‘I hate writing!’ Every day, I’m confronted with a client or contact who tells me they hate writing. It takes up about 50% of their day, regardless of their position, industry or area, but they despise it. Why? Take your pick: ‘I get writers’ block.’; ‘I can’t say what I mean.’; ‘My manager makes endless [...]
…happened to me lately. (Aside from having a baby.) Here they are: 1. I’ve been asked (and have accepted and am excited about) being one of the judges of the Intel Visibly_Smart competition, where, to quote the website, technology and beauty are integrated and ‘techno-beauties’ are invited to express themselves by uploading their ‘art’ – [...]
This piece, written in letter format and titled ‘Why I don’t write copy on spec’ originally appeared on www.marketingweb.co.za. But here it is again, for your edification and/or permitted professional use. Enjoy. *** They ask for it often: A quick paragraph. A small logo. Some web design ideas. A photo or two. On spec, so [...]
Welcome to the first piece of a two-part article that’s been begging to be written. Part I covers how to ask veteran or ‘expert’ freelancers for advice (while Part II will address how to give it yourself when asked for it, so that everyone’s happy, well informed and clear on the next steps). Enjoy it. [...]
Q: Is this right? The apostrophe on the acronym looks funny. But I don’t know how else to punctuate it… ‘Our company helps SMME’s to develop into fully independent companies.’ A: No, it isn’t. We don’t use apostrophes to make acronyms into plurals. It’s SMMEs. BUT another problem is that the ‘s’ should be small, and your text [...]
