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It’s not about you. Know the 5 stages of awareness.

January 26, 2017 by Don Heymann Leave a Comment

Whether you’re putting together a website, a social media campaign or any kind of corporate/marketing communication program, you often tend to focus on the product, service or idea you’re promoting. It’s understandable. But your communications effort is NOT primarily about you, it’s about your audience and their needs. Not your product but their problem.

Filed Under: Marketing Communications Tagged With: business writing, engaging audiences, making ideas sticky, marketing communications

Sometimes It Just Takes Time

August 14, 2013 by Don Heymann 5 Comments

Sometimes it takes time and perspective before the true impact of an idea or an action is fully realized, especially in our dizzying culture. The Greek philosopher Socrates was charged with “corrupting youth,” and he was sentenced to death by hemlock. But today he’s regarded as one of the giants in Western philosophy and a forefather of the scientific method. We’re probably not willing to wait that long for a payoff, but you get the idea.

Filed Under: Speech Writing Tagged With: marketing communications, plain language, repetitive communications, speech writing, story telling

Selling Through Storytelling and The 4th Earl of Sandwich

June 12, 2013 by Don Heymann 5 Comments

The British politician and aristocrat John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, liked to play cards. But he also enjoyed eating a snack at the same time, and that tied up his hands and involved utensils. So, in 1748, he came up with a solution: he put beef between slices of toast, so he could eat with one hand and still play the game.

Filed Under: Use of Language Tagged With: creating mental pictures, engaging audiences, marketing communications, plain language, story telling

Forget The Google Ranking; Write Web Content For The Nobel Prize

July 9, 2012 by Don Heymann 4 Comments

Still striving for search engine optimization? If you’re a writer, fuhgetaboutit. It turns out the page rankings based on keywords won’t be enough anymore.

Filed Under: Writing Skills Tagged With: engaging audiences, Google rank, high standards, keywords, marketing communications, plain language, seo, website copywriting, write web content

SEO Key Words: A Nobel Prize or a High Google Ranking

January 17, 2012 by Don Heymann 3 Comments

It’s quite the challenge to insert into your lilting prose such charming terms as corporate writer, annual report copywriting, annual report writer, marketing communications writing, corporate newsletter writing, web writer, professional corporate writer, professional speechwriter and, let’s not forget, professional speechwriting.

Filed Under: Marketing Communications Tagged With: keywords, marketing communications, professional corporate writer, seo, website copywriting

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Don Heymann - Communications WriterDon Heymann launched his business in 1985, drawing on his broad communications experience as a writer, consultant, corporate official and agency executive.

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