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The Me Brand

The “Me” BrandWe were taught all through the 80s and 90s to say, “We” and “Us” before “I”. It was all about giving credit to your peers before yourself. But how were we supposed to stand out above and beyond the rest? You didn’t, an...

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Can Bad Press Boost Your Brand

There is an inspiring lesson marketers can learn from the various episodes of crisis throughout the history of business: negative publicity can actually boost your credibility and thus, corporate image and brand; elegantly admit mistakes and claim fu...

Marketing  marketing image corporate company public such
Keys to Creating a Winning Marketing Program

Does your company spend thousands of dollars on marketing with little to showfor it? Poor response rates are enough to drive us all crazy. Fret no more. Thereis a solution!According to recent studies, businesses are reaping greater rewards by usingpr...

Marketing  marketing promotional products customers business company
Working your Trade Show Booth

When you're at a trade show, you're competing with everybody else for competition. You have to make your booth attractive, noticeable, and worth coming to. It has to create a great first impression. And so do you, as the guy working it.Just...

Marketing  marketing show trade booth make
Three ways journaling can boost your creativity and your business

I have a friend who has struggled with her creativity for a long time. She's extremely uncomfortable thinking of herself as "creative." We've been working together on it, and making progress. One of the tools that's really helped her h...

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Novel to Screenplay The Challenges of Adaptation. Some basic steps when adapting a novel to the screenplay form.

ADAPTATION 101Brimming with confidence, you’ve just signed the check purchasing the rights to adapt John Doe’s fabulous, but little known novel, Lawrence of Monrovia, to screenplay form. Suddenly, panic sets in. “What was I thinking? How the de...

Writing  writing story screenplay novel line
Knock-Out Writer's Block Listening To Your Inner Voice

When I was young, I used to talk to myself. Long, drawn out, one-sided conversations. I didn’t have an imaginary friend, I just talked to myself. My mother says that’s why I became a writer: because of my overactive imagination. I admit she may b...

Writing  writing novel conversations time
** The Incredible, Edible Subhead **

Of course you're familiar with using headlines tocall attention to Web copy, brochures, articles, ordocuments. But subheads can be just as effective inbringing out key points for your readers. And theyalso help make any document easier to read, ...

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A FEW THOUGHTS ON WRITING INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH

Here is my "dime's worth" (see learning "American English" , or at leastyour expressions already) on the subject of writing for an internationalaudience on the world wide web. The Web offers you an opportunity,unique in history, to speak directl...

Writing  writing style natural speak spelling
Diet Food Stinks!

Diet Food Stinks! by: Dr. Jamie Fettig One big thing that can keep you from eating healthy is the idea of the food. People often think it sucks and doesn’t taste good. That is the best thing of not dieting, the food tastes great. And since eat...

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