blogs Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/blogs/ Thu, 24 Sep 2015 03:26:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-WBP-FAVICON_7-32x32.jpg blogs Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/blogs/ 32 32 How Blogging Is Like Skydiving, and Other Misplaced Comparisons https://old.wordsbyapro.com/how-blogging-is-like-skydiving-and-other-misplaced-comparisons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-blogging-is-like-skydiving-and-other-misplaced-comparisons Tue, 05 May 2015 17:25:53 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1130 Disclaimer: I’ve never been skydiving. The first step of blogging, like skydiving, is making the commitment to do it. Once you’ve decided you’re going to skydive, you’ve got to decide on a method for your jump. Are you going in tandem? How about an accelerated free fall? Or should you static line that bad boy? […]

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]]> A Case for Keeping It Real https://old.wordsbyapro.com/a-case-for-keeping-it-real/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-case-for-keeping-it-real Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:23:07 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1065 Epic fail. Literally the best. The most amazing. The absolute worst. These superlative descriptions are best reserved for, respectively, the sinking of the Titanic, invention of the wheel, the Great Pyramid of Giza and the 1918 flu pandemic. Today, it’s hard to know where you stand when something as minor as burnt toast can be […]

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]]> Website Copywriting, Will You Be My Valentine? https://old.wordsbyapro.com/website-copywriting-will-you-be-my-valentine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=website-copywriting-will-you-be-my-valentine Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:43:03 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=936 I’ve always had a thing for Valentine’s Day that I can’t explain. Maybe it’s the incongruous combination of red and pink. Or maybe it’s the stupid puns on hokey valentines and cheap, terrible candy. Could be the hearts, because I really do love hearts. Beyond all those solidly rational reasons, though, my absolute favorite thing […]

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]]> Is Your Business Braced for the New Year? https://old.wordsbyapro.com/is-your-business-braced-for-the-new-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-your-business-braced-for-the-new-year Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:48:53 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=859 Welp, here we are at the end of 2014 with a brand new year peeking out over the horizon. If you’re like us, you’re thinking about your business adventures from the past 12 months and planning on how to make 2015 blow 2014 right out of the water. Here are a few tips that can […]

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]]> Does Your Business Website, Social, or Copy Need a Touch of Pumpkin Spice? https://old.wordsbyapro.com/does-your-business-website-social-or-copy-need-a-touch-of-pumpkin-spice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-your-business-website-social-or-copy-need-a-touch-of-pumpkin-spice Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:45:32 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=771 Ah, fall: my favorite time of year. I’m not a full-fledged drive-thru maven in yoga pants with an uncontrolled addiction to #PSLs, but I do love a touch of fall flavor. Interestingly, autumn is really a season of decay in some senses: the leaves wither and fall, the air turns colder, and warm ovens turn […]

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]]> Oh, Did You Want WRITING in Your Blog, Too? https://old.wordsbyapro.com/oh-did-you-want-writing-in-your-blog-too/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oh-did-you-want-writing-in-your-blog-too Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:21:06 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=755 Everywhere you look, advice on SEO marketing and increasing site traffic are all “blah blah blah” about the all-powerful content. How to improve your content. How to create engaging content. How what you thought was good content at one time is now no longer acceptable because of reasons. (And, on a related note, how to […]

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