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    Archive for 2006/08


    The Simplifier #19 is Online

    We’re trying a different schedule with our newsletter for a while—bi-weekly instead of weekly. The scheduling change suggests a name change, for obvious reasons. ;-) You can read more about these changes in the Note From The Editors in this week’s edition…
    The nineteenth issue of the Project Simplify newsletter The Simplifier is now archived on [...]

    Feeding the fire and gathering firewood

    Yesterday I was looking through an online bulletin board about the productivity system outlined in David Allen’s Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.
    One of the posts was from a frustrated writer. She complained that she had read the book, setup her systems in accordance with the program, and she still wasn’t motivated [...]

    New “Project: Simplify” Posters

    Three new “Project: Simplify” poster designs have been added to our posters page. These colorful printables are available for free download as PDF files (viewable with the ultra-common Acrobat Reader). You can choose between the full page style or a 4-to-a-page “postcard” style for each one. Here are thumbnail images of the new designs:

    Click here [...]

    The Weekly Simplifier #18 is Online

    The eighteenth issue of the Project Simplify newsletter The Weekly Simplifier is now archived on our newsletter archives page.
    Here is a brief summary of the contents:
    1. A Note From The Editors
    Why The Weekly Simplifier is the way it is, and a request for your input
    2. Quote of the Week
    by River Phoenix
    3. Article: Why Your Business [...]

    Ready-to-send emails

    If you have any information that gets sent out on-demand via email, you can use the drafts folder of your email program to store that information. Here are some examples:

    eInvoices
    directions to your office or home
    general interest inquires
    FAQs
    “How my service works” (for service providers)

    Often I take the copy for these emails from one that I’ve already [...]

    Who’s the boss, you or fear?

    When moving your business forward is hindered by fear, do you:
    A. pack up shop and “get a job”
    B. close your door and get lost in pints of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and fantasize about what could have been
    C. reach out for help, support, and an objective eye
    Mike McDerment of FreshBooks relays a beautiful description [...]

    12 suggestions for great writing

    Learn from the masters of writing, suggestions from Andrew Todhunter (my intro of Andrew), session leader at the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference:

    Guides & References

    Magazine Writing That Sells by Don McKinney
    On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William K. Zinsser
    The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by E.B. White [...]


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