Men With Pens
MARCH 18, 2012
There comes a point in every freelance writer’s career where he simply can’t take it any more. Unless he’s leaving the house to conduct first-hand research, he’s seeing the same things all day, every day. The place where he works during the day is 20 feet from the place where he lounges at night. It’s the same kitchen, the same bathroom, the same everything, every day.
ProBlogger
APRIL 2, 2012
As a blogger, I get pitched to a lot by companies and organizations asking me to endorse their products. The problem is I have limited or no experience with many of them, and to endorse them would feel like selling out. As a result, two years ago I created a list of things I would feel comfortable endorsing. It was a dream list of products that I would love to promote because I genuinely feel a love for them.
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Men With Pens
MARCH 25, 2012
A free ebook is a great way to showcase your expertise and provide value to potential customers. But for most small business owners, finding the time to put together an ebook is hard. 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?
Men With Pens
JULY 15, 2012
“Jason, I strongly suggest you call me immediately!”. The tone was harsh, bordering on threatening. This was by far the rudest voicemail I have ever received from a client. It was also for the smallest reason. My client had sent me an email telling me to meet her an hour earlier. It wasn’t a request; it was a command. No explanation. No apology. No room for argument.
Speaker: Neal Boornazian, President and Nancy Harhut, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer - HBT Marketing
Direct mail has consistently remained a powerful tool in the marketer's arsenal, but in an age of digital dominance, its effectiveness hinges on the strategic integration of behavioral science. 💡 When you incorporate powerful behavioral science principles into your direct mail marketing strategies, you can prompt the hardwired decision-making shortcuts your audience relies on — and that automatically unlocks new avenues for engagement, conversion, and brand loyalty.
Men With Pens
NOVEMBER 4, 2012
“This is horrible.” “I’m just not cut out for this.” “Why do I even write?” Everyone who writes has that little voice in their head. It’s the voice of Mr. Insecurity – and if you aren’t careful, he’ll move in permanently with his annoying grandmother, Procrastination. Luckily, there are things you can do to overcome your writing insecurity and shut that voice up for good.
Men With Pens
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
Writers make hundreds of mistakes, but most writers end up making the same mistakes over and over again – often without even noticing. These repeated stumbles leave your writing dull and lifeless, and they eventually cause your readers to think your work always sounds the same. So here are 6 ways you can avoid common writing mistakes – and what to do to really make your work shine: What’s Your “Tell”?
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Men With Pens
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
I fail at a lot of things, and I’m not ashamed to say that I fail spectacularly. As a fiction writer, I have a whole folder of novel starts that got trashed because of procrastination. As a blogger, I was crazy enough to pitch to ProBlogger (and yes, fail) when my own analytics were damn flat. And as a career hopeful, I was uncommon enough to choose writing as a profession, despite my mom and dad being CPAs.
ProBlogger
AUGUST 18, 2012
This guest post is by David Edwards of A Sitting Duck. A screenshot from my game, Candy. This year was a land mark year for A Sitting Duck. What started as a blog and creative community has evolved into a limited company that is on track to publish a multi-platform game very soon. As John mentioned yesterday , gaming is a large and growing niche, with a massive, very passionate audience.
ProBlogger
JUNE 28, 2012
This guest post is by Charles Dearing of WhoIsHostingThis.com. As we’ve already seen today , affiliate marketing is a relatively trouble-free way for bloggers and other website owners to earn money. In fact, these days, even social media sites can become lucrative platforms for affiliate marketing campaigns. Because affiliate marketing doesn’t require affiliates to offer their own products or services for purchase, but only to place promotions on their sites for other merchants’
ProBlogger
OCTOBER 2, 2012
This guest post is by James Dunworth of the Ashtray Blog. On the 28th August, shortly after getting our 14,000th follower on Facebook, we received one of those emails that makes your heart not just sink, but plunge through your stomach and crash onto the floor. Facebook had deleted our page from its network. In this post, I’ll provide some hard-won tips that’ll show you: how you can avoid losing your Facebook page. what to do if your page is deleted. why and how to diversify your traffic s
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!
ProBlogger
APRIL 23, 2012
This guest post is by Neil Patel of Quick Sprout. Would you like to double, or even triple the number of fans you have on your Facebook business page? Are you looking to turn those fans into loyal and active fans? Your Facebook business page can die on the vine without a loyal and active following. But success will never come overnight. Instead it will require that you apply the marketing strategies you are about to read … plus a little bit of hustle.
ProBlogger
FEBRUARY 12, 2012
This guest post is written by Kashish Jain of digiupdates. Most of the people who are new to web design and blogging don’t understand the capabilities that come free with their domain, so they don’t take advantage of them. How many times have you visited a site for www.something.com and on the Contact Us page, you find that the sales or customer service personnel have email addresses like username@gmail.com?
ProBlogger
APRIL 10, 2012
Last week I excitedly announced a competition to fly 10 ProBlogger readers into the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland. The response has been amazing. We’ve had hundreds of entries and there has been some great interest in the promotion. With just under a week to go to get your entries in I thought today I might whet your appetite a little by revealing the itinerary of the trip.
ProBlogger
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
This guest post is by Tony Hastings of The Top 10 Blog. Whether you are blogging for profit, publicity, or pleasure, the basic building blocks of success are the same. Success can be defined as, “accomplishing an aim or purpose or having achieved popularity, profit, or distinction.” ( Google Dictionary ). Here are ten essential words you should consider constantly as a blogger, as they reflect the values you need in order to succeed. 1.
Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service
Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.
ProBlogger
AUGUST 16, 2012
This guest post is by Dr. Kathryn Woodall of Indestructible Desk Jockey. Do you spend a lot of time tickling the keyboard to crank out a blog? Then you’ll want to listen to this. When you were a child, did your mother ever say, “Keep making that face and it’s gonna stay that way?” If you’re anything like me, you probably just brushed her off and stuck out your tongue.
ProBlogger
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
This guest post is by Kimberly Nilson of writemyessay4me.com. Many of us have faced the problem of dealing with plagiarised content, either while reviewing guest articles by low-quality bloggers, or inadvertently using common phrases in our own writing. Even the most skilled blogger cannot possibly be familiar with all the pages of content which are already online in a specific niche.
ProBlogger
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
This guest post is by Karol K. Reviews are one of the more common types of content on the internet. I’m sure you’ve looked for a review of a given product yourself once or twice. However, being on the receiving end of a review, so to speak, is a completely different ball game than actually writing one. First of all, some people mistake reviews for sales messages.
ProBlogger
OCTOBER 23, 2012
This guest post is by Eugen Oprea of EugenOprea.com. Do you want to build a successful business online? I bet you do. Now that I have your attention, what is the first and most important step that will help you achieve that? It’s important to know your audience and to build an awesome website that is fast and secure. It’s also important to have a social media presence and to write engaging articles.
Speaker: Akeel Jabber, B2B SaaS Investor and Growth Marketer at Horizen Capital
⭐ Are you ready to boost campaign success? Consider the untapped potential of integrating direct mail marketing seamlessly with digital marketing strategies. Combining the physical, tangible impact of direct mail with the dynamic reach of digital marketing can be a game-changer, significantly increasing your ROI when done right. Direct mail grabs attention, making it great for reaching your target audience 📩 Digital marketing keeps the momentum going, driving action 📲 So.
ProBlogger
AUGUST 26, 2012
This guest post is by Karol K of 100WPthemes.com. These days, everyone’s a blogger. I’m a blogger, you’re a blogger, most people who end up commenting on this post will be bloggers too. And literally every one of us has the main goal of providing the elusive “quality content” However, the main problem is that virtually everything around us—social media, other commitments, you name it—tries to prevent us from doing so.
ProBlogger
MAY 7, 2012
This is a guest post by Raag Vamdatt of The WordPress How To Blog. If you have been paying even the slightest attention to the blogosphere lately, you would have noticed that it’s abuzz with talk about the new Facebook fan pages. And there is a reason behind it—the Facebook fan page’s new timeline view is a drastic change from the old fan pages we are used to seeing.
ProBlogger
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
This guest post is by Infolinks.com. Nowadays, it seems like everyone has a blog. But creating a successful and popular blog isn’t as easy as simply getting a domain name and ranting away on whatever comes to mind on a given day. Here, we take a look at some of the common misconceptions that beginner bloggers have on issues ranging from content and SEO to graphics and URLs.
ProBlogger
OCTOBER 30, 2012
Last week’s Blogging in Brief post looked at a really surprising business blog post. In fact, this was a post from a government body, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention—not the kind of place you might expect to have a raging sense of humor. Image courtesy stock.xchng user wagg66. Business blogging doesn’t have to be dull. Many business owners I speak to who aren’t bloggers scoff at the idea of having a blog.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn
Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.
ProBlogger
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
This guest post is by Ali Abbas of thenextgenwriter.com. Have you published your blog on Kindle? If not, you should do it, pronto! It’s easy, it’s productive and it’s free. We’re not talking about publishing ebooks or PDFs, but your dynamic and regularly updated blog. Rather surprisingly, not a lot of bloggers have considered this option hitherto, but some big guns, including The New York Times, PC Magazine, Amazon Daily, Huffington Post, and others—that realize the potential—are already t
ProBlogger
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Just starting a blog? Longing to revive an old, forgotten blog? Or just feeling guilty because you’ve let your blog languish without a post for a little too long? Image courtesy stock.xchng user tikideputy If your blog’s fallen behind your ideal post frequency, you’re in luck. Today, I’m going to give you a six-step plan for kickstarting stalled blog content.
ProBlogger
MARCH 25, 2012
This guest post is by Yang of ChilliSauce.co.uk. Does your world only revolve around Facebook and Twitter? Now it’s time to move on: in case you haven’t heard, Pinterest is the new rising star of social media! Pinterest was developed in December 2009 as a closed beta that was released within a restricted group of individuals. After it opened registration to everyone in 2010, the Pinterest boom began.
ProBlogger
JANUARY 12, 2012
This guest post is by James Penn of AcceleratedNicheProfits.com. I’m sure you’ve had it drummed into you by now that an email list is vitally important to your blog and your business. Darren often discusses how vital it is to build your email list and he recently Tweeted this graphic to emphasize his point. He says: “If there is one visual I can give as a reason to start an email newsletter—it is this.”.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.
ProBlogger
NOVEMBER 17, 2012
This guest post is by Derek of Fear No Goal. If you want people to visit your blog—and stay there—you have to be an authority figure. This is definitely true if you are trying to solve a common problem. You have to know and understand what you are talking about. When people know you’re an expert on a topic, it gives them comfort. They know that they can trust you.
ProBlogger
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
This guest post is by Ali Luke of Aliventures. You know your title has to hook readers. You know your first line needs to keep them reading. The start of your blog post matters. But so does the end. In fact, without a powerful end to your post, all the work that you put into the title and paragraph one is wasted. Because the end of your post is what keeps your readers coming back for more.
ProBlogger
AUGUST 14, 2012
This guest post is by Abhishek of Budding Geek. Content scraping still haunts the entire blogosphere. No matter how hard you try to defend your creation, content thieves will always find a way to steal it! It really feels terrible to find exact copies of your original work distributed all over the internet, often without any credit or link back to your blog as the source.
ProBlogger
NOVEMBER 18, 2012
Each week, my Content manager Georgina turns away around 20 or so posts for publication at ProBlogger. She tells me that maybe 5-10% of those are of a publishable standard, but they just don’t fit our audience or purpose. The rest aren’t pro-level pieces. Image courtesy stock.xchng user Valsilvae Forget for a moment that these are guest posts—which are supposed to be bloggers’ best content.
Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion
In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha
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