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They’re, Their, and There: Solving the age-old mystery!

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

The English language isn’t exactly the easiest to understand- there are more rules, clauses, modifiers, and exceptions than any other popular language. So, it’s no surprise that many people have a problem with duplicate words (words that sound the same but don’t mean the same thing).
There, their, and they’re are prime examples. All three of [...]

Forum Etiquette: How to avoid being banned.

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

I’m writing this article because the internet community is degrading, and quite dramatically so. Every day it seems that the mechanics for proper spelling and grammar are slowly being forgotten, and people are content to blurt out words and phrases that have no literal, or even percieved, meaning. This trend, which I will call “e-tardedness”, [...]

Relationship Advice: How to meet the parents.

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Communication is very important when meeting a significant other’s parents for the first time. As the old saying goes, “first impressions are the most important ones.” That is true to a certain degree, as it can take a long time to recover from a bad first impression. The best (and most obvious) [...]

Online Sales: Creating a “soft close”.

Friday, January 12th, 2007

Article written for, posted, and indexed on www.wickedfire.com
This article is going to give some pointers on increasing your conversion through what’s known as a “passive sale”, “soft close”, or “passive close” in the sales industry. Though internet marketing is nothing like offline sales, there are certain elements of the traditional sales process that you can [...]

Technical Communication: The Basics

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

You may not even know what technical communication (or technical writing) is but I can guarantee you that you will take something from this article.
Technical Communication - Speech or writing that is standardized in appearance, feel, and flow. An example of technical communication would be an instruction booklet or a user manual.

How to Properly Paraphrase

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Paraphrasing is a great way to relay information from one source to the next without having to memorize the message word for word. You paraphrase every day whether you are aware of it or not- it’s the minds way to making messages understandable. However, when it comes to formal or business communication you need to [...]

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