3 steps to better blogging

3 steps to better blogging

Good writing is good writing, right? Yes and no. Readers’ expectations for a blog are far different than for a trade journal or newspaper. Blogging started as a form of an online journal so the style has always been more personal and casual. Readers expect that...
Monday matters: Stinky cheese

Monday matters: Stinky cheese

I recently re-read Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson. I read it when it first came out about 15 years ago. If you haven’t read it recently, you should read it again. And if you have’t read it before, pick it up, you can read the whole thing in less than 20...
Storytelling rules the early CLIO Awards

Storytelling rules the early CLIO Awards

This is the week of the 55th Annual CLIO Awards. The CLIO Awards is the world’s most recognized international awards competition for advertising, design, digital and communications. The full show hosted by Whoopi Goldberg happens on Wednesday, October 1st, but...
Corporate social media accounts—do or don’t?

Corporate social media accounts—do or don’t?

For the longest time my company, LexBlog didn’t have its own Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn pages. This may seem unexpected as it it seems a given for companies these days to have corporate social media pages and accounts—especially for a company with deep roots in and...