Category Archives: Communication

How To Blog About Sensitive Topics Without Offending Anyone

“Offended” is one of the new buzzwords and when it comes to blogging, especially these days, you really want to make sure that aren’t offending someone. Even a blog about getting healthy can be offensive to some people, depending on how you are giving your advice.

How you word things properly really depends on the topic you are blogging about. Think about how you would feel if you were faced with the particular situation you are talking about before letting your post go live.

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Here are some tips on being sensitive when it comes to touchy subjects and how not to offend people with your blog. Continue reading

Originally posted on July 28, 2015 @ 1:07 am

3 Tips for Blogging As A Lawyer

Creating an accessible and fascinating blog is a great way for your clients and potential clients to get a better feel for who you are as a lawyer. However, it can be difficult to know exactly what to include in your blogs and how to best address issues your clients would find helpful, whether it’s about topics like divorce or workers’ compensation. But with just a small amount of planning and preparation, you can boost your blog to a level you never thought possible.

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businessman using a laptop in an office

Learn From Other’s Successes

If you’re just starting out on your blog, there is a lot to learn from checking out what other lawyers or law firms have done and how they’ve found success. However, finding reputable and well performing blogs from other lawyers can prove challenging.

To give you a starting point for blogs to take a look at, Abby Rogers of Business Insider has compiled a list of the best law blogs. These blogs are well written, factually accurate, and present the information on their particular aspect of law in ways that other blogs have yet to tap into. By studying these examples, you can find ways to better build your own blog. Continue reading

Originally posted on August 13, 2015 @ 1:58 am

Webinar as an Effective Online Tutorial Tool

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On the web today, professionals, small business owners and companies passionate about teaching people on how to do things whether in real life or on the internet can use various free online tools. They can create a blog, slideshows or they can also create a video, a podcast or even a webinar.

While videos posted on YouTube and other video sharing sites are popular these days and a good avenue to do tutorials, a more formal option is to hold a webinar. Free and paid systems are available but it’s essential to choose one that can meet your needs. It’s best to learn first about the providers available at www.bestwebinar.com.

The major benefit of a webinar is it allows real time interaction between the presenter and his audience during a specific schedule and attendees can discuss many issues during the live presentation.

For teachers and professionals wanting to reach out to their students and potential clients, the webinar system can become their virtual classroom or training platform. It enables them to connect with people in different places around the world at little or no cost at all. Additionally, this online tool allows them to share their knowledge and skills over the internet. Continue reading

Originally posted on April 23, 2013 @ 1:16 am

3 Tips For Encouraging Interaction On Your Blog

One of the most difficult things about blogging is trying to get enough interaction from your readers to make it feel like all your efforts aren’t for nothing. Spending weeks working on a stellar blog just to have 8 people read it and no one comment or share it can make any writer feel as if they’ve wasted their time.

But for those of you who find yourself in this predicament, there is hope for increasing the amount of interaction your readers have with your blogs. To get you started down the path of heavily commented on and shared blogs, here are three tips for encouraging your readers to interact more with your blog.

How to encourage interaction on blogs

Give Readers Something to Care About

While your blog could be about one of a million topics, you can always find something that pulls at the heart strings of your readers and makes them care a little deeper. Regardless of your niche, try to make it a point to give a human face to blogs that you want to get some interaction traction. By giving your readers something or someone to care about, they will feel more inclined to share or comment on your content. Continue reading

Originally posted on July 22, 2015 @ 1:35 am

Tips to Avoid Miscommunication

One of the most seemingly trivial but major loop holes for every publisher (or any project in any industry at that) is in the area of communication, particularly when it comes to miscommunication. The funny thing is people often attribute miscommunication to lack of communication, when in fact most people often DO communicate, but still end up misunderstanding each other. We see this everyday not just in our businesses but in our everyday lives. When it comes to business though, this is an error we cannot overlook because it can mean the difference between a failed project and a successful one.

If you find yourself boggled by the many times your instructions or simple messages often seem to go unheeded, maybe it’s time to check your methods of communicating. Ask yourself questions like:

  • Are my instructions/messages clear? – Remember what may be clear to you might not be clear to others. So check your messages for any vague wording. Although we must always strive to be concise, sacrifice the message length if you need to explain something in greater detail.
  • Did I check for understanding? – Do not assume that someone understood your entire message just because you took great pains to make it understandable. If your message is in the written form, encourage questions by adding the cliched but useful statement, “Feel free to contact me for any clarifications.” If you are communicating with someone verbally, as them outright if they understand what you said. Even better, ask them to repeat the important points of your instructions. You’ll be surprised at just how much different they might have understood your intent.

Taking time to communicate more effectively might feel unnatural to you and may seem a waste of time, but in the end it will help you more than you’ll ever know.

 

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Originally posted on February 15, 2012 @ 6:34 am