How to get your blog noticed

Found a very nice article by Carol Tice on "The Top Skill Bloggers Need Now to Skyrocket Their Success" here. Basically, blogs are overflowing in any niche you want to insert yourself in. How do you get noticed and move up the ranks like the big guns? According to Carol, writing longer, information packed blogs...

Writing body language that works

"I used my hand to slap my forehead." Duh, isn't that obvious? Maybe not so obvious at times so here's an interesting blog on writing body language that I found useful. Cool blog. http://dianahurwitz.blogspot.sg/2014/02/tips-on-body-language.html      

How researchers could learn from entrepreneurs: scaling up mistakes

Fantastic for all planning startups and entrepreurships. Listen to Kawasaki. He knows his stuff.

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Was listening to Guy Kawasaki’s talk on YouTube about the top ten mistakes entrepreneurs make.

One of the mistakes is that of scaling up too fast.

Scaling up too fast by hiring staff, buying equipment, expanding the business etc is dangerous, especially if you’re not sure if you’ll actually hit those cash flow predictions in your business plan (and often times you won’t !) That means you have to get more funding in order to keep your startup afloat and pay your staff salaries, pay your creditors etc. That will be the time you’ll get your sleepless nights and hair pulling episodes.

I realize how a research lab faces the same challenges as a start up. Initially, a researcher starts off with some funding, and then goes out to employ research staff, assistants, post doctoral fellows, etc. He also has to buy lab equipment, consumables, supplies etc.

Now you…

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How to write like…James Patterson

James Patterson is my favorite go-to-guy for crime thrillers. Nail-biting tension with mystery. For pure Patterson, read the Alex Cross series. Pure brilliance. I'll just lay out some common ideas I've noticed that could enhance your writing. 1. Write in 1st person for your hero I don't know why but all his books are written...

Why some blog writers become incredibly popular and you can, too.

Want to get more readers to your blog? Here's an excellent article by Bryan Hutchinson. Basically, it's the magic of YOU, your voice that readers want to see. I'm trying to get there too, but it's a long way off from number one blogger Seth Godin (though we share the same first name, so half's the...

10 Writing Tips from Margaret Atwood

Here's an interesting article on writing. http://www.advicetowriters.com/home/2014/3/28/10-writing-tips-from-margaret-atwood.html Photo credit: Jallen  

Expanding your vocabulary the easy way

Having a vocab book changed my writing life and I hope it changes yours too. When I was in primary school, my teacher made us create a book where we wrote down new words we didn't understand and powerful phrases that writers used. Check the dictionary for words you don't understand and know how to...

How to write 3rd person viewpoint

I've talked very briefly about what a 3rd person limited viewpoint is. If you haven't read it, check this post out first. Now let's take a closer look how to actually write it. "Come on! I know how to write that. It's so easy. He did this. She did that." The actions are the easier...

How to write like… (famous author) series coming up!

I'll be rolling out a writing like...(insert famous author here) series. It's not going to be very comprehensive as it's all based on my reading and observations. Length of lessons will vary due to my incapability to tease out slivers of knowledge. Just in case I don't do justice to your favorite author, feel free...

Types of viewpoints to choose from

In this post, I'll just break down some things on viewpoint. Writing in 3rd person limited is the most common form other than 1st person. If this sounds weird to you, let me give an example. 3rd person limited: "Seth went through the door and when he saw his wife, his heart beat wildly. She...