Happy new year! I hope your holidays were good and that you’ve managed to re-find some semblance of your routine. (Or maybe even some cool new routines.)
On Tuesday this week, Stefanie Flaxman gave us seven ideas for how to thrill your boss, editor, or clients with your writing professionalism.
And on Wednesday, Brian Clark joined me to talk about one of the core ideas that drives Copyblogger — that combination of “killer” (effective strategist and technologist) and “poet” (graceful and skilled wordsmith). As David Ogilvy wrote in Ogilvy on Advertising, “If you are both killer and poet, you get rich.”
We love it when writers get rich, and we’re going to have a lot more to say about that as 2018 moves forward!
The podcasts are still on their holiday hiatus, but we do have one for you if you missed it after Christmas: StudioPress founder Brian Gardner on WordPress trends to keep an eye on for 2018.
And if you’re looking for a little more, I slipped two unofficial posts onto the blog last week.
One’s about designing a process to support your creative productivity. This is the single “hack” I find the most useful to get more work done: How to Build a Trusted Framework that Expands Your Content Creativity.
And the other helps you start thinking about all the different pieces that make up a solid content strategy: How to Connect the Dots that Can Make You a Star.
We’ll catch you with a full schedule of content next week!
Chief Content Officer, Rainmaker Digital
Catch up on this week’s content
![writing is solitary work, but professional writers know publishing is collaborative]()
7 Ways for Thoughtful Writers to Wow Their Editors, Clients, and Bosses
by Stefanie Flaxman
![If you are both killer and poet, you get rich – David Ogilvy]()
Three Killer Skills Professional Writers Need to Succeed in 2018
by Brian Clark & Sonia Simone
![smart processes don’t limit your creativity -- they support and magnify it]()
How to Build a Trusted Framework that Expands Your Content Creativity
by Sonia Simone
![no single piece of content can meet all of your goals for you]()
How to Connect the Dots that Can Make You a Star
by Sonia Simone
WordPress Design Trends for 2018
by Sean Jackson
Reader Comments (10)
I hope 2018 is going to be crazier than 2017 for me.
There are so many plans put in place to get the best out of this year, it’s just the discipline to stick to them that is lacking.
Happy New Year copyblogger
If you want crazy, then I wish you crazy! 🙂
🙂
I still miss the “print” button.
I’m not sure why we moved away from that, but I’ll include that in the discussions for our next redesign. 🙂
The new year is a great time for a cool new routine. As is any other time, actually. Rock on.
Agree! I do like to look at my processes and habits at this time of year, and I also like to look at them throughout the year when they seem like they need a refresh. 🙂
wish you a very Happy New Year Sonia,
I am a Killer 😉 but not good poet ;-(
It’s the best part of the year when we can plan fresh and forget the past failures. Anyway Happy New Year Team. 🙂
I am both gonna be killer and a poet this new year. Hope to thrive this year. Thanks.
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