Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Written by James - 106 Comments “I’ve been blogging for five years. We’re bloggers. We blog our hearts out, pouring creativity, knowledge and advice into each post we write. That reminds me – I have to go write my free blog post now or my readers will be mad.” “Charge for premium content?

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

I always try to write the way I speak, and I think the most successful bloggers do the same. My best post often starts out as me writing to a reader in an email or answering a question in a very conversational tone. A lot of bloggers fall into the trap of talking at their readers rather than with them. Invite interaction.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

This tip fits into the ‘it’s not rocket science’ category of blogging tips (as do many blog tips) – however as simple as it sounds I regularly see bloggers falling into the trap of talking ‘AT’ readers rather than blogging in a conversational voice. Run Projects and Challenges.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. In fact one of the most common questions that I hear from bloggers is: “How do I get my readers to interact with me?” Perhaps the best example I can think of to illustrate this is the time I started Digital Photography School (my main blog).

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The Creative Penn

MAY 29, 2023

Check it out for free or get 25% off the premium edition at www.ProWritingAid.com/joanna John Matthew Fox is an award-winning short story writer, a developmental editor, writing teacher and blogger. John: I started my blog way back in the day, 2006, just to join the literary conversation. So welcome back to the show, John.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 7, 2017

How to Overcome 5 Blogger Obstacles. The bloggers interviewed on stage: Tsh Oxenreider. The post Brooke spoke about on fear. Further Listening and Reading on 5 Obstacles Bloggers Face (And How to Get Over Them). 5 Obstacles Bloggers Face (And How to Get Over Them) slides. The Brisbane event was really worthwhile.

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ProBlogger

MAY 16, 2013

Recently I had opportunity to sit with a small group of Pre-Bloggers – people about to start their first blogs. One of the question I was asked was for advice on how much content to have written before launching a new blog. 5-10 Posts Ready to Publish in Drafts. 20 Blog Post Ideas Brainstormed.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

They don’t know whether you’ve just finished a year-long project or just opened your freelancing business. Or how it lets you work on your own projects. Don’t have any client work or projects? Once I helped edit a small business owner’s first blog post. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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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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Men With Pens

JUNE 3, 2012

My blog posts, articles, and writing projects have all benefited from my fiction writing experience – that means I’m better at communicating with people and clients who bring me income. In writing blog posts and articles, I’m not using as many parenthetical anecdotes or unnecessary adverbs. Leave a Comment!

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

But could blogging actually be dying? The Guardian points to statistics showing the amount of blogs started by teens has halved since 2006, and massively declined among millennial. So what does this mean for you, the blogger? I also frequently post links to older articles from my archives. Are you scared?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 27, 2013

This tip fits into the ‘it’s not rocket science’ category of blogging tips (as do many blog tips) – however as simple as it sounds I regularly see bloggers falling into the trap of talking ‘AT’ readers rather than blogging in a conversational voice. Run Projects and Challenges.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 25, 2013

Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. In fact one of the most common questions that I hear from bloggers is: “How do I get my readers to interact with me?” Perhaps the best example I can think of to illustrate this is the time I started Digital Photography School (my main blog).

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 29, 2012

I nearly abandoned this blog to go run off to play in the sunshine of Damn Fine Words, a project that’s always sparked my motivation like a lit blowtorch. Until the day I realized this blog was completely, utterly, falling apart in tiny little pieces. I’m churning out blog posts like there’s no tomorrow.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 25, 2010

You want to get it out of the way so you can start your writing project. Post the monkey video on your Facebook wall. Tweet about your writing project. The ironic thing is that I was reading this article procrastinating a phone call I know I need to make… *sigh* Chris Mower´s last blog. Could have been a dream.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

On ProBlogger we have had the job board since 2006. Take a look at the How to Make Money Blogging page on ProBlogger for a good overview. The question was almost always, “ What ’ s a blog? ” Sometimes I ’ d say, “ What ’ s a blog ball?” The barista there asked me the question again, “ How do you make money blogging? ”

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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. I believe your tips will help me continue this personal writing project I have which I had left unfinished for three years in a row.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 28, 2011

How does this relate to your blog? Here are three examples: Own your brand: There are a lot of free blog tools and publishing platforms — Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr, Posterous, TypePad… the list goes on and on. I’ve rushed into a randomly-inspired, voluntary blog redesign at 4:00 p.m. Horrible headline.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

FreeMind helps you to keep track of your projects using notes with links in what is called the knowledge base. Nozbe This is a web-based time and project management app that helps you get things done. Organize your projects and see what you have left to do. Nathan Hangen´s last blog.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Can You REALLY Make Money Blogging? [7 7 Things I Know About Making Money from Blogging]. ProBlogger Earnings Poll Results – April 2006. 14 Types of Stories You Can Tell On Your Blog. Case Study – How One Blogger Used a Blog Post, SlideShare Deck, Lead Magnet, Email Sequence and a Webinar to Earn Over $28,000.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

A Guest Post by Glen Allsopp from ViperChill. In 2006, at 17, I started a blog about marketing which was very successful from launch. In fact, the first blog post I published was linked to by 4 of the Technorati Top 100 at the time, and I felt like I was on my way to joining the ranks of A-list bloggers.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

You were supposed to deliver this project at 5pm and you’re almost finished but… A new email comes in. Hire yourself, and assign yourself a project. Pick a project that will help further your success. I set a date to get it done and treated it like a client project. Amber Weinberg´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

MAY 11, 2010

Any projects you’d like to drop hints about? Or maybe you have a suggestion for our blog. I recently celebrated my 100th post, but forgot to tell anyone about it, so will be celebrating my 200th post in a few months… I have a few site design tweaks I want to incorporate, so I’ll be contacting you in a few weeks.

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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 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

JULY 14, 2010

You should become an authority in your field, deliver outstanding service with every project, and stay up-to-date in your chosen specialty. But when it comes time for their project, they want you to be ready to go today. Robert July 15, 2010 at 2:56 am Great blog post. ACCESSIBILITY Can prospects reach you?

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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? While total writers’ block may be a reality for some individuals, for most of us we’re just stuck on a particular project. When you sit down to write, do you feel excited?

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 17, 2010

I can’t count the number of times over the years that someone else in my market space–a competitor, if you will–has approached me to work on a project with them or to take care of something for one of their clients that they can’t do. Nathan Hangen´s last blog. Thank you for another great blog post.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

You’ll work on a wide variety of projects for lots of different clients. You have to find a way to generate leads and close deals to get the paying projects. You will find yourself juggling multiple projects and clients. I love this blog and now I love the guest bloggers too… Laya Bajpai´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

In a recent conversation, a writer told me that he hates projects about things that don’t interest him. This often happens when the project lacks a real strategy. Reply Steve Logan ( @ImpactCopy ) March 26, 2010 at 11:02 am Great blog post. Matt Burgess´s last blog. Be a quick study. I loved it!

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ProBlogger

JUNE 26, 2019

It’s easy to revolve in your blogging. It highlights my journey as a blogger and areas where you can evolve your own blog and online business. Plus, the 2017 keynote features a Q & A with Pat Flynn, who shares how he achieved success by evolving his blog, Smart Passive Income.

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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. John Hewitt´s last blog. 99% of LD bloggers are just making it up as they go along. The same goes for bloggers blogging about blogging.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

Should bloggers start charging for content? So here are a few of the things we can do, as bloggers, to address this issue – and many more issues we all face together. I think there are tons of monetization models (and one of my projects is figuring out the essential monetization patterns for info products.) And we should.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

It’s so easy to become addicted to RSS feeds, commenting, reading blog posts and spending hours running in circles and then panicking because you’ve got nothing done. I really appreciate this post, thanks a lot! I think we have all experienced overnight success as bloggers. Think back to that overnight success you envied.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

Rebecca hosts a community of writers with the Writer’s Round-About Collaborative Blogging Project and encourages writers to do less for more by creating efficient routines and eliminating unnecessary procedures. 23 Responses to “How to Avoid Wasting Your Blog Client’s Money&# Comments Read below or add a comment. .

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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. Well, you can, but you’ll soon find that your readership drops, your traffic dwindles and people don’t talk as much about your blog anymore. There’s still posts here that I haven’t read.

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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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