WritingThoughts

What exactly is an online community manager? Before reading Deb Ng’s new book, Online Community Management for Dummies I really didn’t know. In fact, my original notions about the job (someone who plays a marketing role and may help with social media or online forums) fell far short of the truth. Before I go any […]

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Are rapid-fire social media changes making you tired? If you’re like me, you wish the big social media platforms (Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, and Twitter) would stop changing things. Of course, they won’t because they’re all in competition with each other. I wondered how the social media changes were affecting other freelancers, so I asked my […]

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There’s been a lot of talk about blogging lately. Some online personalities have stated publicly that as social media becomes more mature and starts to offer more features, there’s little reason to continue with their own blog. Others haven’t made any such statement, but have constructively abandoned their own blog (not posting for weeks or, […]

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Are you looking for information about writing and other writing-related tips? You’ve come to the right place! I’ve packed this blog with writing information. However, some of you may not be aware that I write on other blogs. Yet, some of those other posts also contain information that might be useful to writers. So today, […]

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Too many freelance writers are invisible online, and it keeps them from getting the work they need. Did you ever notice how some freelance writers seem to be everywhere? No matter what social media, what forum, or what blog you read they seem to have a very visible presence there. Naturally, these visible writers are […]

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Many so-called gurus feel that blogging is dying or has been made redundant by social media participation. You can see the “evidence” of this if you look at the number of comments blog posts now receive as compared to a few years ago. Even on the very popular blogs, comments are down drastically. If you’re […]

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Recently, some folks have announced that they were replacing their blogs with social media participation. Is this a good idea for freelance writers? Can social media replace your blog? Chris Brogan shared this excellent post on the topic and while Chris makes many good points, I’d like to address the topic specifically from a writer’s […]

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If you’re a writer, or just own a business with an online component, you’ve probably heard the following adage–publish or perish? The premise behind the popular phrase is that publishing content is good and that publishing frequently is the best way to survive in the crowded Internet marketplace. It’s a catchy saying, but is it […]

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Do you run a blog as a business? If you do, you may have wondered whether you should pay bloggers to write for you or if you should use one of the many forms of free content (including guest posts). It’s an understandable dilemma.

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Your English teacher didn’t do you any favors when she taught you to write with a formal writing style. Neither did mine. Conversational English has become the language of business and it is definitely the language of the Internet. In this post, I’ll explain what a conversational writing style is and list some of the […]

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