Use a tip sheet to get PR for your financial business

“Tip Sheets: One of the Most Effective Publicity Tools You’ve Never Heard Of” tells you how to use this PR tool to get exposure for your business. A tip sheet is a list of tips on how to do something. I like that the author quotes PR maven Sandy Beckwith, who taught me almost everything […]

Five great writing tips: They’re not just for ads

Even if you’ve never looked at Twitter and you’ll never advertise, you should take the time to read “what can Twitter teach us about advertising?” (sorry, this article is no longer available). The IDTAGS blog’s five tips include Be brief. Be impactful. Less is more. No one likes to read. Just give us the headlines. […]

Thank you, Boston Women in Finance, for your feedback on my writing workshop

Boston Women in Finance gave me great feedback on my workshop “How to Write What People Will Read About Investments.” Before I share some their feedback with you, I’d like to thank all of the participants. Your energetic participation made it a very enjoyable workshop for me, too. Here are some participant comments.  “A very […]

The best private equity opportunity in generations

“Our database tells us we’re in a multigenerational opportunity to be a private equity investor,” said Martin Grasso, CEO of Pearl Street Capital Group, a private equity fund-of-funds manager. He believes that investors with longer time horizons can get above-benchmark returns without significant volatility. Grasso made his comments as a panelist on “The State of […]

Interesting example of fund company using YouTube

I  normally think of a fund company using YouTube–if it uses YouTube at all–to show off its talking heads. But times are changing. U.S. Global Investors’ “Shanghai City Lights” video, which you can view below, doesn’t mention the fund firm’s name or investments. It doesn’t even show any people. I think this video has the […]