Bowler Hat Media

22/10/2021

But did Oscar Wilde actually say this? 🤔

19/10/2021

I still have copywriting enquiries asking me how much I charge per word. That's a bit like asking a builder how much they charge per brick! The fact is you're not actually paying for a number of words, you're paying for a solution. Just like you want your builder to solve a problem, never mind how many bricks it takes....

https://bowlerhatmedia.wordpress.com/2021/10/19/charging-per-word-doesnt-add-up/

I still have copywriting enquiries asking me how much I charge per word. That’s a bit like asking a builder how much they charge per brick! The fact is you’re not actually paying for a …

14/10/2021

Your website copy needs to put up a good fight for my attention. If your website copy hasn't got my interest in 8 seconds, I'll be off. It could be and, is most likely to be, your competitor's copy I'll be reading next and if they do a better job, I'll give them more of my time. It's not just me who has the attention span of a flea....

https://bowlerhatmedia.wordpress.com/2021/10/14/you-have-8-seconds-to-catch-me/

Your website copy needs to put up a good fight for my attention. If your website copy hasn’t got my interest in 8 seconds, I’ll be off. It could be and, is most likely to be, your compe…

11/10/2021

The best way of getting copy read is to make it an easy read - and to make it FRIENDLY. If you and I had a conversation about your product or service, we'd chat about it. You wouldn't talk like a text book because you know I'd switch off pretty quickly. You'd concentrate on trying to ENGAGE me and interest me and get on with me....

https://bowlerhatmedia.wordpress.com/2021/10/11/lets-get-chatty-with-the-written-word/

The best way of getting copy read is to make it an easy read – and to make it FRIENDLY. If you and I had a conversation about your product or service, we’d chat about it. You wouldn& #82…

04/10/2021

15/09/2021

There are many reasons you may need a CV right now and many reasons that the one you usually send out is not quite right. Chances are, you may be applying for a job role that hasn't ever featured on your CV before. You won't be the first to decide to (or have been forced to) change track as far as your career is concerned....

https://bowlerhatmedia.wordpress.com/2021/09/15/lets-talk-the-all-purpose-cv/

There are many reasons you may need a CV right now and many reasons that the one you usually send out is not quite right. Chances are, you may be applying for a job role that hasn’t ever feat…

04/08/2021

What’s the plural: fish 🐟 🐟🐟 or fishes 🐟🐟🐟?

If you’re talking about 3 halibut, the plural is FISH.

However if you’re talking about 3 different species: a cod, a plaice and a halibut, the plural is FISHES.

26/07/2021

Online shopping is convenient. That's the positive dealt with. I get that it can be a lifeline for elderly people (particularly those who struggle to walk loads, drive or carry heavy bags) - ironically, though, the elderly are the age group least likely to use the internet. So, what's my issue with online shopping? There are a few... Pictures can be deceiving…...

https://bowlerhatmedia.wordpress.com/2021/07/26/lets-talk-online-shopping/

Online shopping is convenient. That’s the positive dealt with. I get that it can be a lifeline for elderly people (particularly those who struggle to walk loads, drive or carry heavy bags) & #…

28/06/2021

There is never ever, ever, ever a reason to use an apostrophe to denote a plural: it’s 1960s not 1960’s; loos not loo’s; ratios not ratio’s.

I could go on but instead just remember that the reason the apostrophe exist in punctuation has NOTHING to do with plurals.

14/06/2021

Whoops! Apostrophe accident. Can you spot it?

25/05/2021

Number 27 is my favourite.

The Quotes of Steven Wright:
1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.
2 - Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back.
3 - Half the people you know are below average.
4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
5 - 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
6 - A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
7 - A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
8 - If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain.
9 - All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand.
10 - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
11 - I almost had a psychic girlfriend, ..... But she left me before we met.
12 - OK, so what's the speed of dark?
13 - How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
14 - If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
15 - Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
16 - When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
17 - Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
18 - Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now.
19 - I intend to live forever ... So far, so good.
20 - If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
21 - Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
22 - What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
23 - My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
24 - Why do psychics have to ask you for your name
25 - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
26 - A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
27 - Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
28 - The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.
29 - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
30 - The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.
31 - The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
32 - The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it.
33 - Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film.
34 - If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
35 - If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?

24/05/2021

This is a genuine hotel notice

18/05/2021

When you’re applying for the ‘manager’s’ job but spell it ‘manger’ a spellcheck won’t help you because ‘manger’ is a word in the dictionary. That’s one of many examples of words which can be incorrectly used but spelt perfectly.

18/05/2021

I’m mainly on board with this.
But there are times when you understand it all TOO well and it takes someone who can take a step back and explain it for you.

15/04/2021

The word ‘swims’ upside down is still swims!

14/04/2021

100 years ago everyone had horses and only the rich had cars. Today everyone has a car and only the rich have horses.

12/04/2021

Who knew what time it was when the first clock was made?

09/03/2021

Each morning we have the opportunity to start over.
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Fresh day, fresh mindset.

04/03/2021

We live in times when it's rare to phone a company and speak to a person - and if you finally get through to someone it's because you've been prepared to hold for ages and ages. So when we make a call and it seems hopeful that if we hold on we might, eventually, speak to a human we're then faced with the dilemma: are there enough hours in our life to do that?...

https://bowlerhatmedia.wordpress.com/2021/03/04/to-hold-or-not-to-hold-on/

We live in times when it’s rare to phone a company and speak to a person – and if you finally get through to someone it’s because you’ve been prepared to hold for ages and a…