The Content Jedi Blog

I've written about how networking and marketing are kissing cousins. To summarize that post, networking is an essential part of of building your brand, which is the foundation of marketing.

A website is often the first impression people have of your business. Think of it as a job interview. Your website is the candidate for the position, and the person who visits it is the hiring manager.

Do you hate writing as much as my hair hates growing? Did you know that lousy writing on your website makes people head for the hills?

My last post was about the misuse of the word “ironic.” It’s quite ironic then that a writer like me would struggle to put into words how badly anti-Semitism hurts.

I have some opinions about words and phrases. Which brings me to the word ironic. In my experience, this is unequivocally the most misused word that I read and hear.

Let me start by saying thank you for opening my email. It would be quite embarrassing and ironic if you didn’t because you found the subject line for “How to Write an Intriguing Email Subject Line” unintriguing. 

Your brand is only as good as its awareness. What’s the point of having a brand if you never tell anyone about it? A tried and true method of telling them about it is, you guessed it, through blogging.

“Do I really need to blog?” is a question I hear from time to time, to which I reply, “Does your plain omelet really need delicious ingredients like salt, pepper, herbs, sharp cheddar cheese, and bacon (or Impossible Bacon for the meatle

When he heard the loud booms, my 9-year-old son jumped up, sprinted for his life, and dove toward us. My wife shielded him and walked him back to safety.

I ranted about this in a video a while back. Yes, the mental health conversation has made strides, especially during Covid, but people have and continue to say ignorant things, like “Don’t be anxious” to people with a clinical anxiety di