The terrifying experience of interviewing fellow journalists
April 22, 2024
I recently interviewed two journalists for their alumni magazines, and it brought up a fear. Besides interviewing celebrities (which I
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Changing writing assignments
April 15, 2024
Put your head down to stare at a document at the start of your writing career, then look up and
Thought leadership on big picture topics
March 27, 2024
What are the big topics in your industry? As a writer, the clear winner for 2023 was AI. At first,
Posting with purpose
March 20, 2024
As much as I’m a fan of blog posts and other longform content, I’m always thinking about (and prompting clients
Best writing advice for your younger self
March 13, 2024
A writer was recently blogging about writing business advice they would give their younger selves. That prompted me to think
Good content starts with good interviews
March 6, 2024
Writing is my job, but my secondary skill is interviewing. I’ve even come to think of it as one of
Updating your audience avatars
March 1, 2024
Who among us is obsessed with audience? If you’re a content writer or copywriter, you likely spend a lot of
Collecting client feedback
February 21, 2024
A “do as I say, not as I do” topic for me is collecting client feedback. I always wait too
Repurposing, again
February 14, 2024
By now the idea of repurposing content is not new. Smart content creators are always looking for a second and
Bound to the keywords
February 7, 2024
We used to be able to just write a blog post, but now we have to identify relevant keywords first
Ebook vs blog post
January 31, 2024
As a writer of longform content, I write longform and then I also write loooooooong form. So, I spend a
Personalization overload
January 24, 2024
A newsletter that I enjoy for its sassy writing style recently called me by my last name. When it had
A post without strategy is just…
January 17, 2024
Last year a client was experimenting with AI and posted a blog post written by you know who. As the
Links roundup 2023
December 4, 2023
The last month of the last quarter of 2023 is upon us! Fortunately the holiday season is also here to
ChatGPT talks trends
November 27, 2023
As we all continue to explore how to work with AI, I’m interested in its idea generation as a shortcut
Communications differences in small vs big organizations
November 20, 2023
Working for organizations of different sizes, I’m always thinking about the priorities that each should have when reaching out to
Moving up to editorial project manager
November 17, 2023
How do you manage a big project? As I move into the middle phase of my career, I hear so
A glimpse into design
November 10, 2023
Stepping outside my comfort zone, I decided to attend the Registered Graphic Designers Design Thinkers conference in early November. I
Personalizing content in time when you don’t like sharing
November 6, 2023
What is the opposite of an oversharer? If no definition exists, we can always add my picture to that dictionary
Shortcuts to productivity beyond AI
October 30, 2023
We’re all in a tizzy about AI, but when we dig deeper, we realize the real issue behind it is