I love getting back to my roots as a journalist, so when Dynamic Business editor Jen Bishop asked if I would like to write an article for the magazine’s fleet section I jumped at the chance.
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Johanna Writes for Dynamic Business
March 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Make Those Words Count
January 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Humans consume 100,000 words a day.
If there have ever been any doubts that we live in the information age, the report released by the University of California in mid January proves those wrong. The study, called How Much Information, found American households consume 34 gigabytes, equivalent to 100,000 words, a day. I have a fairly voracious appetite for words, but I would never have put the figure that high.
Attractive Qualities
June 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment
This poem, by Audrey Hepburn, is beautiful and reminds us of the good things in life.For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. [Read more...]
Inspiring Quote
June 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I read a great quote while at the hairdresser this morning. I’m not sure who to attribute it to, but it really stuck with me:
“It’s not how many breaths you take in your life that matters, but how many moments take your breath away!”I feel truly inspired by this.
Pro Bono PR
March 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Wikipedia’s definition of pro bono is: ”…professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment, as a public service…” or, basically, for the public good.
I have always been a fan of helping out where I can, so I read an article in Nett magazine recently about this subject with great interest. It was about business volunteering matchmaking organisation, Good Company. [Read more...]
Strawberry Communications Blog
February 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
While this blog is not my first foray into the blogging world (see my personal blog at www.pcosmum.com), it is my first time at business blogging, which is a whole other kettle of fish!
Here I hope to help businesses (particularly small businesses whom I have a great affinity with, being a solo entrepreneur myself) find hints and tips to marketing themselves through the power of words and public relations. With the right combination of powerful writing and great PR techniques a business can have customers clammering at their door and may not need much more in the way of marketing, except for brand building. [Read more...]