by Debbie Weil | Jul 14, 2008 | Uncategorized, Writing
I wake to dense fog cocooning our little house. All is not quiet, however. I can hear a fog horn punctuating the distance. A gull caws. Someone is hammering. A car goes by. Our cottage is not as remote as I’d like (it’s on the edge of town) but it’s...
by Debbie Weil | Apr 25, 2008 | Stuff, Uncategorized, Writing
Seth Godin nails it in a recent post. Short answer: because good blog writing is more engaging and more persuasive than any press release or home page ridden with corporate-speak. I especially like these two tips: use headlines and don’t say it all at once. Get...
by Debbie Weil | Nov 29, 2007 | Uncategorized, Writing
Paul Gillin just tagged me, following Kami Watson Huyse’s Thanksgiving meme. This one struck a chord so I took a crack at it. I’m taggng Karen Christensen of Berkshire Publishing fame; she’s currently in Shanghai; Karen Wickre, the force behind...
by Debbie Weil | Nov 5, 2007 | Events, Uncategorized, Writing
Join me at the round-the-clock Personal Branding Global Telesummit on Thursday Nov. 8, 2007 to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of Tom Peters’ now iconic article: The Brand Called You. This 12-hour teleconference is FREE and you can dial in from...
by Debbie Weil | May 24, 2007 | Uncategorized, Writing
I talked about this today in my teleconference on How to Write an Effective Corporate Blog. The challenge, as I see it, is to identify someone in your organization who is capable of doing a number of different things which draw on different skills. A blog editor needs...
by Debbie Weil | May 22, 2007 | Events, Uncategorized, Writing
I’m running a 60-minute teleconference on Thursday: The Nitty Gritty of How to Write an Effective Corporate Blog. Hope you’ll consider tuning in. I’ll be addressing the following: – How to choose your blog writer(s)- What the role of a blog...