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What Writing A Fiction Book Can Teach You About Freelancing

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My blog posts, articles, and writing projects have all benefited from my fiction writing experience – that means I’m better at communicating with people and clients who bring me income. In writing blog posts and articles, I’m not using as many parenthetical anecdotes or unnecessary adverbs. You want to be direct; to-the-point.

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Which Type of Entrepreneur Are You?

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Most businesses have a blog, but few use them effectively to market their company. That’s where Beyond Bricks and Mortar comes in, providing tons of practical advice on using your blog to promote your business. Invest some time in guest blogging each month. Copyright 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc - All Rights Reserved.

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7 Tips Pros Use To Get Words on the Page

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Usually it takes more than a few sheets of white paper and garlands of red ink before my work is good enough for the public eye. Post by Diana Kightlinger Diana Kightlinger is a top copywriter and marcom strategist who gushes in the EclipseWriter blog. True confession now: On my first draft, I don’t even try to be a good writer.

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Why Good Copywriting Goes Bad: Ignorance | Men With Pens

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When you write websites, ads, white papers, or other business materials, readers simply want information. More coffee… Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog. Regards, Kelly Kelly´s last blog. Ryan Cowles´s last blog. When you write a novel or a poem, readers wants great words.

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How to Organize Writing Projects | Men With Pens

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About the amount of information you’d get in five decent-lengthed blog posts. We’ve also had requests for manifestos, white papers, and from one particularly memorable client, three books. Usually copy comes in nice bite-sized chunks: a webpage, a blog post, an article, a press release. Carson Brackney´s last blog.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

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Or you got your degree in comparative religion and now you write a blog about snow sports. Henri´s last blog. John Bardos´s last blog. Heather Villa´s last blog. Laura Cococcia´s last blog. You might have a degree in archaeology and now you write code for a living. Love this post! Great post!

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