Jane Friedman

JUNE 14, 2023

Dear Dejected, There are three reasons your book is getting rejected: The query isn’t selling the book or your professionalism. An author’s query must establish three things: this story is compelling, this author understands the conventions of publishing, and the book has a market. Let’s talk about the query first.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Below are three steps that helped me start writing again after those long months away from the page. Having one would have meant thinking at the level of a book. I needed to focus on lower stakes, so I concentrated on something smaller, both literally and figuratively. When I finished my MFA in 2005, I didn’t write for a year.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Which three words describe content and websites that deliver outstanding value? E-A-T signals what Google and potential customers are looking for—expert-level content that answers all the right questions. Now it’s time to show your audience what you know by creating expert-level content. The Basics of E-A-T.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 12, 2023

Question How do you write organically and originally while sticking to Freytag’s Pyramid and the three-act structure? Take the One-Page Book Coaching Business Plan Challenge to find out what kinds of writers you would coach, how (exactly!) you will help them, and how much money you can make doing it. I’m looking at you, Marie Kondo.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 7, 2021

There are three primary sources of traffic. Different types of traffic have different engagement levels. There are thousands of conversion rate metrics you could track. But which ones are really important? If your website isn’t hitting its goals, which ones should you pay attention to and work to improve? Traffic Sources.

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Grammarly

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In Grammarly’s workplace technology and experience survey with IDC , a leading marketing intelligence firm, we found that three-quarters of organizations already offer very or extremely flexible work environments for their employees. More and more of the top consulting firms are recognizing the profound issue at stake.

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Jane Friedman

JUNE 20, 2023

Let’s consider this on a chapter level If you sit down to write and find that you can’t, the typical reason is that you don’t know what to write. “But as soon as I am sitting down at a computer, a lot of imposter syndrome creeps in. There is a mental barrier that makes me not want to put things on paper.”

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Businesses that reply to their reviews 25 percent of the time earn 35 percent more revenue. Here’s the problem many businesses run into. They don’t know what they’re doing. Most know how to ask customers for reviews, but they’re unsure how to handle the other important parts of reputation management.

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Content Hacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

If this is overwhelming, return to what’s at stake here: your brand. For instance: The color pink can make us think of soft stuffed animals, cotton candy, and babies. The color blue might soothe our minds, remind us of the sky or the ocean, or even make us feel depressed. I discuss this topic on my podcast , too. So many choices!

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Grammarly

APRIL 2, 2024

At a very high level, traditional machine learning works in much the same way. Excitement, fear, and speculation about its future dominate headlines, and many of us are already using AI for personal and work activities. Of course, it’s generative artificial intelligence that people are talking about when they refer to the latest AI tools.

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Quick Sprout

JULY 22, 2022

A limited liability company—or LLC—is a legal business entity formed at the state level. After reviewing the most popular options, we found that ZenBusiness was the easiest way for most people to start an LLC or corporation. Register your business in any state in less than 10 minutes. What is an LLC? Types of LLCs. Not every LLC is the same.

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Neil Patel

AUGUST 5, 2021

For fitness service providers, this means one thing: you need an effective marketing strategy to stand out in this fast-growing, high-stakes marketplace. Ensure you have an eye-catching logo, a clear name, and a strong brand message, and set up an account on two or three platforms. 4 Unique Attributes of Fitness Advertising.

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The Idea Logical Company

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

PRH is, approximately, as big as the other four combined (about $4 billion in sales) and HarperCollins is, approximately, as big as the three behind them combined (about $2 billion in sales). There are, at this moment, still five US commercial book publishers of mega-size.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Tip Three: Think Speed. According to research by Digital.com, 53 percent of customers expect a page to load within three seconds. According to research by Digital.com, 53 percent of customers expect a page to load within three seconds. As always, I’ve got some stats to back this up. Tip Four: Awesome Product Photos.

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Income Diary

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Here are our top three website broker picks for 2022. If you are considering a website broker to sell your online business, these are three brokers we recommend you speak with first. Last updated March 27th 2022]. #1 1 BusinessExits.com – Best for sites with profits over $300K + per year. The history of website brokers.

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Quick Sprout

JULY 13, 2022

Its server-level cache and other optimization features help you accelerate the website for a better user experience. Bluehost is one of three hosts that is officially recommended by WordPress, and we agree. The hosting provider you choose is crucial to the success of your website. The Top 10 Best Web Hosting Providers.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Any outsourcing you do should help you reach three of those goals ( increasing profit , growing revenue, or increasing cash flow) while bypassing new employee hassles. This means that there is always something lacking, always more work to be done, and new companies often fall behind their expectations and deadlines. Well, not so fast.

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Quick Sprout

AUGUST 2, 2022

Not everyone needs this level of variety, but products that offer a wide range of colors, finishes, sizes, and so on are easy for customers to shop. Common troubles like inventory size and sales volume aren’t problems anymore. Either way, this guide has you covered. The Top 6 Best Ecommerce Platforms. BigCommerce Wins.

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Fat Joe

MAY 12, 2023

At FATJOE, we find it easiest to think of four types of SEO, broken down into the three main pillars of SEO, with the scope and scale of your campaign forming the vital fourth type of SEO. It’s constantly evolving, and really, SEO is just an umbrella ter m for several different types of SEO.

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Content Hacker

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I started out as a freelancer, and three months later, started my own writing business. The days of the “robots among us” are here. There’s no denying it, with AI presenting itself in writing and marketing unlike it’s ever done before. And where is that robot-fighting Arnold when you need him? Let’s get into it.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 10, 2021

Disclosure: This content is reader-supported, which means if you click on some of our links that we may earn a commission. Starting an employee retirement plan is not too hard or expensive, even for small businesses. Plus, these programs offer tax advantages to both the employees and the company, which leave more money in everyone’s account.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Many bloggers, though, freely borrow other people’s titles and even post structures: it’s common practice, even at the highest levels of blogging. This could become: The Three Most Realistic Ways to Make a Living Blogging. From ProBlogger Expert Ali Luke of Aliventures. But Is it OK to Use Someone Else’s Title?

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 26, 2023

How can you use AI tools to ethically and responsibly create in whatever sphere you love? What are some of the tools and why are creative direction, voice, and taste, so important? I discuss these issues and more in a solo introduction and an interview with Oliver Altair. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below.

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ProBlogger

JULY 29, 2011

The stakes are higher and the consequences are greater when you post less frequently. The stakes are higher and the consequences are greater when you post less frequently. This guest post was written by Stephen Guise of Deep Existence. A new blogger is born today! I wonder what type of blogger she’ll be. The Social Engineer.

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Moz

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The three main areas of research that SERP analysis can benefit are: Keyword research Content creation And competitive analysis. And, a recent study by SISTRIX confirmed as much, reporting that position one has an average click-through rate (CTR) of 28.5% — which is fairly larger than positions two (15.7%) and three (11%).

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The three Cheetah Sheets allow you to refine your critical concepts. Marketers seeking to learn through recent books suffer from an embarrassment of riches. A search of Amazon.com for “marketing books” returns 324,225 titles. Narrow the search to “content marketing books” and 2,736 options appear. But, there’s more. by Cheryl Strauss Einhorn.

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Moz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Of those, more than two-thirds said content marketing is moderately or highly commoditized, nearly 73% said the SEO industry is commoditized, and nearly three-quarters said the paid search space is becoming moderately or highly commoditized. What are you doing that's any different from every other SEO firm? The state of our industry.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

Many of the people who approached me for help were writing – or planning on writing – blogs that were high-stakes and information-based. “I needed to write at what is basically junior high level, here in the States.&# “I needed to write at what is basically junior high level, here in the States.&#

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Moz

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Then these generous SERPs shrank to seven spots, and then three, with the mobile sea change thrown into the bargain and consisting of layers and layers of Google-owned interfaces instead of direct-to-website links. Posted by MiriamEllis. In this post, we’ll examine: Why it looks like local businesses don’t need websites. When Dr. Peter J.

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