On Writing

Verblio (formerly BlogMutt) Freelance Writer Spotlight: Ruth Buchanan

By Verblio / September 15, 2016 / 0 Comments

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…

How To Motivate Yourself To Write: Tips For Content Marketing Inspiration

By Kali Bizzul / September 9, 2016 / 0 Comments

Up and starting on a new blog post is tough. No doubt.

Everything You Wanted to Know About Double Modals & Descriptive Grammar

By Molly Michieli / July 28, 2016 / 0 Comments

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…

A Writer’s Perspective: Being A Preferred Writer & How It Motivates Me

By Verblio / July 20, 2016 / 0 Comments

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.

Cage Match: Keep Title Capitalization Simple, Avoid AP/News-Style Headlines

By Courtney Tobin / July 14, 2016 / 0 Comments

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…

Cage Match: 2 Reasons To Support Writing Blog Titles Using AP Style

By April Bohnert / July 13, 2016 / 0 Comments

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…