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UK Slang, Round 2 – Join Me!

Image by SBishop via FlickrDanny Wallace’s book Yes Man is full of UK slang expressions which readers were generous enough to help me decipher. Now that I’ve finished Danny’s earlier book, Join Me!, I’ve got several more expressions to add to my list. Here they are, with my best guess as to their meaning. (By [...]
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Fix Your Content Strategy with a Web Site Evaluation

Image by jordanfischer via FlickrDeciding what to write about – and where to write about it – are daunting tasks for people responsible for corporate Web sites. One approach I’m finding that works really well is to start with a Web site evaluation. I began offering my own content evaluation program in the hopes that [...]
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The Chicago Manual of Style – A Must for Writers

Have you read The Art of the Start, by Guy Kawasaki? Excellent book for start ups, especially if you are looking for funding. Quite unexpectedly, one of my favorite takeaways from the book was a book recommendation from Guy – The Chicago Manual of Style. This manual runs almost 1000 pages and covers in [...]
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How to Write a Business Letter

October 25, 2008 Blog Readers Whatever Their Title Everywhere Planet Earth Dear Blog Reader: The purpose of this letter is to share business letter writing tips. Perhaps the most important point of all is to begin by stating your business clearly and concisely. For the inside address, always use the person’s full name and precede it with Mr. or Mrs. or Ms. [...]
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Did I Really Send That??

Image by assbach via FlickrDid you ever give in to the temptation to compose a really nasty email – and then send it? Joanna Young posed a similar question in one of her 50 blog post ideas. Her question was, did I really write that? Well, writing is one thing, but for me there’s a big [...]
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