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Great correction from the New York Times

Monday, February 22, 2010

Focusing too closely on getting the big facts right can sometimes derail you — it’s the little details that tend to get writers in trouble. Check out this great correction from the New York Times:
An earlier version of this post misquoted Mr. Remnick on his comparison between the book and a New Yorker article he [...]

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Writing, Editing, Unearthing Opportunity: A Conversation with Christina Newberry

Friday, November 6, 2009

by Reija J Roberts
“When you’re self-employed, you are always selling yourself. You should be able to say what you do in fifteen seconds.” Preparing her “elevator pitch” is only one key to success for freelance writer and editor Christina Newberry. Her website, which boasts glowing testimonials and tangible work samples, ranks high in a Google [...]

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How to win a mini-press kit

Saturday, October 3, 2009

As a proud sponsor of the Small Business BC Entrepreneur Showcase, I’m happy to announce that just by attending the event you could win a mini-press kit, including a business profile and one press release, plus a one hour consultation with me. Loads of other great prizes are up for grabs, and it’s sure to [...]

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Hard-copy vs. electronic editing

Friday, August 28, 2009

Here’s link to an interesting blog post from the folks at 37signals about hard-copy markup using copy editor’s marks vs. electronic editing using track changes in Word. The post and most of the comments lean towards hard-copy editing being superior. My experience is that electronic editing is far simpler, faster, and easier for authors to [...]

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Small Business BC Entrepreneur Showcase

Friday, August 21, 2009

 
I’m pleased to be a sponsor of the Small Business BC Entrepreneur Showcase, a networking event for Vancouver entrepreneurs happening on October 7, 2009. You can learn more about the event at http://smallbusinessbc.ca/showcase.
I’ll also be contributing a great doorprize for the event, so keep an eye out for details on the doorprizes page!

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How to help journalists give you free publicity

Monday, January 26, 2009

For small businesses — in fact, even for large ones — free publicity can be a golden ticket to name recognition, increased web site traffic, and more sales. But to get it, you have to make nice with journalists.
Take a look at this article from Jakob Nielsen that’s packed with really great tips on [...]

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One more reason why proofreading is a good idea

Monday, January 26, 2009

Lowepro is a company that makes camera cases. This is the tag that was attached to one of their products. Unfortunately, in the smaller text, they got their name right in every language except English. Whoops! Misspelling your own company name is a sure way to damage your credibility — and your brand.

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Using online articles and press releases to boost your web site’s search engine ranking

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

I posted a new page today with some tips for anyone who wants to increase traffic to their web site without an expensive and confusing “search engine optimization package” and without any black magic.

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Dear Microsoft: Did you know your word-processing program has a spell check?

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

The above image is a screencap from the help files in Excel 2007. If the “Waht” isn’t awful enough, just try to decipher that second sentence. Yes, this is so helpful. Perhaps a proofreader would have been a good idea?

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Yes, I am a line tamer

Friday, March 21, 2008

The Editor’s Association of Canada has opened a cafepress store featuring some cheeky-cute editor gear. The taglines on the items include:

Line Tamer
You write it. We right it.
Message Therapist

… and my favourite: May I heighten your textual pleasure?
Check them out at: http://www.cafepress.com/eac_acr

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