Progress Report

March 18, 2009

I’ve bee tied up with an article for Rural Lifestyle Dealer magazine, but that went out the door yesterday, so things have cleared up a bit here. The article was a “How to” piece on how to sell lawn equipment to commercial landscapers, and you’ll eventually be able to find it on my Trade Publications [...]

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Nerdfighters, FTW.

March 13, 2009

As they became more popular, Hank and John began to tighten up their production, limiting videos to a strict four minutes of crisp (generally less than 10 seconds) cut scenes. Anything over the four minute limit is punishable by, well, punishment.

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Working with Cornelius Turner

March 10, 2009

Two posts and I miss one? Yikes. Nowhere to go but up.
Sometime last week I posted an ad in my local Craigslist markets advertising my services as a resumé writer. After a couple of half-hearted responses, I decided to extend my reach and posted in the Milwaukee market. Five minutes later I received an email.
“I’m [...]

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Muddled Marketing

March 5, 2009

When writing articles for trade publications, I spend almost implausible amounts of time on the phone trying to contact marketing managers. Because of the nature of trade publications, marketing managers are always my first contact. They control the advertising dollars, after all, so they are the names magazines tend to keep on file.
At the moment [...]

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Updike and Cheever

March 2, 2009

In Updike’s finer moments he speaks in poetry, casually turning phrases that would take us lesser writers hours of pencil-suckling.

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