March, 2023

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What Is Good Writing?

Enchanting Marketing

Sometimes, I savor a book slowly. I pick the book up, read a few pages, then put it down again. I highlight ideas and sentences that attract my attention. Later, I treat myself to rereading those highlights. What makes writing worth savoring like that?

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Are you building an audience of real prospects, or an audience of readers?

Nick Ursborne

As freelancers we have to get out there and build an audience. Many of us do this through creating our own websites, publishing newsletters, writing articles and networking on social media sites.

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Is Freelance Writing Safe from AI of the Future? The Impact of Technology, Opportunities & Challenges

Elna Cain

Right now, you’re probably feeling threatened. Maybe you want to give up freelance writing before you even start. Why this feeling? It’s all about generative AI, and you are worried if freelance writing is safe from AI now and in the future. I hear ya!

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25 Latest Conversion Rate Optimization Statistics For 2023

Blogging Wizard

Do you work on your products and services as well as your landing page designs only to receive low conversions when you launch? Or maybe you’re unsure of what your. Blogging Building Websites Ecommerce

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

This webinar with Tim Buteyn will teach you strategies for motivating learners even when training them on "boring" topics, methods to capture learner attention and bring your courses to life, and techniques that convert a course from dry and lifeless to relevant and engaging.

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Writing Tips From a College Professor

Kayleigh Moore

So often, we tend to take advice from the noisy marketers on social media (disguising themselves as expert writers) who really just want you to buy their course or training or whatever-the-hell. That's why today, I wanted to bring you some advice from someone who is truly *in it* every single day.

Writing 244
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If You’re an Artisan, Write about it! — Artisan Book Editing

Melanie Saxton

Consider writing your arts-themed book, and count on me to assist with the artisan book editing process.

IT 130

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Why I don’t compete with other freelancers or solo professionals.

Nick Ursborne

Maybe you think I’m wrong. Maybe you think we all have to compete with other freelancers. Certainly, we live and work in a competitive landscape. It’s a rare thing to have a client who is never going to be approached by other freelancers.

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How to use Sonder to be a better copywriter

Credible Content

Better copywriting through empathy While going through a copywriting newsletter in the afternoon, I came across an interesting word: sonder. First of all, is sonder even a word? You don’t find it in regular dictionary.

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7 Best About Me Page Examples (+ How To Write Your Own)

Blogging Wizard

Are you in search of a few About Me page examples to use as inspiration for your own personal brand and business website? Most bloggers and businesses add an image. Blogging

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New Release Spotlight: Lyvonne Briggs

Rachelle Gardner

THIS BOOK. Y’all, this book. This one has been needed for so long! In Sensual Faith, Lyvonne Briggs draws on a womanist perspective to exhort Black women to overcome religious shame and love their bodies. It’s time to practice a spirituality that harmonizes our bodies with pleasure and sexuality.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enhance your professional development and lifelong learning.

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Switzerland Book Editor

Melanie Saxton

It never crossed my mind that I’d be a Switzerland book editor, but I’m happy to say that several Swiss author clients reached across the pond to hire me for their projects.

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Why You Should Never Ask A Freelance Copywriter “What’s Your Day Rate?”

Caroline Gibson

If a client enquiry is mainly concerned with asking “What’s your day rate?”, ”, there’s a skyscrapingly-high chance that I’ll politely say I’m booked up and unavailable to help. So, apologies, but that’s not the sort of client I want to work with.

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Don’t set your fees based on the “morning you” you see in the bathroom mirror.

Nick Ursborne

If you’re anything like me, you’re not at your most impressive when you look in the mirror each morning. This is all fine and normal, so long as you don’t mix “morning you” with “professional you”. And yes, it matters a great deal that you create a quite separate professional persona.

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Can you use ChatGPT for content writing?

Credible Content

Using ChatGPT for writing content The simple answer is, yes you can. Can you really? It depends. First, what is ChatGPT? It is a simple online AI chatbot created by OpenAI. It answers the questions you ask. It is an AI language model.

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How to Get Featured on World Famous Blogs

Blogging From Paradise

Being seen on world famous blogs increases your exposure quickly. Popular bloggers expand your presence through interviews, guest post invites and brief mentions […] blogging tips how to get featured on world famous blogs course

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7 Cold Pitching Strategies to Land More Freelance Work

Freelance Magic

By Juwaria Merchant In the world of freelancing, cold pitching is treated as the be-all and end-all to land clients. We’re not here to refute this claim. In fact, we’re here to back it up. Cold pitching, if done right, can do wonders for your freelancing career. However, it can be scary.

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Write Your Travel and Tour Book With the Help of a Tourism Book Editor

Melanie Saxton

Writing a travel or tourism manuscript? Get assistance from a tourism book editor. Are you thinking about writing a book on tourism, travel adventures, or special destinations here and abroad? Count on me, a tourism book editor, with decades of experience in my portfolio!

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What is Blog Marketing? How Can It Work for Your Business?

Neal Schaffer

Today, writing blogs is one of the most commonly used marketing strategies to give a boost to your website traffic. But it was not the case earlier as blogs came into existence some years back in the early 1990s.

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Job #1 – Is it to pay this month’s bills, or to build your long-term business?

Nick Ursborne

In this post I want to take a look at a simple way to balance your immediate needs and your long-term plans. Here’s what I do with my own business… At the beginning of each week I start a new page in a Word document with two columns.

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How to write content based on E-A-T?

Credible Content

The E-A-T content writing framework E-A-T is a content writing framework introduced by Google. It is a set of guidelines for content creators to ensure high quality content that meets user needs and expectations.

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17 Freelance Writing Niches That Still Pay Big Bucks in 2023

Smart Blogger

Think it’s impossible to find profitable freelance writing niches in 2023? Here’s the truth: While some niches, like travel, were hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, other industries are still doing well.

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The 7 Best Freelance Writing Courses to Get You Started

Freelance Magic

By Juwaria Merchant If there’s one thing every freelancer will agree on, it’s that freelancing is a wide sea with superficial depth. And many of us, when starting out, rely on the endless barrage of advice from Google or Twitter “universities”.

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Art Book Editor

Melanie Saxton

Be inspired by The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival and seek a professional art book editor to assist with your book-writing project!

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New Release Spotlight: Kaitlin B. Curtice

Rachelle Gardner

Happy release day to author Kaitlin B. Curtice as this beautiful book hits the shelves! Katilin’s poetry and stories speak to the soul. Her stirring call to action fills my heart with the courage for resistance.

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How to Get Emotion on the Page: 2 Most Critical Tactics

Jane Friedman

Photo by Giulia Bertelli on Unsplash Today’s post is by regular contributor Susan DeFreitas ( @manzanitafire ), an award-winning author, editor, and book coach. Join us on March 8 for the online class The Heart of Story.

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Ask These 4 Questions To Stop Wasting Time on SEO Dead Ends (and Find Keyword Gold)

Content Marketing Institute

Targeting the right keywords for your business can make search engines one of the most valuable and highest ROI channels. But how do you identify and prioritize the right keywords? Start with these four questions. Continue reading → Company News

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How to Write True Crime In 4 Essential Steps

The Write Life

Since more people than ever before are interested in true crime stories, you might have wondered how to write true crime and what it takes to be successful.

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350+ Onomatopoeia Examples for Writers (& Kids at Heart)

Smart Blogger

Looking for onomatopoeia examples so you can give your writing some extra oomph? You’ve come to the right place. Flip to any random Batman comic page. Instantly, you’re an earwitness to a fantastical wham-bam-ka-powerful superhero fight scene, made possible by onomatopoeia!

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Write Your Fiction or Nonfiction Golf Book — Golf Book Editor

Melanie Saxton

As a sports journalist and golf book editor, I’ve covered incredible people and places that inspire authors to write about sports of all kinds, and the ever-popular topic of golf.

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13 Most Profitable Blog Niche Ideas For 2023

Neal Schaffer

Are you thinking to start a blog to earn money online? But, what if you choose a blog niche that’s too specific that it gets you zero traffic and no income? And if you choose a blog niche that’s very highly competitive for beginners, then you will get buried under loads of authority blogs.

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The Unconventional Guide to Blogging Success with Pinterest

Blogging From Paradise

(Updated 3-23-2023) The following is a guest post by Julie Syl Kalungi… Unlike Ryan here, you may be new to the blogging […] blogging tips blog traffic from pinterest blogging success with pinterest Pinterest success by Julie Syl Kalungi

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Surprising and Expected Results From Tech Content Marketers [New Research]

Content Marketing Institute

Tech marketers, take note. How does your content marketing relate to your peers? CMI’s newly released Technology Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Insights for 2023 shares the answers. Continue reading → Company News

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3 Fundamental Editorial Standards for Any Serious Publication

CopyBlogger

I’m a “go big or go home” kind of gal. And when it comes to content marketing today that translates. Continue Reading The post 3 Fundamental Editorial Standards for Any Serious Publication appeared first on Copyblogger. Content Marketing Editing Featured

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Copywriting 101: How to Become a Copywriter [Free 2023 Guide]

Smart Blogger

Most of what you hear about copywriting is a lie. Yes, it can be a great side hustle or even a full-time career, but it’s not the fantasyland many copywriting courses portray it as. I’ve written copy professionally for about 12 years, earning millions from it (yes, I said millions).

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Book Marketing FAQ

Melanie Saxton

I’ve written a book marketing FAQ, knowing how expansive (but not necessarily expensive) book marketing can be. No, it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Yes, it should include a marketing plan.

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