The Creative Penn

MAY 29, 2023

Show Notes Writing a book based on a blog — what needs to change? John: I started my blog way back in the day, 2006, just to join the literary conversation. I know a lot of people listening, they might also have years’ worth of blog posts and articles, and you have a lot of really well-crafted articles on your site.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 10, 2023

There are rumours this is called Project Nile, and Jo Lambadjieva outlines what it might mean on AI for Ecommerce and Amazon Sellers. 2) Readers will be able to discover cross-genre and niche books more easily In 2006, Chris Anderson published The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 30, 2012

This post is by Ash Ambirge of The Middle Finger Project. It’s the sixth and final post in our series on Blog Business Models. I also happen to run a six-figure blog and business called The Middle Finger Project. I also happen to run a six-figure blog and business called The Middle Finger Project.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

One was a conversation with James, who commented on one of my blogs that many copywriters aren’t good with numbers. Another discussion was with an associate who said he saw freelance projects on Elance with bids of $50 for sales letters and $5 for blog posts. Charge hourly for long or uncertain projects.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

It doesn’t matter if you’re writing a poem, a short story, a novel, an article, website copy, marketing slogans, pamphlets, brochures, press releases, daily newspapers, or the best goddamned literary porn of all time. 5 Reasons Not to Criticize First Drafts first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Maybe the copy is terrible. Too many other projects on the go. Your copy and sales pages. What Not to Forget During the Holidays first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. Most freelancers have a terrible website. Maybe it’s too cluttered. And they neglect them. They make excuses.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 29, 2012

Every writing project goes through the same stages: Idea Generation. If you have a blog, email list, Twitter account or Facebook page, you’ve already got at least a few readers or potential customers. In return, you’ll give them a copy of the finished ebook in due course.). So what should you do? Publishing.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 18, 2011

You pick your hours, your clients, and your projects. First you need time to develop your projects, work for your clients, create new ideas and grow your business. You also need money to invest in your projects and business. I read his blog. Copyright 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc - All Rights Reserved. Stay tuned!

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Men With Pens

MARCH 18, 2012

The only way it makes sense is if two conditions are true: You have a time-sensitive project. Maybe if you write him some marketing copy, he’ll let you use a vacant room from time to time. Post by Joe Pawlikowski Joe Pawlikowski is a writer and editor working on many blogs across the internet. Like this idea?

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Income Diary

APRIL 2, 2024

Brin is working on other, more personal projects that reach beyond Google.Brin and Page are trying to help solve the world’s energy and climate problems at Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, which invests in the alternative energy industry to find wider sources of renewable energy. 5 Sergey Brin: Founder of Google is worth $136.6

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 5, 2012

We tend to get caught up trying to get things perfect … but this results in copy that’s either bland or trying too hard. If you’re working on a big project like an ebook, try taking a whole week away from it. That blog post about something dear to you will touch others. Yes, the technicalities of writing are important.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Profit Streams Revealed: How I Make Money Blogging. Today, I’m going to go through exactly how I make money blogging. I’m going to talk you through the income streams that I use to monetize my blogs and build an income for my family. In Today’s Episode How I Make Money Blogging – My Profit Streams Revealed.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

Ignorant of the purpose of your copy. In other words, even beautifully-crafted copy can go bad when you pay too much attention to how you say something and ignore the meaning of what you’re saying. However, they show what happens when you’re crafting copy for an audience about which you’re ignorant.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 13, 2010

James: Do you feel there’s an “ethical&# type of copy and a “snake oil&# type of copy? I think writing copy is a little like being a lawyer. Now, if you know something is a lie, you have to make a personal decision about whether you want to write the copy. Writing sales copy is noble and necessary.

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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. Tweet about your writing project. He stays busy writing for his many clients and providing copywriting tips for smart copywriters at Pro Copy Tips. He really wants you to visit his blog today. Could have been a dream. Check your email. Just relax.

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Men With Pens

MAY 9, 2010

The never-fail secret to making sure your client is thrilled with the web copy you write 99.999% of the time. And we realized that we generally asked more or less the same questions for each type of project. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. Business Logos´s last blog. Chris Mower´s last blog.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 11, 2011

How many times did you close that long sales copy page a few seconds after it popped up unexpectedly while you were searching for something? But ultimately, you’ll need more than AdSense to make good money from your blog. When I started my blog three people were working on it and we were all partners. There were others.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

We’ve all heard the hype that every business must have a blog. And many online copywriters are thrilled to land a new blogging gig – so thrilled they rarely pause to wonder if writing for their client’s blog is really the best investment of that person’s marketing budget. Blogs build brand and trust.

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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. You could write new copy to draw readers in closer and get them hiring you more. Brett´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

MAY 19, 2010

They work on projects, they do their own customer service, their own customer management, their marketing and networking, their project scheduling, admin and bookkeeping. Perception is projection – people see us in the way we project ourselves to them. Amy Harrison´s last blog. Go on a wild rampage.

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Men With Pens

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.

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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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Men With Pens

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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ProBlogger

JUNE 26, 2019

The post 278: Evolve Don’t Revolve Your Blogging appeared first on ProBlogger. Evolve Your Blog. Does it feel like you’re going around in circles with your blog? 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.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 23, 2010

Why don’t you answer a couple of questions for us about who you really are, and we’ll use that information to make your web copy sound more like you? They don’t know the reasons, or they don’t have the ability we have to work them into their own web copy. Answer: I am someone who gives 110% to every project.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

I know whenever I’m looking to hire somebody for contract work or to share in projects I’m taking on I always check their website to learn more about them. Chris Mower´s last blog. I have a Web site, a blog, a few social media profiles and clearly recognize the value of all these tools. Thanks for sharing.

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Men With Pens

MAY 11, 2010

You probably didn’t know about this treasure, because I forgot to blog about it. We’ll also be experimenting with the blog. Any projects you’d like to drop hints about? Any projects you’d like to drop hints about? Or maybe you have a suggestion for our blog. We’re hiring. Less of that?

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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. You’ll work on a wide variety of projects for lots of different clients. Enjoy – it’s a good one! Good question.

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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. We post our novel word count on our blog or on Facebook.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2010

They say that good marketing depends on catchy headlines, great copy, and solid branding , and it does. What “They&# Aren’t Saying Write headlines and copy. What does it take, mentally, for you to write million-dollar headlines , bold copy, and recruit affiliates? Ivan Cosic´s last blog. Get branding.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

Small businesses need a website, even if they’re never going to use their website for blogging or selling or anything of the kind. Stacey Cornelius´s last blog. Wojciech Kulicki´s last blog. Sarah Camp´s last blog. They’re all small business owners. Most people would. Can you think of other reasons?

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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. Are we any good?

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Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

Speaking of links, if you have an ugly website with horrible copy that doesn’t reflect your skills, please don’t tell us. A poor-copy website with a tacky, broken design is kind of like pulling down your pants – at the wrong time. Get your copy today. David´s last blog. David´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 20, 2010

It’s all over the place, because plenty of experts (and not-so-experts) suggest reading aloud as a way to improve your work for sparkling copy. I know I write well, my posts get attention, my web copy sells. Annemieke´s last blog. For writing/blogging newbies, it’s a pretty confrontational exercise.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

How to get paid what you’re worth for every single project you write. • Roschelle ( @roschelle ) November 23, 2009 at 4:05 am You guys crack me up Roschelle´s last blog. Poll: How Many Blogs Do You Have? Melinda | WAHM Biz Builder´s last blog. Regards, Kelly Kelly´s last blog. And the next one.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

If you want your blog to get a whole lot more readers, you should think about taking a class in how to write better articles and be noticed on the web. If you keep seeing clients come to your sales page and run off without buying, you probably want to take a class in writing killer sales copy that converts. I have the blog.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2010

I wrote web copy and ebooks and taglines and fiction and all kinds of writerly stuff. 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.

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