Men With Pens

JUNE 23, 2010

When I started blogging and writing articles, it felt damn hard. Once you’ve written a few short stories, those daily blog posts that once were hard to write are going to get a lot easier. How often do you remember a blog post or a magazine article you read? But the physics classes did. I struggled along.

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JULY 14, 2010

And you can become visible by getting involved in your professional community, attending trade association meetings, entering industry contests and award shows, writing articles, giving speeches, publishing an informative blog , generating news about your business, and staying in touch with former clients. Heather Villa´s last blog.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

Sometimes we’re right, sometimes we’re wrong, but the point is that it doesn’t do to blog about the unique ideas that makes you different and special. Here are four reasons to love that the competition reads your blog. So every blog in the hemisphere has the same exact idea in place four weeks later – so what?

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MAY 11, 2010

You probably didn’t know about this treasure, because I forgot to blog about it. If you’re interested in learning what kind of person we’re looking for (and possibly becoming that new teammate who’ll rock our socks off), check out the job postings right here. We’ll also be experimenting with the blog.

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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. Reply ThoreyO ( @thoreyo ) July 5, 2010 at 8:24 am Hi James, great post! Kerrie´s last blog. Bill Harper´s last blog.

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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. Well, that’s not entirely true. I could write. Real hard.

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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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JANUARY 14, 2010

And I also know that he was fast on the replies, quick with the wit, and he had a nice-looking blog. As I began writing books and blogging myself, I developed an entirely new appreciation for Peart’s genius that affects my writing to this very day. In this post, I share some of Neil’s writing tips that can help scribes of all levels.

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MARCH 25, 2010

More coffee… Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog. Reply Kelly March 26, 2010 at 8:35 am Dean, I’m laughing out loud because I just wrote a post about missed homework when going international this week (link below). Regards, Kelly Kelly´s last blog. Ryan Cowles´s last blog. Just ignorant.

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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. Consider what you’d like for your website, your blog or your online business if you were to pass on. A lot of irritation. Who Wants My Business? So go ahead.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Go read my blog for a few hours and get psyched up. King Sidharth´s last blog. I still have trouble shifting back and forth, where, during the day, I need to be an authority, and at night, I can just be some dude on a blog saying stuff. Kev Jaques´s last blog. Heather Villa´s last blog.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

About the Author: Dean Rieck is one of America’s top freelance copywriters and publisher of Pro Copy Tips , a blog that provides copywriting tips for smart copywriters. Loved the post. Michael Martine´s last blog. Hell yeah Nice post. Sally B´s last blog. But there IS one right answer for you.

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APRIL 13, 2010

Chris Mower´s last blog. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. Business Logos´s last blog. Lucy Thorpe´s last blog. They’re Splogs – Spam Blogs – and google hates them. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. Stacey Cornelius´s last blog.

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JUNE 27, 2010

Þórey Ómars´s last blog. The good part of waking up then is that I’ll often write whole blog posts or emails in my head, and they’re generally quite good. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog. Heather Villa´s last blog.

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MARCH 20, 2017

How to Apply for a Blogging Job. In today’s lesson, I want to talk about finding a job as a blogger – particularly how to apply for a blogging job. I started the ProBlogger job board where those looking to hire bloggers could advertise their blogging job opportunities and bloggers could apply for the jobs. Facebook Group.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Does This Apply to Blogging? No One Made You a Deal The other part of the argument made in the comments of the Blogging Sweatshop post that gets me is that bloggers are betraying their readers by starting to charge for some of their content. Oren Pardes´s last blog. RichardM´s last blog. How the #$!!*

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

People – quite a lot of them – had begun to read my blog and decided that I could help them build their blogs in the same way. I was having a hard time explaining that my blog lives or dies based on who I am, not on the information I provide. Most blogs find a niche and zero in on their audience. Let’s talk.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

How to Apply for a Blogging Job. In today’s lesson, I want to talk about finding a job as a blogger – particularly how to apply for a blogging job. I started the ProBlogger job board where those looking to hire bloggers could advertise their blogging job opportunities and bloggers could apply for the jobs. Facebook Group.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

Written by James - 53 Comments When you blog for some time, you eventually reach a point when you begin to wonder whether blogging is actually getting you anywhere. Written by James - 53 Comments When you blog for some time, you eventually reach a point when you begin to wonder whether blogging is actually getting you anywhere.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2012

No problem: Spend time preparing sample works for your portfolio and show them off through social media. If not, you can still add them to your portfolio. Not only does working for charities create goodwill, but you also get respectable samples for your portfolio and elevate its status in the eyes of prospective clients.

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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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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. Carson Brackney´s last blog. Elly´s last blog. Laura Spencer´s last blog. Little ebooks. For publication.

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DECEMBER 6, 2009

Written by James - 106 Comments “I’ve been blogging for five years. We blog our hearts out, pouring creativity, knowledge and advice into each post we write. Blogging is bloody hard work. Take this blog, for example. No One to Blame But Ourselves Blogging started as personal online journals.

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JULY 25, 2010

All sorts of people are cropping up with posts of deep, meaningful wisdom or challenging views on their blogs, profound personal philosophies delivered with grave sincerity of a Hindu guru scattered across the internet. When you state a good opinion on your blog, everyone nods, comments, shares, and discusses. 24 HOUR SPECIAL!

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APRIL 29, 2010

He blogs at Write Short Live Long. 27 Responses to “What to Do When They Hold Your Guest Post Hostage&# Comments Read below or add a comment. FitJerks Fitness Blog ( @fitjerk ) April 30, 2010 at 5:20 am These are some good points. Getting angry and firing off nasty emails during a guest post exchange is for retards.

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JUNE 20, 2010

Annemieke´s last blog. Inner Drive or Navigation from Outside Reply Peter Shallard - The Shrink for Entrepreneurs ( @petershallard ) June 21, 2010 at 4:20 am Cool post. For writing/blogging newbies, it’s a pretty confrontational exercise. Heather Villa´s last blog. Þórey Ómars´s last blog.

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MAY 30, 2010

Great post as always, James. Þórey Ómars´s last blog. The Dreamweaver Reply George Passwater ( @GRPasswater ) May 31, 2010 at 8:44 am Another great post James. Thanks again for another great post. George Passwater´s last blog. John Hoff – WP Blog Host´s last blog.

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JULY 21, 2010

Here’s why: Climbing Mountains Every piece you write – whether a blog post, a short story, an ebook, or a technical manual – is a mountain. They might even start on stories or blogs or books. A single blog post. jezza101´s last blog. Giulietta Giulietta Nardone´s last blog.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

From “How to SEO Your Blog Posts&# to “101 Copywriting Tips for the Beginner&# to psychology type e-books packaged as “user guides&# , we find self-help manuals aplenty out there. In fact, I sometimes think that this is what blogging is all about. John Hewitt´s last blog. Dunning-Kruger effect.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

Michael Martine´s last blog. Beth Charette´s last blog. Martin Gaik´s last blog. How to Write an Effective Business Blog Reply Kelly January 20, 2010 at 6:52 am Tei, Sorry, another heathen who hasn’t seen PB. Regards, Kelly Kelly´s last blog. Working all the time.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

Online business and blogging are changing every day. As the early-adopter generation of the internet, of blogging, of online business, we have an opportunity. Jordan Cooper´s last blog. I believe anyone who can build an audience for their blog in the first place can also offer paid content successfully.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Blogging has provided my mind with the Spring cleaning it has been in need of for a long time. Roschelle´s last blog. Post-Avatar Depression – Why Am I Not Surprised… Reply Heather Villa ( @IAC_Heather ) January 13, 2010 at 5:23 am I think this holds true for ideas of any kind. Heather Villa´s last blog.

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DECEMBER 13, 2009

Or you got your degree in comparative religion and now you write a blog about snow sports. Henri´s last blog. Love this post! John Bardos´s last blog. Great post! Heather Villa´s last blog. Laura Cococcia´s last blog. With that said, you only get out what you put in.

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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. the whole journey not destination thing) Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome´s last blog. Thanks for a wonderful… nope… inspiring post! You probably are too.

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JUNE 9, 2010

If that overnight success has a website, look at his blog archives. Go right to the beginning when his posts weren’t getting any comments, and see how long and how many posts it took for him to grow his followers. It’s likely that you’ll see a long archive of posts that took time to build up.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

The fact that I’m a woman is on my company’s website and all over my blog posts. Why Feminism Is Pissing Me Off There have been a few blog posts and articles out there suggesting that James should have taken one for the team. Morten Rand-Hendriksen´s last blog. Julio´s last blog. Mine alone.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

On our blog, for example, we write three times a week, regularly, religiously. Natalie The Tiny Soprano´s last blog. Sally B´s last blog. Regards, Kelly Kelly´s last blog. The Chatty DM´s last blog. poch´s last blog. You feel… better after. You feel accomplished.

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