Men With Pens

JULY 21, 2011

You’re nobody in the blogosphere until you’ve been shown a little love by the influential sites that serious bloggers read, Tweet and flock to. Don’t get me wrong; you can have a totally groovy experience at lesser-known sites and accomplish many valuable blogging goals through those avenues. A slew of comments and Facebook mentions.

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BKA Content

MARCH 13, 2023

It’s also a great example of how a strong marketing content writer — or, in The Furrow’s case, quite likely a team of them — can help companies exceed their marketing expectations. Not only did this book boost sales but it also turned Jell-O into a household name, proving once again the powers of an effective marketing content writer.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The Thing About Weight Loss and Blogging Success Is…. Why Succeeding As a Blogger Is Simple but Hard. Becoming a successful blogger is a lot like becoming a successful weight-loss story. Yet most bloggers fail because (like dieters) they can’t stick to their resolutions. Losing weight is simple in theory.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 6, 2011

Since then, I’ve been running a copywriting business, become a regular blogger , and have had “>two “>books published , with a third “>just recently released. With the amount of work I’ve been producing, I’ve learned a lot about myself as a writer and about writing in general. Moderation? What about you?

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The post 10 Tips to Help You Land a Job as a Freelance Blogger appeared first on ProBlogger. Whether you’re looking to become a full-time blogger, want to supplement your blogging income, or simply want to make a bit of money to support your own blog as it grows, finding a paid blogging job can help you go further, faster.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

You have a great idea for a blog post – and that’s a good start. If you want to grow your business, you need published content – and that means turning your idea into a written blog post. Fit into one blog post. Think about breaking the idea down into a blog post series or even an ebook. But you need more than just ideas.

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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. Bloggers would email asking if I knew anyone looking to hire a blogger. Bloggers would email asking if I knew anyone looking to hire a blogger.

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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. ” – Jason Kottke.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 30, 2020

In the not so distant past, I embarked on a journey to grow NeilPatel.com to 100,000 blog readers. That storytelling strategy went on to help my blog reach over 100,000 views a month — in only about eight months. Read books, blogs, watch videos, etc. : As marketers, we use storytelling to help make our ideas stick.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Do you want to start a simple blog documenting your travel adventures? For example, these sites typically have a lot of features that other types of website builders have, such as the ability to blog. Content is what drives the web, and one of the oldest yet still most relevant forms of content is the blog post.

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Men With Pens

JULY 29, 2012

But writing isn’t rocket science … and there are a few simple writing tricks you can use to write blog posts that are much more powerful and engaging. Before we get into those 9 tricks, though, here’s the why behind it: Fully-engaged readers are more likely to remember your blog posts. Does the second sound a bit stilted to you?

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ProBlogger

MAY 7, 2020

The post The Pros and Cons of Having Multiple Blogs appeared first on ProBlogger. As you probably know, I have two main blogs – ProBlogger and Digital Photography School. But while are definitely benefits in having two well-established blogs, those benefits come at a cost. My first blog. The rest of my blogs.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 24, 2013

On a blog for businesspeople?" As a fiction writer, I’m drawn to the writing section of bookstores. Publishers like Writer’s Digest keep pumping out great titles like, “Where Do You Get Your Ideas? [A note from James: "Wait - what?! So when Kari pitched me the idea for this post, I was all for it. Take it away, Kari.].

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ProBlogger

JULY 23, 2019

The post 279: How Jeff Goins Evolved His Blogging Into a Million Dollar Business appeared first on ProBlogger. How Blogging Led to a Million Dollar Business for Jeff Goins. Jeff Goins shares how his blogging business has evolved over the years. Blog 2: Jeff moved to Nashville and trained missionaries to blog for a nonprofit.

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Men With Pens

MAY 14, 2012

Let’s talk about your blog. You don’t know what to write, you don’t feel confident about what you DO write, and frankly, you’d rather not be blogging at all. You’re behind on your blogging schedule… and it’s been a while since you’ve written a post. One good blog post?

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Men With Pens

JULY 21, 2010

comes along with this post on bravery, and how being a writer is a perfectly good measure of it. But if you’re a writer – if you’re taking ideas out of your head and turning them into words – then you’re sure as hell brave. They might even start on stories or blogs or books. A single blog post.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

As a fiction writer, I have a whole folder of novel starts that got trashed because of procrastination. As a blogger, I was crazy enough to pitch to ProBlogger (and yes, fail) when my own analytics were damn flat. I’m still running my blog despite seeing meager results. Martin’s Press, and had him interviewed on my blog.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

It now has new features those advertising to hire bloggers, writers, editors and more, and also makes it easier for those who are applying for jobs. Back in 2006 I started to notice two emerging types of questions from readers of ProBlogger: From bloggers – How do I get freelance writing jobs? The Back Story.

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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. Bloggers would email asking if I knew anyone looking to hire a blogger. Bloggers would email asking if I knew anyone looking to hire a blogger.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

This is a guest contribution from travel blogger Chris Appleford. From the moment we made the decision to sell everything we own and travel the world indefinitely, we wanted to have our own travel blog. I’m questioning whether we should have started a blog at all. Do you know how many travel blogs there are? Here’s why….

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Men With Pens

APRIL 18, 2010

Written by Taylor - 28 Comments As your readership grows, it’s easy to think you’ve got this blogging thing down pat. Written by Taylor - 28 Comments As your readership grows, it’s easy to think you’ve got this blogging thing down pat. There’s a growing trend around longtime bloggers: newbie mistakes. Afraid not.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Thompson was the creator of Gonzo Journalism – or as he called himself, “the doctor of journalism” – and the writer of the infamous books Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga , and The Rum Diary. Verbs are the most important words writers will ever use.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Post by Nicole Pyles Nicole Pyles is a writer, blogger, and social networker (and she’s good at it, too). In between working and ghostwriting, she enjoys writing fantasy as a way of playing pretend as a grownup and working on her blog over at World of My Imagination. 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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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Transitioning From Single Author Blog to Multi Author Blog. In today’s lesson, I want to talk about hiring writers for your blog. Most bloggers start out blogging as single author blogs and many remain that way. Most bloggers start out blogging as single author blogs and many remain that way.

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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. That theory about tortured writers? Well, that’s not entirely true. Real hard.

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Men With Pens

MAY 16, 2010

Guest poster Chris Birk did a good job recently of describing how a writer feels when a guest post is accepted but has not yet been published. As an editor at a blog, a writer for three blogs, and an owner of two blogs–I have been on the receiving end of a lot of guest posts over the years.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 2, 2010

I used the power of guest posting and blog commenting tactics to reach people around the globe. If reaching people is what you want, you’ll find plenty of advice on guest posting right here at Men with Pens, including great tips on accepting guest posts to your blog – like this post on submission guidelines from Ann Smarty.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

17 Types of Evergreen Content for Your Blog. Today I want to talk about Evergreen content, and suggest seven types of evergreen content you might like to try on your blog. Some are from my blogs, but there are also a lot from listeners who put examples of their own evergreen content in our FB group. How to Start a Blog.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 16, 2011

Being a (surprise, surprise) a topnotch writer will. I blog for entrepreneurs, so I decided to hire a writing coach who has succeeded in blogging and helps other bloggers do the same. I blog for entrepreneurs, so I decided to hire a writing coach who has succeeded in blogging and helps other bloggers do the same.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 10, 2017

The Pros and Cons of Having More Than One Blog. In today’s lesson, I want to talk about having more than one blog on the go at once. Regular listeners of this podcast know I have two main blog – ProBlogger and Digital Photography School. The pros and cons of having more than one blog or business.

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Men With Pens

MAY 5, 2011

You might be great at turning out 500-word blog posts or short articles. You’ve probably written blog posts that flowed from start to finish without needing to consciously think about them much. Your ebook isn’t going to work if you try to cover everything – nor will it work if it’s just an expanded version of a blog post.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 11, 2019

Is your obsession with new content hurting your blog? As bloggers, we tend to focus on what we’re creating now rather than what we created months or even years ago. Of course, it’s important to put time and effort into creating new content for our blogs. 7 Types of Evergreen Content for Your Blog (podcast episode 209).

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ProBlogger

JULY 31, 2017

How Ordinary Things Can Lead to Extraordinary Results With Your Blog. This week and I’m excited to be spending time face to face with quite a few ProBlogger podcast listeners and blog readers at our Aussie blogging events. Links and Resources on 6 ‘Ordinary’ Things That Will Grow Your Blog into Something Extraordinary.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 28, 2011

Building a blog is very much like building a model plane – and here are the top 5 lessons I’d like to share with you. When you set up your blog, you’ll face a similar array of options for various skill levels. And the same goes for your blog. How does this relate to your blog? Use the kit made for you.

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