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. Just a bit. Check your email.

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Men With Pens

JULY 1, 2012

One solution that many probloggers tout as the answer is to write an ebook. They’re also a great way to wow business clients with your portfolio. When she’s not doing that, she’s writing poetry or editing her first novel. It’s an effective way to encourage new signups and boost your traffic. Crazy bonus touch? EditionDuo.

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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

JUNE 23, 2010

There are copywriters, bloggers, academic writers (the vanilla of the writing world?), Writing fiction is self-indulgence. It’s hard to write good fiction. If you want to make money writing, you’re far more likely to achieve the goal through non-fiction. Even though writing a short story takes a week of hard graft.

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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. Write it down. Little ebooks. Absolutely everything.

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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?” Made progress tonight on the design spec… Want to write for us? The domain name, denver-motorcycle-lawyer.com , is tricky. Powered by frugal

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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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Men With Pens

MARCH 30, 2010

And the next time you have sales copy to write for a client where the standards – money and success – really do apply, ask yourself why customers want them for and for what purpose. Get us to write your sales copy. 9 Responses to “How to Write Sales Copy When the Standards Don’t Apply&# Comments Read below or add a comment.

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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

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

But when I took a look at Justin’s post – and the quality of his writing – I fired back a reply. Combine it with writing a book and you’ve got an incredible one-two punch that can propel you into the upper echelon of experts in short order. Copyright 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc - All Rights Reserved. “Win.&#.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

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. While it started slow with just a new job every few days – since 2006 we’ve had well over 10,000 jobs listed! How to Apply for a Blogging Job.

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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

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

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

JUNE 2, 2010

I’m planning on creating a “write for us&# page on the blog and was actually thinking on how to organize the page and what requirements I should include. One thing that I would definitely add would be to encourage the writer to write in a voice that is similar to the feel of the post. Do you have guest post guidelines?

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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

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. For example, you could redesign your website so it appeals to more clients and lessens your advertising costs.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

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. While it started slow with just a new job every few days – since 2006 we’ve had well over 10,000 jobs listed! How to Apply for a Blogging Job.

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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

MARCH 18, 2010

Most of our readership isn’t just into writing for the scads of money to be made while working in your pajamas and holding a beer in one hand (because that’s how freelancing works, right?). Many of you are fascinated by the idea of writing just because you love it. The response was pretty overwhelming.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 4, 2010

A customer experience designer is good if you’re having trouble attracting the kinds of customers you want or retaining them once you’ve gotten their eyes on your website. I am currently putting together a brochure/portfolio/website and I check your archives regularly for ideas on how to pitch myself. We can help.

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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. Write words that grab – and hold – their eyes on your page. We write the words that get you noticed – and get you the sales. Now imagine the web copy on your site. Don’t wait until they just happen to notice you.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 4, 2010

Launch a new website. Capturing and Keeping Your Freelance Writing Ideas Reply clickonportal ( @clickonportal ) March 6, 2010 at 3:35 am A lot of head definitely is better than one. I was wondering whether you have written, know of, or might write a piece on becoming a freelancer. Develop a new service.

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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. Made progress tonight on the design spec… Want to write for us? Need a team ready to help you invest in yourself?

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Men With Pens

MAY 11, 2010

What we write, when we write, how we write it and who writes it. 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. As for me, I get to write in front of a lake this summer. At least I’m writing something, right?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

It’s a post you’ve agreed to write for a client. It’s an ebook you’re writing for your business. All you need to do is write everything down. Just follow these simple steps: Check your workload calendar or spreadsheet and write down when you’ll start your project. A project starts and ends.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

That’s part of the problem with blogging – you write, you post, people read your work for a couple of days, and then it gets buried in the archives. The posts I write that combine personal experience, a story, some expertise and action tips that you can take away are always my favourite. Oh, and this one about a camera.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

I’m happiest when he says nice things like, “It’s fun to write for your readers – I feel like I can let loose in a way I don’t in other places.&# One of the worst mistakes copywriters make is to assume their job is about writing. After all, the word “writing” is in the word “copywriting.” It’s not.

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Men With Pens

JULY 21, 2010

The writing life doesn’t come off as requiring courage. Here’s why: Climbing Mountains Every piece you write – whether a blog post, a short story, an ebook, or a technical manual – is a mountain. You write a hundred words, five hundred, a thousand. You write more and more and more. Probably not.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 21, 2010

There’s a lot more to writing web copy than that – and you’ll learn it from cars. But the voice of the web copy you’re writing dictates whether you’ve accurately portrayed the person behind the wheel – the business and its brand. Want to learn how to write better copy? It’s good advice. Matt Burgess´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

People want to see your portfolio, your testimonials, and your professional-looking website. 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. Writing has given me an advanced education. That’s right. You’re a freelancer.

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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. Have you ever considered how your time could more effectively benefit your client by not writing for their blog?

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Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

So many, in fact, that I decided to write a post about it. DON’T point to a really bad website. Speaking of links, if you have an ugly website with horrible copy that doesn’t reflect your skills, please don’t tell us. She consistently rips everything I write to pieces. No, really. The whole thing.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 16, 2010

How Entrepreneurs Can Get the Benefits of a Team (Wihout Selling Part of Their Business) Reply Annabel March 17, 2010 at 9:09 am No way would I work on my last day on earth, nor would I be here reading this blog and writing a comment! Reply Amy Harrison ( @littleunred ) March 18, 2010 at 6:09 am Music, writing, loving, laughing.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 17, 2010

Three Ways to Get a Rush from Your Writing Reply Carson Brackney ( @carsonbrackney ) January 18, 2010 at 10:31 am Reason #5: Competition turns into collaboration and referrals. Three Ways to Get a Rush from Your Writing Reply Offpeak Design ( @OffpeakDesign ) January 18, 2010 at 3:06 pm Just starting a business blog and appreciate the advice.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 3, 2010

How to Write a Fantastic First Draft Reply Samuel MacLachlan August 18, 2010 at 9:02 am @Karen, I know exactly what that is like. I had a client who needed a website content update that was going to take 3 weeks. Reply Simon Townley March 16, 2010 at 3:26 pm Pretend it’ll take three days, then write it in an hour and a half.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

We did try to tell you there was nothing to this vicious rumor of a new, updated, expanded and generally awesome upgraded version of Write for the Web, your guide to becoming a freelance writer on the Internet. After all, we wrote Write for the Web years ago. We have learned nothing since then. It’s all lies, we tell you. Vicious lies.

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