Content Powered

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Pillar content, also called cornerstone content, is a term that has been thrown around in content marketing since at least 2006 , if not earlier. It's not commonly talked about, but it's something many bloggers use, even if they don't quite know it's what they're doing. Suppose I told you to write a piece of content about gum disease.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

And it’s sweet because now I get to discuss my ultimate, favorite topic: T, for Time-based, which has a great deal to do with project management. And project management is what I do best. So, let’s start with what a project is. In other words, a project is fully time-based. They aren’t projects.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

Write in a Conversational Voice. This tip fits into the ‘it’s not rocket science’ category of blogging tips (as do many blog tips) – however as simple as it sounds I regularly see bloggers falling into the trap of talking ‘AT’ readers rather than blogging in a conversational voice. I tell stories.

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Men With Pens

MAY 31, 2011

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. Of all the columns in my online metal magazine, writing reviews takes the longest. How to Write a Kick-Ass Review: Have an Argument. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

JUNE 3, 2012

Usually you spend years in your industry, soaking up its knowledge for a decade before you write your own “how to” manual. You don’t start freelancing by writing a book. And I didn’t write just any old nonfiction “How to Run a Business” book – I wrote a fiction thriller novel.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Write in a conversational voice. It’s important to write in a way that’s engaging. I always try to write the way I speak, and I think the most successful bloggers do the same. My best post often starts out as me writing to a reader in an email or answering a question in a very conversational tone.

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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. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below.

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Men With Pens

JULY 4, 2010

But figuring out your writing voice isn’t easy. It’s especially hard for new writers to find their writing voice, because they already feel awkward having their work in the spotlight and subject to public approval. Maybe you’ve struggled with finding your writing voice yourself. This doesn’t feel right.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

Write in a Conversational Voice. This tip fits into the ‘it’s not rocket science’ category of blogging tips (as do many blog tips) – however as simple as it sounds I regularly see bloggers falling into the trap of talking ‘AT’ readers rather than blogging in a conversational voice. I tell stories.

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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. You want to write something special. Tweet about your writing project. Write and record a new message. Look for some inspirational writing music. Music always helps you think of ideas and write better. Check your email.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 7, 2017

How to Overcome 5 Blogger Obstacles. The bloggers interviewed on stage: Tsh Oxenreider. Further Listening and Reading on 5 Obstacles Bloggers Face (And How to Get Over Them). 5 Obstacles Bloggers Face (And How to Get Over Them) slides. Episode 83 Battling Blogger’s Block – Where do you get Stuck? Amy Porterfield.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

They don’t know whether you’ve just finished a year-long project or just opened your freelancing business. No one needs to know you’re being paid $5 for the work or that you’re writing it for a content mill. Or how it lets you work on your own projects. Don’t have any client work or projects? Write them for free.

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ProBlogger

MAY 16, 2013

Recently I had opportunity to sit with a small group of Pre-Bloggers – people about to start their first blogs. These early posts should cover a range of topics within your niche and give your first readers a taste of what is to come in terms of topics, a sense of who you are and an idea about the voice that you’re writing in.

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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

APRIL 15, 2010

She’s perky, she’s a go-getter, and she’s all over the place in the blogosphere writing some great advice. She told me that my writing style had really improved over the past couple of years. Something similar has happened with my fiction writing. There are no clear measures of writing ability.

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Men With Pens

JULY 1, 2012

One solution that many probloggers tout as the answer is to write an ebook. 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.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 13, 2011

Although there are certainly many metaphors that could describe the life of a blogger, I personally would relate it to the most famous test of human endurance and achievement in the world: The Ironman Triathlon. Just like every successful triathlon racer, every blogger must learn to set the right pace. Then I read the post.

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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

MARCH 3, 2011

You don’t get to be on big-name sites like Men with Pens, Copyblogger, Problogger and Daily Writing Tips by fluffing deadlines like some flaky moonlighter. And you know you need to write every single day to hit this deadline. It’s almost impossible to write. Just focus on the project at hand.

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

If your writing ever starts to feel like a daily grind, it’s time to STOP. I’m not saying that you should stop writing for good. You’d lose a crucial part of your life (and your income, if your writing forms all or part of your paid work). When you sit down to write, do you feel excited?

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

The Guardian points to statistics showing the amount of blogs started by teens has halved since 2006, and massively declined among millennial. So what does this mean for you, the blogger? What you can do about it: Don’t write off guest-blogging altogether – it still has its place. But could blogging actually be dying?

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

If you want to make a career of writing, should you look for a full-time job in a company or strike out on your own as a freelancer? I know plenty of people who prefer having a writing job working for one company. Let’s take a look at some of the pros and cons of employee and freelance writing. I know writing looks easy.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 14, 2010

Phil can write! As I began writing books and blogging myself, I developed an entirely new appreciation for Peart’s genius that affects my writing to this very day. In this post, I share some of Neil’s writing tips that can help scribes of all levels. Forget writing well. Just write, before it gets away.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 29, 2012

Worse was that I spent a lot of time writing for my blog, sharing good solutions, smart advice or better methods… but I wasn’t seeing many readers put the advice I shared to good use. I started losing my writing voice. I looked back on older posts and wished I could write like that again – but I couldn’t. It was done.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 27, 2013

Write in a Conversational Voice. This tip fits into the ‘it’s not rocket science’ category of blogging tips (as do many blog tips) – however as simple as it sounds I regularly see bloggers falling into the trap of talking ‘AT’ readers rather than blogging in a conversational voice. I tell stories.

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ProBlogger

JULY 4, 2010

Today we have another ‘Small Victories’ interview with blogger Jeremy Vohwinkle of Gen X Finance. So I did a little research and I noticed that most of these people were running what I guess people called blogs at the time; this was back in 2006, and I was clueless. This video only goes for just over 9 minutes so sit back and enjoy.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

FreeMind helps you to keep track of your projects using notes with links in what is called the knowledge base. Nozbe This is a web-based time and project management app that helps you get things done. Organize your projects and see what you have left to do. Makes editing, storing and searching data easy.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 4, 2010

If you ever decide to take a break to work on a project or to get some much-needed rest, good freelancers like Joe could take over other projects you have on the go for a week or two. Let Joe take on all the coding that goes into a project while you work on the design side of things. And you get to take care of yourself.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

5 Ways to Write Faster. ProBlogger Earnings Poll Results – April 2006. What to Write When You Feel Like You’ve Got Nothing Left to Say. What to Write When You Feel Like You’ve Got Nothing Left to Say. Bloggers to Watch in 2017. 15 Project Ideas to Spark Your Creativity. How to Start a Blog. What is a Stop?

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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

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. Write down boundaries that would help you get more work done.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Each day this week, I’m going to write about how you can get more money, better clients and the work you really love to do – all it takes is the magic words, and you’ll be enjoying a freelance business that really rocks. You were supposed to deliver this project at 5pm and you’re almost finished but… A new email comes in.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 28, 2011

I learned many lessons while building that F-16, and they served me well when I began writing online. Here are three examples: Own your brand: There are a lot of free blog tools and publishing platforms — Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr, Posterous, TypePad… the list goes on and on. Use the kit made for you. What do you think?

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In 2006, at 17, I started a blog about marketing which was very successful from launch. In fact, the first blog post I published was linked to by 4 of the Technorati Top 100 at the time, and I felt like I was on my way to joining the ranks of A-list bloggers. A Guest Post by Glen Allsopp from ViperChill.

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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. You have to be visible.

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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 16, 2010

I took a break and made some food and thought about getting started on that new project. Now imagine this one: “I got up and immediately sat down and wrote down a bunch of new ideas that I had for that project. Two hours of work, and then you can get moving on that awesome new project that’s going to make you rich and famous.

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