The Creative Penn

MARCH 6, 2023

How can you focus on writing, as well as sell more books, and stay healthy? I'm on the Write Now with Scrivener Podcast ; Pictures from signing hardbacks at Bookvault in Peterborough. And what have you been writing in the last year? So I'm writing fewer words a day , I used to shoot for like 7,000 to 10,000.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In the intro, Finding readers [ ALLi blog ]; Writing the Shadow Kickstarter. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid , writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. Sign up for my next Kickstarter here: Writing the Shadow: Turn Your Inner Darkness Into Words.

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Content Hacker

DECEMBER 15, 2022

There’s no denying it, with AI presenting itself in writing and marketing unlike it’s ever done before. What’s changing the game right now is OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a mind-blowingly advanced AI writing tool. I’ve been in content since 2011. The days of the “robots among us” are here.

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Contently

MARCH 14, 2023

How Featured Snippets Help Readers and Your Rankings When you come across a word or phrase that needs some explanation, that’s an excellent opportunity to land your blog post in Google’s featured snippets section. A featured snippet may also answer a common question that many people search for answers to.

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Grammarly

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In informal writing like personal essays, you are your own source, so you don’t need a citation. But for writing that uses information from outside books, articles, websites, videos, or even AI, citations are necessary. In this blog post, we share citation examples of each style for different types of sources. Book Title.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 3, 2023

Yes, you could keep writing and producing more content. In fact, this has been known since Google’s announcement in 2011 , and their reiteration of this as a ranking factor in 2020. We tend to think that the work we publish is always our best work. That may be true at the time of publishing, but things change over time.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Write and publish what you want, get paid every day for your books, and control your customer data and relationships. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

After many years of people saying, “AI can never be creative, AI could never write fiction (i.e. From the headlines this week, “Sci-fi publisher Clarkesworld halts pitches amid deluge of AI-generated stories.” [ The Guardian ] and “Hundreds of AI-written books flood Amazon.” [ The Independent ]. But that is nothing new.

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Neil Patel

AUGUST 18, 2021

A freelance writer is a professional who writes articles on different topics for sites, emails, landing pages, etc. So if you can add these skills to your writing, you’ll become an in-demand freelance blogger. Online courses have a higher perceived value than blog posts alone. Start with your best blog posts.

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Fat Joe

AUGUST 23, 2023

Creating Quality Content For Your Website According to an Orbit Media survey , the average time spent writing a blog post is now 4 hours and 10 minutes: And that doesn’t take into account keyword research, search engine optimization, and content promotion. Establish good habits in SEO Here’s an example.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 30, 2023

How can you reinvigorate your writing process, breathe life into your backlist, and prepare your author business for the rollercoaster that is publishing? This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. and on pre-order.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 9, 2011

He does the homework by interviewing collection of thinkers from the fields of media, advertising, publishing, commerce, and web technology. I believe that all micro-publishers should read this. Writing a blog post may take too long and allow a negative situation to get worse. Learn more. The Accidental Creative.

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Content Powered

JUNE 16, 2022

One of the most common pieces of advice for bloggers is to avoid writing about themselves. Your goal with a blog is to write long-form content that focuses on showcasing your expertise and helping your users. You identify a reader's goal in searching for a topic and write original content that satisfies that goal.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. You can also subscribe to the Kobo Writing Life podcast for interviews with successful indie authors. You can find Dorie Clark at DorieClark.com.

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Bramework

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Helps Build Brand Awareness and Loyalty By consistently publishing helpful content , brands can organically reach and engage more potential customers. There five key reasons, such as content: Builds trust by consistently publishing authoritative, helpful content. This allows a brand to establish trust and credibility.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. 10 Surefire Ways to Overcome Blogging Procrastination. At the end of 2010, I hadn’t done it and I came to write my goals for 2011 and actually found this in another notebook.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2012

Sure, you know all the benefits an ebook could bring you … you just can’t find the time to write it and get it done. After all, writing ebooks are typically known as huge, long projects, right? What if I told you that you could write that free ebook in just one week, spending no more than two hours per day on it?

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. 10 Surefire Ways to Overcome Blogging Procrastination. At the end of 2010, I hadn’t done it and I came to write my goals for 2011 and actually found this in another notebook.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. Limited to 10.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 21, 2013

It is my honour to share the story of Torre De Roche, and her journey from blogger to author with an impressive publishing deal. I was impressed with her self-published memoir and her creative approach to blogging. In 2011, she sold the rights to three publishers and sold the movie options. Art is uncertain.

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BKA Content

MARCH 13, 2023

The Furrow, which John Deere first published in 1895 , was a magazine committed to providing advice and information to farmers who were looking to improve their businesses and increase the profitability of their lands. However, in what many believe to be Jell-O’s last great push, it began publishing ads in The Ladies Home Journal.

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Men With Pens

MAY 5, 2011

It’s no secret that size matters … especially when it comes to writing and creating a sellable product. You might be great at turning out 500-word blog posts or short articles. But what you’d really like to do is write an ebook or an ecourse to sell – and you’re not accustomed to writing in a longer format.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 10, 2010

For many, writing a successful post is a game of chance. They write hundreds of posts only to see a few do well. On the other hand, some seem to have a gift a supernatural ability to publish one blockbuster after another. Now think of five posts that you can write for each of those problems.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

I had a conversation with BuzzSumo co-founder Steve Rayson who said writing algorithms are available for purchase, have been bought, and are in use by major platforms. The key phrases behind content-writing robots you’ll see a lot – intelligent narratives, natural language generation (NLG), and automated storytelling technology.

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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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Men With Pens

JANUARY 5, 2012

Have you ever looked over a piece of your writing, only to realize that something’s missing? It’s so easy to get caught up in all the tips, tricks and techniques: Write a great headline – a number, adjectives, a clear promise. Head-First Writing Falls Flat. Yes, the technicalities of writing are important. Just write.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. 10 Surefire Ways to Overcome Blogging Procrastination. At the end of 2010, I hadn’t done it and I came to write my goals for 2011 and actually found this in another notebook.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 20, 2011

Damn Fine Words is going to be the writing course that changes the whole game for your business. Now, you may be curious about what’s inside the Damn Fine Words writing course , and I don`t blame you. Web copy, blog post, ebook chapter… You’ll feel like you’ve discovered a hidden secret. Don’t Write At All.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Tips for working with your cover designer and incorporating AI Damon has some great articles on AI images in book covers here , and he also mentions James at GoOnWrite who has an article for self-published authors around AI and images here. So in 2011, I started the website, Damonza.com. You can find Damon at Damonza.com.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I was trying to finish a blog post before whatever happened was going to happen. And as I was sitting there writing, he just watched. Now I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to describe blogging to a four-year-old. This post was first published on Jan 14, 2011 and revised Nov 18, 2021.

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Moz

AUGUST 6, 2019

Mainly because that’s what Google (aka the largest traffic driver of most sites) has clearly been clamoring for since their Panda update in 2011, RankBrain in 2015, and their “Fred” update (and by the way, Gary Illyes from Google coined “Fred’ for every unnamed Google update) in March, 2017. Question D: Do they write long-form content?

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Buffer

JULY 27, 2017

We started the Buffer Social blog in January 2011 and since then it has been a key component in the success of the company. We have published more than 1,000 posts—and we’re honored to receive more than 1.5 Before thinking of blog post ideas, it’s helpful to understand what your readers want from you.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I was trying to finish a blog post before whatever happened was going to happen. And as I was sitting there writing, he just watched. Now I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to describe blogging to a four-year-old. This post was first published on Jan 14, 2011 and revised Nov 18, 2021.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

I made this excuse for years, and while I always got my freelance writing work done my blog was embarrassingly neglected. Sometimes I wouldn’t write a post for weeks, and if I did it would be a small one just to remove the guilt of not posting. I’d started the blog as a passion project.

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ProBlogger

JULY 18, 2019

The post The Ultimate Guide To Creating Evergreen Content For Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. This post is based on episode 136 of the ProBlogger podcast. Back in 2007 I was asked a question: “If you could only write one type of content on your blogs forever, what would it be?”.

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ProBlogger

MAY 21, 2013

I’m sure we can all agree that proofreading is the least fun part of blogging. In a widely reported study in 2011, British entrepreneur Charles Duncombe found a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half! If you don’t have a product, then you could be missing out a blog subscriber or repeat visitor! A red pen.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 8, 2012

This guest post is by Neil Patel of KISSmetrics. About six thousand new blog posts are published. Blogs have given enormous power to people. All you do is fill out a short form, click if you want to be notified when it’s published and then submit. Writing high-quality content takes time. That’s a lot.

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