Editor's note: This is a guest post by grammar guru Ivy Wigmore. Myself abuse is rampant online and nowhere more so than in business communications. My fond hope is that the following rant might shine a little light into the dark corners of the Internet and, perhaps, stop one person from saying myself when the right word is I or me. As Dr. Grammar...
The semicolon is a seriously abused and underused bit of punctuation. And often abandoned (wrongly) in favour of the colon or the comma. But once you know how to use it you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. Seriously. It's that handy. Ok, so here's a brief overview to get you on your way. The semicolon has two main uses. 1. It...
At the Online Marketing Show the other week Ciaran Norris of Mindshare referred to the Forrester POST method in his seminar on Social Media. It's been around a while but this was the first time I'd come across it. Basically, it's a useful acronym which outlines the approach you should take when thinking about using Social Media. So before you jump...
Following on from Sarah's Twitter posts I thought I'd highlight this new iPhone app I came across yesterday. It's a great app for all you tweeters and stats junkies out there. The Ego app website explains it best. Ego gives you one central-and lovely-location to check web statistics that matter to you. With support for Feedburner, Google Analytics, Google PageRankTM, Mint, Squarespace...
