Meet Your Readers

What steps do you take to listen to your audience?

Just the other day I had lunch with a large group of people from my target audience. In two days, I’m driving an hour and a half to spend time with an even larger group.

I have two goals, both essential to my task.

First, I simply want to establish rapport. Call it platform building. I … Continue reading

Last Year’s Work

Do your best … and keep improving.

I remember being pleased with the pages I designed for the annual event I’d attended. So this past week, I wondered if I should refer to it as I crafted the pages for the next issue.

I opted instead to simply give these new pages my best effort, complementing the writer’s text with photos I’d taken. With a different … Continue reading

Don’t Miss a Week

Keep the connection you’re making with readers.

I didn’t use my trip as an excuse to take a break from blogging.

From what’s been posted online, you should have no idea I’ve recently been on the road. Before we left, I wrote and scheduled the posts that would appear while I’d be away.

My motive wasn’t to prevent burglaries — the electronic … Continue reading