10 Big Bad Word Choices for Speechwriters

I’m going to begin by stating something incredibly obvious: Words matter in speeches. Duh, I hear you thinking. Fair enough, let me continue. A speech should be written concisely, meaning the speaker gets up, gets it done quickly, and gets out. That means the speaker (and by extension, the speechwriter) needs to use the right…

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1 Easy AI Choice Clients Should Make

To AI or not to AI, that is the question. See what I did? I, a human, took something famous written by another human and put a twist on it. I wanted to see if I could get AI to write the same line, so I went to ChatGPT and asked it to “Take Shakespeare’s…

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5 Steps to a Great Outline that Wows

As a ghostwriter, the copy is everything. If the client doesn’t like what’s been written, it’s going to be a longer, less enjoyable process. Or worse, the client will walk. This means that the copy has to sing. It has to wow. It has to excite the client. Mastering your essay writing can in turn…

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SEO: 7 Big Reasons Ghostwriters Need It

A website is not enough. You need SEO, too. Busy areas have competitive SEO markets where you may need our services like a ghostwriter in NYC. Last week, I wrote about how the best way to find a ghostwriter is to find a ghostwriter’s website. This week, I’m going to twist things around and address this…

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5 Good Reasons Use Website to Find Ghostwriter

Need a ghostwriter? Find the website. It’s mid-January. You feel like this is the year you’re going to tell your story. You’ve been itching to for some time now, and you can no longer wait. You also know you can’t write it yourself. You need a ghostwriters in NJ. Lee Barnathan can provide book editing services…

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Personal Responsibility: 1 Solid Essay Worth Writing

Seventh in an occasional series about stories and ideas worth telling. We start the new year with personal responsibility, or a lack of it. This idea came from my meeting Scott Fussnecker, a pastor in Cincinnati. He wants to write an expository essay about personal responsibility. Specifically, Fussnecker has seen in his years leading congregations…

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Survey: 96% of Authors Happy with Ghostwriting

In November, I wrote about the actual return on investment (ROI) authors could get by having a business book ghostwritten. Read it here. Earlier this month, I attended another webinar that went into more detail about it.  But first, to summarize: For business books that have been out for at least six months: ● Ghostwritten…

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Spontaneous Words Matter in 1 Speech

Scripts are out. Spontaneous is in. I recently came across a column by Ted Gioia, who calls himself The Honest Broker. He wrote that the recent presidential election showed that giving speeches from a teleprompter isn’t effective anymore and ”The word ‘scripted’ is now an insult. Plainspoken dialogue is considered more trustworthy.” Gioia then goes…

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No Escaping the 1 Big Escape Clause

I recently introduced a new feature into my contracts: the escape clause. It arose because I had a prospect who insisted on it, and because my business advisor recommended it after I told him about this prospect. But first things first. Escape clauses (sometimes called “out clauses”) let a party leave the contract before the…

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Emotion’s Big Importance in Ghostwriting

To paraphrase James Carville, not only is it the story, stupid, it’s also the emotion. Plenty of studies have shown that storytelling matters. Here’s one example. One critical aspect of good storytelling is including emotion. Adding details that trigger your brain’s amygdala (the emotional processing center) automatically makes the story better. A story with emotion invests,…

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