NEW on the Investment Writing blog

Here are the links to articles you've missed in the last 30 days:

• White paper marketing: Walk a fine line
• Guest post: "Articles Your Publish in Financial Trade Publications Will Impress Prospects"
• "Omit needless words"-Excerpt from Strunk's The Elements of Style
• Two views: "Why Wasatch Writes White Papers"
• Why financial bloggers should care about William and Kate
• Quick check for writers, with an economic commentary example
• Japanese crisis good for European economies, strategists say
• U.S. companies may move supply chain home, says Absolute Strategy Research
• Best European investment opportunities are cyclical, say strategists
• Guest post: Easy animation can boost your financial blog's appeal
• Blog comment guidelines for financial advisors: Russell Investments example
• Investment writing challenge for my readers
• Diversification: Andre Perold's take on its value
• Brag About Your Blog Day-Financial Advisor Edition-MARCH 25!
• Poll: Want a weekly writing tip?

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February on the new Investment Writing blog

Come join me on my new Investment Writing blog! It's part of my website.

Here are the links to articles you've missed in the last 30 days:

• Financial writing tip: Don’t ignore the elephant in the room
• Social media: How to succeed in 30 minutes a day
• Your email subject lines make a world of difference
• “Smart people”: A good ad by Bessemer Trust
• How asset management giant BlackRock is tackling social media
• New publishing opportunity for investment professionals
• Where’s the typo?
• Guest post on emerging markets: What about China?
• SEO: What’s right for your financial blog?
• Poll: What’s your favorite online resource for grammar, punctuation, and word usage questions?

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What you’re missing, if you haven’t visited my new Investment Writing blog

If you're not visiting my Investment Writing blog in its new location, you've missed the following posts over the last month:

• White papers: What are their essential attributes?
• Introducing Susan to marketing managers at investment and wealth management firms
• Writing for your readers: A lesson from novelist Michael Cunningham
• Career strategies for wealth managers without a "book of business"
• Best practices for institutional asset manager websites-Can you add anything?
• Guest post: "The ABCs of Creative Capital Rights"
• POLL: How do you spell it? "Out-performance" vs. "outperformance"
• Defining investment outperformance: You've got strong opinions
• Reader question: Writing resources for equity research analysts?
• Business plans for financial planners: Low-cost options

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December posts on Investment Writing blog

If you’re not visiting my InvestmentWriting blog in its new location, you’ve missed the following posts over the last month:

• “Has housing bottomed out?”–Karl Case and others on the U.S. housing market
• Should you go bold?
• The letter reader who’s your biggest nightmare
• Financial advisor prospecting: Not all non-clients are the same
• Forget your spell checker!
• WikiLeaks writing tip
• Guest blogger guidelines for the Investment Writing blog
• How do you define outperformance by stock funds?
• Guest bloggers: 2010 in review
• Social media lessons from the top nine Investment Writing posts for 2010

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November on the Investment Writing blog

If you’re not visiting my Investment Writing blog in its new location, you missed the following posts in November:

• Reader challenge: What’s the writing lesson from Physicians Mutual?
• Poll: Is the SEC’s plain language requirement for Form ADV Part 2 a good idea?
• Brokers, CFA charterholders, and fiduciary duty: Charterholders are not always fiduciaries
• Guest post: “Be Compliant When Using LinkedIn Messages”
• Business lesson from my Tanzanian safari
• Poll: Which high-impact prospecting technique works best for you?
• Guest post: “Client fears and financial advisor services”
• "Escrow Accounts: What's the Deal?" My article for HouseLogic.com

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On the Investment Writing blog during October

Here's what I covered on my InvestmentWriting blog during the previous month:

• Lessons from “Presentation Skills for Investment Professionals”
• Six tips for snaring reporters with your market commentary
• Guest post: “What’s a tomato got to do with getting your fund discovered?”
• Guest post: “Investment analysts and social media”
• ISI’s Straszheim: China’s interest rate hike is “tapping the brakes”
• Cautious optimism on emerging market stocks from SSgA’s Hoguet
• Bubble? — Emerging markets scrutinized by CFA Institute conference
• Notable quotes from the CFA Institute’s emerging markets conference
• LinkedIn’s fatal flaw for financial advisor compliance
• Do the robin, the reindeer, and the building sing the same song?

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October updates to the Investment Writing blog

If you’re not visiting my InvestmentWriting blog in its new location, you’ve missed the following posts over the last month:

• Should the Morningstar style box go 3-D? Quality counts, says Atlanta Capital
• Poll: “Investable” or “investible”–which spelling is correct?
• My five favorite reference books for writers
• no, No, NO: My business card shouldn’t add me to your e-newsletter list
• Guest post: "How Seeking Alpha Can Build Your Professional Reputation"
• Your spell checker doesn’t work, so you must proofread
• Effective writing and blogging is faster with a plan
• Four lessons from Wasatch Funds on reporting underperformance
• Guest post: “Would you like to know how financial advisors are choosing products?
• Blogging buddies: Financial bloggers’ secret weapons

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New posts on my NEW Investment Writing blog

If you’re not visiting my InvestmentWriting blog in its new location, you’ve missed the following posts over the last month:

• Should the Morningstar style box go 3-D? Quality counts, says Atlanta Capital
• Guide to e-newsletters
• Guest post: “Generate Quality, Low Cost Leads with Facebook Ads”
• Great blog posts don't matter...
• E-newsletters: Great marketing tool for financial advisors and writers
• “CFA credential implies a standard of care not always upheld,” says Forbes opinion piece
• A top technique of financial advisors who blog successfully
• Introverts, steal this idea for your next conference!
• Poll: Should you make investment predictions that can backfire?

Also, you still have time to sign up for "How to Write Blog Posts People Will Read: A 5-Week Teleclass for Financial Advisors" starting Sept. 23.
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What you're missing, if you haven't visited my new Investment Writing blog

Come join me on my new Investment Writing blog! It's part of my website.

Here are links to articles you've missed since the beginning of July:

• "CFA credential implies a standard of care not always kept," says Forbes opinion piece
• A top technique of financial advisors who blog successfully
• Three writing lessons from "One Trader's Binge on Cocoa Wraps Up Chocolate Market"
• Audiocast: "How to Guest-Blog on Personal Finance or Investments"
• RIAs, are you ready for plain language in your Form ADV "brochure"?
• A great financial article isn't enough
• Great lines from Raymond James
• First, pick your target market and niche
• FINRA/SEC compliance guidelines for bloggers
  
• How NOT to toot your horn about investment publications
  
• Help me pick a better title for my financial blog post critiques!
  
• Press release: How to Write Blog Posts People Will Read, A Five-Week Teleclass for Financial Advisors Starts September 23
  
• Guest post: "Adding video into the Communications Mix"
  
• Thomas Jefferson's writing wisdom

InvestmentWriting blog is moving ...

Please keep reading my Investment Writing blog at its new location on my website: http://investmentwriting.com/blog/ 

If you have topics you'd like me to cover on the blog, I'm always interested in your ideas. You can note them below in a comment.

Thank you for reading!

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