Use Trello to manage your VA’s marketing help
If you’re a solopreneur like me, you may hire a virtual assistant (VA) to help with routine tasks like marketing. As your VA’s tasks multiply, the two of you may have trouble tracking them. You may find yourself searching for an email trail or wondering if you’ve told your VA about a specific task. That’s […]
Top posts from 2017’s first quarter
Check out my top posts from the first quarter! They’re a mix of practical tips on investment commentary (#1), marketing (#2, 3), public relations (#4, 7), writing (#1, 5, 10), email (#6, 7), and blogging (#8, 9). My post about words to avoid (#1) seemed to resonate the most with readers. It also spurred comments […]
Fixing compliance issues with comments on your LinkedIn Pulse posts
More financial professionals are blogging on LinkedIn Pulse, LinkedIn’s blogging platform. Sometimes this raises compliance issues that you may not know how to fix. Compliance issues for content that you post are easy to handle. But what about compliance issues with other people’s comments on your LinkedIn Pulse posts? Compliance issues for content that you […]
One investment manager’s approach to writing commentary
Writers tailor their processes to their needs. Leslie J. Lammers, CFA, of Riverstone Advisors, shared her process with me after reading my post, “A case against writing outlines.” Lammers has used this process to write almost 100 quarterly letters. My approach to writing investment commentary By Leslie J. Lammers, CFA Here is my process: […]
Writers, prepare for National Stress Awareness Month!
Do you enjoy stress? I don’t think so. That’s why National Stress Awareness Month exists. During April, health professionals strive “to inform people about the dangers of stress, successful coping strategies, and harmful misconceptions about stress that are prevalent in our society,” according to the promoters’ official website. Thinking about sources of stress for writers, […]