A Quick, Punchy Week on Copyblogger

This was a short week on Copyblogger, as we took Monday off in observance of Memorial Day. On Tuesday, Stefanie Flaxman wrote about one of my favorite topics — the Necessary Mess, and why writers need it. She gives some helpful tips on how to get comfortable with the funky stuff that comes before the Read More…
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Skynet, Gluten-Free Cupcakes, and the Paradox of Automation

This is a weird time to talk about marketing automation. If you spend time on social media, you’re probably fed up with the plague of misinformation bots that cluster around any important conversation. Then we found out that companies like Cambridge Analytica had put their slimy hands on our data by taking advantage of our Read More…
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Free Workshop *Today* on an Awesome New Content Tool

First things first: Brian Clark is co-hosting a free workshop today (in a few hours, at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time / 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time), all about getting started with chatbots. If you don’t know much about chatbots, or even think they might be weird or creepy, check out my post from Monday explaining why Read More…
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