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November 9,
2022
2022
Professional Website Design Matters
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
You want to represent your brand in a carefully curated setting and put out the messages you know will attract and hold customers and build loyalty.
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November 7,
2022
2022
How to Get a Celebrity Endorsement Even for a Small Business
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
A celebrity endorsement has long been an effective driver of consumer purchase intention. Their curated public image and fame engender trust in consumers.
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November 4,
2022
2022
Work/Life Balance & The Pros and Cons of the Four-Day Work Week
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
It’s pretty simple when broken down. Employees like to have more flexibility with their schedules. Flexibility allows them to understand that life isn’t all about working. There is a clearer reason to work when life is a priority.
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November 2,
2022
2022
Dear Paul
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
I suppose I shouldn’t be answering this because I’m not a man who tells women to smile. I’m not a man who tells men to smile, either for that matter. So, I guess this leaves me out, but I want to drop my two cents in on this debate.
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November 2,
2022
2022
A Disinformation Attack Can Destroy a Business; Here’s How to Combat One
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
Fake news, the kind that generates headlines, can do damage to corporations. This damage from posted information can drive stock prices down and put a once-profitable business into a death spiral.
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October 31,
2022
2022
Writing Active Copy is the Key to Content Marketing
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
In the simplest of terms, the purpose of copywriting is to persuade the reader to take action concerning your product, service, or campaign.
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October 28,
2022
2022
Is 'the Customer is Always Right' Still a Good Business Model
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
In 1909, American Business magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge coined the phrase, “The customer is always right.”
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October 25,
2022
2022
How to Write for CEOs
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
Perhaps you’re a CEO thinking, I need to get better at this writing thing. We offer concise ideas about how to write for a CEO to get you started.
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October 24,
2022
2022
You Can Still Write Solid Content on Subjects You Know Nothing About
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
My job title is copywriter, not master of everything that has ever happened or will happen on earth. I’m saying you don’t need to know everything about everything as a copywriter.
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October 24,
2022
2022
The Need for Active Listening in the Zoom Era
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
Good listening, often called active listening, is the key to strong communication. A good listener takes in all the information and can receive and interpret the information given to them.
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October 24,
2022
2022
Best Ways to Ignite Inspiration
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
Think about igniting your creativity and being open to inspiration as a lifelong marathon, not a week-long sprint.
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October 19,
2022
2022
Dear Paul, Why are we so afraid to get close when loneliness is killing us?
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
What I see is this; loneliness can be pushed aside. Lonely can be your daily baseline, and then someone comes in and sits, chats, drinks coffee, tells stories, and it seems that loneliness is gone.
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October 17,
2022
2022
The Pandemic Permanently Changed the Way We View Work
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
The pandemic and the losses people have experienced, have made people stop and rethink the old notion that you must do anything for the company to get ahead.
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October 14,
2022
2022
5 Ways to Set Yourself Apart as an Authority
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
When you set yourself up as an authority and back that claim up to the point where it is common knowledge, you’ll be the one that customers who have been disgruntled elsewhere will come to for salvation.
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October 12,
2022
2022
Creativity Means Risk, and That Takes Courage
By
Paul Kiernan
Paul Kiernan
But when you look beyond the surface and understand what goes into creating something, a creative way to solve problems at work, there is something more significant at the core. That core is what requires courage.
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