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Simple tales of online storytelling

I’ve been a digital marketer for more than 15 years. I blend my experiences in journalism, editing, storytelling, analytics, and campaign building.

This is how I do it.

– Tom Sakell

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Why I’m a Digital ideaist

At work, I’m a coder, project leader, dreamer, realist, pragmatist, strategist. Call me a digital ideaist.

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Three (free) writing tools to engage digital readers

Is reading your content the best part of a user's day? Does it make you smile?

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Punctuation is like a carrot

When do punctuation marks stay inside the quote marks? Always. Imagine you're planting a vegetable garden.

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Jared Spool in action

Jared Spool makes his living showing the rest of us the “obvious” paths, providing the rest of us the a-ha moments.

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Commas are like a choo-choo train

When's the right time to use - and not use - a comma in a series in a sentence?

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