Today marks a strange new beginning for me: full-time freelancing as an editor and writer. I expect to be befuddled by challenges in the next few months, but at half a day into this new job change, everything seems to be going well.[ref]That feels like a dangerous thing to declare publicly.[/ref] On a promising note, I …
“Where do you see yourself in five years?” A prospective client asked me that question just yesterday.[ref] Client? Yes, client. I’ll get to it. Hang in there. [/ref] I don’t think I gave a great answer. It’s the kind of question I’ve never been able to answer well. Five years? So much can happen in five years. So much can …
At FaithVillage, we often talk about what constitutes a good headline. Collectively, we likely comb through 4,573 headlines per day in our curation efforts. Recently, our fearless leader shed light on a challenge we face on a daily basis: to title enticingly or to title toward optimization. In other words, should you use a title …
Much of my job entails poring over vast numbers of blogs. There are many worthwhile bloggers you should be reading, but this post isn’t about them. Given a birds-eye view of the blogging landscape, you start to notice certain similarities. For instance: To cover up your lackadaisical grasp of the English language, randomly bold or italicize different words in …