by Cathy Miller | Feb 2, 2022
Who hasn’t hit Send and regretted it later? It’s one of our major social media Oops moments. But this list goes beyond the annoying auto-correct or auto-fill. See if you recognize any of the following signs that you hit Send too soon. Top 10 Signs You Should Not Hit...
by Cathy Miller | Nov 12, 2021
Don’t you wish people followed the advice of Thomas Jefferson about trimming excess words? Especially the politicians. A colleague at a consulting firm once accused our auditing area of being paid by the pound. The American weight Not the British currency If you read...
by Cathy Miller | Oct 29, 2021
If you know me, you know I love Halloween. I wonder if that’s the reason I loved being a ghostwriter. I first published this post on October 29, 2012. The Halloween goblins prompted me to update it on the same day – eight years later. I decided to convert...
by Cathy Miller | Oct 27, 2021
Meet Joshua. He’s been practicing his business storytelling to snag the attention of his desired market. Joshua starts out strong, but then his story endings slowly chug toward the finish line. By the time the story ends, his audience mentally checked out or moved on....
by Cathy Miller | Oct 18, 2021
What do you picture when you think of good storytelling? J. K. Rowling’s magical Harry Potter series? Steven Speilberg’s terrifying interpretation of Jaws? Business writing in the 21st century? Okay, that last one is probably not on the top of your list. But it could...
by Cathy Miller | Aug 28, 2021
Are you in a highly competitive, technical field? You need to prove you know what you’re doing. You don’t want to dumb down your business communication too much, right? True. But do you know how much is too much? Dumb Down Debate Perhaps it’s the term that makes...
