May 2010

Do You Dog-Food Your Services and Products?

A popular post from last year Would you buy your own products? I heard something yesterday that really got me thinking about this. Someone called into A Way With Words–the National Public Radio show that discusses language, as in regional dialects, slang, word origins, grammar, and weird expressions–and asked about the use of “dog food” [...]

Yes, You Can Make Money Writing Shorts & Blog Posts Even When the Economy is Rotten

Shorts (not the boxer variety!) are 500-700 word articles that are generally found in the front part of a magazine or published as a blog post. If you’re new to a publication or blog site, the editor will probably assign you a short rather than a full-length feature. Once you’ve proven yourself, you’ll get the [...]