Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

If you want to make a career of writing, should you look for a full-time job in a company or strike out on your own as a freelancer? If you want to make a career of writing, should you look for a full-time job in a company or strike out on your own as a freelancer? I hate ties. I work in jeans and Hawaiian shirts.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

We thought everything would be quite simple – read the will, carry out her last wishes and move on. Things weren’t so simple. He made arrangements and began carrying out my great aunt’s last wishes. And a lot of thought about my own will and testament, and what would happen to my business if I died.

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Susan Greene

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Hi, I’m Susan Greene, a freelance copywriter based in Orlando, Florida. I’ve been in business for myself for more than 25 years. Hi, I’m Susan Greene. Learn from my 25+ years of experience how to succeed as a freelance copywriter. I have a BS in journalism from Syracuse University. Susan Greene.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 3, 2010

You’ll be relaxing your way to a freelance business that lets you breathe and still pay the bills. So here’s how you handle that urgent rush request: “Sure, I’m happy to do that for you. I can have it done by X day. You’ll also often wish you could say no, but… But nothing. Ah, the rush job.

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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

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

As much as I was pleased to reread certain posts, like this one about my daughters , I was just as pleased to know that posts like this one would probably never see the light of day again. This post was one I wrote when I was feeling particularly tossed around by all the “must do&# advice out there.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 18, 2010

Most of our readership isn’t just into writing for the scads of money to be made while working in your pajamas and holding a beer in one hand (because that’s how freelancing works, right?). Many of you are creative writers, or role players , or gamers. But, what we mostly want you to do is look at what’s new and improved.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 14, 2010

No, really, I don’t. Alright, well, I know he emailed me to let me know I had a broken link in a post. And I know he was interested in what that link led to, which made me think well of him, so I emailed him back. I know something else. I liked it. Oh, and he’s written a book. The result?

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

But if you have a loyal following of readers who hang on your every word, who believe in what you’re saying, who you know will take your words and immediately put them to use as though they were a new Gospel, then you have a responsibility to those readers to do everything you can to play the game of truth. Now, it’s not a crime to be wrong.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 20, 2009

“I think I have a cold coming on… I’m feeling under the weather since yesterday…&# Slip it into conversation. It was a false alarm – that’s great news. Ask the client for enough time that you feel confident you can meet the new deadline. Taylor was sick. Everyone was sick. Right away.

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Smart Blogger

JANUARY 6, 2023

So, below is an updated list of relevant video game writer jobs. Dive in and you’ll see what I mean. They also team up with other video game writers, game designers, and voice actors to bring the scenes to life. Video Game Guide Writer. Amongst other things, they: Determine the pace of gameplay. Let’s do this!

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Content Hacker

OCTOBER 25, 2022

” I LOVE answering this question. 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. One of my CTS members recently asked, “What is the value of content marketing?” Here’s why: First, content marketing will be worth $600 billion in 2024.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 6, 2017

There’s nothing like the dawn of a new year to get the adrenaline pumping, the motivation at DEFCON level, and the desire to do everything right like a new year’s resolution on steroids when it comes to our blogs. This is the bit where I like to go to a coffee shop, get a cup of something nice, and daydream.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 6, 2017

There’s nothing like the dawn of a new year to get the adrenaline pumping, the motivation at DEFCON level, and the desire to do everything right like a new year’s resolution on steroids when it comes to our blogs. This is the bit where I like to go to a coffee shop, get a cup of something nice, and daydream.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

So I replied to FitJerk’s offer with the same skepticism, and then some. “I don’t GET why you want to guest post – my readers aren’t even your target market. In short, I couldn’t figure out his angle, his game, and it bothered me. What’s in this for you?&# Mine aren’t. What a twit.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

This is a guest contribution by Jackson Nwachukwu, freelance blogger and content writer. As a freelance blogger, writer, content marketer and what have you; my best guess is that your emails are professionally intent and the primary concern each time you write an email is to get a reply on it?

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Men With Pens

MARCH 2, 2010

Then sit back and enjoy today’s post on how to earn better freelancing rates. You’ll be all set with a freelance business that pays you what you deserve to be paid. There’s a problem that’s common in the freelancing world: getting stuck at low rates and not seeming to be able to earn more.

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

And as a freelancer myself, I approve! Businesses hire freelance talent to absorb ebbs and flows in activity or to fill talent gaps that are essential but not required every day. that have helped me be more successful in reaching my goals each time I worked with a freelancer. Freelancers are professionals.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

People like to be cheerleaders with inspirational rah-rah-stick-with-it-good-things-will-come-chin-up encouragement. Well, since I’m not a fan of that book, I have no qualms about talking downsides. Well, since I’m not a fan of that book, I have no qualms about talking downsides.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 19, 2010

Then I realized that this is because James doesn’t do anything but work. &# There I stand, agape, saying incredulously, “You don’t know who Joss Whedon is?&# “No?&# Then, a moment later, rather timidly: “Should I?&# In writing this guide, I realized that most of my salient quotes came from the same character.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Written by Taylor - 73 Comments I have discovered something about myself. I’m terrified of success. I’m willing to do just about anything, if I can avoid being successful. Some of you are thinking that I am nuttier than a Planter’s convention, but I assure you that this blog post was not made on machinery containing nuts.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Written by James - 69 Comments Many freelancers have university degrees. Many freelancers don’t have to send their resumes to people anymore, so those degrees don’t see a lot of action, but they’re there, collecting dust on our walls. Your Knowledge is Never Useless I studied psychology for years. I had a business to build.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 14, 2023

How do I come up with a blog idea?” What should I blog about?” “How What if I don’t know what to blog about?” “How With over 4 million readers, we’re one of the world’s biggest websites about writing and blogging. And today, we’re going to help you. How to choose blog topics?” How do you start a blog?”

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

I also asked readers what we should do about this situation. Should we do this, or that, or the other thing? Should we do this, or that, or the other thing? Then I realized we shouldn’t be asking what we can do. We can do these things right now, today. We might find new reasons for upholding the cause.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 22, 2009

The one thing you have in common is that you come around here all the time, for which we are profoundly grateful. It’s an amazing thing to have so many people find our thoughts valuable and worth listening to. I hope everyone – even the commenters and sneaky non-commenters – has an awesome Christmas and New Year.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

That’s what happened to me, except that instead of a single project it was seven years of working as a writer. My goal with this article is to help you identify some areas where you could be working smarter as a new freelance writer, so you don’t repeat the mistakes I made starting out. The earlier, the better!

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Freelance Writing Jobs

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

That’s what happened to me, except that instead of a single project it was seven years of working as a writer. My goal with this article is to help you identify some areas where you could be working smarter as a new freelance writer, so you don’t repeat the mistakes I made starting out. The earlier, the better!

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Content Marketing Institute

APRIL 19, 2018

You feel like you’re crafting the same content you did yesterday. Color code them if you wish and start playing. Color code them if you wish and start playing. See if they can be brought together to create new content angles or ideas. Update best practices content for a new year or season. “Why aren’t you typing?”

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Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

I even noticed a woman tweeting she’d wet her pants if she was hired. In most part, I had a lot of fun reading through applications and learning more about people. In most part, I had a lot of fun reading through applications and learning more about people. So many, in fact, that I decided to write a post about it.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 6, 2017

I can’t prevent you from experiencing some of the mishaps that bloggers deal with, but I can give you some pointers to help you along the way. I reckon more than 50% of the bloggers I’ve spoken with have no idea who they are blogging for. Other similar tools that I recommend: Similar Web , SEM Rush , and SpyFu.

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Content Marketing Institute

AUGUST 6, 2018

That’s what I did. I still haven’t forgiven them for introducing an algorithm. But I can’t quit you, Insta.”.@Instagram I use social media as almost a pure response vehicle. And I won’t start any new social media app, platform, or tool until I’m 100% committed to it. 3) The company is transparent.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 5, 2010

Written by Taylor - 37 Comments Rib Eye Steak Dinner I wrote about why you’re afraid of success. Here at Men with Pens, we tend to talk about “success” as though it were synonymous with “being a freelancer”, mostly because that’s what this blog is all about. Since I arrived, that is. Can I support a family yet?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Written by James - 55 Comments We’ll be getting to today’s post in just a second, but bear with me for a moment while I tell you a little story. Well, there’s been someone I would’ve loved to sit down and talk to for a long time – nearly a decade, in fact. So one day I decided enough is enough.

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