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7 Tips for Tapping Your Creativity

by Travis Heermann July 6, 2010 Writing
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Professionals of all backgrounds need to unlock the doors of creativity at one time or another. Copywriters, marketers, executives, anyone who needs to find new solutions to intractable problems. Sometimes those solutions do not come. The brain feels blocked. How do you free your imagination? Writers, for instance, are in the business of capturing emotions. [...]

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Why Less Is More in Writing

by Mistina Picciano July 1, 2010 Writing
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“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” – Mark Twain I’ve just finished reading The Power of Less by Leo Babauta, yet another book that promises greater productivity with less effort. His principles are sound, and reading the book takes very little time. Putting those principles [...]

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Why Good Writing Doesn’t Matter

by Mistina Picciano April 29, 2010 Business Development
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When people find out I have a business writing agency, they often smile and nod. Then, invariably they tell me about their wife, nephew, fourth cousin, etc., who’s “a good writer.” What, exactly, does it mean to be a good writer?   Signs of writing competency Vivid storytelling abilities Creative, effective syntax Mastery of grammar [...]

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Top 10 Writing Mistakes Part 2: Today

by Travis Heermann March 31, 2010 Communication
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In Part 1, we examined error studies of writing during three decades of the 20th Century: 1917, the late 1930s, and 1986. We found that the nature of the errors shifted slightly–even though the primary errors were with comma usage, pronouns, spelling/misused words, verb tense–but the incidence of errors held steady, at about 2.1-2.2 errors [...]

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What the Ancient Greeks Knew about Marketing

by Travis Heermann March 12, 2010 Marketing
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At its essence, marketing is a form of persuasion used to convince the audience to “buy” something, whether they’re buying a product, or a service, or an idea, or ideology. Selling anything requires persuasion, and persuasion is both science and art. The ancient Greeks developed persuasion and argument into a science and an art, beginning [...]

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5 Things You Should Never Do When Writing a Sales Letter

by Travis Heermann September 11, 2009 Business Development
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Even in the Age of the Internet, the workhorse of direct marketing is still the sales letter. It’s a tried and true formula, and it still works quite well. Entrepreneurs and small businesses often try their hands at writing sales letters because they don’t have the budget to hire a direct marketing firm or even [...]

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Brilliant Beginnings

by Mistina Picciano January 12, 2009 Editing

As I write this, it’s January 12 – or January 13, depending on your geography. (Since I’m presently flying over Alaska toward Japan, I feel caught between dates.) Regardless, we’re darn close to the start of the New Year. New resolutions, new beginnings. For Mom and me, it’s the start of our latest adventure: three [...]

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