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Copywriting

Stop speaking Corporatese: 18 buzzwords to stop using now

Hating on buzzwords is something of a tradition here on the Articulate blog. We’ve already compiled theDevil’s Marketing Dictionaryand...

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PR
Copywriting

How to give good press interviews

Giving an interview should be a positive experience. It’s not like public speaking and it’s not like being cross-examined by Jeremy Paxman....

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Inbound Marketing
PR

Press release Frankenquotes (and how to avoid them)

Why do companies insist on using press release Frankenquotes? For a classic example, see this from our old friends Nortel:

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Copywriting

Why acronyms are annoying

‘I feel that barely a day goes by that somebody doesn’t toss a new acronym at me and react with surprise when I don’t recognize it,’ writes...

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Tools
Copywriting

Five free apps that will improve your vocabulary

It’s frustrating when we come across words we’re not familiar with. Luckily, we all carry around smartphones that can give us the...

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How to do marketing
Copywriting

Don't copy copy: why original content always wins

Why didn’t the skeleton go to the party? Because he had nobody to go with.

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Copywriting

Write with anecdotes: how to make your writing as large as life

Once upon a time, there was a tourist backpacking through the highlands of Scotland...

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How to do marketing
SEO

What makes you click? The art and science of great headlines

You know how to write a headline.

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Copywriting

6 copywriting lessons from great letter writers

Nobody writes letters anymore. But maybe they should. The anticipation, the ripping of the envelope (with your finger because a knife’s...

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Copywriting

The most persuasive words in copywriting

Words, words, words. We write them, read them, speak them and listen to them every day, yet words’ ability to persuade, elicit emotion and...