 21 is Blogathon Guest Post Day
We’re a dozen days into the communal blogging experiment known as the 2nd Annual WordCount Blogathon and so far the reactions of the participating writers are all over the place. Some are enjoying it, and others finding it harder than they thought it would be. Some are getting creative – Sue Dickman devoted last Saturday’s […]
ASBPE guest post: Driving traffic to your blog
Today you’ll find me over on the national blog of the American Society of Business Publication Editors. The ASBPE’s national blog is re-running my blog post Top 10 strategies to drive traffic to your blog. ASBPE is a 45-year-old professional association for full-time and freelance editors and writers working in the business, trade and specialty […]
Freelance link love, for week of May 10
Blog posts, stories and other good stuff I’ve seen this week on writing, freelancing and the digital media business: Elance: Cash is King – The freelance marketplace’s monthly index shows demand is up for article writing (+2) and way up for online writing (+12). Amazon introduces the Kindle DX – The newest version of the […]
Can the techies save the news?
If you think reporters, editors, newspaper pundits, Sam Zell and the Sulzberger family are the only ones worried about the fate of the media business, you haven’t spent a Saturday morning with a room full of geeks. At last weekend’s BarCampPortland III meetup, the assembled developers, programmers and Web 2.0 entrepreneurs were just as concerned […]
The well-dressed blog post
The well-dressed blog post begins with good writing. The best posts are heavy on context. But that’s just the beginning. To make sure they’ve got that pulled together look before you send them out the door, they should also have: A catchy title – A clever headline will capture more attention than a dull one. […]