We’re all guilty of it at some point. I know I certainly am. Glamorizing writing is an easy trap to…
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Month: February 2021
Why Being Naive Can Make Your Fortune
Back when I worked in the corporate world, I used to get called naive at least once a week. I…
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How to Write Bullet Points People Actually Want to Read
There are countless reasons why you’ll want to learn how to write bullet points. Blog posts, tweets, and tens of…
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4 Vital Elements of Appealing Copywriting Offers
If you’ve got something to sell, at some point you’re going to need to present an offer. In other words,…
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Want New Customers Faster? Avoid This Rookie Marketing Habit
When you publish regularly, you might be super passionate about a certain topic, but that passion doesn’t guarantee you’re going…
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Aristotle’s Ancient Guide to Compelling Copy
A long, long time ago, around the 5th century BC in Ancient Greece, there were a bunch of hip kids…
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Solve 3 Painful Writing Problems with This 5-Step Process
I once asked the Copyblogger community to name their biggest writing problems. From the many responses, a pattern developed: How…
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How To: Be A Good Employee, Be A Great Boss | #winningcareers
Like many of you, I am both an employee and a people leader.
At different points of the day, sometimes from one minute to the next, I have to switch gears so that I can be fully present as both a good employee and a good people leader. This constant quest for excellence, from one email to the next, from one meeting to the next as context changes is… taxing.
From observing behavior closely, and from my own experimentation and failure, I’ve noticed consistent patterns in what great employees do and great bosses do. In my long professional career, I’ve tried to emulate these patterns and to build on them as I try to deliver a non-normal impact to my employers.
While obsessing about Marketing and Analytics here on Occam’s Razor, I want to share the habits and behaviors encoded in these patterns so that you can have a non-normal impact in your chosen field as well.
[At the end of this post, you’ll find my guidance summarized in a printable infographic.]
I’ll cover the ten good employee patterns:
1. Never bring problems.
2. Be thorough.
3. Care about little things.
4. Look beyond the near future, see the full landscape of opportunity.
5. Create your personal board of directors.
6. Do at least one thing outside your immediate team/scope.
7. Invest in yourself.
8. Ask for more responsibility, vs. asking for a promotion.
9. Stay weird.
10. Solve for the company, not just your boss.
And follow that with six great boss patterns:
1. If you hire Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel…
2. Explain strategy. And, critically, why that strategy.
The Meticulous Writer’s 12-Step Blogging Checklist
Do you use a blogging checklist before you publish? While planning your content calendar is the first part of your…
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Unleash Your Inner Dork to Become a Better Copywriter
Whether you’re promoting a product, a service, or just an idea, exuberance sells. One of the reasons why content marketing…
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