Whether you’re an emerging company, an established brand, or a fast-growing startup that can’t keep up with its own pace, at some point you’re going to need a website refresh. Maybe you’ve added services. Or you’ve decided to enter a new market. Or you haven’t updated your website in 5 years and the information is… Continue Reading
Marketing lessons learned from my hunt for a financial planner.
Words to guide your freelance writing career by, from David Hochman.
This week Reform California, a 527 political action committee that fights things like tax hikes, held a webinar around AB5. Writers and other independent contractors have heard their fill on AB5 over the past year. Social media is full of groups against AB5 and personal accounts of people who have lost work due to AB5…. Continue Reading
Exactly six years ago today, I put my head down on my desk and bawled. I wasn’t crying a long, snotty cry because I didn’t have any super-fun holiday plans (though it didn’t help). I cried because I had reached a breaking point. I felt stuck in a dead-end job that was making me miserable,… Continue Reading
The coronavirus pandemic has left more than 30 million Americans out of work and many more either furloughed or underemployed. Small businesses, including micro-small businesses of one (aka independent contractors), are either closing up shop or praying their Economic Injury Disaster Loan goes through. In California, we’ve been sheltering in place since March 17…. Continue Reading
I learned one of the most important rules of email etiquette the hard way—by screwing up. That important rule: don’t fire off a snotty email when you’re angry or irritated. Especially when the recipient is a new client. The situation: The new client, an advertising/marketing agency, asked me to write ongoing blog articles for a… Continue Reading
Business coach John Bulman shares tips on a networking strategy that leads to a meeting.
The heart of any content marketing campaign includes content: articles, eBooks, case studies, and so on. And because rising above all the other content out there is about as easy as finding your best friend in a packed football stadium, it better be good! If you’re writing direct mail, lead generation emails or web copy,… Continue Reading
A little more than a week has passed since Ann Handley and the MarketingProfs team came to San Francisco for its annual B2B Marketing Forum. This was my first year attending and I’m so glad I did! Over three days in November, more than 1,000 marketing leaders came together to learn, network and share marketing… Continue Reading