Ragan Insider Robby Brumberg
Words and phrases we can do without
Cutesy coinages and clumsy clichés litter contemporary writing. It’s time to take out the trash.
Archive for November, 2014
Ragan Insider Terry Powell
4 ways to handle negative online reviews
Don’t let the money spent on branding and media relations go to waste with an angry response to a negative Yelp comment. Pros can use these tips to calm angry consumers and repair a company’s reputation.
Ragan Insider Kayla Matthews
4 features of good communications recruitment sites
If you want to attract top talent, make sure your website has these four components.
Ragan Insider Rachel Farrell
CEO videos boost internal engagement
Putting your CEO in front of the camera is a great way to engage employees. Keep these tips and challenges in mind to make the most of your message.
Ragan Insider Meg Hoppe
15 writing tips from great 20th-century authors
Hemingway, Vonnegut, Bradbury, Orwell—even a couple of guys named Strunk & White—offer insights about keeping text lively and informative.
Ragan Insider Matthew Royse
10 ways to make your LinkedIn profile the best it can be
You’ll earn a lot more attention for yourself or your organization if you have a robust profile on LinkedIn. Here are the boxes to check.
Ragan Insider Kristin Long
Infographic: 4 elements that drive traffic to content
To ensure your content will attract significant traffic, make sure it has these four components.
Ragan Insider Daphne Gray-Grant
How to identify weaknesses in your writing
Self-editing isn’t easy, but you can easily weed out unclear sentences, clichés, passive voice and other bad habits by asking yourself these eight questions.
Ragan Insider Bernard Marr
Top 10 tell-tale signs of a bad boss
Good managers praise publicly, criticize privately (and constructively), and do all they can to help others succeed. Then there are these oafs. Read it and wince.
Ragan Insider Beki Winchel
5 branding lessons from Coca-Cola Journey’s second anniversary
The brand’s ‘death to the corporate’ website mission gives PR and marketing pros several things to consider.
Ragan Insider Jon Alhart
6 social media lessons from Billy Joel
The singer doesn’t run his own social media accounts, but in his songs and in his public actions, he sets a pretty good social media example.
Ragan Insider Kristin Long
Brand journalism approach lands aerospace firm primo coverage
Here’s how the communications teams at Raytheon joined forces to tell stories that garner top-tier media attention, and how you can do the same.
Ragan Insider Drew Bernard
Facebook content lessons from nonprofits
Your fans want to feel involved and altruistic, and so do many of their friends. Tap into that benevolence to engage—and expand—your loyal audience.
Ragan Insider Lauren Marinigh
5 phrases social media managers never want to hear
Has anyone ever asked you, ‘What do you do all day?’ or, ‘They pay you for that?’ If those questions annoy you, join the author on her soapbox.
Ragan Insider Denise Graveline
So, do you start sentences with ‘so’? If so …
Why has this monosyllabic lead-in become so common, and what purpose does it serve? Several, actually, but are you using it solely as filler?
