Andy McMorrow

Everything old is new again in advisor communications

This guest post comes from Andy McMorrow, a longtime financial…
financial crisis communications

Financial communications during the coronavirus crisis

I wish I had a magic bullet for your financial crisis communications…
Back at beginning

Writers, go back to the beginning

Sometimes you need to go back to the beginning to find the end.…
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Two types of prose from poet Robert Graves

In The Reader Over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of English…
weight and organize evidence

How to weight and organize evidence

In a typical financial white paper, you must organize evidence…
Mistake Monday

MISTAKE MONDAY for February 24: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your…
bad vs. badly as shown by 3 boys sick in bed

I feel bad, or do I?

Which is correct—“I feel bad” or “I feel badly”—when…
Balance sentence length

Ideal ratio of long to short sentences?

Is there an ideal ratio of long to short sentences? A tip in…
Approved

Tips for managing author approvals

Managing author approvals can challenge the patience of financial…
Mistake Monday

MISTAKE MONDAY for January 27: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your…
Darien Gould

Social media and digital marketing for investment managers

Darien Gould did a great job hosting my webinar on investment…
Top posts on InvestmentWriting.com

Top posts from 2019’s fourth quarter

Check out my top posts from the fourth quarter! They’re…
Continuity

How to achieve continuity in your writing

Continuity in your writing is important. By continuity, I mean…
Mistake Monday

MISTAKE MONDAY for December 30: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your…
picture one person

Picture one person your work will help

Do you sometimes get stuck in the middle of writing something?…
Trimming

4 tips for trimming extra words

Bryan Garner offers four tips for trimming extra words in his…
Writing with Substance

No brevity without substance, please

“Brevity without substance is useless.” This statement in…
Writing to understand

Writing to understand

I agree with Japanese novelist Haruki Marukami who says, I have…

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