Guest Blogging Opportunities

Posted by on Dec 16, 2009 in blogging, business, news and events, writing | 0 comments

We would like to hear from all those who would like an opportunity to guest blog for us.  Please get in touch if that is you.   Benefits of Guest Blogging? It will help direct visitors to your business.  If you write well, it may enlighten old customers about other services you provide and help you discover new ones. It will hone your content and SEO-writing skills! Requirements You must...

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Comics Are Smart

Posted by on Sep 4, 2009 in education, writing | 2 comments

If you’re into films, you can’t help but be aware of the large number of graphic novels that Hollywood is transferring to the big screen.  Highlights for me would include 300, The Dark Knight and – of course – Watchmen. As someone who ascribes their intellectual development unashamedly to reading comics as a boy, I think this is great.  I hated school and textbooks of...

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Getting a Job in the Recession #4: The Covering Letter

Posted by on Jul 15, 2009 in series, writing | 0 comments

An excellently written covering letter will ensure your CV is at least glanced at.  Keep it short.  Avoid colour and exhuberant formatting.  And, pay attention to the following, crucial elements: Addresses Include your address first, followed by the name, title and address of the person you are writing to.  Pay attention to the details.  Do not spell names incorrectly.  (You know how...

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The 8 Worst Written Business Phrases of All Time

Posted by on May 27, 2009 in business, communication, writing | 4 comments

This is a unprovoked and no-mercy-spared attack on the perceived right of ordinarily sane, everyday individuals (such as middle managers and project co-ordinators) to morph into corporate executives with a mouth full of marble-shaped glass paperweights when they open Microsoft Word or Microsoft Outlook and their fingers first glance the keyboard. I’ve blogged before about The 10 Worst...

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