When I’m training marketing content writers in the tech space, one thing that comes up a lot is concision. Clarity, accessibility and understanding all suffer when technology content isn’t concise. Concision is making content clearer — not necessarily shorter — right...
The other day when I was talking with a colleague, she mentioned an incident that happened back in her consulting days. She was presenting a workshop to a group of young developers, and one of the men rattled off a response dripping with industry jargon. My (very...
A few of my clients have recently had great success with LinkedIn advertising — specifically sponsored content and sponsored InMail. Before they engaged me for help, they were all writing the ad campaigns themselves. And they were doing a good job. They didn’t reach...
Writing a successful email nurture sequence is a lot like having a successful conversation with that really interesting person everyone wants to talk to at the cocktail party. While it can be intimidating at first, you can actually break it down into a few simple...
Recently I was reading Robert Greene’s book The Laws of Human Nature, and I was struck by the author’s thoughts on mystery being a fundamental part of human nature. In a society that constantly overshares, mystery has been all but rendered extinct today. Where...
When clients come to me, they’re often trying to solve some specific problems. Something just isn’t working right. They’re not getting the results they’re after. They understand they’re behind the curve in some way. The good thing is that most of those problems are...