Andrea Williams is an author, journalist, and columnist for The Tennessean with over 16 years of experience in journalism and 20 years in copywriting and communications strategy. Her work spans national outlets and high-traffic digital brands.
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SEO experts tell how to appear favorably in the king of search engines
Here's a hard truth: You've been Googled. It's a paradox of sorts, this notion that we want to be recognizable and known, but that we only want the most favorable aspects of our lives divulged. So…
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Long gone are the days when social media was used purely for entertainment purposes. Sure, there are folks who still love nothing more than to fill up their Facebook page with GIFs of dancing kittens,…
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Interview originally conducted during Adam Glassman's tenure as Creative Director at O, The Oprah Magazine In this article: Quick Facts | The Creative Director Role | Biggest Challenges | Using Real Women as Models |…
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According to a slew of media reports detailing how the economic crisis has disproportionately affected millennials, most 20-somethings are unemployed or underemployed, bunking on their parents' sofas, eating Frosted Flakes for dinner, and trying to…
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For many writers, getting a book published with a major publishing house is the ultimate mark of success, a validation of talent and proof that years of toiling in anonymity were worth it. But for…
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Editor's note: This interview was originally published when Elizabeth Graves was editor in chief of Martha Stewart Living at Meredith Corporation. Since then, she's moved on from that role and now works independently as an…
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There are plenty of authors who write for love of the craft. But most of us also want our carefully crafted words to be read by the masses—and maybe rake in some royalties along the…
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The thought of zit-filled yearbook photos, SAT anxiety and awkward interactions with the opposite sex are enough to banish any and all high school recollections to the farthest corners of most people's minds. The thought of…
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As a publicist, Marvet Britto's roster is deep with celebrities (Angela Bassett, Kim Cattrall and the NBA's Tyson Chandler), blue chip companies (Motorola and Microsoft) and an entire island (Anguilla). And while many in the…
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Way, way back in 1995, when the first dot-com domain name was celebrating its tenth birthday and the World Wide Web was still an incredibly young four years old, the Internet was truly unchartered territory.…
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