Why PitchEngine is Great For Teaching the Social Media News Release
In my Writing Across Platforms class, students write a news release for the social web. We have used PitchEngine to help students learn the web features that can bolster a news release. So let’s talk...
View ArticleTeaching College Writing Using the Hemingway App
If he were alive today, would Ernest Hemingway be great at writing Tweets? I like to think that he would. After all, he is attributed with writing the famous 6-word novel: “For sale: baby shoes, never...
View ArticleYou Can Tweet a Quote Directly From a Pew Report
I teach Comm 335 Writing Across Platforms (see syllabus), a class that in part looks at writing news releases and other content for the web. One tactic we talk about is creating Tweetable content for...
View ArticleTeaching Keyword Competition with Google Adwords (Activity)
This post is long overdue! Several weeks ago, I wrote about the importance of teaching content marketing in the college Communication or Business writing class today. I followed up with a post about...
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