One of the great things about social media is that it’s social: people have conversations, they reciprocate, and they interact. Things you couldn’t do with traditional media. A favourite social media platform of mine is Twitter, and over the last 9 years, I’ve learned a few tricks to help me improve my Twitter engagement. The… Continue reading The 3 things you must do when someone retweets you
Author: Kim Siever
I am a copywriter and copyeditor. I blog on writing and social media tips mostly, but I sometimes throw in my thoughts about running a small business.
Follow me on Twitter at @hotpepper.
You don’t always need a comma when using “and”
While recently editing a research proposal I was reminded of a comma error I frequently find myself correcting: always preceding “and” with a comma. Here was the example sentence:
Hot Pepper Hot Picks: 22 January 2016
Here are the 20 most popular (listed from most popular to least) social media and writing articles I shared this week, based on the number of likes, comments, and reshares they received.
Don’t just retweet; tweet your own stuff, too
One of the steps I take when someone retweets me is to head over to their Twitter profile page to see if they have anything I can retweet. I find it’s a way to give back to those who gave to me. My preference is to find tweets that they’ve written themselves (as compared to tweets… Continue reading Don’t just retweet; tweet your own stuff, too
How to use find and replace in Google Docs
Do you find yourself repeating the same mistakes when writing? Always leaving more spaces after your periods, or perhaps always spelling weird as wierd? The good news is that most word processing software has a tool that allows you to quickly find these errors and replace them with the click of a button. Check out… Continue reading How to use find and replace in Google Docs
Hot Pepper Hot Picks: 15 January 2016
Here are the 20 most popular (listed from most popular to least) social media and writing articles I shared this week, based on the number of likes, comments, and reshares they received.
Pump up your tweet viewership with this dead simple trick
I’ve been on Twitter for over 8 years. Among all the Twitter accounts I’ve managed during that time, I’ve sent out over 200,000 tweets. Needless to say, I’ve learned a few tricks along the way for building engagement and followers. I wanted to share one particular trick today that’s dead simple, and it will vastly improve the… Continue reading Pump up your tweet viewership with this dead simple trick
The 5 writing errors I edit most often
Recently, I was asked to edit a master’s thesis, something I’ve done a few times over the last couple of years. While reviewing my roughly 1,000 edits in the thesis, I noticed that the most frequent errors fell under 5 categories, and that these 5 categories of edits often appear in other client documents. I thought I’d share them with… Continue reading The 5 writing errors I edit most often
Hot Pepper Hot Picks: 8 January 2016
Here are the 20 most popular (listed from most popular to least) social media and writing articles I shared this week, based on the number of likes, comments, and reshares they received.
Social media is called social for a reason
Social media differs from other media. That’s obvious. Previously, social and media were more or less separate. We got together with friends and family to discuss and socialize. And we consumed content through television, radio, books, music, film, and so forth. While the social was two (or more) way communication, media consumption was one way:… Continue reading Social media is called social for a reason