Marketing/Writing

Cop an Attitude If You Want To Write

Posted by M. Sharon Baker
Cop an Attitude If You Want To Write

Don Murray coverDonald Murray, one of America’s greatest writing teachers, says, to adopt certain attitudes if you want to write.

My favorite out of the several he describes is:

Each contribution is merely that, a contribution to the conversation.

It is not, and does not have to be, the definitive work encompassing everything. Don’t be paralyzed by creating the ultimate truth.

Instead, Murray says:

  • Speculate
  • Question
  • Argue
  • Create a model
  • Take a position
  • Define a problem
  • Make an observation
  • Propose a solution
  • Illuminate a possibility

 

That’s good advice that applies not only to an academic looking to publish, as Murray proposes in the book The Essential Don Murray, but to marketers, freelance writers and others struggling to create blog posts, eBooks, articles or white papers.

 

Please share any great writing advice you’ve learned so I and others can benefit in the comments below.

 

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How To/Social Media/Websites

Every Marketer Needs This Social Media Cheat Sheet

Posted by M. Sharon Baker

Thanks to Bob Dunn, a very helpful WordPress Guru, I learned about Christopher Carfi’s 2016 Social Media Cheat Sheet, which outlines the most recent image sizes for Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest – you name it.

Check out Christopher’s post on the GoDaddy blog, and make sure to bookmark it.

There is also a great bonus – links to other resources to help make sizing images much easier.

Thank you Bob and Chris.

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