Thanks for stopping by to read my blog. I’m Dawn Comber, a Toronto web content and web copywriter. I help clients to communicate and connect with their clients online. Most of my posts are about Web Copy, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Social Media. I’d love to have a conversation so please leave me a comment and we’ll talk!
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Dropbox: A web tool to simplify life
Dropbox will help you de-clutter your Inbox. Instead of emailing attachments to clients friends or family, why not use Dropbox to share documents, photos and other large files. Dropbox is great for storing your website backups. Another great feature of Dropbox is that when you invite friends to Dropbox, you're rewarded with BONUS space - up to 8 Mgs. worth. Now that's a life simplifier, don't you think? Continue reading →
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Sweden’s Twitter Experiment
Before Christmas, I was alerted to a story in the Globe and Mail about Sweden’s decision to invite citizens to tweet from the national Twitter account on behalf of Sweden (link posted at the end of my article). The national … Continue reading
How to write magnetic web copy
When it comes to the web and web copy, we don’t follow our mother’s advice – “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” That little ditty was a warning to avoid jumping to conclusions upon first meeting of anything or … Continue reading
5 Tips from Top Bloggers at BlogWorld LA 2011
BlogWorld LA 2011 hosted some of the most influential bloggers and social media people in the digital sphere. It was hard to distill the absolute best sound bytes from so many great speakers. In fact I bought a virtual ticket so that I can listen again to blogging and social media advice. Continue reading
Developing Web Content through Play
Narrative Design Labs are creative labs where as a business person, you are challenged to look at your business (and yourself) in a new way. Today, we are actors in a new business environment. We need to find a new way to look at our work and how we express who we are and what we offer. This post (hopefully) will spark your creativity and give you a fresh outlook for work. Continue reading
Thoughts on Writing Naked
Writing naked is about getting to the point. Avoiding unnecessary words and phrases. Seth Godin says we don’t write naked because we are afraid. While I admit that I am afraid and so the text gets flowery, there are other reasons for flowery text. What do you think? Continue reading
Spider Food: Search Tools for Website Content
Need some awesome tools to help develop your web content? Google has a few of them, including a keyword tool, Google Insights (to watch trends) and the Wonder Wheel. Armed with these, you can put together relevant, knock ‘em out content for your pages and posts and help your website to rank well. Continue reading
Whimsy and Words of Inspiration 5
June is here and it’s time to find a word of inspiration to guide your life and/or work for the month. Although this seems like a whimsical exercise, if you create intention around your word of choice and check in on yourself on a daily basis, I believe that you can be inspired to act according to the word that you choose. It’s about intentionality and being mindful. What word will you choose? Continue reading
Five Ways to Kick Start Your Writing
Writing is a strenuous process. Writing requires thinking, planning, organizing and clarity. What tricks do you use to get your writing (aka blogging) done? Do you have rituals that help you to get your creative juices flowing or disciplines to keep yourself at it – no matter how you are feeling? Continue reading
