Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

Keep a copy handy and let executors know how to access this information so they can post it if they need to. Leave a copy with your notary or lawyer to have him attach it to the will, or put it in a safety deposit box that’s been listed in your testament. So go ahead. Write something up, just in case. pamela´s last blog.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Get a copy of Chip and Dan Heath’s book Made to Stick if you want the authoritative take on this.) Nabeel | Create Your First Website June 24, 2010 at 3:02 am “How often do you remember a blog post or a magazine article you read? Ulrich ( @maryeulrich ) June 24, 2010 at 6:49 am Yesterday I spent the day writing an academic paper.

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JULY 14, 2010

But mostly he just writes stuff for clients and provides copywriting tips at Pro Copy Tips. Robert July 15, 2010 at 2:56 am Great blog post. You can’t just wait for people to come knocking at your door and you know what they say about opportunity … Reply Sally B ( @snappysentences ) July 15, 2010 at 5:24 am Nice post Dean.

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APRIL 1, 2010

Lugh ( @samldanach ) April 2, 2010 at 6:38 am Another option that I’ve recommended to a number of people trying to break into IT is to donate your services to a non-profit charity. Reply Solomon April 2, 2010 at 6:54 am It’s so timely article as I’m raw and new in a new city as we relocated recently.

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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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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. Enjoy – it’s a good one! Good question. Discover more about writing for a living at the new Copywriting Information Center.

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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 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. Especially since no one cares about your degree. That’s right. You’re a freelancer.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Professor Beej ( @professorbeej ) March 18, 2010 at 11:56 pm I would simply adore being able to pay for this kind of course. With summer break coming up and me not having to teach, I plan on spending a great deal of my time working on finding a way to make a living with my writing, fiction and copy. Powered by frugal

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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

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. If anyone can get you sleeping your way to success, they can. First off… @Maquis: sleeping *more* as a new mom?

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MAY 26, 2010

Wanderlusting ( @Wanderlustingkh ) May 27, 2010 at 1:13 am Great post. Totally off-topic, but anyway, glad to have found your blog Reply Martin - TheUniversityBlog ( @universityboy ) May 27, 2010 at 3:27 am I love the fact that anyone with an Internet connection is on an even playing field. If you want to write, you can write.

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MAY 11, 2010

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! Wednesday Wisdom Reply Farnoosh ( @prolificliving ) May 12, 2010 at 5:43 am I can’t wait to see some of the new changes, designs and resources. Life is good.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

John writes the majority of the ad copy for Dragon Door, and he was talking to us – the new instructors, the front lines, the new faces of his marketing arm – about how to write so our audience would always understand us. &# And suddenly, I realized that I had to unlearn everything I knew about writing,&# John said.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Frank ( @[link] ) February 22, 2010 at 4:27 am I think it’s really interesting to look back at copy that you have written. Reply Frank ( @[link] ) February 22, 2010 at 4:32 am Working on a website, I literally travel back in time and revisit places that I’ve visited and remember experiences that I’ve had.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

The web copy itself is a bigger concern. Be more concise, have a more confident tone, and use excitement and urgency in your web copy so that it catches attention quickly and pulls visitors toward the inevitable step of contacting you. contact form might reassure your potential clients and let them know they won’t have long to wait.

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JANUARY 10, 2010

Michael Martine ( @remarkablogger ) January 11, 2010 at 1:34 am There’s another kind of “wrongness.&# Why To Blog As Yourself (Even if That’s Not What You Sell) Reply Dave Doolin ( @websiteweekend ) January 11, 2010 at 3:22 am Yeah, I don’t have to like someone to trust them. You’re dangerous.

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Income Diary

APRIL 2, 2024

Premji owns 73% percent of Wipro and also owns a private equity fund, PremjiInvest, which manages his $2 billion worth of personal portfolio. Since 2010, Omidyar has been involved in online journalism as the head of investigative reporting and public affairs news service Honolulu Civil Beat. He lives in San Francisco, California.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 16, 2010

Write better copy for it. There, on the seat next to him, was a copy of The Tipping Point. Melinda | SuperWAHM ( @superwahm1 ) January 17, 2010 at 6:10 am Melani, I liked your site. Favourite Posts From 2009 Reply Kelly January 17, 2010 at 8:34 am James, Thanks for having me in. Draw attention to it. The Top 10.2

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Men With Pens

MAY 2, 2010

The ad copy on a box of CDs. Now imagine the web copy on your site. If you’re not telling your readers to go and look at that copy, it’s getting no more attention than the instructions on your toothpaste box. And that copy is a lot more important than the features on that box of CDs. Get your sales copy read.

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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. And that’s what your web copy needs to do for your client. Don’t neglect the basics of what goes under the hood of your web copy, of course. You’ll find those articles right here on Men with Pens, actually. It’s good advice.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

At least I invoice upon submission of draft copy, so that’s not a worry. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. I’ve been doing as much reasonable prompting/nudging that I can.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

That was in about 2010 or so. It was just me doing book covers, and I was fortunate in that because of the way I'd done things before, I had quite an extensive portfolio of book covers. So we don't want to copy anyone or anything like that. I stopped my normal day job, and I just started focusing exclusively on book covers.

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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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JULY 11, 2010

Peter Shallard - The Shrink for Entrepreneurs ( @petershallard ) July 12, 2010 at 1:55 am This is a thoughtful post. Reply Nabeel | Create Your First Website July 12, 2010 at 4:01 am Whoa Excellent post James. The more people we get talking about blogging, the better we can shape it so that we can all profit.

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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

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. Can you think of other reasons? Kathleen K. Sarah Camp´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

MAY 30, 2010

Allow me to demonstrate in a fictitious piece of sales copy targeting my teen: “Dearest daughter of mine, Imagine it’s the end of summer and the last day of work. If your web copy is putting your visitors to sleep, contact us today. Þórey Ómars ( @thoreyo ) May 31, 2010 at 5:53 am Ha! That rockstar feeling?

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 16, 2010 at 1:20 am “No one assigns you experience points or notes when you’ve leveled up.&# Reply Carl Thoren ( @CarlThoren ) April 16, 2010 at 6:12 am One of the best decisions I made as a writer, was to become a full-time Copywriter. I’m not a gamer, but this was clever. Reply Mary E.

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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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Men With Pens

APRIL 4, 2010

If you decide you need a website or blog with the perfect look to attract new customers and killer copy that hooks them, draws them in and gets them saying yes, contact us at Men with Pens today. Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach ( @barbaraling ) April 5, 2010 at 5:59 am Very smart post, I like this alot!! We can help.

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APRIL 29, 2010

FitJerks Fitness Blog ( @fitjerk ) April 30, 2010 at 5:20 am These are some good points. 6 Reasons Why You Should Eat 6 Meals A Day Reply Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot ( @getinthehotspot ) April 30, 2010 at 8:30 am A common problem I think. Reply poch April 30, 2010 at 9:08 am As if you read my mind James.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 19, 2010

Use that to your advantage in your copy. If you use the wrong words as descriptors in your copy, it’s going to make you sound like an idiot – especially if you clearly think you have the right word. If you want to explain something – anything – to the people reading your copy, do it fast. And Inigo is absolutely right.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

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). Jodi Kaplan´s last blog. Powered by frugal

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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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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Usually copy comes in nice bite-sized chunks: a webpage, a blog post, an article, a press release. Carson Brackney ( @carsonbrackney ) February 24, 2010 at 1:19 am I rely on my Wall of Whiteboards. I’m all jazzed now… Reply Jodi Kaplan February 24, 2010 at 8:38 am Love the clothesline image! Actual books.

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APRIL 11, 2010

Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 12, 2010 at 1:34 am Spot on. Entrepreneur Interview: Chris McClain of Chris McClain Productions Reply Patricia ( @lokahiandquill ) April 12, 2010 at 10:03 am It’s Monday, and perhaps that’s why I feel like playing devil’s advocate here. Thanks for sharing. Thanks again for sharing.

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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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