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Powerful Consulting - #2 — Practice This — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:15:57 +0000

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Consultant Writes Proposals That Sell — Practice This — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:15:38 +0000

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By: alik levin

alik levin — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:56:48 +0000

Christine,
Good to hear the tips were useful!
I actually adopted the technique from John Lennon and Gerald M. Weinberg , here:
On Writing – John Lennon, Gerald M. Weinberg, Me, You, And Outlook 2007

By: Christine | Communicate Value

Christine | Communicate Value — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:25:34 +0000

Hi Alik, I got some useful ideas from this post.

I like how you included the blogging tips–I couldn’t live without the one you mentioned about collecting possible topics. It really helps to have a little arsenal of ideas to go to when I sit down to write a new post–even if it is just a few words I’ve jotted down. I find this gives me inspiration when otherwise I might have been staring at a blank notepad doc instead.

By: alik levin

alik levin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:07:56 +0000

tom,
Thanks for good words!
Glad to hear we share similar practices
Seems like it works for us both.

Ruth,
Interesting approach of generating ideas. I do something similar. I time box my blogging. I set predefined time slots in my calendar. I actually budget the blogging by allocating specific time budget. That way I never miss to blog. Check out this one – this is how I get results in anything i am involved with, including blogging
http://practicethis.com/2008/09/06/time-is-not-money-time-is-budget/

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:25:37 +0000

Speaking of faster blogging, I set up gopingme.com to e-mail me ideas at certain times of day on certain days. For me, that’s a cue to go and write. Doesn’t always work, but it often saves a lot of time staring at a screen!

By: tom

tom — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:57:14 +0000

Great post especially about blogging. I have a page full of topics that i want to write about and i am sometimes one or 2 weeks ahead of posting articles because i write them ahead of time.
This gives me time to comment on other blogs and get my blog out there.

With email, i tackle all the new emails right away, because if i let it sit there, i will forget about it or at worse, delete it later on because i am sick of it sitting there.

By: Evelyn Lim

Evelyn Lim — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:59:14 +0000

I spend a fair bit of time clearing my mails. I have to find a better way of addressing the amount of emails I am getting.

I also like alik’s suggestion of formatting posts to quickly bring the relevant points across. It’s true that most readers are not going to be reading every word. It will be helpful to highlight what’s important in the post.

By: alik levin

alik levin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:14:53 +0000

Barbara,
Thanks for the feedback!
One of my personal values is time. I value my time, I also value the reader’s (your) time. To show I value the reader’s time I try to adopt writing style that does not make it hard to read it. I also try to format my posts so that the reader can scan it fast without actually reading it line by line.
If the reader can get the idea of the post fast then I hit my goal.

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:55:15 +0000

Hi Alik – As I was reading this, I realized it was also a fast read. How did you do that?

Thankfully I have very few meetings, but the email subject is something I need to address. I like your ideas and look forward to implementing them.