The diet industry is a multi-million dollar money making machine. Every year more than $6 Billion is spent on diet products, pills, books, doctors and fads.
And every one of those products needs copy writing. Whether it’s a new doctor offering the miracle cure, or a pharmaceutical solution to years of yo-yo dieting, they all need [...]

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Journalism isn’t like working at McDonald’s. Every day that I cover a story finds me in a different outfit. If I’m at a conference, I’m in a suit and flats. If it’s an evening reception or dinner, it’s a cocktail dress and heels.
Other times I’m out at a rally in the freezing cold or blazing [...]

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While following the lessons in Staff Blogging Course, which I talked about here, I took a moment to trawl through the Technorati list of Top 100 blogs. It had been a while since I visited Technorati, knowing that much of the blogging world had moved on to other means of ranking and promotion.
There were some [...]

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I am currently doing the Staff Blogging Course.
Blogging is becoming big business. More and more companies are adding interactive and conversational blogs to their stuffy corporate websites. And that means freelancers have more opportunities every day to use their talents in short, informative ways.
The idea behind Ali Hale’s Staff Blogging Course is to guide you [...]

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I’m all about bargains, discounts, and dollar stores. But some things are just too important to go cheap on. Like, I don’t buy a big-screen TV in Chinatown, for example. I would have no warranty, no service, no one to back up the sale in the event of malfunction (or flaming destruction). So I go [...]

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I work from home. I don’t have a fancy office setup in a fabulous den or anything – I work at an old Ikea dining table in the living room, which holds my laptop on one end and my roommate’s various and sundry computer bits on the other. I use a dining chair, even thought [...]

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I check the freelance websites every day for jobs, and I’m noticing more and more writing gigs with a financial spin. Makes sense, considering we’re plunging ever deeper into a recession. People want as much information as possible to help them understand what’s happening. Some websites and newsletters offer products, others are simply news sites, [...]

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I’ve been at the political blogging game for a half-decade, but only really got into interviewing in the last two or three years. I’ve made some interesting observations since then, and I thought some of my readers – especially those that are just starting out – might be interested in hearing about it. These are [...]

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Do you have a podcast you produce yourself? Have you always wanted one, but didn’t know where to begin?
Not every podcast on the web has professional aspirations. Some people are just podcasting as a hobby. But more and more we’re seeing semi-professional and professional podcasts being produced for business, activism, entertainment and more.
I’ve been podcasting [...]

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Is there anyone left that doesn’t have a blog?
Astonishingly, yes. Hard to believe, but there are still people out there who think that a link to their MySpace profile doesn’t make them look like a douchebag. Heck, I even know people that don’t have mobile phones!
Admittedly, most of the crowd I run with are [...]

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