Men With Pens

JULY 28, 2011

It’s never been easier to reach masses of people via books, blogs, music, or video. The site allows creative types to fund their projects, be they books, CDs, movies, works of art, or new toys. The results of my first Kickstarter project were amazing. That means many Kickstarter projects go unfunded. Like Kickstarter.

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Content Hacker

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

It’s all in today’s blog on how to hire a content writer. So You Hired a Writer for Your Blog & Website — Next Steps & Tips. The overhead is much more reasonable, and you get to pay per project – making it a breeze to stay within your profit margins and predict costs. Because more success doesn’t come from more work….

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The Hoth

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Many people overlook the value of optimizing existing blog posts. In many cases, websites have hundreds of existing blog posts in limbo – some of which have the potential to really shine with a few tweaks. . Tips for making old blog posts stand out. What Can Updating Older Blog Posts Do For You? Let’s dive in.

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Men With Pens

MAY 5, 2011

You might be great at turning out 500-word blog posts or short articles. You’ve probably written blog posts that flowed from start to finish without needing to consciously think about them much. Your ebook isn’t going to work if you try to cover everything – nor will it work if it’s just an expanded version of a blog post.

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Hourly and project-based freelance writing work is also available. Most jobs relate to blogging , and you’ll notice that only a handful of jobs appear each day. If you see yourself as more of a blogging professional, then check out the BloggingPro job board. But it’s not impossible. Craigslist. BloggingPro.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 29, 2017

That week I received an email from one of our blog subscribers. She said she absolutely loved the blog and felt like she found her calling around content marketing. The content marketing blog I started in April 2007 was really taking off, and the audience was anything but shy. A few days went by. JoePulizzi Click To Tweet.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In the intro, Finding readers [ ALLi blog ]; Writing the Shadow Kickstarter. Lessons Learned from 12 Years as an Author Entrepreneur Twelve years ago, in Sept 2011, I left my day job to become a full-time author-entrepreneur. Blog post header images. You can read/listen to previous updates at TheCreativePenn.com/timeline.

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Income Diary

APRIL 2, 2024

After stepping aside as Google CEO in August 2001 in favour of Eric Schmidt, he re-assumed the role in April 2011. While a student, he worked as a paid intern for a biomedical company, as a careers instructor in Cape Town, South Africa, and at Intuit on the TxtWeb project. Page is the 12th richest person in the world.

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Fat Joe

JULY 21, 2023

It can include creating blog posts, web copy, press releases , and other content assets. Here’s why: Expand Production Capacity Back in 2011, the average blog post was around 300-500 words. And the average blog post has been getting longer and more in-depth ever since. It can be a game-changer for your agency.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 1, 2018

You may want to kick off the new year with our Start a Blog Course. Today we’re resuming our series of blogger stories where I hand the podcast over to you, our listeners, to tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs. Kristen Manieri from Orlando, Florida started a blog with no real plan to make money.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Then I discovered travel books which are more a series of trips hung around thematic chapters , and that seemed like a better fit for my project. I’m a binge writer, or a project-focused writer, which means I don’t write every day, but I work on one project at a time, and put that through to completion, before working on the next.

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Smart Blogger

JUNE 5, 2023

2011: Facebook is slapped with charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for failing to keep its privacy promises, including allowing apps to access almost all of a user’s data, and sharing users’ info with advertisers. Ello Known as the “The Creators Network, ” Ello is dedicated to connecting artists, brands, publishers and their fans.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

Show notes: Overview of the Pilgrimage campaign including rewards, add-ons, and the result Why Kickstarter for this project, and why now for me Tips for success: Learn about the platform beforehand. These are essentially blog posts on your Kickstarter campaign, and they are sent to all Backers as well as remaining on the campaign page.

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Buffer

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The ones I’ve seen used most often to track content performance are: Page views This is usually the biggest traffic number — the number of times a landing page or blog post on your site has been viewed. It’s important to note that this tracks multiple visits from the same person.

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Content Hacker

OCTOBER 25, 2022

When I started what was to be my content marketing journey in 2011, I had NO idea what kind of explosive growth was in store. Several years back, HubSpot published a report that finally answered a burning question: “How much should you blog?”. Websites with 400+ blog posts receive more than 2x the traffic of blogs with 301-400 posts.

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Men With Pens

JULY 1, 2012

It’s inevitable that when you’ve been blogging for a while, eventually your subscriber numbers are going to hit a slump. They can be embedded right into your site or blog. Customize the digital project on the site with live links, ads, meta tags, branding, etc. Digital flipbooks are still in their infancy. Translation?

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Bramework

DECEMBER 1, 2023

16 Powerful Steps to Build Brand Awareness for Your Blog Business By demonstrating ongoing value beyond sales pitches , you can form meaningful connections with your audience in today’s competitive digital landscape. What is an Editorial Content Strategy and Why Do You Need it for YOUR Blog?

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Today on the blog we have a case study from one of our readers. Or rather one of our podcast listeners, as it was a tip in a particular podcast that spurred on today’s guest author to make some significant changes to her blog over the course of a year. My blog used to make me feel sad and discouraged. This made me feel awful.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 24, 2017

How to Grow Your Blog by Interviewing Influencers. But in this blog post I want to talk about why you should do it. The right influencer linking to your blog (or podcast, video or social media account) at the right time can send you a decent amount of traffic. 7 Powerful Non-SEO Reasons to Try Guest Posting. 2: Raised Profile.

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Content Hacker

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I’ve been in content since 2011. Since then, I’ve been behind over 40,000 content projects, which have generated over $5M in sales to my businesses, and much more to my clients’ businesses. Blog posts are open-source, free information that more fully suits the purpose of “pillar content.”

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 20, 2023

And so I look at projects and decide, okay, where am I going to get the best return for my time and energy? So for example, I did an anthology project as an editor with Clive Barker, and my coeditor Del Howison. So we went that route with that particular project. Because the series has been out since 2011, 2012.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 21, 2012

In February 2011 my website lost 50% of its traffic overnight, and a further 20% disappeared two months later. Secondly, my WordPress blog was producing duplicate content on category, tag, and monthly archive pages. Mistake 5: Ignoring blog speed and server location. This guest post is by Sophie Lee of IBS Tales.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 6, 2023

I actually think that type of job is going to be an emergent one in the future because it's like a project manager role, really. I feel like when we both went full-time, both of us it was 2011, wasn't it? I found a blog post about the launch of my first novel back when it was called Pentecost in 2011.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Other things you might want to quit: social media platforms, blogging, an author name, a book series, writing a book that's taking forever, marketing a book that isn't selling, a business model, a day job, being a full-time author, a city or even a country. Why Orna quit blogging. I just blog because I blog, if you know what I mean.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 29, 2012

Years ago, I started this blog with a pretty big mission in mind: to help you succeed. My blog became popular. Worse was that I spent a lot of time writing for my blog, sharing good solutions, smart advice or better methods… but I wasn’t seeing many readers put the advice I shared to good use. My business got big. I got busy.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 1, 2012

This includes blogging 6 days a week about youth work. As part of our Blog the Festive Season series, we asked Stephen how he and his wife are preparing the blog for the festive season. What does preparing the Youth Workin’ It blog for the festive season mean? This will be your second festive season on the blog.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 25, 2017

In August of 2011, I started Making Sense of Cents while working my full-time job. I didn’t have much time to spend on it, as I was working full-time and working towards my Finance MBA, but I used every little minute of extra time that I had so that I could create a successful blog. As you can tell, I absolutely love blogging.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 25, 2017

In August of 2011, I started Making Sense of Cents while working my full-time job. I didn’t have much time to spend on it, as I was working full-time and working towards my Finance MBA, but I used every little minute of extra time that I had so that I could create a successful blog. As you can tell, I absolutely love blogging.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 1, 2021

We all have the potential to achieve amazing things – not only with our blogging, but also with other aspects of our lives. It’s the same with blogging. At the end of 2010, I wrote down my goals for 2011. But 2011 was even busier (we now had three boys in the house), and all the fears and excuses resurfaced.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The most famous books, blogs, films, music, etc, get pirated the moment they emerge, or even before release if leaked. Have a look at David Gaughran’s blog for a glimpse [ Scammers break the Kindle store from 2017, Kindle Unlimited: A Cheater Magnet from 2021 , and a whole load more.] Because yes, we’ve heard this all before.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2012

Who would you like to work with on a project someday? What is your dream project? She blogs daily at LauraVanderkam.com. How to Turbo-Charge Your Career Before Breakfast first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. What would you hope your performance review would say one year from now?

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Then I began publishing chapters of it on a blog back in, I think, about 2011. Joanna: It is a brilliant creative project, but let's carry on with the difficulties. Joanna: So in terms of the time for this project, because as we record this, the first couple of episodes— Joanne: Yeah, the first two are out.

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ProBlogger

JULY 29, 2014

Well, you write a blog post. Darren Rowse’s 10 Blogging Lessons. Darren’s presentation was titled “ 10 things I wish I’d know about Blogging (+7 Quick tips) ” in which he shared about the blogging lessons he would have wanted to know when he started out 12 years ago. Darren The ProBlogger.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 28, 2011

Building a blog is very much like building a model plane – and here are the top 5 lessons I’d like to share with you. When you set up your blog, you’ll face a similar array of options for various skill levels. And the same goes for your blog. How does this relate to your blog? Use the kit made for you.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

One of the kinds of work projects I was pitching on was obviously book covers, and I started getting quite a good rate on the covers. So in 2011, I started the website, Damonza.com. I've been very open about my use of AI for images, and I've done blog posts about it and all of that. Eventually, it just sort of took over.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

They don’t know whether you’ve just finished a year-long project or just opened your freelancing business. Or how it lets you work on your own projects. Don’t have any client work or projects? What topics do they blog and tweet about? Once I helped edit a small business owner’s first blog post.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Was your first published work, Stone of Fire , the first project you wrote? The first iteration of Pentecost (later Stone of Fire) when I still published fiction under Joanna Penn, 2011. And so, I started writing that first project. So, I started my blog, The Creative Penn, in December 2008. Michelle: We all did.

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