Ragan Insider Laura Hale Brockway
17 more made-up words
You won’t find these words in the dictionary, but many communicators use them anyway.
Search Results (writing and editing)
Ragan Insider Amanda Chiu
13 terrific tools for bloggers
Crafting a well-written post that will resonate with your audience is no easy task—nor is it the end of the process. Try these for help with editing, SEO and publication schedules.
Ragan Insider Sarah Ratliff
Do these vague words muddle your emails?
Murky deadlines, pronouns with ambiguous antecedents, and exhortations to ‘work your magic’ can baffle colleagues and clients, while risking that you don’t get precisely what you need.
Ragan Insider Daphne Gray-Grant
5 key ways technology helps writers
From apps like Hemingway and Evernote to 24/7 search capabilities, modern conveniences make writing, editing and publishing a breeze. Talent? Well, that still varies.
Ragan Insider Daphne Gray-Grant
How to write for an impossibly picky boss
Here’s how to deal with a loud-mouthed, self-proclaimed “perfectionist” boss who reads at a seventh-grade level, and who thinks everybody else prefers his brand of simplified Esperanto.
Ragan Insider Paul Maccabee
Hyundai’s ‘Message to Space’ video: masterpiece or brilliant illusion?
The car maker’s video shows how the brand helped a young girl send a message to her astronaut father, but some people believe the video was staged.
Ragan Insider Gini Dietrich
8 of the worst press release mistakes
Writing style, timing, editing, research and being selective all matter. Here’s how many professionals get those things wrong.
Ragan Insider Jim Dougherty
Avoid these 11 content marketing mistakes
Simply creating or curating posts is not enough. Feeble headlines, faulty metrics and targeting the wrong audience on the wrong channels can undermine your campaign.
Ragan Insider Andrew Hutchinson
Is a lackluster headline killing your LinkedIn profile?
Are you wasting characters on fluff or, worse, defaulting to a basic job title—one that might not align with current industry nomenclature? Follow these tips to stand out from the crowd.
Ragan Insider Danielle Capriato
14 tools to create better visuals
Seeking illustrative photos, a tool for building infographics, or a quick way to construct a meme image? Here are 14 solutions to try.
Ragan Insider Laura Hale Brockway
4 examples of bad email manners
Huge, unsolicited attachments and pretending you know someone you don’t are among this writer’s no-nos.
Ragan Insider Laura Hale Brockway
41 alternatives to the word ‘cool’
If the word ‘cool’ is wearing out its welcome in your personal lexicon, try these synonyms.
Ragan Insider Brianna Hand
Why you should add journalists to your content team
A look at why your corporate communications department should add traditional-media reporters to its content team, and why journalist old-timers no longer turn up their noses at brand journalism.
Ragan Insider Kristin Long
Infographic: The most influential types of content
What content encourages your customers to buy from you? If you don’t know, this infographic will steer you in the right direction.
Ragan Insider Laura Hale Brockway
8 commonly misunderstood words
Be careful when you use words such as ‘comprise,’ ‘averse’ and ‘imply.’ They are often used incorrectly.
