Men With Pens

JULY 1, 2012

Readers have shown that they enjoy the medium, but thus far digital flipbooks haven’t yet reached their full potential as a means for bloggers to interest their audiences. Customize the digital project on the site with live links, ads, meta tags, branding, etc. The Benefits of Digital Flipbooks. and images. EditionDuo. Leave a Comment!

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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

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

JUNE 30, 2012

This post is by Ash Ambirge of The Middle Finger Project. 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. The Middle Finger Project started as just that—a platform for attention. The vulgar one.

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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? In 2006, I was mad enough to tell people about my intentions. I was inspired by bloggers who made a lot of money at that time, so I told people what I was about to do. There were others.

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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

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. What sort of laywer/blogger/sponge connoisseur are you, exactly?” “Do And we realized that we generally asked more or less the same questions for each type of project. The questionnaire’s job is to save you time.

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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

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. I find this easier then setting myself a deadline for the individual project. Could have been a dream.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

On ProBlogger we have had the job board since 2006. Back in 2002 when I first started blogging, and then over the next couple years started to make money for my blogs, the first question I would almost always be asked when I say to someone I ’ m a blogger. His brother actually was a blogger who wanted to go full time.

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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. Emails bombard you.

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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. But mostly he just writes stuff for clients and provides copywriting tips at Pro Copy Tips.

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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

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. They have to stay on top of everything. Amy Harrison´s last blog.

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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. In the days of brick and mortar a nice building projected the I’m here to stay message. Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 12, 2010 at 1:34 am Spot on.

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Men With Pens

MAY 11, 2010

Any projects you’d like to drop hints about? Consulting promotion in June, but our biggest project delivery to date will be the birth of our first child scheduled for June 19th…all go! Hey, that’s… a really good idea!&# (steals) I had to laugh too about the small project that grew into something bigger.

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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

MARCH 11, 2010

By offering guest post services to your clients, they’ll enjoy benefits such as: Their name on the lips of their competition Content that will be syndicated across MANY blogs More page views direct to their sales copy, higher conversions and targeted visitors There’s more you can offer your clients instead of blogging services.

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

While total writers’ block may be a reality for some individuals, for most of us we’re just stuck on a particular project. If you write for a living, you may well end up writing on projects that aren’t exactly thrilling to you. So far, I’ve never miss a deadline and I come up with a copy that my clients love.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

Charlie Gilkey has a great post showing how various bloggers have developed and honed their writing style over the years: Becoming Yourself and Growing Your Blog. If you let weeks slip by without writing or without working on that one project that really interests you, find half a day each week when you can really dig into your writing.

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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? Get branding. Find affiliates. All of that, yes.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

We’re bloggers. Support Sweatshop Labor I don’t think bloggers and writers realize the mixed messages they’re giving the world, and I don’t think bloggers realize what they’re doing to themselves. 106 Responses to “Are Bloggers Creating Their Own Sweatshop?&# Time to think about the retirement fund.&#

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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

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. It has an appropriate disclaimer – visible on the website and clearly mentioned in all promotional copy – if the author is not qualified in certain areas.

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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. DON’T point to a really bad website. We have this.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

How to get paid what you’re worth for every single project you write. • Should said person who may have or may not have purchased something in the past present a receipt via email to Mr. James Pen Man (who of course does not exist either), said person would receive a beautiful, lovely free copy of the ebook that doesn’t exist.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 26, 2019

It highlights my journey as a blogger and areas where you can evolve your own blog and online business. Spend time with other bloggers, online creators, and entrepreneurs to workshop your blog and business. Jeff Goins will present this year’s keynote titled, Finding Your Voice as a Blogger.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

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. Deadlines seem to be my best motivator and with a self-imposed structure, I’m not sure self-education would force itself into my schedule in the way that projects with due dates do.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

And sadly, not many bloggers ask them. Here’s a thought: What if that dropping readership, that dwindling traffic and that lack of discussion lets you invest your time in better projects, ones that help you get closer to your goals? The problem (pain) arises when a blogger is unclear of his or her goals. Very insightful.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

… How’d you manage to get two copies?&# Bloggers versus Copywriters: The Rhetoric Debate Affiliate Program James Is Reading… Social Hookups As Seen In… Overheard on the Web HeathALL @johntunger Youre going to love working with @MenwithPens - killer design & whip smart business sense. "I “You want this?

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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. Since then, I read all my copy out loud. I know you’ve seen this writing tip before. Or are you? Reply Mary E.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

I could see the parallels and similarities between his life and my own – and that of writers, freelancers and bloggers everywhere. But for bloggers or singers or artists who have digital material, there’s no control. It’s about fan bases more than project per project, so people grow with you and they grow through you.

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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. One of the greatest help to me in breaking through my stiff, “this is business’ muse was participating over at Creative Copy Challenge. I couldn’t write. Well, that’s not entirely true. I could write. Not blog posts, though.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

Keep a copy handy and let executors know how to access this information so they can post it if they need to. Twitter,Facebook, your project manager, your to-do list app, Google Analytics, your bookkeeping software, or your email accounts? So go ahead. Write something up, just in case. It’s not morbid – it’s thoughtful.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

Reply Cal_3 June 28, 2010 at 11:08 am Sometimes, deep in the trance in writing late at night, I have to take a step back and convince myself that the project still be there in the morning. Good to have you here And yeah, take total advantage of sleeping whenever you can. Bank it up! Thanks for for this reminder. Terry´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

Bloggers, business owners, authorities and other providers are making absolute statements, as if their advice applies to everyone, everywhere – without verifying the truth. As you say, small tests, little tasks, minor projects… this is how everyone should test the waters. But that’s not what’s happening.

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