News
All-you-can-learn for £5
I’ve been invited to run a workshop at the London College of Scholars on Monday from 18:30 to 20:30. Come along to discover the latest trends in web design and copy and supercharge your website. Read more…
News
Meet my new mentee
PSA Fellow, Andy Lopata, is kindly mentoring me to help develop my speaking career. In the spirit of ‘paying it forward’, I’m mentoring an aspiring copywriter who was recently recommended to me by my accountant Read more…
News
My Little Pony
Next week I have been asked to judge speakers at Pony Express in London. The topic is ‘The power of words‘ – luckily, that’s my specialist subject. I’m just wondering whether to play the role Read more…
News
Breaking Ireland
I’m flattered to have been invited to deliver a webinar for a training and development company that’s based in Galway. I’ve previously run a course in Vienna, so I guess that makes me an international Read more…
News
Voting now underway
My latest book, The Little Fish Guide to Writing your own Website, has been nominated in the BizBookAwards 2014 run by Small Business Trends. One winner will be decided by a judging panel, the other Read more…
News
JackieBarrie.com launched
When I was a teenager, I started insisting that people call me Jackie instead of Jacqueline. And now, after almost exactly 13 years trading as Comms Plus, I’ve launched a new logo and new website Read more…
Blog
How to irritate your audience on a webinar
I’m increasingly invited to share copywriting tips on a Google Hangout or webinar. To get some ideas, I listened in to someone else’s webinar recently. But it left me feeling annoyed and frustrated. Here’s why, Read more…
Blog
How to confuse your audience at a live presentation
I’m often the speaker, but recently I was in the audience for a full day of talks. Here’s what I learned from my experience off-stage: It’s confusing when the MC introduces the speakers but also Read more…