by Cathy Miller | Aug 15, 2011
One of the biggest objections for many Facebook users is how the social media giant defaults privacy settings without telling you. It appears LinkedIn has taken a page out of that book. Ready For Your Closeup? Did you know a default setting allows your name and photo...
by Cathy Miller | Aug 10, 2011
Don’t you love when the light bulb goes on and you bask in its brilliance? Unfortunately, when it comes to business writing, that light is not always turned on. How can you keep the bright ideas shining? Here are a few suggestions. #1 – Shine a spotlight....
by Cathy Miller | Aug 8, 2011
Despite our best efforts, sometimes business communication gets prickly. Our client misinterprets an email An online discussion goes beyond heated Our product or service falls short of complete satisfaction It happens. How we respond can make a difference between a...
by Cathy Miller | Aug 4, 2011
When you hear the words paper weight, what comes to mind? Heavy Stack of paper Hold down Looking at the three thoughts, you may think – negative – the heavy stack of paper is holding me down. But, as one on my readers on my personal blog so aptly put it –...
by Cathy Miller | Jul 27, 2011
Have you ever seen a speech or presentation that you remembered long after it was over? Now, that’s a great speech. The one that stuck with me was actually a training video. In a Pickle My company held a customer service week. At the beginning of the week, we...
by Cathy Miller | Jul 25, 2011
When you read your business writing, whose voice do you hear? Your boss’? Your mentor’s? Your mother’s? (just making sure you’re paying attention) If you don’t hear your voice in your business writing, you need to re-think your strategy....
by Cathy Miller | Jul 21, 2011
A popular post reported on a survey of 120 major American corporations. The firms estimated they spent $3.1 billion on employee deficiencies in business writing. Spelling errors Grammatical problems Simply put – poor business writing skills It bothers me that...
by Cathy Miller | Jul 20, 2011
When I saw this post title in my RSS feed, If You Wouldn’t Do It In Person, Don’t Do It on LinkedIn, my first thought was – Why do we have to be told this? That’s not a criticism of the blogger. It’s the members in need of such advice. Bad Idea...
by Cathy Miller | Jul 14, 2011
Are post tags making the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) gods happier than your readers? An interesting discussion in LinkedIn® about categories and tags had me wondering if most readers pay any attention to tags. Tags 101 While categories help you group blog post...
by Cathy Miller | Jul 13, 2011
Who would believe I am a Google+ pioneer? Okay, along with 10 million other people. But, it’s really surprising that I am in so early. I’m still trying to figure out if I want to stay on Facebook I am never an early adopter I think I was the last person on...
