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Richard Pachter: FAs without the Qs

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Friday, June 20, 2014. FAs without the Qs. Back when I reviewed biz books for the Miami Herald, I'd get — as you'd imagine — numerous inquiries from publishers, authors, publicists and others who wanted me to review their books. Some were quite professional, generally because they were from professionals,. But others were a bit ham-handed and many asked my help to "promote their book in the Miami Herald"(! I've never shared this online, but was thinking about it today and thought, why not? So, here it is.

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Richard Pachter: "Smart retirement" is not an oxymoron

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Sunday, August 21, 2011. Smart retirement" is not an oxymoron. Author Dan Solin explains how to get the most for your money for retirement. The Smartest Retirement Book You'll Ever Read. Daniel R. Solin. Penguin Group. 272 pages. Dan Solin's previous entries in this series, The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read. And The Smartest 401(k) Book You'll Ever Read. Throughout, Solin writes clearly with style and humor but stays on topic and doesn't bloviate or pontificate excessively. He includes a ...

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Richard Pachter: Fiona Apple’s original (and still-unreleased) "Extraordinary Machine”

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Saturday, December 15, 2012. Fiona Apple’s original (and still-unreleased) "Extraordinary Machine”. Note: In 2005, I was intrigued by the Free Fiona fan campaign. So I pitched and wrote this for The Miami Herald. It was picked up by a few other papers, running in a severely edited form. The version that the Herald published was also edited for space, so here's the full original piece I'd submitted. Also, a completely reworked version of Apple's album was subsequently released. Shortly thereafter, produce...

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Richard Pachter: Ray's Obituary

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Richard Pachter: July 2011

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Guest Review: Bob Lefsetz on Derek Sivers' "Anything You Want". The great Bob Lefsetz graciously alowed us to repost his review. For more Lefsetz, please visit his blog, here. To subscribe to the Lefsetz Letter by e-mail, click here. Anything You Want. Derek Sivers. Domino Project. 88 pages. This book is so good, so chock full of nuggets, that I had to stop reading it and e-mail you, even though Derek says it will only take an hour to finish. Minus startup costs…. It usually means ...

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Richard Pachter: August 2011

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Sunday, August 21, 2011. Smart retirement" is not an oxymoron. Author Dan Solin explains how to get the most for your money for retirement. The Smartest Retirement Book You'll Ever Read. Daniel R. Solin. Penguin Group. 272 pages. Dan Solin's previous entries in this series, The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read. And The Smartest 401(k) Book You'll Ever Read. Throughout, Solin writes clearly with style and humor but stays on topic and doesn't bloviate or pontificate excessively. He includes a ...

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Richard Pachter: April 2012

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Thursday, April 26, 2012. For Freelancers, One Simple, Powerful Question. What can I help you with RIGHT NOW? Is there a project that you're working on that I can help you complete? Something to write, proofread, edit, design (etc)? Instead of waiting for an assignment, a creative brief, a return phone call, email or whatever after your meeting, ask and you'll increase your chances of going home with a gig immediately. No waiting! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Videos and TV Spots. Click here to email me.

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Richard Pachter: February 2012

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Saturday, February 18, 2012. Avoid the Horrors of E-Mail Marketing. E-Mail Marketing: The Complete Guide to Creating Successful Campaigns. Herschell Gordon Lewis. AMACOM. 304 pages. $24.95. So what's the deal with the unsolicited commercial e-mail — fondly known as "spam"? Senders will stop flooding every e-mail address with it. The problem, of course, is that conducting e-mail marketing campaigns is cheaper than any other similar effort, so the bottom-feeders will probably be around forever. Instead, he...

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Richard Pachter: May 2012

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Saturday, May 26, 2012. Guides for word nerds and language wranglers. Words to live and write by. Like me) usually look askance at most tomes on writing and language. After all, pedantic autodidacts and over-educated sesquipedalians already know how to wrangle language and massage messages. Oh, occasionally something like the bestselling Eats Shoots and Leaves. Here's a look at the latest edition of the holy word. And a recent would-be contender. But a technical writer of my acquaintance was VERY excited...