1. “I can’t afford a website.” So you have your next-door neighbor’s teenager build you one? Please. Many people confuse the democracy of the Internet (everyone is there!) with “free.” Many forget that, just a decade or so ago, we were all spending a lot more money on ads, printed newsletters, mailings, and brochures. It was [...]
Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category
Why use video? (#1 of Video 101)
2011
12.28
12.28
There’s hardly a topic that video can’t help illuminate in the business world.
10 things you can do to improve your writing (and blogging) today
2011
11.23
11.23
Oh, and it’s OK these days to end a sentence with a preposition.
The sound and the furious (re)writing
2011
11.21
11.21
[Teachers] shoved books in front of us with 100-page sentences, such as the one that kicks off Faulkner’s The Sound and The Fury. Or dazzled us with completely indecipherable Joyce. What we were supposed to think?
“What do I need to be a web writer?”
2011
08.07
08.07
Something else you need to be a web writer: stamina when quoting your prices. $25 an hour is not enough, no matter where you live. $50 — phooey. Don’t you deserve to make at least as much as your plumber?
How to make people laugh, cry, & write checks
2011
07.09
07.09
Hollywood is a big deal because Hollywood understands that, even though some people want a motorcycle and others a Barbie doll, all people want one single thing.
“Why is my blog posted on a Chinese web site?”
2011
06.15
06.15
What is scraping? No more than plain vanilla cutting and pasting — by really fast computers that don’t care what they steal, so long as it’s somewhat popular. Scraped postings usually end up on web sites with advertising.
How to get a great web site design (and price)
2011
05.03
05.03
However, please don’t judge your bidders solely on price. Take a look at what they can do. Meet with each one. Determine whether there’s “getalongability” … you’re going to be working with this person or company for at least a few months (maybe more), so make sure you’re comfortable.
How to pay less for web site designers in Virginia
2011
05.02
05.02
This seems like a no-brainer, and yet when I mention the City of Williamsburg’s Economic Incentive Program for businesses, chances my (potential) clients haven’t heard of it.
Happy Valentine’s Day to Basecamp
2011
02.18
02.18
To set the scene a bit … some of my pages were not only not increasing in popularity, but were decreasing, sometimes dramatically. That’s in spite of frequent blogging, frequent freshening of page content, and more hits than ever.
