Content Hacker

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Is blogging dead? A 2020 HubSpot study found that 40% of people don’t read blogs. Consider this: Another study found that 80% of ALL online traffic – every person on the web – reads a blog at some point. Even more importantly, blogging is one of the most powerful ways to build a business for the long-term. It was casual.

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Some writers think that success occurs in a magical moment when the stars and planets align. But waiting for Fate to tap your shoulder as the lucky one places your chances of writing success in the hands of strangers. You can build your own success as a writer without waiting for Fate to come calling. Better Writing'

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Grammarly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Maybe you’ve seen CEOs with a few productivity books and wondered how they had time to write them. . That person had some help from another writer, a ghostwriter. . A ghostwriter is hired to write works that officially credit another person as the author. blog posts. You’re not alone. What is a ghostwriter? screenplays.

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ProBlogger

MAY 21, 2018

6 Places You Can Find Writers to Help with Your Blog. As much as we’d all like to write posts for our blogs, it’s not always that easy. You may find you don’t have enough time to dedicate to your blog. Or you may lose your passion for the topic after writing about it for so long.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Ah, the business blog. You''re a writer. I''m a cake decorator/photographer/project manager/bookkeeper – what on earth can I write about?". Blogging for your business helps attract new customers, and it solidifies your brand for current clients as well. Better Blogging' My clients moan, "It''s easy for you.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 29, 2023

John Fox gives fiction writing tips in this interview. In the intro, writing and publishing across multiple genres [Ask ALLi ]; Pilgrimage and solo walking [Women Who Walk ]; My live webinars on using AI tools as an author ; Cowriting with ChatGPT: AI-Powered Storytelling by J. John has courses for writers here.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Many writers who get negative reactions often take it a sign that they''re not good writers, or that their writing style is ''broken'' and that they need to fix it. Unfortunately, if you change your writing, there''s a consequence. Better Blogging' You''re back to square one, having to change again.

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Men With Pens

JULY 29, 2012

As an author and writing coach, I’m a big fan of good writing. 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. Some writers think that using “I” is somehow forbidden.

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Income Diary

AUGUST 29, 2023

He would write a blog post to explain why he as a Top Copywriter was so excited about AI and why he was now a Prompt Engineer! (Or Back in 2006, I wrote newspaper ads in my favorite café. Then write the ad. I’ve been doing Empathy Mapping ever since because to me it’s the quickest, easiest way to write sales copy.

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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

MARCH 20, 2013

How ‘Same Old, Same Old’ Can Make You a Successful Writer first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2013, All Rights Reserved. Follow #eclipsewriter on Twitter to find out what she’s thinking and doing. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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The Subversive Copy Editor

DECEMBER 16, 2022

To me it suggests that each writer, perhaps in consultation with an agent or editor, decided the best approach for their book. It’s also possible that the writer decided and no one objected in the course of preparing the book for publication. A writer then can decide whether the trend works for them. Writing Chapter Titles.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 24, 2013

On a blog for businesspeople?" In many interviews, I've mentioned that learning how to write fiction can definitely boost your copywriting skills - the two skill sets cross over more than you'd think. As a fiction writer, I’m drawn to the writing section of bookstores. [A note from James: "Wait - what?!

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The Creative Penn

MAY 1, 2023

In the intro, author newsletter tips [ BookBub ]; Mark Dawson's 20+ year writing journey ; Thoughts on 20Books Seville and London Book Fair with me and Orna Ross [ Ask ALLi ]; HarperCollins is testing AI-generated content, reported by Jane Friedman [ The Hotsheet ]. So I've pulled out some particular quotes for writers to explore further.

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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. When you use this method, you can: Refine your writing.

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Do you wish you had more time to write? That’s a question I get asked by writers most often – from beginners to old-hands. The key is building strong writing habits. Let’s be clear about this: writing is a special kind of work. Writing happens so much more easily when you’re feeling inspired. Meditating?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The worst piece of writing advice I ever heard was to write the way I talk. If you wrote the way you talked, your writing would be riddled with space-filler words and phrases such as “like” and “um” and “you know what I mean?”. Write like you talk always struck me as incredibly foolish advice. Be Aware of Your Words.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 23, 2011

How could you think that THIS was worth writing down? Being a writer isn’t just about knowing how to construct a great sentence or how to format a blog post so that readers can engage easily. Being a writer is about sharing your thoughts, ideas and experiences with the world. But do you feel truly safe where you write?

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 6, 2011

Then it hit me – for all that I don’t know much about Phil, I know this: he observes and pays attention to his writing. Not just how he’s writing now, but how he used to write, and how he’ll be writing in the future. Read, think, and then let us know your three favorite writing evolutions.

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Bramework

MARCH 9, 2023

Website : Whether you choose WordPress, Wix or any other blogging platform , you’ll need a home for your brand to live. It was launched in 2006 as Google Apps for Your Domain and rebranded as G Suite in 2016. If you found the right email for you through this blog, send us a note. You may already have this up and running!

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Men With Pens

MARCH 18, 2012

There comes a point in every freelance writer’s career where he simply can’t take it any more. Yet not all writing environments are created equal. Where Not to Write. Let’s go to the park and write! Where to Write. Here’s a quick lists of a library’s virtues for a writer.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 11, 2011

In short, it’s about everything you need to succeed in your writing life. As a writer, you will get the mean reds. Think of a piece of writing that inspires you. Then, start writing. You find your writing voice by…writing. The same is true for you and your writing. It’s guaranteed.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 26, 2012

You know that stereotype of the tortured writer? He slumps over his keyboard day after day wondering why the writing gods are always punishing him. You don’t have to be intoxicated, angst-ridden, or even brilliant to write well. You don’t have to be intoxicated, angst-ridden, or even brilliant to write well. No excuses.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2012

A lot of people have been telling me they wished they could register for the Damn Fine Words writing course. It’s launching May 7 for its 3rd edition, and people who write me say that if they could just get in on this course…. Welcome to the Damn Fine Words Writing Contest. The DFW Online Writing Course Contest Rules.

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2011

It’s not a question anyone really wants to ask themselves – but it is the most necessary question in professional writing. And if the quality of writing around the web is any indication, it’s a question very few writers ask themselves. Most people starting out as professionals will receive the following advice: write.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Join us for the price of a coffee a month at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. As I write this in early December 2023, I’m buying books for Christmas. For my last two publications, I’ve used Claude.ai

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 8, 2012

A lot of people have been telling me they wished they could register for the Damn Fine Words writing course. They could finally start that online business, because they wouldn’t feel like they had to put off writing for their audience. Here’s what you need to do: Write a blog post about why writing is important to you.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2012

Sure, you know all the benefits an ebook could bring you … you just can’t find the time to write it and get it done. After all, writing ebooks are typically known as huge, long projects, right? What if I told you that you could write that free ebook in just one week, spending no more than two hours per day on it?

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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. If you’d rather gnaw off your arm than write a post on Grammar 101, then tackle another idea instead. Fit into one blog post.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

He’s also an unlikely candidate for a writer’s hero. Blackbeard can teach us a thing (or three) about running a successful writing business. If you’re trying to forge a niche for yourself as a writer, then you could definitely learn a few lessons from this scurvy pirate. Listen, Ye Landlubbers! Be THE Best.

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Men With Pens

MAY 12, 2011

I’m going to tell you how not to write like an idiot in pubic. I recently read a 520-page publication from the editors of Writer’s Digest titled Writer’s Digest University: Everything You Need to Write and Sell Your Work. And that’s even before you start reading the full article. What should I do?&#.

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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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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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Men With Pens

MAY 5, 2011

It’s no secret that size matters … especially when it comes to writing and creating a sellable product. You might be great at turning out 500-word blog posts or short articles. But what you’d really like to do is write an ebook or an ecourse to sell – and you’re not accustomed to writing in a longer format.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2012

The age of novel writing is over. So what’s the writer who has a message to share with the world to do? Not because I wanted to be a business writer, but because I wanted to be heard. Because I don’t like business writing. You need to write like you mean it and spend the effort asking permission to be heard.

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Men With Pens

MAY 31, 2011

Too often, we writers fob reviews off as easy content. And being loud, opinionated writers, we’re quite fond of judging. But writing a good review – a review that engages interest and causes action – is more than just giving a product rating and pointing your readers to the Amazon link. Why are you writing a review?

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Men With Pens

MAY 27, 2012

I would only need to write eight more to be done. Oh, how I would love to write “The End” after that sentence. She had just returned from instructing a gaggle of writers at a workshop. “Do What do you tell your authors when they are suddenly, oppressively, sick of what they’re writing and what they’re writing about?”. “So

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