Written Internet content has changed over the years, often at the sacrifice of quality and truth. When I first started looking for freelance writing and editing work last October, I turned to oDesk.com, a site specializing in the online workplace. …
When writers, teachers, and students experiment with writing, new doorways to creativity and learning are opened. One of the most influential teachers I had in grade school was also the most subtle. My high school English teacher, Mrs. Christiansen, was …
Knowing who your intended audience is — and understanding they way they think — can go a long ways towards creating useful directed content. As I begin to write this, I realize that I have no idea who my actual audience …
Documentation has come a long ways over the years, but its importance is still often overlooked. A couple of weeks ago, I realized, “If I’m going to be sitting at my desk doing freelance work every day, then I want …
At an early age, I heard the choir preaching, and their message was “Write something every day and you’ll become a better writer.” I think I first heard this sentiment when I was eight while handing in my writing assignment …
A global world isn’t complete without the appreciation of the importance of holidays. As is often the case in our lives, we have difficulty appreciating something until we can understand it in personal terms that we can understand. For example, …
SEO rescues many web content providers, but what is it? I’ve learned far more about search engine optimization (SEO) than I ever could have imagined during the last week. In fact, I didn’t even know what SEO meant when I first …
And with every first, there is the hope that it won’t be the last. Today I started doing a bit of article writing for a web site called BabyChums.com. This is my first freelance job, so I’m pretty excited. I’m …