For Second Time, Email Marketer Is Recognized for Achieving Exemplary Marketing Results Peter DeHaan Publishing Inc received the 2011 All Star Award from Constant Contact® Inc, the trusted marketing advisor to more than half a million small organizations worldwide. Each year, a select group of Constant Contact customers are honored with the All Star Award […]
Part of the writers gig is public speaking. You may aspire to this or you may shun it, but regardless, you the author will upon occasion be asked to make an oral presentation. When you do, be sure to record it. Just as you need to save everything you write and keep all your edits, […]
Last week I shared my dismay over not saving all of my past work. Our past writing has potential value—be it for personal edification or for future projects—but in order to tap that value, we need to keep it. Taking that thought one step further, I also see the need to save our writing that […]
Peter Lyle DeHaan, the publisher of Connections Magazine and TAS Trader, gave the keynote address at the recent SNUG (Startel Network Users Group) convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was held March 11-14. Peter focused his address on the theme of “how to get the most out of this convention.” He encouraged people to share […]
It’s disconcerting to admit, but I’ve been writing for 40 years. (Would you believe me if I said I started at birth? I didn’t think so.) Much of my early work has been forever lost. This includes school assignments, teenage angst-poetry, and short stories. While there would not be much of worth in that batch—and […]
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Yesterday, March 2, was Dr. Seuss’s birthday. His full name was Theodor Seuss Geisel. He was born in 1904. Dr. was part of his pen name and not an actual credential. But when you’re writing children’s books, is a Ph.D. really needed? Dr. Seuss’s work is timeless, capturing the hearts and imagination of each successive […]
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Another Misguided Bill
By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD Late last year the U.S. Call Center and Consumer Protection Act (H.R.3596) was introduced as the US Congress’ latest foray against our industry. Although it carries a benign, even possibly positive, title, it is neither. The bill’s Introduction (with typo) states its purpose as: “To require a publicly available a […]
Charles Dickens was born February 7, 1812. This month marks his 200th birthday. One of his most popular books—and my favorite—is A Christmas Carol. It has been loved by generations and made into many a movie. I recently heard a radio segment about Dickens. NPR reported that in 1843 he wrote A Christmas Carol in […]
By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD It happened again. It shouldn’t surprise me but it does. In fact, it has been said so often that most people believe it to be true and accept it as fact. What am I talking about? Once again, a politician has stood up and passionately, emphatically, and convincingly asserted that we, […]
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The Art of Writing Reviews
My last two posts shared my efforts at writing movie reviews and book reviews. This begs the question of how to write an appropriate review. Unfortunately, there is no universally agreed-upon set of rules. What one person advocates, another dismisses. What one reviewer says to never do, the next one does. Since the “experts” don’t […]