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How to Become an Editor (Part 1)
Going with Your Gut Isn't a Defensible Strategy If you want to become an editor, you have to find your own way. There's no advanced degree program. You won't find many mentors out there to apprentice with. In fact, depending on who you ask, there apparently isn't any...
How to Be a Better Writer
Expert Advice on Learning from Your Editor Writers write. Practice makes perfect. The best writers are avid readers. There are enough clichés and witticisms to fill buckets with well-intentioned advice on how to be a better writer. And since writing is one of those...
The Best Website Content Writing Tip You’ll Ever Read
Website Pages Have to Connect with Visitors Everyone in the internet industry has their own opinion about what makes effective content for a website. Some SEO experts have insisted that, to rank high, a web page needs at least 1,000 targeted, carefully crafted words...
When the Well Runs Dry
How to Kickstart Your Creativity with 10 Tips Whether you're a cabinetmaker, a writer, a photographer or painter, you've probably run into some version of writer's block, when it seems like nothing is working and there's no way to kickstart your creativity. Creative...
The Joy of Writing
The Joy of Writing Exists, But Not for Everyone Among writers, both amateur and professional, there's a common saying that's built on half-truths and lazy innuendoes. The paraphrased saying goes like this: "It's much better to have written than to be writing." The...
Looking Back at 2017
It Was the Best of Times ... Well, in Some Ways Ah, the great look-back. Everyone is doing it. You have your top news stories of 2017, the most popular movies, songs and books. Business stories, tech, banking and retail all have their own set of top 10 or 20 best...
‘Tis the Season of Giving
The Only Way to Receive Is to Give Generously Since it's the season of giving, we thought we'd share this little bit of wisdom: you have to give to receive. It's cliché, but like all time-honored sayings, so very true, and especially timely during this season of...
2018 Blog Predictions
Blogging Follows Trends; Here's Some for 2018 You may wonder, as do we, which is more productive: To live in the moment, one day at a time To live for a time in the future when everything finally falls into place At Ray Access, we teeter somewhere in between on most...
Why Your Clients Need a Blog
Businesses Look to Web Developers for Advice Your clients spend thousands of dollars to design and develop an attractive, effective website. They spend hundreds more a month on search engine optimization. Commissioning a website from scratch — or even a website...
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