This summer marks 12 years that I’ve been blogging. I’ve learned a few tricks along the way to generate traffic and create awareness of old content. Here’s one particular trick I like to use: When I write, I speak as an expert.
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.
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Starting sentences with conjunctions: another myth busted
One grammar rule you may have heard in school is to never start a sentence with a conjunction (such as “and” or “but”). This is actually another one of those made-up, recent inventions that has no basis in fact. Actually, English speakers have started sentences with conjunctions for 1,200 years.
Hot Pepper Hot Picks: 19 June 2015
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.
17 lessons I learned running my own small business
This month marks 4 years since I started Hot Pepper Communications, and earlier this spring, I passed the 2-year mark since I started doing it full-time. Even though I’ve been in business for myself full-time for only 2 years, I’ve been running businesses off and on for nearly 20 years. Here are 17 lessons about entrepreneurship… Continue reading 17 lessons I learned running my own small business
6 tips to inspire others with your next speech
Every once in a while, I’m asked to give a speech. Sometimes it’s 15 minutes, and sometimes it’s 2 minutes. Regardless, I write out my speeches in advance. I know some people like to wing it, but I’m an introvert with anxiety, so winging it means I tend to ramble, use “um” a lot, and… Continue reading 6 tips to inspire others with your next speech
Hot Pepper Hot Picks: 12 June 2015
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.
7 essential MailChimp tips and tricks
I’ve been managing email newsletters for about 18 years. I’ve used quite a bit of software to manage those lists, and I finally settled on MailChimp for my Hot Pepper Updates mailing list. As a result, I was pretty excited when Bryan Collins of Sage CRM contacted me about a post he wrote that outlines 7… Continue reading 7 essential MailChimp tips and tricks
Difference between assume and presume
Last week, after reading another one of my difference between posts, Laura Crowe asked me to write a post about the difference between assume and presume. https://twitter.com/LCCopywriting/status/606412621659676672 While some people use “assume” and “presume” interchangeably, there’s a subtle difference between the two.
Hot Pepper Hot Picks: 5 June 2015
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.
Why you should think twice before clicking “Like” on Facebook
We’ve all done it. A friend posts something funny, cool, or informative to Facebook, and to acknowledge the funniness, coolness, or informativeness, we clicked the ubiquitous “like” link. (Or the fave button on Twitter, the +1 on Google+, or the heart on Pinterest or Instagram.) I’m not here to say it’s bad to click “like”,… Continue reading Why you should think twice before clicking “Like” on Facebook