Raccoon in squirrel feeder

Do you want unexpected visitors to your blog?

The appearance of a raccoon on my squirrel feeder made me think.…

Follow the virtual book tour for Financial Blogging: How to Write Powerful Posts That Attract Clients!

Last week marked the start of my month-long virtual book tour…

Quantitative easing for regular folks: 3 lessons from The New York Times

"Quantitative easing" pops up regularly in economic and market…

Video overview of the Investment Writing blog

In case you haven't seen it, here's a video overview of the Investment…
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The State Farm approach to sales language

Self-congratulatory language doesn't cut it in today's marketing.…
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Dear husband, please stop

You can learn a writing lesson from my dear husband. It drives…

5 tips for getting your experts’ cooperation when you need it

I heard high praise for the roundtable that investment marketer…

Rethinking the traditional content process

John Refford's tweets and posts about marketing technology caught…
business writing in the digital age

Keep it short, but mix it up

Short sentences are easier to read. But many of us learned to…
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Top five posts from the second quarter of 2013

In case you missed them, below is a list of the top five posts…

Don’t hire a proofreader

Don't hire a proofreader for your blog, says Michael Hyatt in Platform:…
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Margin analysis to improve your writing

Like belongs with like in your writing, as I discussed in "Key…
CFA Hartford FPAMA NYSSA PAICR

Top writing tips from CFA Hartford, FPAMA, NYSSA, and PAICR

Participants in my four May writing workshops expressed their…
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Financial advisor email tip: Fit it in your subject line EOM

Your email recipients are busy, so they'll thank you for saving…
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Alternate short and long blog posts?

Some bloggers have made their reputations by writing long, thoughtful…
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My photo was on a billboard, so what?

My headshot photo loomed larger than life on a Times Square Billboard…
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Simplify and clarify to write better

"The road to not writing badly starts with simplifying and clarifying,"…

Don’t write like a spiny cedar!

The triangular spikes that studded the tree's bark caught my…