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"LinkedIn is the granddaddy of social media tools and was around long before the free-for-all of virtual friendships brought on by Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. It was intended as a tool to keep your network lodged in one place that was easily updated. I still use it this way. I love the new "ignore" button which makes it a bit easier to get rid of the social media groupies. "Social Media for Business: The perils of staking professionalism against popular opinion
"You're right, a lot of rhetoric is passed along in blogs. I find those posts can be very polarizing. I do think we underestimate the reader. They know when they're being gamed. I certainly knew when I was getting holiday ecards from people that weren't so interested in wishing me glad tidings as they were trying to sell me something. I'm with you. Let's make business blogs a politics-free zone in 2012."Confessions of a Content Marketer
"I think what he meant was that Da Vinci painted all the time but only had a few real masterpieces. If he considered a masterpiece the only thing worthy of viewing, we would be denied a lot of great artwork. If he'd try to paint the Mona Lisa again, he would have been accused of lack of originality. Many writers get caught up in the perfection cycle. If you wait for something to be perfect, you'll never get ANY content out there. I also think Pulizzi was saying to take some risks. Allow yourself to be imperfect. You never know what might happen. Thanks for your comment. That point resonated with me specifically because I always have a nagging feeling my stuff would be better if I just had more time. If I had all the time in the world, I'd probably never get anything out the door. "
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Global Copywriting BRIEF: The Wordle Is...
"Hi Duncan, That's right. The more prominent the words appear in your Wordle graphic, the more often they're used in your text. It's a great way to make sure you're hitting your keywords if you're writing for SEO - or the right keywords. It's great for any writer though as it reveals when you've used a word too often. I recently wrote a short blog post - under 300 words - and 'scour' came up 3 times. I had no idea I had used it more than once. Believe me, that's not a word you need use often. "