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MAY 26, 2010

You’d lose a crucial part of your life (and your income, if your writing forms all or part of your paid work). Or are you just thinking about hitting your target word count, churning out that blog post, ticking off that task on your to-do list? We boast on Twitter about the number of blog posts we’ve written in a day.

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JUNE 23, 2010

When I started blogging and writing articles, it felt damn hard. Once you’ve written a few short stories, those daily blog posts that once were hard to write are going to get a lot easier. How often do you remember a blog post or a magazine article you read? But the physics classes did. I struggled along.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

Sometimes we’re right, sometimes we’re wrong, but the point is that it doesn’t do to blog about the unique ideas that makes you different and special. Here are four reasons to love that the competition reads your blog. So every blog in the hemisphere has the same exact idea in place four weeks later – so what?

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JUNE 6, 2010

Not blog posts, though. I had great ideas for posts , I’d sit down with full intentions of banging out the best blog post ever, get through a title and maybe a paragraph or two, and then… That was it. Those blog posts came hard. Did I need a writer’s recovery program Was I tapped out on blogging?

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Does This Apply to Blogging? No One Made You a Deal The other part of the argument made in the comments of the Blogging Sweatshop post that gets me is that bloggers are betraying their readers by starting to charge for some of their content. Oren Pardes´s last blog. blogs start charging I’d simply find another source.

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JULY 11, 2010

Written by James - 53 Comments When you blog for some time, you eventually reach a point when you begin to wonder whether blogging is actually getting you anywhere. Written by James - 53 Comments When you blog for some time, you eventually reach a point when you begin to wonder whether blogging is actually getting you anywhere.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Right now there’s a sameness to all the elements (something lawyer sites are notoriously known for) that led Kelly to completely miss both the telephone number at the top of the page and the contact form on the side on her first sweep. contact form might reassure your potential clients and let them know they won’t have long to wait.

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JANUARY 16, 2010

Now James stood in the doorway, the mud spit up by the old bike’s back tire forming grey-brown clumps on his white t-shirt. Today’s hit is for Melani Ward’s self-titled blog. But, two points for making sure that the name of your site, Melani Ward’s Blog, matches the domain name, melaniward.com. That’s my bag!”

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NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Kenji Crosland´s last blog. Lost Wanderer´s last blog. Nicole Brunet´s last blog. Larry´s last blog. Kenji Crosland´s last blog. I think I stick to writing for my blogs… Bengt´s last blog. I tried the latter before. It hurt my brain. Thanks for asking, cutie.

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JANUARY 10, 2010

Michael Martine´s last blog. Why To Blog As Yourself (Even if That’s Not What You Sell) Reply Dave Doolin ( @websiteweekend ) January 11, 2010 at 3:22 am Yeah, I don’t have to like someone to trust them. Dave Doolin´s last blog. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. Heather Villa´s last blog.

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APRIL 29, 2010

No emails from the site editor. Firing off a biting email demanding answers and an apology probably won’t win you repeat business. Write the email and then trash it. Get a Firm Commitment By this point, that nasty email is starting to feel like a missed opportunity. And then nothing happens. But God knows you want to.

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JULY 25, 2010

All sorts of people are cropping up with posts of deep, meaningful wisdom or challenging views on their blogs, profound personal philosophies delivered with grave sincerity of a Hindu guru scattered across the internet. When you state a good opinion on your blog, everyone nods, comments, shares, and discusses. 24 HOUR SPECIAL!

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APRIL 27, 2010

His emails are usually brief, casual, and mention something like, “Have a nice weekend,” or “Hope everything’s good with you.” So it was weird to get an email that was so stilted and formal that it sounded like it was written by the Queen of England’s chamberlain to someone she was too polite to outright call a waste of space.

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JULY 7, 2010

Leah McClellan´s last blog. Eric´s last blog. Blogging Better- The Two Simple Ways To Do So Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) July 8, 2010 at 11:47 am @ Eric – Your comment reminded me of something some clients do from time to time: Me: “Here’s your beautiful, stunning, sexy web design/copywriting! .&#

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APRIL 15, 2010

A few weeks ago, my mother read and enjoyed a guest blog post of mine – The Missing Half of Productivity Advice: Why Women Need to Get Involved. It shouldn’t have surprise me at all, really – I’ve been writing six to ten blog posts a week, every week, for at least eighteen months. That surprised me. Are we any good?

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APRIL 18, 2010

Written by Taylor - 28 Comments As your readership grows, it’s easy to think you’ve got this blogging thing down pat. Not Keeping Up With New Trends As blogs develop and evolve, new technology emerges to accommodate the needs of your readers. What would keep your blog fresh? Remember when every blog had a Reddit button?

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APRIL 22, 2010

It’s as easy as reading this blog , or Naomi’s , or Sonia’s , or Dave’s , or anyone out there showing the confidence you want and need. Do I have permission to translate this to Serbian (with leaving link to original) for my readers on my motivational blog about losing weight/building self confidence? Todd´s last blog.

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JUNE 20, 2010

Annemieke´s last blog. For writing/blogging newbies, it’s a pretty confrontational exercise. Heather Villa´s last blog. Þórey Ómars´s last blog. You didn’t mention the final outcome of this… Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. Very helpfull, thanks a lot! Useful though.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2009

A huge section purely devoted to running your writing business , from getting the processes in place to help you make the best use of your time to finding an accountant who will help you make sense of your new tax forms. • Roschelle ( @roschelle ) November 23, 2009 at 4:05 am You guys crack me up Roschelle´s last blog. you…?

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JANUARY 3, 2010

Online business and blogging are changing every day. As the early-adopter generation of the internet, of blogging, of online business, we have an opportunity. Jordan Cooper´s last blog. I believe anyone who can build an audience for their blog in the first place can also offer paid content successfully.

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 12, 2010

Can have up to 10 separate incidences of individual coded areas Facebook Notes – the only place to put blog rss feed where it updates the Page Wall. Extended idea: create Friendfeed account and create a combined rss feed for multiple blogs, twitter posts, youtube posts, etc. Put an opt-in signup form on the Facebook page.

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MARCH 14, 2010

So they try to be do-it-yourselfers, learning from blogs, ebooks, and other sources of free information. Heather Villa´s last blog. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. Michael Martine´s last blog. They often think they can’t afford consultants in the first place. or are they pretty much the same?

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Blogging has provided my mind with the Spring cleaning it has been in need of for a long time. Roschelle´s last blog. Heather Villa´s last blog. That loosens up the mind a bit to get into writing that is, hopefully, legible and coherent… Zoe´s last blog. Lucy Thorpe´s last blog.

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DECEMBER 6, 2009

Written by James - 106 Comments “I’ve been blogging for five years. We blog our hearts out, pouring creativity, knowledge and advice into each post we write. Blogging is bloody hard work. Take this blog, for example. No One to Blame But Ourselves Blogging started as personal online journals.

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DECEMBER 13, 2009

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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JULY 17, 2010

And this is exactly what I’m going to do in this blog post, I will publish these daily logs (in a more or less abridged version of course) giving you a time based description of the whole process, from installing Xcode to having your app in the AppStore. I also added a Help and FAQ section. You kidding me? Loads of bugs.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

So, recycle those papers you have written and turn them into your next blog or book! To begin, write a very detailed blog with several parts to it. So a story in an Active Rain Blog has parts linked to parts of a Wordpress Blog and a another part included in the content of your website linking to parts of a facebook content.

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JUNE 9, 2010

If that overnight success has a website, look at his blog archives. It’s so easy to become addicted to RSS feeds, commenting, reading blog posts and spending hours running in circles and then panicking because you’ve got nothing done. Tim Gordon´s last blog. Amy Harrison´s last blog. It taught me a lot.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

The fact that I’m a woman is on my company’s website and all over my blog posts. Why Feminism Is Pissing Me Off There have been a few blog posts and articles out there suggesting that James should have taken one for the team. Morten Rand-Hendriksen´s last blog. Julio´s last blog. Mine alone.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

On our blog, for example, we write three times a week, regularly, religiously. Natalie The Tiny Soprano´s last blog. Sally B´s last blog. Regards, Kelly Kelly´s last blog. The Chatty DM´s last blog. poch´s last blog. You feel… better after. You feel accomplished.

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