writing and blogging
We write a lot of case studies at Wordsmithie. They’re prime marketing tools for many of our clients, who use them in print, digital and web formats. A good case study is well worth the time, effort and expense you pour into it. Here are the essential elements: A strong story A case study is…
If I cut the length of her web articles in half, a client recently asked, could I write “two stories for the price of one?” I explained that it would actually take longer to tell the same story in 350 versus 700 words. That might sound counterintuitive, but not to writers who’ve struggled to convey…
Your plan has a hole in it. It doesn’t matter what sort of plan it is. A launch plan. A marketing plan. A communications plan. Whatever it is, it has a vulnerability that you don’t know about yet. How can you be sure there’s a hole? Because there’s a plan. You might know the old…
Whether writing bios for a company website, ghostblogging articles or gathering background info for a case study, writers often don the journalist’s hat and conduct interviews. We interview all kinds of people in marketing communications, from business executives to staff members to consumers. Regular Joes and Janes often make the best interviews, bringing heart and…
We know that some agencies keep a wall between you and your copywriter. Everything passes through your account exec, with no direct interaction between you and the person banging out your copy. Some clients probably prefer things that way. That’s not how we work at Wordsmithie, however. Oh, you’ll still have a good deal of…
So, you’re launching a new blog for your company or business. Excellent. It’s a great way to drum up interest in your products or services. If you’re new to blogging, here are five tips to get you going. 1. Have something to say. This seems obvious … until you read yet another blogpost by somebody…
Businesses and organizations make a mistake if they optimize their online content just for search engines, which are really about one-on-one findability. You should also optimize for social media, which is about shareability. While important, search engine optimization (SEO) is essentially a pull mechanism. It requires individual searchers, each actively seeking to discover your content.…
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