Men With Pens

APRIL 25, 2010

You want to get it out of the way so you can start your writing project. Post the monkey video on your Facebook wall. Tweet about your writing project. This is the way writers used to write. Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 25, 2010 at 12:14 pm I enjoy reading Dean’s blog. susan´s last blog.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 23, 2023

Even back when Darren and I started discussing a potential book, blogging wasn’t new, and we had already seen the community undergo several changes. Each subsequent edition considered the evolution of blogging at the time they were published. Going viral was when many people linked to the same thing at the same time.

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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. But when it comes time for their project, they want you to be ready to go today. That’s bunk.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

I’m happier when he attaches a guest post – he’s a great writer full of good stuff to share. In a recent conversation, a writer told me that he hates projects about things that don’t interest him. Top writers are ruthless editors and heartless revisionists. He’s a nice guy. We all make them.

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

Or are you just thinking about hitting your target word count, churning out that blog post, ticking off that task on your to-do list? There’s a school of writing – call it writers’ boot camp – that tells you things like: You must write every day. We post our novel word count on our blog or on Facebook.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 26, 2023

Stephanie Chandler is the author of multiple nonfiction books, a professional speaker, and CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association and Writers Conference. It turned out I was a terrible fiction writer , I just did not have the imagination. Then in 2010, I launched the Nonfiction Writers Conference. Thanks for having me.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

It never really occurred to me that I could ask her for a guest post instead of waiting for her to ask me. So when it hit me, I did – and here’s her post on how to be a better writer – fast. Most writers aren’t brimming over with confidence, either. We stare at blank screens. We chew pencils.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

Regardless if you are a freelance writer, a business executive, a graphic artist or if you are working a part-time job, you surely could use a bit of help in organizing your thoughts so that your days run more smoothly. FreeMind helps you to keep track of your projects using notes with links in what is called the knowledge base.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

One was a conversation with James, who commented on one of my blogs that many copywriters aren’t good with numbers. Another discussion was with an associate who said he saw freelance projects on Elance with bids of $50 for sales letters and $5 for blog posts. Charge hourly for long or uncertain 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. Some writing jobs are just dreary, like being a marketing writer at Shoelaces-R-Us. If you work at the right company, that is.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 20, 2010

But if you’re like most writers (and you probably are), you’ve read the ‘read aloud’ tip already. You’re a good writer already. Writers – especially new ones – tend to get confused about the ‘voice’ they should use. Annemieke´s last blog. Or are you?

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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. Brett ( @brettpopoleo ) March 1, 2010 at 2:30 am Thanks for the insight. I just recently started reading your blog.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2012

After all, writing ebooks are typically known as huge, long projects, right? Even if that means you need to let go of your rigid blogging schedule.) That means you’re looking for a topic that: You can cover in 3,000 – 4,500 words (around six blog posts in length). Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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Men With Pens

MAY 11, 2010

Allow me to tell you: We’ve overhauled, revamped and created a truly extraordinary resource for fiction writers everywhere, and we’ve packaged it up into a very entertaining and useful book called How to Create Believable Characters. You probably didn’t know about this treasure, because I forgot to blog about it.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 17, 2010

Melinda | SuperWAHM ( @superwahm1 ) January 18, 2010 at 2:17 am I don’t have that much direct competition. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. SuperWAHM EZ-Notes – Pre-Release Sale and Giveaway Reply Archan Mehta January 18, 2010 at 5:55 am James, Once again, this is an interesting post.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

There are other, more effective, time-efficient, cost-reduced ways of achieving everything a blog can provide. And, for most businesses, it does NOT make sense to have a blog. Good News for Content Writers Don’t worry. You don’t have to give up on blogging. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

This is a reminder for all of us that it’s not just buyer beware – it’s writer be careful, too. …Science fiction is central to everything we’ve ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don’t know what they’re talking about. John Hewitt´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

Well, you can, but you’ll soon find that your readership drops, your traffic dwindles and people don’t talk as much about your blog anymore. We’re the early adopters of blogging, shaping it and changing it as we learn about its potential. 53 Responses to “Are Your Blogging Efforts Worth It?&#

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Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

Twitter,Facebook, your project manager, your to-do list app, Google Analytics, your bookkeeping software, or your email accounts? Michal Kozak ( @michalkozak ) March 8, 2010 at 6:13 am Great article, makes you think about thisstuff. Michal Kozak´s last blog. Michal Kozak´s last blog. pamela´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 14, 2010

In this post, I share some of Neil’s writing tips that can help scribes of all levels. This is perhaps my most important rule of thumb, whether writing books, blog posts, or emails. Jordan Cooper ( @NotAProBlog ) January 15, 2010 at 1:17 am As a stand-up comic, I could attest to this wholeheartedly. You won’t.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

Maquis June 28, 2010 at 1:16 am I’ll admit that I’ve definitely learned the hard way that sleep deprivation can be physically painful. Reply Þórey Ómars ( @thoreyo ) June 28, 2010 at 2:04 am Hi James. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog. And I do exactly that!

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

It’s so easy to become addicted to RSS feeds, commenting, reading blog posts and spending hours running in circles and then panicking because you’ve got nothing done. Tim Gordon June 10, 2010 at 3:59 am Informative article you got there. Tim Gordon´s last blog. I really appreciate this post, thanks a lot!

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Men With Pens

JULY 25, 2010

Nabeel | Create Your First Website July 26, 2010 at 3:24 am I agree James. Your post will definitely help me take action on this and I think others will agree. Kindest, Nabeel Reply Joel Falconer July 26, 2010 at 3:54 am As the saying goes, “opinions are like assholes–everyone has one and they all stink.&#

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ProBlogger

JULY 17, 2014

While not all of them will be relevant to your situation, my hope is that they’ll help to get your creative juices flowing and enable you to come up with some ideas that will enable your blog to grow at a faster rate. In 2010, David Brailsford had the tough job of coaching Great Britain’s cycling team for the Tour de France.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

Jordan Cooper ( @NotAProBlog ) January 4, 2010 at 2:38 am Amen, James! Jordan Cooper´s last blog. Dumb People Click On Links Reply Michael Martine ( @remarkablogger ) January 4, 2010 at 2:50 am This would be that conversation you were talking about. Ten Steps to Rock Your Business Blog in 2010 Reply J.D.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 13, 2010

Maquis April 14, 2010 at 2:13 am I understand your points here, but honestly, I get more upset at the companies that have sold my information than the ones who bought it. Reply Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 14, 2010 at 2:30 am It’s exactly the reasons that you mention why I’m very careful about who I give my information to.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Kristi Hines is a freelance writer, online marketing consultant, and social media enthusiast that blogs at Kikolani. She has become famous for her weekly resource posts, Fetching Friday , and is a prolific guest poster on many high-profile sites. ” I think Maria will be an influence on curators for years to come.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 17, 2011

Hacking 100 words from a blog post is pretty extreme, but it can’t hurt to trim 25 to 50 words. Cut out content that’s irrelevant, or acts as a speed bump in your post. Follow those tips and it’s only a matter of time before your blog is truly mobile friendly. Then it’s done.”. this year, according to the IDC.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 16, 2017

But just to give you a little bit of the backstory, the ProBlogger event, for those of you who haven’t been, we’ve been running it since about 2010. Since we ran the first event back in 2010, the event has evolved a lot. Instead of ten pieces of content every week, we now do a podcast, two blog posts, a live video, and an email.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Every writer who has ever sent me samples hoping to get a project has sent me this sort of copy. Dean Rieck´s last blog. Dave Doolin´s last blog. &# It’s unfortunate that so many new copywriters get sucked into writing this sort of thing and think it applies to any sort of copywriting. It doesn’t.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 26, 2019

Kelly Exeter (writer and editor) . Start a Blog. ProBlogger Pro – 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. I look around this room and I know I’m not the best writer in this room. I’m not the best writer out there. I’m certainly not the best blog designer. That’s just three posts a week.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

*coughs and shuffles off to change the post author to TAYLOR… * Reply John Bardos ( @jetsetcitizen ) December 9, 2009 at 6:17 am I don’t think it is about betrayal at all. Any blogger is free to do whatever they want on their blog. If bloggers can charge for their blog posts, kudos to them! Powered by frugal

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Content Marketing Institute

MARCH 28, 2018

blog posts, e-books, webinars, videos) for content marketing purposes. Project management. If you proceed with an original research project, your objective(s) determines the methodology. It takes time, expertise, and budget to execute a high-quality, original research project that produces findings for content marketing.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

In today’s episode, I have recorded an interview with one of Australia’s better-known bloggers, Nikki Parkinson from The Style Blog and Fashion Blogs Styling You. It must have been 2011, maybe 2010. How did you make your first dollar from the blog? Email, Facebook group, Facebook, there’s a blog post always to launch it.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

In today’s episode, I have recorded an interview with one of Australia’s better-known bloggers, Nikki Parkinson from The Style Blog and Fashion Blogs Styling You. It must have been 2011, maybe 2010. How did you make your first dollar from the blog? Email, Facebook group, Facebook, there’s a blog post always to launch it.

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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. It’s about fan bases more than project per project, so people grow with you and they grow through you. We writers tend to change over time and find our place in the world, our voice.

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