Archive for the Writing Category

Help your readers by avoiding the word “but” in 5 ways

Bes on 10 20, 2009 | 14 Comments

Help your readers by avoiding the word

The word "but" probably scares you a lot. It definitely scares me in the few cases where I have to spend some time to come up with a sentence that can convey the same or a better meaning without using

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10 Ways You Can Write Fail-Proof E-mail Replies To Complaints

Bes on 10 10, 2009 | 14 Comments

10 Ways You Can Write Fail-Proof E-mail Replies To Complaints

It has happened to you before. You get a complaint through an e-mail. Things look bad. You end up spending a lot of energy figuring out an appropriate answer. Sometimes you reply to complaints immedia

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3 ways to have more manipulative writing

Bes on 07 25, 2007 | No Comments

Writing something can be one of the many ways to produce content. The same way you can write things to help your readers, you can also write things to manipulate your readers. Following is a list o

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Finding out why your readers get upset at you can help

Bes on 07 22, 2007 | No Comments

One of the best things in my view, when building relations and relationships, is to find out what kind of writing upsets your readers. If your readers regularly get upset with you, you may either be s

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Case Study: The Pros and Cons of Banning Sponsored WordPress Themes

Bes on 07 16, 2007 | 11 Comments

Case Study: The Pros and Cons of Banning Sponsored WordPress Themes

A few days ago I read some blog posts regarding sponsored WordPress themes. Many people are opposing sponsored WordPress themes, and some people are supporting sponsored themes. I would like to pr

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