by Gill Booles | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, Marketing, Print, Self-publishing, Writing style
Here’s my advice for marketing your book, possibly even before you’ve written it. Most people are not just writing a book. Do you have the luxury of writing full time and getting paid for it? As an expert writer or knowledge specialist, you’ll most likely be writing...
by Gill Booles | Oct 23, 2015 | Blog, Communication, Content
Listening to the Talk Talk chief executive Dido Harding being interviewed about the widespread hacking of customer data earlier, I was struck by the use of one particular turn of phrase: “We’re reaching out to our customers”. The dog gave a startled...
by Gill Booles | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog, Communication, Content, Editing, Marketing, Print
Remember that man in overalls sweeping the floor of the Space Center at Cape Canaveral, who, when asked by JF Kennedy ‘What do you do here?’ replied: ‘Mr President, I’m helping put a man on the moon’? The point was he didn’t say, ‘I just come in and sweep the floor’....
by Gill Booles | Nov 12, 2014 | Blog, Content
As the leaves fall from the trees, it’s time to turn to evergreen content. That’s content that doesn’t go out of date, words that stand the test of time. Is it evergreen? Ask if someone reading in a year’s time would find the content informative and interesting. If...
by Gill Booles | Oct 14, 2014 | Blog, Communication, Content
Have you been amused and delighted recently? Give it a minute. Still nothing? I’m surprised, given that everything from coffee machines to garden centres seems to make this brand promise. Just recently the phrase jumped out at me from a B2B marketing industry website...
