Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

When I spoke with them about their business, they all had one common question: “Why is having a website such a big deal?&# Most people asking this question smile and nod when you tell them they really need a website, but most of them are thinking, “This person is trying to sell me something I don’t need. But it could.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 18, 2010

There’s a growing trend around longtime bloggers: newbie mistakes. There’s a growing trend around longtime bloggers: newbie mistakes. Producing Lackluster Content This is perhaps the most common problem among longtime bloggers. Newer bloggers saw this tool and decided to throw it in there. Afraid not.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 26, 2012

I know this because I took the Damn Fine Words writing course, taught by A-list blogger and professional copywriter, James Chartrand. Post by Claiborne Ashby Claiborne Ashby (also known as Clay) is a copywriter and web content writer focused on green and environmental companies. 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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Men With Pens

JUNE 16, 2011

When I set up my copywriting business, one of the first things I did was hire a writing coach. But since I’m in the writing business, having thousands of Facebook fans or a website with all the bells and whistles won’t attract clients. Post by Prime Sarmiento Prime is a journalist and freelance business blogger.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2011

I’m Steff, a legally blind writer and blogger. I write monthly columns on disability websites about the amusing things that happen to me. Steff Metal is a copywriter, blogger, and medieval swordfighter who believes every word you write should be worth fighting for. You think you’re writing project is hard?

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Men With Pens

JULY 29, 2012

Here’s an example: The tests were conducted on several websites… (passive voice). I conducted tests on several websites… (using “I”). The Biggest Secret of Stellar Copywriting. from Do You Have Useless Website Content? Post by Ali Luke Ali Luke is a blogger, writer and writing coach.

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Men With Pens

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. 58 Responses to “What Happens to Your Website If You Die?&#

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

In today’s lesson, I want to talk about finding a job as a blogger – particularly how to apply for a blogging job. Back in 2006 I noticed I started getting a lot of two types of emails: People wanting to hire bloggers would email me asking if I knew anyone suitable for a blogging job that they had.

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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. Say you’re looking to boost email subscriptions – something all bloggers spend a disproportionate amount of time toiling to achieve. and images. Leave a Comment!

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ProBlogger

MAY 21, 2018

My name is Darren Rowse, as I said and I am the blogger behind ProBlogger, a blog, podcast, event, job board, series of ebooks, and courses all designed to help you to start an amazing blog, to create some great content on that blog, to grow your audience, and to build profit around it. She had just started; she was a brand new blogger.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2012

Write compelling website copy to land clients and sales. If you’re a start-up business owner, an entrepreneur, a self-employed freelancer, an in-house writer, a blogger, an editor… If you need to write effective content for your business (or someone else’s), then Damn Fine Words is the course for you.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

To a web-savvy visitor, those keyword-laden phrases can look like this is a junk website, so get your name in front of the keywords. I wonder if they have a website?” Try to make sure you’re keeping a new visitor oriented while still using those key SEO phrases, which will help to make the site seem more legit.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 30, 2012

In 2006 I opened my first copywriting business, sans blog. My blog is entirely responsible for my success in the copywriting industry. Typically I post around two to three times a week, but I have a dirty little secret to share: While the bread and butter of my business is copywriting, I don’t blog about copywriting.

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Men With Pens

JULY 4, 2010

You’re a parent or a friend or a lover or an employee or a speaker or a blogger or a stranger on the street or a patron at a restaurant or a person jogging in the park. Nabeel | Create Your First Website July 5, 2010 at 3:19 am Great advice and points James. But figuring out your writing voice isn’t easy. Enjoy the cognac!

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

The world is full of dreaming writers who have heard golden stories of the great beyond (working full time as a well-paid freelance copywriter) but who have yet to make the mysterious transformation from mere mortal to freelance god. IDENTITY It’s not enough to be a copywriter. You can’t tell one from the other.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 23, 2010

She’s more like a Featured Blogger ’round here at the Pen Men Palace. Well, she would have been, except she called copywriters vanilla. There are copywriters, bloggers, academic writers (the vanilla of the writing world?), It’s no accident that several great bloggers also write fiction. I’m hurt.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

In today’s lesson, I want to talk about finding a job as a blogger – particularly how to apply for a blogging job. Back in 2006 I noticed I started getting a lot of two types of emails: People wanting to hire bloggers would email me asking if I knew anyone suitable for a blogging job that they had.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 2, 2010

Her passion resulted in My Blog Guest , a community of guest post bloggers. If you want to submit to hundreds of high-profile bloggers or find quality writers ready to contribute to your site, come join! It certainly saves wasted time on both sides writing and reading posts that don’t fit the website’s style and content.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 25, 2010

Dean Rieck is one of America’s top copywriters and never, ever procrastinates. He stays busy writing for his many clients and providing copywriting tips for smart copywriters at Pro Copy Tips. Reorganize your GTD folder. If for no other reason, do it for the irony. He really wants you to visit his blog today.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

It’d be nice to have a website, but I don’t really need one. I’d like a website, but I’m having a hard time justifying the expense.&# He needed to know more about why he should spend money on a website he didn’t really need. Then he asks my client for his website address. Having a website?

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

The Internet is home to many tools that will assist you in saving your favorite websites, keeping track of your appointments, making mind maps, taking notes and creating notes to keep you on track. TiddlyWiki Use this wiki as a collaboration tool, for taking notes, making websites or whatever else you need to do in order to stay organized.

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Men With Pens

MAY 11, 2010

All copywriters and graphic artists welcome. I’m now in the process of tweaking, rewriting, adding bonuses and doing a separate website to launch it in a big way mid-june. Even if I´m not one of your copywriter-followers I come here almost every day for good stuff, just because. ;D Thanks James!) Ian´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 4, 2010

Launch a new website. It’s pretty much what I have been working on for last few weeks to help other bloggers grow their traffic. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. Develop a new service.

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Men With Pens

MAY 16, 2010

Most of the time before posting the blog owners get back to us, but this time both of the bloggers did not. It’s been my practice to write the article first, then pitch the blogger. I even had 2 major blog publish the same content on the same day when I send them over for review. Duplicate content!!! Always works for me!

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Men With Pens

MAY 2, 2010

Not your blog; the part of your website that’s devoted to convincing your readers to buy your services. Everyday I take time to study copywriting skills. I worked for a website that was around before content was king, and websites were just online brochures. Take Skillocracy.com, a great new website for freelancers.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

This can be material the client gave you, material from the client’s website, independent material you’ve found during your own research (please, please tell me you remembered to charge for research if you had to do your own), and it also includes your own brainpan. Little ebooks. Up to now, how have you been organizing your big projects?

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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. Copywriters can advance to Creative Director positions, for example. Enjoy – it’s a good one! Hell yeah Nice post.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 1, 2010

Prerequisite: you have a website. These techniques assume that you already have a website dedicated to your freelancing business. If you’re don’t have a website, what are you waiting for? Most people know that having a website is imperative for freelancers these days. Counter-intuitive but true.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Big Chill Triggers Eagle Invasion Reply PM Hut ( @pmhut ) December 11, 2009 at 8:02 pm Hi James, As a Project Manager myself (and a someone running a Project Management website) I find that your definition of Project Management a bit oversimplified. Website Promotion Blog´s last blog. Chris´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 30, 2010

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 I think we’ve all arrived at a very special place. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

MARCH 21, 2010

Copywriting basics are extremely necessary, and how well you execute them dictates how well your copy sells – how well the engine runs, if you will. Is it common to take “creative liberties&# among copywriters and just make up a complete bogus story to sell the product better? They tell the world who’s behind the wheel.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

If that overnight success has a website, look at his blog archives. Amy Harrison runs Harrisonamy Copywriting. Subscribe to her blog or follow her on twitter: @littleunred for more copywriting (and sometimes irreverent) updates. I think we have all experienced overnight success as bloggers. Glad thats over with.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 23, 2010

You’re just a very nice copywriter who wants to make a great human being sound human. The copywriters run screaming…) In my experience, people get more formal when they write. The blogger-mimic thing is also a huge problem, I see that more with smaller businesses, whereas I see the formality problem with bigger ones.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

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. A MUST READ for profitable website designers WITH PRIDE! Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

If you’ve been writing within the same area for a while (copywriting, or blogging, or fiction, maybe) try comparing an older piece you wrote with something new written recently. This is where bloggers get a head start: if you have a blog, you have a good reason to put fingers to keyboard on a regular basis. Spot the differences?

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Men With Pens

MARCH 28, 2010

Your consultant may be incredibly talented, but if they’re not even sure what Twittter is for or all the components that go into a website, you’re probably not going to get what you need for your online business. You Need a Specialist I highly recommend working with consultants who have a specialization. Powered by frugal

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