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E-Newsletter Best Practices – From the Best in the Business
Two years ago, I did the smartest thing I've done since becoming a full-time freelance writer nearly five years ago: I launched an e-newsletter. Given that I'm a professional writer and have written hundreds of newsletters over the past 25+ years, I'm ashamed to admit...
A Content Marketing Success Story
I have written about the rise of “content marketing” as a marketing strategy in past issues of my newsletter. This month, I want to share the story of a company that is executing the most well-thought-out and effective content marketing strategy that I have seen....
Print vs. E-Newsletters: Which Option Is Best?
Last month, we talked about the benefits of the traditional, old-fashioned, non-sexy newsletter as a powerful marketing tool. I’m pretty familiar with the in’s and out’s of newsletters, having worked for newsletter publishing companies throughout most of my career....
Don’t Forget About Newsletters
I spent most of my professional career working for newsletter publishing companies. This was hardly the glamorous career I envisioned when I graduated college with a degree in Advertising. I figured a short stop at a newsletter factory was an unfortunate but necessary...
My Top 10 Writing Rules for Marketers
Last month, I got an interesting email from the principal of Sales Benchmark Index, a sales and marketing consultancy, who needed a writer to produce a style guide for the company’s blog. My first reaction was “Huh? A customized blog style guide? That’s a new one!”...
Do Three Things — and Do Them Well
When you think about how fast things change in the world of marketing and communications these days, it really is pretty amazing. For most of us, it’s hard to remember what things were like before the Internet. I remember a meeting I attended in 1994 with the...
Common Sense Marketing: Unfortunately, It’s Not So Common
Last month, I talked about a few of my biggest pet peeves — things like hand dryers in public restrooms and people who overuse exclamation points in their writing. This morning, another one smacked me right between the eyes, and this one has to do with marketing —...
Article Vs. Blog: The Light Bulb Goes Off
We all have our little pet peeves, don’t we? People who don’t use their turn signals, smack their chewing gum and talk loud in public places on their cell phones come to my mind, as well as those annoying hand dryers in public restrooms that never dry your hands all...
Article vs. Blog: What’s the Difference?
Last month, I touched very briefly on the difference between articles and blogs. This subject came up again recently when I was talking with my good friend and business associate Tom Schroth, the founder of Whiteboard Group LLC, about revamping my website and online...
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