Smart Blogger

MARCH 13, 2023

And if you’re a content creator (whether it’s a blog post , infographic, or an article for a client ), Facebook is one of the best social media platforms to share content. That doesn’t mean LinkedIn isn’t a great social media platform if you’re a business owner or freelancer , of course. Back to Top 2.

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

Dean Rieck decided to come on over and tell you the secrets you’re missing to making it as a freelancer – enjoy! Going from struggling writer to successful freelancer isn’t effortless, but it’s not as complicated or mysterious as you might think. I can boil it down to 7 general ideas: 1. That’s bunk.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Content is what drives the web, and one of the oldest yet still most relevant forms of content is the blog post. Considering blogging is such a crucial part of the web, some website builders have been designed with a content management system in mind. The platform is designed for bloggers, optimizing content management, and SEO.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

The Pros and Cons Written by Agent X - 30 Comments Here’s a great slam-dunk post for you from my respected friend and international copywriting authority, Dean Rieck of Direct Creative and Pro Copy Tips. If you want to make a career of writing, should you look for a full-time job in a company or strike out on your own as a freelancer?

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ProBlogger

MAY 21, 2018

Commenters/Participants in Other Places: Check out comments people leave in other places, such as other people’s forums and blogs, Facebook pages/groups and podcasts. Magazines/Freelancers: Find people who already create paid content elsewhere, whether it’s as a freelancer or on their own blog.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Written by Taylor - 39 Comments This discussion we’ve been having about whether bloggers should get paid for their work is fascinating, and I think it’s pretty great that the whole MwP community here has been so level-headed and thoughtful about it. To hear them tell it, bloggers who don’t give it away have turned positively abusive.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

This is a guest contribution from author and freelance writer Steff Green. Like that sparkly rhinestone jacket you purchased last year but suddenly realise is actually kind of hideous, blogging trends change with the seasons. What was once the mark of a high-quality blog now screams of incompetence. Are you scared?

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Men With Pens

JULY 8, 2012

Most bloggers start because they’re looking for a get rich quick scheme, some illusory easy path to fame and fortune. After writing for a couple weeks, they grow frustrated by the slow results and turn to other blogs for advice. It’s easy to spot a newbie blogger. Maybe it’s time for you to do the same.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 14, 2011

It showed in their blog posts that didn’t get comments. If you’re a start-up business owner, an entrepreneur, a self-employed freelancer, an in-house writer, a blogger, an editor… if you need to create effective content to market your business (or someone else’s), then Damn Fine Words is for you. They knew the grammar.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2012

Write engaging blog posts that compel comments. It showed in their blog posts that didn’t get comments. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! Damn Fine Words Writing Course: Now Open to New Members first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. Write ebooks. Write follow-ups.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

With blogging, you not only have to do the task: write the post. You have to decide what the task is : the topic of the post. Almost every blogger I know tries to dive headlong into the post without thinking about it. A blog post is almost pure thought. Surely blog posts aren’t poisonous.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Each day this week, I’m going to write about how you can get more money, better clients and the work you really love to do – all it takes is the magic words, and you’ll be enjoying a freelance business that really rocks. That shoemaker’s son has the same problem that many freelancers do – new and experienced both.

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Men With Pens

JULY 4, 2010

You find a voice that seems to work for a while, but then you can’t maintain consistency – a blog post you wrote last week sounds completely different from one you wrote yesterday. Bill Harper´s last blog. I’ll go check out that post now; you have me curious. (PS This doesn’t feel right.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

Regardless if you are a freelance writer, a business executive, a graphic artist or if you are working a part-time job, you surely could use a bit of help in organizing your thoughts so that your days run more smoothly. Designed for freelancers and entrepreneurs in mind. We could all use more of that, eh!) Everyone these days is busy.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 23, 2010

She’s more like a Featured Blogger ’round here at the Pen Men Palace. So while I do that, you read this post, mmkay? There are copywriters, bloggers, academic writers (the vanilla of the writing world?), It’s no accident that several great bloggers also write fiction. Now I’m offended. I’m hurt.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

As much as I was pleased to reread certain posts, like this one about my daughters , I was just as pleased to know that posts like this one would probably never see the light of day again. And you thought your first blog posts were bad. My old blog posts blew me away. Judy Dunn´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

A few weeks ago, my mother read and enjoyed a guest blog post of mine – The Missing Half of Productivity Advice: Why Women Need to Get Involved. It shouldn’t have surprise me at all, really – I’ve been writing six to ten blog posts a week, every week, for at least eighteen months. That surprised me.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

If you’re like many freelancers, you’re probably not sleeping well at all. We’re freelancers. The problem is that we freelancers all know healthy sleep habits are good for us. But many freelancers just don’t follow that oh-so-simple-and-sage advice. Laura Spencer´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

Amy Harrison tells us all about it in today’s guest post – enjoy! When you start freelancing, you usually spend time online looking for the big names in your line of work. I just started freelancing last month and I can really use this article of yours. Tim Gordon´s last blog. It taught me a lot.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In order to do so, I want to share a case study of how I took my own photography blog from a single author blog, publishing 3 posts a week, to a blog that now has around 50 writers, and I don’t write anything. Most bloggers start out blogging as single author blogs and many remain that way.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 25, 2010

Reply Maranda Gibson ( @accuconference ) April 26, 2010 at 12:51 pm Haha — I’m laughing out loud because I’m reading this instead of working on my next blog post, ironically enough about procrastination. Tyrean´s last blog. But now I really want to see that monkey video. Thanks for the laughs this AM.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

About the amount of information you’d get in five decent-lengthed blog posts. Usually copy comes in nice bite-sized chunks: a webpage, a blog post, an article, a press release. Little ebooks. But we also get requests for huge ebooks – upwards of 50 pages. For publication. These are all extremely lengthy projects.

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Men With Pens

MAY 11, 2010

For freelancers, that’s prime to do some marketing, make some tweaks and changes, build an info product and all kinds of good stuff. At my blog, I admit I use a less professional tone than Men with Pens, but I love to visit here to see how it’s done really well. And thanks also for the kind words. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2010

Not blog posts, though. I had great ideas for posts , I’d sit down with full intentions of banging out the best blog post ever, get through a title and maybe a paragraph or two, and then… That was it. Those blog posts came hard. I knew I loved my blog, and I loved writing.

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

Or are you just thinking about hitting your target word count, churning out that blog post, ticking off that task on your to-do list? We boast on Twitter about the number of blog posts we’ve written in a day. We post our novel word count on our blog or on Facebook. Yeah, I’m guilty of this).

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Like Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars, corrupted by what he fought against, bloggers and business hopefuls obliviously walk the same path as the fated Dark Lord of the Sith. In fact, I sometimes think that this is what blogging is all about. John Hewitt´s last blog. 99% of LD bloggers are just making it up as they go along.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

Your clients can have all this with no ongoing commitment to pay or perform, no continued maintenance, no time or money-sinking additional self-promotion techniques, no risk to their business brand, and for the same (or less) money than they currently pay to maintain their blog. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. . Thanks Rebecca!

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Men With Pens

APRIL 29, 2010

Your guest post is being held hostage. Bloggers and site editors, especially at top-tier outlets, are generally busy people. Dozens of content requests and guest post submissions pour in each week. Reply Ami ( @amikimtweets ) April 30, 2010 at 9:55 am I recently submitted a guest post to a much larger blog.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

You may not think that your website, your blog, your freelance business, is something you need to think about in your last will and testament, but it is. Sharon Hurley Hall´s last blog. Are You A Buttoned-Up or Buttoned-Down Freelance Writer? John Soares´s last blog. iLoveCoding´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Some of you are thinking that I am nuttier than a Planter’s convention, but I assure you that this blog post was not made on machinery containing nuts. Same reason you haven’t quite shoved off and decided yes, you’re going to be a freelancer now. I’m willing to do just about anything, if I can avoid being successful.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 15, 2009

So my name is Taylor, and if I had chosen to pursue a salaried job instead of a freelance career, I could have avoided the embarrassing situation many women find themselves in today – discounted because of their name, before their education and skills are even checked. And women still weren’t as hirable as men, 25 years ago. Not nearly.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Written by James - 69 Comments Many freelancers have university degrees. Many freelancers don’t have to send their resumes to people anymore, so those degrees don’t see a lot of action, but they’re there, collecting dust on our walls. The freelancer life isn’t so very different from the student one.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 17, 2010

Thank you for another great blog post. Get RSS right here Get email updates here Recent Posts What to Do When You Feel Like You Can’t Catch Up How to Take the Next Step in Your Freelance Career What To Do When Clients Haggle Which Type of Entrepreneur Are You? There is always some food for thought here.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 13, 2010

So what does all of this have to do with being an entrepreneur, a copywriter, or a freelancer? For freelancers and entrepreneurs, I’m with you 100% on this. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

Have all the posts you’ve written been worth it? And sadly, not many bloggers ask them. I know I can spend hours reading through old posts on this site, and I’ve been reading Men with Pens for nearly two years. There’s still posts here that I haven’t read. John Soares´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 14, 2010

In this post, I share some of Neil’s writing tips that can help scribes of all levels. This is perhaps my most important rule of thumb, whether writing books, blog posts, or emails. Write down anything, and I mean *anything*, that would potentially be a new blog post, book idea, promotion, whatever.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Dean Rieck´s last blog. Are you making these 7 freelance website mistakes? Online Gratitude Journal November 2009 Edition #35 Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) December 1, 2009 at 9:57 am @ Akemi – Many, many websites have copy that talks exactly like that, or have blog posts with that bullying tone. Surprising, eh?

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