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How to write magnetic web copy

TweetWhen 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

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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

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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

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Getting a Blog-Life Through Social Media

TweetI’ve been in business writing for a long time. I’ve written proposals, customer communications and marketing material – among other things.  So I thought that blogging was going to be easy. But you know what? It hasn’t been for me. … Continue reading

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Search, Google Instant, Web Content & Web Writing

TweetGoogle will be introducing a new feature to searching to those with Google accounts over the next several days. It’s called Google Instant. The main feature of Google Instant is that your search results will begin to appear as you … Continue reading

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The SEO World Map

Some SEO tactics are considered outdated. But I still use them – but for different reasons. Do you still use alt tags in images for SEO? Keyword metatags? What about submitting sites to directories? Continue reading

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Turbo Charge Your Writing – 7 Tips for Web or Print

How many times have you read something on the web or in print and you’ve had to go back and read it again? Sometimes two or three times? No, it’s not your shortened attention span. Sometimes the text is just badly written.

Other times, reading some text is pure pleasure. You grasp the point easily. No going back and reading the text again. Do you want to know why? The writer has used some simple techniques to make your reading experience article. Read on to learn techniques to make your writing stronger, clearer and more focused.
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A website is born – a little overdue…

Tweet Welcome to www.dawncomber.com – my new website. After many rewrites and redesigns, I am now the resident blogger for my writing and editing website. I’m Dawn Comber – an experienced, professional writer. I provide creative, affordable writing and editing … Continue reading

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