Category: Editing


The Internet is Begging for Curators: Are You In?

The amount of content on the web is now so abundant that it’s begging everyday users to jump in and start curating what they consume. One such service is paper.li, an online “newspaper” that anyone with a Facebook or Twitter account can plug in to. It gathers and sorts through the links shared in the […]

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The Obvious 3 Part Solution to Better Blog Content

Internet marketing is designed to promote your content, but creating content has little to do with internet marketing. Great content relies on the combination of good writing, editing and publishing. And the better your content, the less marketing hype you’ll require to sell it. Sounds pretty simple, but not too many bloggers or internet marketers […]

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Editorial Awareness: So You Think You Got It?

Editorial awareness is the act of effectively connecting with readers through clear, honest expression and knowledge on a given subject. To find out if you have it, ask yourself these 3 questions: Why are you publishing? In a low-hassle, tech-enabled world, anyone can broadcast themselves far and wide. But that doesn’t mean they should. We need to […]

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Can Your Content Pass This Simple Test?

From now on, before you start a blog post or any bit of content, ask yourself these 3 questions: What’s the value? Picture your readers and their attention spans. What are they getting in return for their time and energy? Advice? A good laugh? A secret? Whatever you give must help, inspire, entertain, mesmerize, educate […]

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A Few Words Are All It Takes

On Saturday I instantly lost six Twitter followers with this four-word tweet. Don’t ask me why, but maybe it offended some people. No big deal. What is a big deal is when a few words can destroy a lifetime of hard-earned success. Even one word can do it. It can happen to people who spend decades working on […]

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