Archive for the ‘Writing and Copywriting’ Category

March 18th, 2009

Really dumb grammar mistakes. (Part 1)

I would like to preface this article by saying that REALTORS who make grammar mistakes are not necessarily dumb.  If you are writing copy for your real estate website, you can bend the rules under the cover of “artistic license.”

August 1st, 2008

Getting your posts indexed.

Be sure that your posts are long enough.

Ernest Hemingway (when he still had a head) bet a guy he met in a bar that he could write a compelling story with just six words. The bar patron took him up on it. Ernest won the bet. Here is the story:

“Baby shoes for sale. Never worn.”

May 12th, 2008

rulEs FOR ProPer caPitaliZation.

Do you know when you should use “upper-case” letters? If you don’t, it would be a “capital” idea to find out! (Bad pun intended. Well, they can’t all be funny, you know. You just can’t expect that!)

January 28th, 2008

Submit your site to these places….

Directory submission is one way to get backlinks to your site, although frequently the links are of dubious quality. Google favors sites that have quality backlinks. The quality and amount of link juice you get from these directories is hit-and-miss. Here are some quality sites that have excellent page rank: