Organization: The Secret Weapon to Effective Content Marketing

I’m the first to admit I run a tight ship. If you ask my family and friends to describe me, “organized” just about always makes the cut. I go into every day armed with a list of what needs to get done, and it gives me great satisfaction when I can cross each and every […]

It’s Not Too Late to WIP It, WIP It Good!

At any given moment, do you know what’s in your WIP? Works-in-progress (WIP) represents your overall pending workload. For content marketing managers, it’s the running list of pieces in various stages of completion. With the right strategy in place to manage this process, all your confections can taste like perfection, provided you don’t get lost […]

Places of Our Own: Version A’s Writing Spaces

Some writers need the routine of retreating to an office every time they work, while others feel inspired by changing locations. Whether it’s piled high with books or neat as a pin, every writer’s workspace is an extension of their creative selves. Video calls give a curated glimpse into our lives: a picture framed on […]

Suffering from Version Control Chaos? 5 Tips for Better Version Control

At first glance, version control seems like it should be an easy task. A document is circulated, people share their comments and edits, and revisions are made. Sounds simple enough, right? Not always. In fact, version control is one of those tricky things where suddenly you find yourself wondering: And the more people there are […]

Staring at a Blank Page? Read/Walk/Nap/Swim and Open the Door to Inspiration

The blank page is every writer’s closed door. Even though I know what I’m writing about, I’m often stuck at how I want to tell the story. Sometimes I find myself banging on that closed door for hours, screaming “let me in!”  Over decades of a writing career, I’ve learned this is an exercise in […]

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