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10 ways to spark creativity in the time of COVID-19

10 ways to spark creativity in the time of COVID-19

by Sue Horner | Oct 2, 2020 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog

Please tell me I’m not alone in feeling a lack of creative spirit these days. Sure, some people have taken up baking sourdough bread or learned to play guitar or are singing arias from the balcony every evening. I keep reading that Shakespeare wrote King Lear and...
5 surprising writing lessons from hiking the Bruce Trail (Wordnerdery)

5 surprising writing lessons from hiking the Bruce Trail (Wordnerdery)

by Sue Horner | Sep 25, 2020 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog

While the pandemic has been busy disrupting our lives, many of us headed outdoors to bike, walk, hike and take in the peace of being in nature. My 2020 was already going to include hiking along the Bruce Trail, Canada’s oldest and longest marked hiking trail (898...
The ‘cadence’ of jargon is stepping up

The ‘cadence’ of jargon is stepping up

by Sue Horner | Sep 17, 2020 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog

After running into countless uses of the word “cadence” over the past few months, I’m hopping on my Grouch Train. As happened with the word “resonate,” overuse has turned a respectable word into one that screams jargon. Here’s a look at cadence and some of the other...
Really? ‘Man-hours’? The hunt for inclusive language continues

Really? ‘Man-hours’? The hunt for inclusive language continues

by Sue Horner | Sep 10, 2020 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog

Here’s the TL;DNR (too long; did not read) for this post: The term man-hours is outdated and politically incorrect. This week, more than 4.47 billion people wanted to know the meaning of “man-hours.” Google Trends shows fairly regular search traffic...
Before & after: Office 365 gets a name change

Before & after: Office 365 gets a name change

by Sue Horner | Sep 2, 2020 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog

Remember the old days, when you used to buy software and run it until it would randomly crash and other things started to go wrong? Then you’d upgrade, spend hours getting things working again, and then run it until the danger zone again because it was such a hassle?...
Reel in reader attention with captions that captivate

Reel in reader attention with captions that captivate

by Sue Horner | Aug 21, 2020 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog

Your readers might just skim your text (sorry!), but chances are they’ll look more closely at the headline, photo and caption. Ideally, those three elements together should tell most of the story, in case the reader bypasses the rest of the article altogether. Photos...
Boring topic? Here are 3 tips to spin your ‘straw’ into gold

Boring topic? Here are 3 tips to spin your ‘straw’ into gold

by Sue Horner | Aug 5, 2020 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog

So, you need to write about something important. The problem is, it’s boring or routine. You know the topics. They’re necessary, but they aren’t the sexiest. Safety reminders, maybe, or a potentially dry explanation of a (zzzz….) process...
Like a pair of ‘90-pound chicken nuggets’ and more expressive writing

Like a pair of ‘90-pound chicken nuggets’ and more expressive writing

by Sue Horner | Jul 31, 2020 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog

Do you want to explain something, make a point or maybe just spark a laugh? Give readers and listeners a shortcut to understanding by reaching for similes, which use “like” or “as” to show how two things are alike. (Metaphors do the same thing...
34 ways to kick ‘unprecedented’ to the curb (Wordnerdery)

34 ways to kick ‘unprecedented’ to the curb (Wordnerdery)

by Sue Horner | Jul 23, 2020 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog

No doubt you’ve lost count of the number of times the word “unprecedented” has come your way in the past few months. It’s a go-to word for newspaper headlines, concerned emails and earnest messages from CEOs, marketers and politicians. Google Trends shows little...
What’s the best length for my e-newsletter?

What’s the best length for my e-newsletter?

by Sue Horner | Jul 16, 2020 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog

Thanks to the pandemic, we’re not getting together in person much anymore. So what’s a marketer to do? Writer, digital marketer and huge newsletter fan Ann Handley calls this “a time to build relationships, nurture customers, and create long-term loyalty.” In her...
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