Comments on: Become a Master of Metaphor and Multiply Your Blogging Effectiveness

By: Five Ways to Persuade Like aSilver-Tongued Trial Lawyer | Copyblogger

Five Ways to Persuade Like aSilver-Tongued Trial Lawyer | Copyblogger — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:38:59 +0000

[...] Make sure you’re not inadvertently painting a negative picture in the prospect’s mind with your metaphors and word choice, or you’ll see your argument fall apart [...]

By: The Other Callisthenes Gave Him A Lesson In Salesmanship

The Other Callisthenes Gave Him A Lesson In Salesmanship — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:48:01 +0000

[...] trying to keep up with one of Copyblogger’s great posts using a historical figure to metaphorically teach a marketing or sales lesson, I came across this story and wanted to share it with [...]

By: The Disgustingly Simple Rule for Web Writing That’s Often Hard to Swallow — Copyblogger

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:27:35 +0000

[...] it will save her life. In short, if a creative writing technique is useful to the reader (think metaphors and analogies) then use [...]

By: Hook Your Readers With a Good Quote | Sentersoft Blog!

Hook Your Readers With a Good Quote | Sentersoft Blog! — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:49:53 +0000

[...] use a mix of approaches, sometimes discussing the quote at length throughout his post and sometimes touching on it casually in the first paragraph or two. Depending on your content and writing style, you should choose [...]

By: Are You a Spineless Blogger? | Copyblogger

Are You a Spineless Blogger? | Copyblogger — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:50:41 +0000

[...] talked a lot about metaphors here at Copyblogger, and for good reason. If you can come up with the right metaphor to describe [...]

By: How to Be Interesting | Copyblogger

How to Be Interesting | Copyblogger — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:25:02 +0000

[...] 19) Master the metaphor: Metaphors are the paths we create to lead our readers to our ideas. Create one strong enough, and it will become a highway of attention, leading readers to your blog more quickly than any other technique here (except maybe the last one. More on metaphors here. [...]

By: Daniella

Daniella — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:20:23 +0000

Are there any sample extended metaphors in here? Metaphors describe somethings rather exaggeratedly yet are enjoyable than saying ,’She fell.’
Instead say that ,’She was trash that slipped its way out of the bag onto the unbreakable driveway.’ Ok. Kind of lame but I think you get my point.

By: Keep the Creativity Mojo Going « PODelation

Keep the Creativity Mojo Going « PODelation — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:51:20 +0000

[...] of the best ways to escape the constraints of your own logical mind is to think metaphorically. One of the reasons why metaphors work so well in communications is that we accept them as true [...]

By: What’s a Content King Without a Kingdom? | Copyblogger

What’s a Content King Without a Kingdom? | Copyblogger — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:15:54 +0000

[...] good metaphor creates instant understanding. Given the amount of confusion and debate the phrase “content is [...]

By: Magical metaphors | Confident Writing

Magical metaphors | Confident Writing — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:58:32 +0000

[...] forward to the series on ‘blogging metaphorically’ that Brian Clark has just started at Copyblogger. In the introduction he reminds us that: Metaphors allow you to make the complex simple and the [...]