During the past couple of weeks we’ve seen a volume of concentrated active searches that might indicate the worst of our economic mess is behind us — we hope.

Whatever the case, we’re beginning to hear reports from people and organization that there are some particular areas where demand is going up. WebWorkerDaily reported back in October there’s an increasing demand for writing. Of course, our own experience is that there’s a constant high demand for great writing as this is a rare, premium skill. WebWorkerDaily spoke with an online freelance job board and found out that these particular writing skills are in high demand: article writing, copywriting, content writing, ghostwriting, academic writing and technical writing.

But one important trend we’ve noticed is the rise of social networking plus executive visibility. This requires a specific type of writing. Through the careful application of an experienced and talented writer, CEOs can dramatically increase their own brand as well as the brand and search engine optimization of their company.

Providing cogent thought leadership and crafting compelling stories is an ART, and several of our expert consultants provide this expertise for Cisco and NetApp executives right now. These are far more than product collateral writers, web content providers or editors on the hunt for typos. They are true masters of communication who can write for internal and external audiences worldwide with the singular voice of an executive.

If you are an executive with vast responsibilities and little time for writing, you know the value of authentic, informative and easily accessible communication with your constituents. Whether it’s a speech, video script, blog, contributed article or global team email, we can help.

Click here and we can have an exec comm pro ready to write for you within 24 hours. Really.

Win this Cool Flip Camera!

If you haven’t already heard, we are giving away this FREE Flip camera in celebration of our new and improved website!

And as usual, the High Tech Connect crew can’t do anything without adding a sprinkle of color and pizzazz. So here’s a picture of the actual Flip camera design — accompanied with one of our signature “Hair on fire?” bobblehead pens.

Please help us spread the word! Send friends and colleagues to our new website and become a fan on our Home page. Anyone who was previously a High Tech Connect Facebook Fan will automatically be entered in the January 20 drawing as well.

And we’d love to hear your comments about the website. There are still a few tweaks and metatags to add, but overall we’re thrilled with the overhaul. We’re grateful to our friends Steve and Josh at Design2Market, SEO maven Ellen Ferlazzo, Richard at Tri Valley Internet, and our own amazing team for getting it just right.