When I first started freelancing, I never asked for creative briefs. Instead, I might spend a few minutes on the phone with the client discussing the topic. On many occasions, I didn’t even do that. The client sent me a working title and that was enough to get me started. Somehow it worked. I spent […]
Would any piece of writing ever get published without a deadline? I know – it’s a triggering question. When it comes to effective business writing and content marketing, stress is in no short supply. Your PR agency is waiting for an outline. There’s an emergency requiring immediate communications with your stakeholders. You need a new […]
“Don’t even say something like that! God forbid. Knock on wood.” How often have we all uttered similar phrases? Almost everyone harbors a niggling fear that by openly discussing the possibility of disaster they’ll somehow call it out of the Universe. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Preparing for crisis – particularly […]
It’s a fact of corporate life: Finding the time to write high-caliber copy for blogs, bylined articles, press releases (the list goes on) is exceedingly difficult. Think of all the things coming at you: Emails, projects, reports, meetings. (So. Many. Meetings.) When would you fit it in? The truth is writing is a quiet, time-consuming […]
