123 Junk Blog – 123 Junk was started by a college graduate who is noted by the Washington Business Journal as turning “junk heaps into gold mines.” Their blog is very business-centric and has some great posts that focus on building the customer-business relationship.
One Space or Two Between Sentences?
Way back when I was in school, we were taught to put two spaces behind a period before beginning a new sentence. Writing for the web, however, is different. You only use one space between sentences.
When we used to use typewriters, in order for the copy to be read clearly, it needed two spaces to set it apart. There was only only font, after all, and it was not as easy to read as our modern proportional fonts found on computers. Continue reading →
We Made a “Top 10” List!
One of the companies for which All the Buzz writes blog posts is listed as one of the “Top 10” blogs in their industry. We’re excited by the listing and the client is thrilled. Not only does their listing (holding its own against the big national companies) give credibility to their company, it elevates them in both online searches and credibility in the eyes of their customers. In addition, the client, 123JUNK, has seen a significant rise in their web traffic with regular blog posting.
The industry itself isn’t glamorous, it’s junk removal. But is an essential service that everyone needs. Here is how the listing is noted:
Top 10 Junk Removal Blogs On The Web Today
Not bad for a regional company that just opened their second location!
If you’d like to see your online traffic increase, Continue reading →
Everyone Can Write. Why Should I Hire You to Do It?
I was at a business networking meeting today where the topic of discussion was: “What are the misperceptions about your business?”
As a writer, the most common one I hear us: “Everyone can write. Why should I hire you to do it?”
Yes, everyone CAN write. But my question back is: “Can they write well?” When you are a business owner the words you use to create your brand and attract customers can make or break you.
You have only seconds to capture someone’s attention, Continue reading →
Improve Your English: Comprise vs. Compose
Over and over again you hear people mixing up the two words Comprise and Compose. They may sound similar, but have entirely different meanings, and are commonly confused for each other, most often with the word comprised being used where the word composed is correct.
Let’s start with the meaning of each word:
- Comprise: Consist of
- Compose: To make up or form by combining things, parts or elements
To do a quick check as to which word would be appropriate in your sentence, Continue reading →
Does Your Marketing Copy Tell Your Story?
Are you using plain, nondescriptive words on your website and marketing materials? Words that everyone else is using? If so, you might be falling into the copy dead zone.
I learned a technique as a magazine writer. As an exercise, we wrote a sentence or paragraph using ordinary words, as in this example:
- John went to the store to buy bananas.
Hurry! Limited Space Remains for Blog Writing Clients
If you want to hire a Clio award-winning writer to write your blog posts, you’d better hurry because we are filling up our schedule quickly.
Although we’d love to work with everyone, in reality, there are only so many clients we can work with at one time if we want to continue to provide our high level of service. And those clients who work with us stay with us for years. It’s rare that we have openings!
Here are some of the reasons our blog writing clients love us and why you will too: Continue reading →
Five Ways to Spice Up Your Blog Posts
A portion of the writing work we do here at All the Buzz is blog writing. It’s fun to delve into our clients’ businesses and uncover inside stories, industry news, and personal accounts that can be used as blog posts.
If you, however, are writing your own blog, marketing and publicity author Marcia Yudkin offers these five quick ways to spice up your web content.
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Upcoming Attractions
Use your blog to announce or launch new products, and give dates of trade shows you’ll be attending or speeches you’ll deliver.
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Interviews
Interview your charity partners, vendors, industry leaders, or best clients. Take it a step further and create a multi-post entry or a podcast series. Continue reading →
How to Develop Blog Ideas through Microtopics
Are you running out of things to blog about? You’re not alone. Most people try to blog about too much in their posts. They want to cover every aspect of a subject at one time.
We suggest trying this new approach: Blog Microtopics
It’s much easier to come up with ideas to post about–and to generate great SEO results–when you take your general topics and funnel them down to specifics.
Blog Microtopic example:
Let’s look at an example of a blog microtopic and how to develop a list of them:
Step 1:
Let’s say your company sells pet products. First, list all the different types of pet products you sell. They can include food, bedding, health care, clothing, and accessories. Continue reading →
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