What I Learned From 2008 – Brad Shorr
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Guest post by Brad Shorr who writes over at Word Sell, Inc.
January – Worst Bad Sales Habits Recap – A multi-part series on how to avoid devastating sales traps.
February – What I Learned from My Business Mentors – Fifty prized pieces of wisdom from four fabulous mentors.
March – Take the World’s Hardest Vocabulary Test – Test your skills on this compilation of 57 tough words from my Words for Nerds series.
April – Understanding the Difference between Sales and Marketing – An attempt to bring clarity to the murky overlap between sales and marketing functions in small business.
May – Should Every Word In A Blog Post Title Be Capitalized? – A good example of my efforts to get into the finer (but not unimportant) points of online content, grammar, and words.
June – 33 Foolproof Headline Strategies – I consider this one of the most helpful writing posts I’ve written yet.
June – In Search of Eloquence – A serious essay on the sometimes fine line between eloquence and emptiness.
August – DUH v. DOH – Word Sell at its silliest. If you can’t have fun with language, where can you?
September – Whose Smile Warms Your Heart? – A poem about blogging, and some great conversation.
October – Beat the Clock -Please! – A rather personal post about my stopwatch mentality, and more great conversation.
November – Waiting for Goodbye – A post that, as Joanna Young observed, took on a life of its own. To me the comments are priceless.
December – The Generosity of Bloggers – It’s nice to end the year on a note of thanksgiving for the blogging community that has given me so much joy.
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Brad Shorr lives in the Chicago area and is president of Word Sell, Inc. He helps organizations strengthen their online presence with business blogs and compelling Web content.
Brad writes extensively on his own and many other blogs, mainly about writing, online marketing, entrepreneurship, sales, and business humor.
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4 responses so far
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Oh Brad, there are some real gems in here. Thanks for reminding me and sharing them again hopefully with an audience of soon to be word sell fans!
I love the way you blend serious and silly, sales and word nerdery, all washed down with a good dose of… humanity.
That is why we enjoy the conversation at your place so much. Thank you for being one of my all time favourite places to visit in the blogosphere.
Brad, by reading through all the posts, I learned many useful things that I cannot get in the college!
Keep up the good works
Joanna, Wow, thank you for your kind words. They lift my spirits more than you know.
Wilson, Thank you for taking the time to read all these posts. You learned something — whew! I know for sure that when it comes to sales and marketing, the real learning starts after graduation! Good luck.
Brad Shorrs last blog post..Making a Sale by Turning It Down
Brad,
This is a wonderful collection! The thing I think I love most about Blogapalooza is the opportunity to catch up on all the great posts I’ve missed the first time around! Especially enjoyed your essay on eloquence!
Jeanne