Writing, Copywriting and Blogging

This page is about writing in the sense of more-or-less professional writing of substantial amounts of text. So it is not concerned with language doubts (like when to use ‘it’s’ or ‘its’ or whether a singular collective noun can take a plural verb form – try the Language Stuff page if that’s what you’re interested in), or advertising copywriting, which is a subworld all of its own. These are my favourite writing and copywriting feeds, plus a couple for those looking for writing gigs:

Performancing » Bet You Didn’t Know that Site’s Built on WordPress – Tufts University

Monday 26 July 22:53:49 CDT 2010

This is the first post in an ongoing series I’m writing for Performancing.com called, “Bet You Didn’t Know that Site’s Built on WordPress” where I’ll highlight businesses and brands using WordPress that might surprise and inspire you. If you thought WordPress and blogging was just for hobbyists and personal blogs, you’re wrong. Today’s installment of “Bet You Didn’t Know that … [Link]

Performancing » Avoid Legal Trouble by Knowing Copyrights Matter on the Social Web, Too

Monday 26 July 22:53:45 CDT 2010

Bloggers and online publishers have to follow copyright laws just as any traditional publisher must. However, there is a gray area of copyright law, called fair use, that many online publishers refer to when their content is called into question. So what are the copyright laws and fair use legalese that you need to know as a blogger so you stay … [Link]

Performancing » Are Blogrolls Defunct?

Monday 26 July 22:53:41 CDT 2010

The blogroll was once an essential part of every blog. Today, that’s no longer the case. More and more bloggers have removed the traditional blogroll from their blog sidebars and replaced it — believing that a blogroll is not an effective use of the valuable real estate on a blog’s sidebar. In simplest terms, the shift in thinking from “blogroll cricital” … [Link]

Performancing » The Complete Guide to Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Marketing

Monday 26 July 12:15:04 CDT 2010

Search Engine Optimization often is a difficult topic and not every blogger agrees that much time should be spend at it but too often people discussing the topic do not know what it all entails. So we sat down and created a What is SEO? infographic. The graphic covers all basics of SEO and explains the different components of search … [Link]

John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons