What makes Verblio (formerly BlogMutt) so awesome? Our writers, like Ruth Buchanan, of course! But because they’re ghostwriters, they don’t always get much recognition. For that reason, we’ll be spotlighting a standout writer at Verblio each month who deserves a big kudos. The first Verblio Freelance Writer Spotlight is on the inimitable Ruth Buchanan. We’re impressed by the way…
Up and starting on a new blog post is tough. No doubt.
Writers like to collect words. We delight in finding them and pocketing them away for the next time we’re grasping for that perfect expression. Since studying descriptive grammar in college as a linguistics major (and being wholly ruined for prescriptivist grammar), I have also learned to collect phrases that are common in natural speech but forbidden by grammarians. We…
Being a preferred writer for a client in BlogMutt’s system is one factor that motivates me to do my best work. This is a feature that more companies would do well to adopt.
I love rules. I love following rules and making them. I am a rule maker—not a rule breaker, especially in title capitalization. If we ever play a board game together, yes, I will almost certainly whip out the rules sheet at some point during the game. Rules are the explicit instructions for how to be…
At Verblio (formerly BlogMutt), we work hard to make our own blog an example of what a great business blog can be. Month after month, we look for new ways to grow and improve the Hydrant, and a lot of that is done by our own trial and error. We figure out what works (and…