If writing is part of what you do or want to do, calling yourself a “writer” isn’t as simple as putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard, now is it? A big writing project I’m working on (more soon) is reminding me viscerally of this: Writing is hard, and Read more »
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9 Ways to Breathe Life Into Your Blog
I’m not much of a numbers hound. I don’t pore over my stats with a fine tooth comb, I don’t obsess about unfollows or subscriber numbers or any of that stuff. In fact, I don’t even have that nifty little widget here to tell you how many people subscribe – Read more »
Altitude’s Top 10 in 2009
You made this blog a fun, engaging and interesting place to be this year. Lots of comments, lots of discussion, lots to think about. It’s a fascinating exercise to see what resonated most with you over the last twelve months. Interestingly, it seems like the practical, how-to stuff like time Read more »
Talk Like We Do
I got a pitch via email today that was actually for something pretty cool, and something I might actually pass along to folks. It included a short informational press release, which was fine. But I nearly choked on the quote that was in the release. I’ve changed identifying details so Read more »
Checking out Shutterstock
One of the better pitches I got via email this year was from a PR representative for Shutterstock, Morgan, from Morton PR. The pitch was great because it was: Brief Completely relevant, as it focused on the images I use on my blog Easy to respond to So Read more »
This Passion Project and You
This blog is a passion project for me. It’s had the ancillary benefits of introducing me to amazing people, bringing me business, and making me think harder and more intensely about a lot of things than I ever thought possible. But when the chips are down, it’s the desire to Read more »
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