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Public Speaking for Introverts (And Those Who Forget How to Be Around People)

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Years ago I hired a public speaking coach to help me improve my on-stage presence. Yikes that sentence is lifeless. Let’s try it again, mmkay? Years ago I hired a public speaking coach to help me keep my heart rate in a normal range instead of flitting close to a cardiac episode every time I […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, Ideas you can steal, Speaking Tagged With: public speaking, public speaking advice

6 Signs That It’s Time for You to Write Your Book Already [A Checklist]

A version of this story appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer. Get it in your inbox; you’ll love it. * * * From time to time I answer reader questions. This is one of those times. <Hoists mailbag onto table. Rummages around. Pulls out reader letter.>* […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, best writing advice, career advice, Writing Tagged With: book, writing advice, writing process

Should You Ungate Your Content in 2021?

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A version of this story appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer. Get it in your inbox; you’ll love it. * * * Last week I walked by a storefront. From the outside, I liked the vibe of the place. The products on the shelves looked… […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, Annecdote, Business, Content, Ideas you can steal Tagged With: b2b content marketing, content marketing trends, trust, ungating content

Introducing My New Creator Coin: A Pen is Mightier Than a $WORD

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A version of this story appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer. Get it in your inbox; you’ll love it. * * * Jeremiah Owyang has been a friend for a long time. I credit him for getting me (as MarketingProfs) onto Twitter in 2007—eleventy-billion year […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, Business Tagged With: $WORD, community, Creator Coins

How to Write for Instagram

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A version of this story appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer. Get it in your inbox; you’ll love it. * * * Last week, my girl Kerry Gorgone and I gave a talk at the Social Pulse Summit titled Blending the Personal and Professional on […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, Annecdote Tagged With: creative process, how to do instagram well, how to write for instagram, Instagram, keynote speaker, Social Media

TikTok with the Best Writing Advice (No Really)

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A version of this story appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer. Get it in your inbox; you’ll love it. * * * I sense I’m being watched. Followed. Stalked, almost. He’s quiet as a ninja. And like a ninja, he seems everywhere at once. Often […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, best writing advice, Writing Tagged With: show don't tell, Social Media, TikTok, writing advice

What I Learned in 3 Years of Writing a Newsletter

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A version of this story appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer. Get it in your inbox; you’ll love it. * * * Three years ago this week—in January 2018—I decided to start a newsletter. Why? I wanted connection—not one-to-many social media connection, but me-to-you direct […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, best writing advice, Ideas you can steal, Slow Marketing, storytelling, Writing Tagged With: culture of writing, email newsletters, process of writing, Total Annarchy anniversary

How to Write a First Draft of Anything

Image of a horse drawing, with the image becoming progressively simplistic as you scan from back to front. Near the horse's tail it says "idea," in the middle it says "outline," and the text near the head says "first draft."

A version of this story appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer. Get it in your inbox; you’ll love it. * * * I re-posted the image above on Instagram a few days ago. Don’t we go into any new project (or year) with a vision in […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, Annecdote, best writing advice Tagged With: first drafts, how to write, personal growth

20 Ridiculously Useful Holiday Gifts for 2020

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A version of this story appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer. Get it in your inbox; you’ll love it. * * * It’s easy to nod along to the narrative that 2020 is a raging dumpster fire, the worst year ever—what with the pandemic and the […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, Family, Ideas you can steal Tagged With: gift guide, gifts for writers, marketing gift guide, writer gifts

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