Five 'Actual' Blog Writing Mistakes
Earlier today, one of my favourite sites, Ragan's PR Daily, posted a piece entitled 10 common Blog Writing Mistakes. Unfortunately, the article broke…
Styling BFCM Success With Strategic Segmentation for Beauty by Imagination
Northern implemented a comprehensive email strategy for Beauty by Imagination’s (BBI) brands – Wet Brush, Bio Ionic, and Ouidad – during Black Friday Cyber Monday (BFCM) 2023 to maximize engagement and conversions while maintaining strong email deliverability.
The Benefits of Preferential Treatment - Acquia-Style
Today we want to take the time to announce that Digital Echidna has officially been recognized as one of Acquia’s Preferred Partners. Although we have…
Writing the Foundations of a Drupal/Islandora Partnership - Part One of an Interview with Susan Brown
Digital Echidna has been working with a number of partners on a project called the Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory (CWRC), a project that…
Passionate Neutrality -- Biz Writing at its Finest
It’s a fine line between telling a story and being a shill – and, for business writers and media-types alike, I define that line using the following…
Keep it Simple, Not Stupid. Writing Copy for the Masses – and for Maximum Effect
Whether you're writing for the Web, posting on your company's social networks, or creating internal newsletters or documentation, the old KISS…
Fun, Factual, Focused -- How to Write Headlines that Matter
You can have the greatest content in the world, but if you don't have the right hook to attract your readers, then you're only going to lament the…
Giving Thanks Never Goes out of Style
Let me just say this: in Canada, we do Thanksgiving right. I know it’s a big deal for our friends in the States -- and then there’s the whole four-day…
Multiple Sites, One Search: How the City of Surrey Made Its Web Searches User-Friendly with OnPoint
Northern integrated a federated search across the City of Surrey’s many web properties, making it easier for residents to find essential information about city services.
A Not-By-The-Book Guide to Copywriting and Editing
I firmly believe that if you want to improve your writing and editing skills, you have to take a not-by-the-book approach to skills development…