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By: Jargon and corporate-speak that drive communicators crazy | PRbuilder.com

Jargon and corporate-speak that drive communicators crazy | PRbuilder.com — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:21:48 +0000

[...] For a recent Ragan.com article, we issued a call among the writers at Gotham Ghostwriters for their most hated clichés and bad usages. Jocular souls that we are, we called these “vampire words,” a term we borrowed from Copyblogger. [...]

By: 8 terms that suck the life out of your writing : Financial Planners

8 terms that suck the life out of your writing : Financial Planners — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:20:20 +0000

[...] Hale at Copyblogger notes that E.B. White recognized the dangers of words like rather, very, little, and pretty decades [...]

By: 8 terms that suck the life out of your writing | PRbuilder.com | prbuilder.com

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:31:07 +0000

[...] Hale at Copyblogger notes that E.B. White recognized the dangers of words like rather, very, little, and pretty decades [...]

By: Cut the Words: 5 Articles On Concise Writing « NSClive's Blog

Cut the Words: 5 Articles On Concise Writing « NSClive's Blog — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:25:22 +0000

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By: Cut Your Words for Concise Writing « Writing, Self-Publishing, Book Marketing

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:19:29 +0000

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By: Twitterize Your Email Subject LinesHow To Make Money Online | How To Make Money Online

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:28:27 +0000

[...] The fewer words you use to get your point across, the better. It's especially important to suck out vampire words. Be careful, though – don't chop words you need. Nonsensical subject lines might grab attention, [...]

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e-Booksmaster — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:13:15 +0000

Having to write effective copy with less and less character spaces has certainly developed into an art form all it’s own. On Twitter I have also experimented with varying upper and lower case, to grab attention(since it’s the only formatting we have control over) and with keyboard art to fill in any gaps (which I am not really good at).

By: Twitterize Your Email Subject Lines

Twitterize Your Email Subject Lines — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:09:53 +0000

[...] The fewer words you use to get your point across, the better. It’s especially important to suck out vampire words. [...]

By: Cut Your Words: 5 Articles on Concise Writing

Cut Your Words: 5 Articles on Concise Writing — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:48:46 +0000

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By: Effortless Writing: How To Overcome Writer’s Block, Let Your Words Flow and Rekindle Your Love of the Craft | David Turnbull

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:31:50 +0000

[...] this new topic? Think about how an introduction would work within a conversation, edit out vampire words such as “um” and then let loose. Formality is [...]