There was a brief period in my life when I wrote regular articles for a newspaper. (Note, I did not say I was a newspaper reporter; rather, a newspaper writer.)
I got paid some…
They were a lovely group. Very nice. Professional, of course. Even--well, given that they were "bean counters"--actually a bit fun to work with.
While this link doesn't do justice to the volume of newsletters…
For the near-ubiquity social media as a phenomenon, and most certainly a force, experiences today in 2022, it wasn't always this way.
As a matter of fact, it wasn't always this way not too…
There are Dear John, Dear Friends of XYZ Cause and even Dear Abby letters, but have you ever seen a "Dear Millionaire" letter?
I wrote this direct mail piece for a small-but-mighty residential youth…
I wrote this piece for the Capitol Communicator, a key trade mag/group for advertising, marketing, digital et cetera professionals in the DC-Metro area, as a bit of on-the-scene reporting from Content Marketing World.
An app development company was running up against the same issue repeatedly with some customers not understanding the development process and why the first stage--the initial discovery phase--of the project was critical for…
In 2010, I had an accounting-firm client whose business had been purchased by a much larger and international accounting firm. In many ways, the sale was a good thing for them, but with…
An oldie but a goodie. Basics, man. Basics!
A Common Sense Guide to Email Etiquette
In 2010, I was the communications chair for a nonprofit group that didn't have the staff capacity or knowledge to handle their Facebook page. I needed to create policy and direction for their…