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Writing tip: Mastering metaphors, Part 2

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Writing tip: Mastering metaphors, Part 2

ailing turbulent seas, overcoming obstacles, climbing mountains – these metaphors have worn out their welcome in the financial world. Prospective customers have heard and read them all.

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Writing Tip: Mastering Metaphors, Part 1

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Writing Tip: Mastering Metaphors, Part 1

Metaphors have seeped into our language so thoroughly that they constantly pop out into our speech and writing. We don’t even think about them. That’s the problem.

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Writing tip: Use SAID, not OBSERVED, COMMENTED, NOTED, etc.

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Writing tip: Use SAID, not OBSERVED, COMMENTED, NOTED, etc.

This is a lesson that many journalists learn early in their careers. When you’re quoting someone, follow it with SAID. Don’t say the person OBSERVED, NOTED, COMMENTED, CONTINUED, REMARKED or anything else you can find in your thesaurus. Keep this in mind when writing success stories, case studies or news releases. Why do beginning journalists want […]

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Writing Tip: Set Up (Don’t Setup) Your Copy for Success

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Writing Tip: Set Up (Don’t Setup) Your Copy for Success

It’s hard to pinpoint the causes for increases in grammatical errors. But I’m guessing the verb/noun/adjective confusion I’m talking about can be traced back to the early days of going online.

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Writing Tip: Success Stories Don’t Always Need To Be Emotionally Charged

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Writing Tip: Success Stories Don’t Always Need To Be Emotionally Charged

We’re not going to convince engineers to take action with heart-wrenching stories about well-crafted parts. Instead, we’ve got to be detailed and factual enough about how we helped clients in their situation for them to think, “Hmm, sounds like I should give these guys a call.”

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