Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

Here’s a list of what to do – and much more importantly, what NOT to do when applying for freelance work: DO read the job ad. This is tough, especially for freelancers, because we all pride ourselves on being able to make our own schedule in our pyjamas. Get your copy today. No, really. The whole thing. Top to bottom.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Putting confidence into your copy almost to the point of arrogance is pretty powerful stuff, and it works out great for a lot of people. We’ve had some pretty great clients, and they were amazing, wonderful, inspiring people – but their copy gave their target market the impression that they were… well, kind of a dick.

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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

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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Moz

MARCH 25, 2019

page copy or text at the bottom of the page) was referring to older dates. Changed title: “Hawaii Trips 2019/2010 | Book Now | [brand name]”. Hire freelancers: there is a lot of great talent you can scout on sites like Upwork to help you create a visually enticing piece. thanks to creative content.

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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

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. Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 25, 2010 at 12:14 pm I enjoy reading Dean’s blog. Just relax.

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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. And we realized that we generally asked more or less the same questions for each type of project. If the client is thourough enough, they will end up creating your bullets, your headline, and the majority of the copy for you.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

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. The uncertainty can take many forms: l You don’t know how long it’ll take you to complete a project. Working for $5?

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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

JANUARY 18, 2011

You pick your hours, your clients, and your projects. First you need time to develop your projects, work for your clients, create new ideas and grow your business. You also need money to invest in your projects and business. Copyright 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc - All Rights Reserved. Fun times, eh? The solution?

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

If you’re like many freelancers, you’re probably not sleeping well at all. We’re freelancers. The problem is that we freelancers all know healthy sleep habits are good for us. But many freelancers just don’t follow that oh-so-simple-and-sage advice. We’re supposed to be able to handle it.

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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

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. Keep a copy handy and let executors know how to access this information so they can post it if they need to. Who Wants My Business? So go ahead. Write something up, just in case.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

When I started freelancing full time, I also started a Masters degree in Creative Writing. 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. Something similar has happened with my fiction writing. Reply Mary E.

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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. Wanderlusting ( @Wanderlustingkh ) May 27, 2010 at 1:13 am Great post. Reply Mary E.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

Most freelancers have enough trouble scrapping together money for the rent without having to worry about paying another couple of tens of thousands. You’re a freelancer. 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.

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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

APRIL 11, 2010

Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 12, 2010 at 1:34 am Spot on. 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. I Need to Take a Picture Reply Jake Johnson April 12, 2010 at 10:31 am I think this is right on.

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Men With Pens

JULY 1, 2012

While the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported a 125% increase in digital magazine readership from 2010 to 2011 for consumer magazines, AdAge reported in March 2012 that the jump still only accounts for 1% of total paid and verified circulation. Customize the digital project on the site with live links, ads, meta tags, branding, etc.

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Men With Pens

MAY 11, 2010

Any projects you’d like to drop hints about? Matthew : Big Red Tomato Company ( @Bigredtomato ) May 12, 2010 at 3:33 am Well, that’s an awful lot of awesomeness to deliver in a few short months and weeks! How not to receive feedback Reply Karen Putz ( @DeafMom ) May 12, 2010 at 8:43 am You guys never cease to amaze me!

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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. Peter Shallard - The Shrink for Entrepreneurs ( @petershallard ) June 7, 2010 at 1:15 am I’m gonna step in here and make a comment about what I think happened. I couldn’t write. Well, that’s not entirely true. I could write.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

OConnor ( @ocopy ) March 10, 2010 at 7:52 am It helps businesses better control their reputations online. Reply Stacey Cornelius ( @thestudiosource ) March 10, 2010 at 7:53 am A well thought-out website can show your customers you’re tuned into their needs. They’re all small business owners. Can you think of other reasons?

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

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. John Hewitt ( @poewar ) February 26, 2010 at 1:20 am I agree with the central point of the article. And it should always recommend that readers seek professional help.

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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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Most freelancers complain about needing 40 hours just to get everything done. When I picked up a copy of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think by Laura Vanderkam, I did so because a Canadian Business reviewer had written, “I hate Laura.” I didn’t have enough time to work on projects I wanted to start. What friends?!

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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. Nabeel | Create Your First Website June 21, 2010 at 3:58 am Great post. You’re a good writer already.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Many people believe that businesses and freelancers should be as accessible as possible and in every medium that any client could ever want. That’s how hiring a freelancer works. I’m taking her call as a friend and as a favor, not as a colleague or a boss or a freelancer. I’m too busy or I don’t have the necessary skills.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

A new freelancer hears that this guy is an expert. So he goes to the website and lo and behold, this expert claims he knows everything about freelancing. Michael Martine ( @remarkablogger ) January 11, 2010 at 1:34 am There’s another kind of “wrongness.&# But why would they doubt you? So our guy listens attentively.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

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? Peter Shallard - The Shrink for Entrepreneurs ( @petershallard ) July 12, 2010 at 1:55 am This is a thoughtful post.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

Jordan Cooper ( @NotAProBlog ) January 4, 2010 at 2:38 am Amen, James! 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. We just have to wake up and realize it.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

I was having a conversation with Deb Ng of Freelance Writing Gigs on Twitter , and I smirked at her comment. But I will soak up any free knowledge and education then apply it to my freelancing so I can make more money…” Yeah. We can anyway ask for donation or earn from freelance contracts. “We get to retire?

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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. How to get paid what you’re worth for every single project you write. • The Unlimited Freelancer half-price?

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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. I’d say the musicians, who DO control their lives and freelancing careers.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Or work on passive income projects. People don’t want to pay for the music or the words, but they do want the souvenirs, the deluxe edition, the signed copy – the happy feeling from remembering a great concert, owning something most people don’t have, (that certain je ne sais quois). You would just blog.

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