About Marcie Hill

Marcie Hill is a writer, blogger, and social media enthusiast who loves sharing her gifts with others.

Are Your Employees Qualified to Communicate on Behalf of Your Company?

Professionals

Recently, I interviewed an executive of an organization. Although she was extremely knowledgeable about the organization, her responses overflowed with “ahs”, “ums” and “you knows”.  After our conversation, I began to wonder, “How many more people hired to communicate on behalf of the company, including business owners, have similar challenges?” Communication is not just about [...]

It’s Time for a Corporate Communication Checkup!

Check up

People are writing more than ever in this digital age, but the quality of communication, particularly writing, is declining. Unfortunately, corporations are feeling the impact of this decline through lost time, money and productivity. Intervention is needed NOW! Take our Corporate Communication Checkup to determine if communication in your company needs immediate attention. Then, call [...]

Get Your Business Blogging Questions Answered on Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Do you have a blog for your business? If so, how often do you update it ? If you don’t have a blog, why not? I am holding a Blogging Q & A Session from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at Woodson Library, located on the corner of 95th & [...]

Learn WordPress in One Day – January 28, 2012

Chicago Wordpress Meetup

Want to learn how to transfer your organization’s website to the WordPress platform? You can learn to do so at the 1-Day WP Workshop. For $995, you get hands-on training, one-on-one coaching and everything on the agenda below. That’s a steal! Presented by Dante Hamilton, Founder, Chicago WordPress Meetup Group and Scott Winterroth, Pro Blogger [...]

Fight for Internet Freedom

View this video below to learn more about SOPA/PIPA, in the meantime go AmericanCensorship.org for more information.

Does Your Company Have a Communications Plan?

As I conduct research on corporate writing training programs, I am discovering that communication – speaking, writing and listening – is an often overlooked aspect of business. One source from nearly 20 years ago stated that approximately 50% of large employers have communications plans in place. What does that say for midsized and smaller enterprises? [...]

REWORK in 2012

Rework by John Fried & David Heinemeier

I had the pleasure of reading REWORK by John Fried & David Heinemeier, Founders of 37 Signals, a web-based app company.  I learned of this book while reading a blog post; requested it from the library shortly thereafter; and completed it within three days. That’s how good it was. Fried & Heinemeier were speaking to [...]

Happy New Year!

Happy 2012

Happy New Year! Hope you had a wonderful holiday. Last year was a good year, but 2012 is going to be more prosperous and exciting. During our break we reflected on how we could improve our content to better serve you, and the following ideas came to mind. More interviews with business owners and bloggers [...]

We Are on Break…See You Next Year!

Happy Holidays

As we enter into a new year, we are taking a blogging break to plan our progress for 2012. We are still serving our clients, so contact us if you have any writing, blogging or social media programs. We are developing more corporate training programs as well as enhancing our current contents. You will find [...]

Great News: Community Social Media Training Part II

We are excited to report that, due to overwhelming response to the Community Social Media Training on November 18, 2011, we will be conducting a second training on Friday, December 2, 2011. This is NOT a promotion. We are just sharing great news about the need for our social training by the community.