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Brands Often Overlook This Superhero of Storytelling

Content Marketing Institute

Yet some brands are working with top comics creators and publishers such as Marvel Comics. OK, maybe writing this article as a comic script isn’t such a great idea, even if prose is at a disadvantage when discussing such a visual medium. Why risk the reputation of your brand with poor quality work for some marginal savings?

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Is It a Book? 5 Ways to Test Your Nonfiction Book Idea

Jane Friedman

Wan is the head of brand strategy and partner at the storied marketing agency Goodby, Silverstein, and Partners. Here are some other ways to differentiate your book from others like it: Voice & perspective Original/counterintuitive way to look at something A new piece of research A fresh form, i.e., adding photos to prose, etc.

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A Guide to Paraphrasing Poetry, With Examples

Grammarly

There are two ways to paraphrase a poem: Describe the poem in detail using prose or nonpoetic text to give readers a sense of what the original is like. Students employ this method of paraphrasing for academic writing assignments that call for both direct quotes and paraphrased prose in order to analyze a poem.

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Chief Content Officer: A Year of Insights

Content Marketing Institute

After seven years and 36 issues, Clare McDermott handed the editor’s red pen over to me in an emotional ritual involving arcane incantations, a branding iron, and a pledge to forever cast out the Oxford comma. As he argues, “even highly educated people disengage rather than spend the mental energy to unpack dense, complicated prose.”

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Grammarly and TD SYNNEX: Redefining Business Communication in the AI Era

Grammarly

With Grammarly, you’re not just polishing your prose; you’re elevating every communication and safeguarding your profits across every app, platform, and context. With Grammarly, you’re not just polishing your prose; you’re elevating every communication and safeguarding your profits across every app, platform, and context.

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The Ultimate Guide to Copywriting

Neil Patel

Content marketing can have different goals (which might include making sales), but focuses on less direct goals, like educating, amusing, or building brand awareness. Because we trust information that comes from other users, like family members or even celebrities, more than information that comes directly from brands.

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What Is Creative Nonfiction? The 4 Elements of Creative Nonfiction

Grammarly

Personal essay The personal essay is a short prose composition in which the author explores a specific topic, experience, or idea from their personal point of view. The goal is to craft an accurate but engaging life story.