Are you weather?

The thunderstorm doesn’t know we exist. Rain dances and wishes are ineffective at bringing or preventing a storm, because it isn’t caused by our actions. Metaphorical weather is tempting to mistake as a response. When someone cuts us off in traffic or doesn’t engage with us the way we might hope for, it’s easy to…

52 Free Content Writing Tools That Level Up My Workflow [for Writing, Editing & Content Creation]

(Un)fortunately, content creation is still a very manual job, but on the bright side, there are some great content writing apps that can help us — a ton. Crafting ideas, organizing content, refining language, and boosting readability are just a taste of what these tools bring to the table. Below, I’ve curated a list of…

I Tried Out the 8 Best Free Headline Analyzers — Here Are My Results

Writing a headline can be harder than writing a 1,500-word article. But that’s no excuse for writing bad ones, especially when help is so easy to come by. Like email subject line testers, headline analyzers can help you get more clicks by using algorithms to assess factors like SEO, word count, and sentiment (is it…

“What will I tell my boss?”

If you can’t answer that six-word question, you’re selling a commodity. Organizations don’t buy things, people do. And people at companies aren’t spending their own money, so this is the only question on the table. A cogent story, based on affiliation and status, one that sees and respects the dynamics of the organization, is actually…