tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68871224995268654082024-03-08T11:11:29.126-08:00The WriterCynthia Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16029694778221292209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887122499526865408.post-39769390171471109322014-09-18T23:47:00.000-07:002014-09-18T23:47:24.225-07:00Instructions to WRITE EFFECTIVE COPY FOR YOUR Company's BLOG<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Despite the fact that most private
people keep up sites, numerous organizations are starting to dispatch
organization online journals to correspond and interface with their
customers, clients, and the general population. In what manner would
you be able to make an organization blog that surpasses and outlives
each other site? Also how would you mesmerize perusers to hold
returning? This article gives tips to compose powerful, consideration
capturing site duplicate and demonstrates how you can create peruser
and client faithfulness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Compose CONVERSATIONALLY.
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<span style="font-size: large;">The most captivating web journals
identify with their crowd in a cool and conversational tone. A huge
profit of a site is its capacity to address perusers in a manner that
is close to home, sincere and clear. Compose your web journal the
same way you'd identify with your gathering of people, vis-à-vis.
The individual component is quite often what draws in individuals and
holds them returning to your site. Amy Joyce of the Washington Post
says, "Web logs—or online journals began as an approach to
discuss new innovations, vent about existence and connect in a no
nonsense discussion. Since sites turned into the following huge
thing, an expanding number of organizations now see them as the
following incredible advertising vehicle—a route for officials to
demonstrate their easy, intuitive side. Anyhow, obviously, the
officials do nothing of the sort. Their endeavors at hip,
guerrilla-style blogging are regularly tormented and frightful."
To keep away from this entanglement, essentially act naturally. The
best websites uncover the diversions, sentiments, and identity of the
author. Your point of view, individual and expert, is interesting in
all the world. Give it a chance to beam through, and your online
journal will consequently be unique. An intriguing website will bring
back clients over and over and will create extremely valuable
enthusiasm toward your organization.
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. TELL STORIES.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perusers need to know things they as of
now don't think about your organization. They need to comprehend what
the items, administrations, individuals, difficulties, and
developments in your association are truly like. In the event that
you provide for them a flash of the internal workings, express your
presumptions strikingly, and tell captivating stories, you will
encourage peruser investment and faithfulness. In an account, both
questions and citations generally are the most interesting parts.
Think about your organization blog as a business life story.
Customize it with your extraordinary musings and point of view.
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. MAKE IT PERSONAL.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Expound on what you know. Attract from
your skill to educate people in general about the better purposes of
your business. Enumerating improvement thoughts, setbacks, triumphs,
and responses uncovers the human component and captivates the
peruser. It's fine to discuss new items and developments, yet sites
committed basically to advertising and advancement are the most
exhausting and slightest well known of organization websites. Make
these points additionally engaging perusers by surrounding such
declarations with individual impressions and experiences. Clients
need to feel a family relationship with the brand. Giving them access
on the points of interest of your business will make them feel some
piece of your organization society and expand the possibilities of
their lifetime unwaveringness.
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. Upgrade FREQUENTLY.
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you have built a decent peruser
base, offer new experiences customarily to remunerate surfers for
returning. Not just does this give more data and introduction,
however it likewise reflects that your organization is dynamic and in
charge. Connection to current articles from different sources to keep
perusers side by side of improvements in your part. An once in a
while upgraded web journal feels stale and tired. This is not the
notoriety you need your organization to have!
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. Hold fast TO COMPANY RULES.
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<span style="font-size: large;">You are by and by in charge of whatever
material you distribute on your organization blog. Regard the
classifiedness of your association and workers. In spite of the fact
that you may express contradictions or concerns, don't make
individual assaults or utilize the website to air trivial grievances.
Don't uncover exclusive data; and abstain from talking about income,
offer cost, or other monetary facts. Watch copyright law, and quote
sources as you would in another record. Verify what you compose in
the organization site reflects the organization's objectives.
Remember a definitive objective of most organization websites is to
build perceivability and push the trade of data. While most
organizations permit and support blogging on organization time, you
ought to abstain from letting your written work time meddle with your
customary workload.
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. Compose GRAMMATICALLY.
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<span style="font-size: large;">At last, verify that what you compose
is linguistic. Your site sections reflect your organization, and you
need to give the best conceivable impression of the association and
its staff. The Internet is overflowing with awful English. In spite
of the fact that online journals have a tendency to be loose in tone,
it is no more proper to overlook standard English.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, more commonly
referred to as simply the Writers' Strike, was a strike by the Writers Guild of
America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW). The WGAE
and WGAW labor unions represent film, television, and radio writers working in
the United States. More than 12,000 writers joined the strike which started on
November 5, 2007 and concluded on February 12, 2008.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The strike sought increased monetary compensation for the
writers in comparison to the profits of the larger studios. It was targeted at
the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), a trade
organization representing the interests of 397 American film and television
producers. The most influential of these are eleven corporations: CBS (headed
by Les Moonves), MGM (Harry E. Sloan), NBC Universal (Jeffrey Zucker), The
Weinstein Company (Harvey and Bob Weinstein), Lionsgate (Jon Feltheimer), News
Corp/Fox (Peter Chernin), Paramount Pictures (Brad Grey), Anchor Bay/Liberty
Media/Starz (Chris McGurk), Sony Pictures (Michael Lynton), the Walt Disney
Company (Robert Iger), and Warner Bros. (Barry Meyer).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Negotiators for the striking writers reached a tentative
agreement on February 8, 2008, and the boards of both guilds unanimously
approved the deal on February 10, 2008. Striking writers voted on February 12,
2008 on whether to lift the restraining order, with 92.5% voting to end the
strike. On February 26, the WGA announced that the contract had been ratified
with a 93.6% approval among WGA members. The writers guild later requested a
court order seeking that the agreement be honored and implemented.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The guilds were on strike for 14 weeks and 2 days (100 days).
In contrast, the previous strike in 1988, the longest in the history of the
Guild, lasted 21 weeks and 6 days (153 days), costing the American
entertainment industry an estimated $500 million in opportunity costs.
According to a National Public Radio (NPR) report filed on February 12, 2008,
the strike cost the economy of Los Angeles an estimated $1.5 billion. A report
from the UCLA Anderson School of Management put the loss at $380 million, while
economist Jack Kyser put the loss at $2.1 billion.</span></div>
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Cynthia Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16029694778221292209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887122499526865408.post-56720323715864706032012-07-23T23:20:00.000-07:002012-07-23T23:20:49.977-07:00Writer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">A writer is a person who produces nonfictional writing or literary art such as novels, short stories, poetry, plays, screenplays, or essays—especially someone who writes professionally.<br />
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Skilled writers are able to use language to express ideas and images. A writer's work may contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society.<br />
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The term writer is customarily used as a synonym of author, although the latter term has a somewhat broader meaning.</div>Cynthia Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16029694778221292209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887122499526865408.post-46710648667008052572011-09-14T02:56:00.001-07:002011-09-14T02:56:23.332-07:00The Writer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
The Writer is a monthly magazine for writers published by the Kalmbach Publishing Company of Waukesha, Wisconsin. It was first established by William H. Hills and Robert Luce, two Boston Globe reporters, as "a monthly magazine to interest and help all literary workers", in April 1887. Until the November 2000 issue, it was published in Boston. It is the oldest magazine for writers currently being published. It is targeted at writers, and includes articles offering advice for writing and resources for publishing.<br />
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The Writer offers articles of interest to both novice and experienced writers, including market news, interviews, and tips on how to hone one's skills in particular aspects of the craft.<br />
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Over its 120-year history, The Writer has been overseen by a number of editors. Hills remained associated with the magazine until February 1926. On page 54 of that issue, he wrote a farewell essay in which he stated he felt he was putting the magazine in safe hands as he resigned his place as editor to William D. Kennedy.<br />
Luce, who later became a Massachusetts Congressman, remained with the magazine through September 1888.<br />
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Hills is listed on the masthead as editor from April 1887-September 1920, followed by Margaret Gordon as editor from October 1920-September 1925. Hills is again listed from October 1925 until his retirement in February 1926. No explanation for Hills' absence from the masthead during Gordon's tenure is mentioned in those issues; but an editorial by Gordon in the Sept. 1925 issue (page 132), which refers to Hills as the magazine's conductor for nearly 40 years, suggests he was still involved in its operation, even if his name wasn't on the masthead. Hills' obituary in the December 1930 edition (page 315) also seems to indicate he was involved with the magazine continuously from 1887-1926.<br />
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William Dorsey Kennedy served as editor from March 1926-December 1928.<br />
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From 1929-1933, an editorial board was listed, which prominently featured Virginia C. Lincoln and Bertha W. Smith. Other board members changed, but Lincoln and Smith, who were listed as publisher and managing editor, respectively, by the October 1929 issue, remained in those positions until February 1934.<br />
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From March 1934-January 1936, Sargent Collier and Samuel G. Houghton served as publishers and editors.<br />
The longest editorial era began in February 1936, when A.S. Burack took over the editor's chair. He would remain editor until his death in August, 1978. Burack's widow, Sylvia, then took over as editor (and later as publisher as well). In 2000, she sold the magazine to Kalmbach Publishing.<br />
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From November 2000 to October 2007, The Writer was edited by Elfrieda Abbe, who also became publisher with the September 2006 issue. As of the November 2007 issue, she turned the editorial reins over to Jeff Reich (formerly the magazine's managing editor), to focus exclusively on her duties as publisher. She was preceded as publisher by Russell G. Larson and Judith Hill.<br />
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The Writer's current editorial board consists of James Applewhite, T. Alan Broughton, Eve Bunting, Mary Higgins Clark, Barnaby Conrad, Lewis Burke Frumkes, James Cross Giblin, Gail Godwin, Eileen Goudge, Rachel Hadas, Shelby Hearon, John Jakes, John Koethe, Lois Lowry, Peter Meinke, Robert B. Parker, Katherine Patterson, Elizabeth Peters, Arthur Plotnik, and William G. Tapply. The late Phyllis A. Whitney had been a long-time editorial board member until her death in 2008.<br />
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Over the years, the magazine has gone through a number of physical changes. The first issue had only 18 pages; and for years The Writer had no illustrations. Currently, The Writer has more than 60 pages per issue, and includes color photographs on both the cover and interior.<br />
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The magazine's slogan has changed as well, since its inception. From at least 1896 to September 1925, the cover read, "A monthly magazine for literary workers." This changed to "An author's monthly forum" in October, 1925. The new slogan ran until at least October 1929. From at least October 1930-April 1932, the slogan changed subtly to "the author's forum." In March 1934, the slogan changed to "The pioneer magazine for literary workers", and would remain until October of that year. In November 1934, the slogan changed to "The oldest magazine for literary workers. Founded in Boston, 1887", and remained until 2000. At that point, the slogan changed to "the essential resource for writers since 1887." The slogan changed again as of the December 2008 issue to "Advice and inspiration for today's writer."<br />
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In May 1962, during its 75th anniversary, The Writer was honored with a congratulatory letter from President John F. Kennedy.<br />
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As of 2008, The Writer has won the Folio Magazine Editorial Excellence Award six times.<br />
As part of its 120th year celebration in 2007, The Writer began reprinting a past article in each issue of the monthly magazine (a practice it has continued into 2009), and archiving other past articles in PDF format on its website, www.writermag.com.<br />
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