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New Media as Copy

by brianlburns on 17 April 2008

in links, new media

I talk a lot about copywriting (well, duh), and most of the time, I mean it as frontpage copy… what people see when they first get to your site, what they see in the ‘about us’ section, and so on. But I also talk about it as the content that combines to form your brand. For a lot of startups, most of this is on the frontpage. But then again, for a lot of others, it’s not. More and more (especially for startups with a central and visible founder/leader), the brand is being formed elsewhere online, in new media. On blogs, on Qik, on twitter, and on… well…. twitter.

People like AJ Vaynerchuk are doing a good job of covering the basics and the specifics of using social media (and twitter) to build your startup brand, and really, I’m glad, because I don’t want to write about that here. But I will write about it somehow… about how everything you produce - blog posts, tweets, and video scripts included is an opportunity to communicate who you are. An opportunity to do startup writing, and of course (as far as I’m concerned), to do quality startup writing.

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EVERYBODY is a writer

by brianlburns on 16 April 2008

in attitude, links

I don’t think I ever got anything better than a B+ in an english or writing class - all of my former teachers would probably swallow their pocket protectors if they heard I’m writing for a living. And tell you the truth, I have a hard time believing it sometimes. Fact is, I’m not making [...]

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Copy That Sells

by brianlburns on 14 April 2008

in attitude, good writing, links

This morning, Seth Godin wrote a good piece on unintentional blogging income. The idea is that most successful bloggers start out for fun, and for the thrill of having good content read. Money only comes later (and as an afterthought). It’s good stuff, and brings up an important point for me here. Namely, that writing [...]

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5 ways Bloggers aren’t at all Like Rappers

by brianlburns on 13 April 2008

in links, lists

A couple days ago, a guest-writer for Copyblogger wrote 6 Ways that Bloggers are Like Rappers. It was fun, and it inspired me to write the counterpoint… 5 ways Bloggers aren’t at all Like Rappers. Here it is:
Dissimilarity #1: Appearance
Rappers look like football players. Bloggers look like, well, nerds. Rappers date supermodels. Bloggers can’t get [...]

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@gruen wrote another noteworthy post over at blog.michaelgruen.com, this one about bloggers writing the same stuff over and over again… about how we’re not creating any original content anymore. It’s good stuff, but the best part of the whole thing came when @megfowler quickly replied: “EVERYONE writes about how no one’s blogging unique content anymore!”
Why [...]

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