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Sep 18

bartering for services: should you?

By Julie Roads How To, The Business 4 Comments

This week, I've decided to barter services with a client in lieu of money. The pros and cons surrounding this issue are rife with judgment, fear, uncertainty, loopholes and very passionate arguments. Let's see if…

Sep 17

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are deadlines important?

By Julie Roads Critical Copywriting 10 Comments

Um, yeah, they only make the world go 'round. Classic Julie Roads scenario: I get a new project. It's due in 2 weeks. I tell myself that I'll get it done early - how great…

Sep 08

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Graphic Design USA contest winners? Leslie Tane Design & Writing Roads

By Julie Roads News 8 Comments

Writing Roads has won an award!!! My go-to girl, aka phenomenal graphic/web designer Leslie Tane of Leslie Tane Design, entered a poster that we created together into the Graphic Design USA: American Graphic Design Awards…

Sep 05

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and that’s what it’s all about: blogs, comments, tweets and conversations

By Julie Roads Blogging, Networking 11 Comments

So...I've been a bit political lately (just a weeeeeee bit). And it's brought me mad traffic and some nice commenting to boot. It's fairly phenomenal that people who have spent days, months, years talking about…

Sep 04

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what would i write about? thinking up good blog content

By Julie Roads Blogging, How To No Comments

As you're developing your writing strategy for your blog, you may want to break it down like this (I'm going to use a popcorn blog as an example because I'm hungry, I adore popcorn and…

Sep 02

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vacation: digging in, digging out

By Julie Roads The Business 4 Comments

I'm still in a bit of shock, but it's true, I took Labor Day Weekend (most of Friday and all of Saturday, Sunday and Monday) off. From work. Though my cell phone is a Blackberry…

Aug 26

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ghost action: the ultimate to-do list and project organizer

By Julie Roads How To, The Business No Comments

I'm in love. Yes, with an application. Ghost Action is everything I've been looking for in a personal organizer: easy to use. I don't think it gets much easier. I create Projects, for me these…

Aug 25

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BlogHer’s Reach Out Tour ’08

By Julie Roads News 3 Comments

Just when I was starting to get over the fact that I couldn't fly to California for the big BlogHer '08 conference, I learned that they're taking their show on the road in the form…

Aug 22

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an intro to HARO and a question: should HARO reporters answer every response email?

By Julie Roads Marketing, Networking, News No Comments

HARO (Help A Reporter Out), for those of you who don't know, is the brainchild of Peter Shankman - author of Can We Do That?! Outrageous PR Stunts That Work - And Why Your Company…

Aug 12

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web 2.0: the new dating game?

By Julie Roads How To, Networking, Social Media No Comments

So, I'm guiding one of my clients down the road of Web 2.0 - and she turns to me and says, 'This feels like dating 101." And it's true...but more specifically, I think, like dating…

bartering for services: should you?

are deadlines important?

Graphic Design USA contest winners? Leslie Tane Design & Writing Roads

and that’s what it’s all about: blogs, comments, tweets and conversations

what would i write about? thinking up good blog content

vacation: digging in, digging out

ghost action: the ultimate to-do list and project organizer

BlogHer’s Reach Out Tour ’08

an intro to HARO and a question: should HARO reporters answer every response email?

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