Men With Pens
OCTOBER 8, 2013
'Some writers think that success occurs in a magical moment when the stars and planets align. But waiting for Fate to tap your shoulder as the lucky one places your chances of writing success in the hands of strangers. You can build your own success as a writer without waiting for Fate to come calling. You don''t have to just hope to be "discovered" by a major blog or a publisher.
ProBlogger
OCTOBER 29, 2013
'What’s the one thing that you should do on your blog every day (or at least regularly)? “Create new content!” Good answer! Without regular new content your blog isn’t really a blog is it? Another Great Daily Exercise for Your Blog. But other than creating new content – what else should you be paying attention to every day?
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Men With Pens
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Ah, the business blog. Everyone knows they need one, but no one knows what to say on it. My clients moan, "It''s easy for you. You''re a writer. I''m a cake decorator/photographer/project manager/bookkeeper – what on earth can I write about?". Blogging for your business helps attract new customers, and it solidifies your brand for current clients as well.
Men With Pens
FEBRUARY 17, 2013
Are you aware that your website may be costing you fistfuls of money? An eye-catching website design will set the stage for your business, obviously. But that powerful first impression only buys you a few seconds of attention. If what you SAY on your website gives visitors the wrong impression, you’re chasing potential clients away. And that problem is far more common than you think.
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
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'What’s the most-read page on your website? Chances are that it''s your About page, and that makes sense: New readers who stop by will naturally want to check out who you are, and what your blog and your business are all about. Here''s the problem: About pages are often done badly. When I visit a website or a blog for the first time, there’s a good chance that the About page fails the test.
Men With Pens
OCTOBER 15, 2013
'Inner critics. Almost all writers have one: that insidious little voice in our mind whispering words of doubt into our mental ear. Inner critics stop us from making a fool of ourselves. Stop us from taking risks. Stop us from learning. From being more than we are right now. From having fun. Your inner critic is a master manipulator that holds you back.
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ProBlogger
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
'Last week I spent time with a young blogger who was completely stalled with her blog (for the purpose of this post I’ll call her Sally). Sally’s blogging had started with a bang and had put together 3 great months of content and had started to build a readership but then it suddenly all came to a halt. I arranged to catch up for coffee to see what had happened and see if there was a way to get her moving again and she told me a story that I’m sure many readers will find famili
ProBlogger
AUGUST 7, 2013
'In preparation for an interview on writing great blog content, I jotted down some ‘quick tips’ While they are all short I hope that they might spark some ideas – enjoy! Tell your story – it is what makes your content unique [ tweet this ]. Share how you feel – it will take your readers to a deeper place [ tweet this ].
ProBlogger
APRIL 25, 2013
'Yesterday I shared some tips for busy bloggers on how to find time to blog based upon a lot of questions I’ve had of late on that topic. As part of that post I was intending on describing my own blogging routine – but on the spur of the moment decided to email a group of blogging friends to ask them to describe how they go about blogging.
ProBlogger
MARCH 27, 2013
This week on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog. Today I want to dig deeper into some specific things to DO to build community on your blog. 1. Write in a Conversational Voice.
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
JANUARY 6, 2013
Welcome to the 2013 edition of Bloggers To Watch. My work has changed a lot over the past year – I’ve been focused a lot on the Australian blogger community, and on curators – so this post is very centered on those communities. This is the last time I’ll be writing this yearly round-up. It has been a blast exploring this project over the past 4 years.
ProBlogger
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
'A few weeks ago I asked readers of ProBlogger to tell us about the fears that they’ve faced and overcome as bloggers. The response was fantastic with some honest sharing – thanks to those who commented – your comments not only helped me prepare for a talk I was giving on the topic at our event but also helped me to overcome a fear I was facing on that very day.
ProBlogger
JUNE 12, 2013
'“ONE DAY I’ll be a full time blogger!” ‘V’ – my wife – must have heard that statement 100 or more times in 2003-2004. Me posing for my first ever press photo in 2003. Out of shots all my neighbours were watching on and wondering why I was videoing a guy taking a photo of me while sitting in my front yard. It would usually be accompanied by a spread sheet and/or chart in which I showed her how the earnings from my blog had grown from $9 per month to $11
ProBlogger
MAY 8, 2013
'Today I was speaking with a blogger (I’ll call her Alice for the sake of this post) who was feeling a little overwhelmed with the idea of monetizing her blog. She expressed that as she looked at other blogs in her niche, everyone seemed to be doing such amazing things. She said she felt she’d never be able to compete. Other blogs in Alice’s niche were running online courses, selling out hundred people live events around the country, selling ads to fortune 500 companies, author
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
MAY 3, 2013
'This is a guest contribution by Marya Jan, blogging coach from Writing Happiness. What’s the biggest excuse you hear from people who are not getting the results they want from their blogging? “I don’t know anyone online.”. Not ‘my content might not be good’. Not ‘I don’t a clear idea of what I am doing’. Not ‘I know it takes time and I am learning everything I can’.
ProBlogger
MAY 29, 2013
'Yesterday I ran a workshop for a small group of bloggers here in Australia. One of the sessions I covered was on writing compelling content. Here’s a brief look at a few of the recurring themes in what I shared: Be Useful – if your post isn’t informing, inspiring, entertaining or making someone’s life better – don’t publish it until it does.
ProBlogger
MARCH 19, 2013
Yesterday I announced our ‘How To…’ group writing project and issued readers of ProBlogger with the challenge to go away and write a ‘ How to ‘ post for their blog. On Twitter a number of people told me that they were having a little trouble with writing a ‘how to…’ post because it wasn’t their normal style of writing on their blog so I thought I’d jot down a few tips for writing ‘how to…’ content (something I’ve been creating for
ProBlogger
APRIL 24, 2013
'Last week I tweeted a question asking my Problogger followers to share the biggest challenge that they face as a blogger. Around 50 replies came back and a couple of themes emerged – the biggest one centred around ‘Time’ Finding time to blog is something that all bloggers struggle with. Whether you are just starting out and blogging as a hobby, blogging as a part time job while juggling work, home, and a social life or even blogging as a full time business amidst other demands
Speaker: Akeel Jabber, B2B SaaS Investor and Growth Marketer at Horizen Capital
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ProBlogger
FEBRUARY 14, 2013
This guest post is by Jeff Foster of WebBizIdeas. Just as low-level article directories (ezinearticles, articlesbase, and others) got hurt by Google’s Panda Update in 2013, I predict that Google will hurt sites abusing guest blogging in 2013. I don’t feel guest blogging is bad, nor that all bloggers who do it will be penalized by Google. SEOMOZ.org allows guest blogging and their rankings increased during the Panda update.
ProBlogger
APRIL 19, 2013
'Today in a radio interview I was asked to give 4-5 quick tips on how to write great blog posts. Quick isn’t my forte when giving tips (I have a lot to say) and I can think of many more than 5 tips for writing great blog posts – but here’s a brief overview of the things I mentioned: 1. Be Useful. When I start writing a blog post I always identify how the post will be useful to my readers.
ProBlogger
JUNE 4, 2013
'Yesterday, I shared a practical exercise for diving deeper into your blog’s analytics to discover how you can use the last month of blog action to plan for the future. Today, I’d like to show you an example of just how powerful this discipline can be when it comes to building traffic to your site. In fact, this simple exercise led to a series of events that generated: 3 million unique visitors. 131,000 ‘pins’ on Pinterest. 25,000 ‘likes’ on Facebook. 19,000
ProBlogger
OCTOBER 10, 2013
'Yesterday, I shared a post that analysed 5 posts I wrote in the first year of Digital Photography School , that went on to generate a lot of traffic for the site. Today, I want to build upon that post and share some tips on how to capitalise on such posts to help you to build your blog even further. You see, getting a post to the point where it’s generating decent traffic is just half of the challenge a blogger faces.
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
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'This is a guest contribution by Adam Smith. If you are reading this post, I am guessing that you have a blog and at least a few social media accounts or you are just starting out and have a interest in blogging. Right? Instead of trying things out at first, guessing, hitting a wall and then becoming discouraged, this post is a ten step guide to becoming a better blogger than you are right now.
ProBlogger
JULY 25, 2013
'I’ve got nothing unique to say. It has all been said before. There are so many people who are smarter than me. Why would anyone listen to me? Have you ever found yourself thinking like this? If so – you’re not alone. At one point or another most bloggers do, and many would be bloggers have been stopped in their tracks by them. Here’s the deal: Nobody has lived your life before.
ProBlogger
JULY 8, 2013
'This is a guest contribution from Ali Luke, author of The Blogger’s Guide to Effective Writing. . Great content, posted on a regular basis, is vital to your blog’s success. But most bloggers, especially those new to writing, struggle to produce high-quality posts as quickly as they’d like. This is usually because they’re following some poor writing practices, like: Sitting in front of a blank screen, trying to come up with an idea.
ProBlogger
OCTOBER 17, 2013
'How do you organise and plan your posts? Do you have an editorial calendar? I like to keep things fairly informal but do use a spreadsheet to help me keep more organised than I used to. Here’s how it looks for dPS : The left two columns are my blog posts. I publish two posts per day – one scheduled for the US audience in the morning and one for the afternoon.
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
OCTOBER 22, 2013
'Two months ago my wife, Vanessa, started to blog. It is something she’s been planning for some time and with a little encouragement and some design help from Shayne, we set up at Style and Shenanigans. The blog is in its very early days and Vanessa is still finding her voice but I think she’s a natural. I’ve been excited to see her experiment with a variety of kinds of blog posts.
ProBlogger
APRIL 17, 2013
'This is a Guest Contribution by Chris Ducker, from ChrisDucker.com. It’s no secret that the subject of podcasting has been a buzz for quite some time. In fact, some say that although there have been solid podcasting networks around for years and years, it’s only just in the last 12-18 months that the idea of starting a podcast, especially as a blogger, has become something that we’d even consider.
ProBlogger
JUNE 25, 2013
'Does social media drive sales? I’ve been asked this question quite a few times lately from business owners trying to get their head around how to use social media in their online marketing mix. Many of them tell me that they don’t see a direct return on investment from their use of Twitter, Facebook and other social networks. In response, I thought I’d jot down a few thoughts on how social media benefits what I do.
ProBlogger
AUGUST 2, 2013
'Last month I had the honour of speaking at the World Domination Summit in Portland. Conference founder, Chris Guillebeau, gave me the brief of sharing my story and to share some tips and ideas for helping people to lead remarkable lives in a conventional world. He also said he didn’t want me to just talk about blogging – a task I found very refreshing!
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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