Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

If you want your blog to get a whole lot more readers, you should think about taking a class in how to write better articles and be noticed on the web. For a long time now, I’ve been reading blogs about marketing. Who wants to learn about OIL RIGS? Learning how to learn was my goal. TravelinOma´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 28, 2010

Many business principles apply to any type of business, virtual or not, and what you learn from the expert who works for the store down the street can be just as valuable to your online storefront. Generalists tend not to be as skilled as specialists who do one thing, and one thing only.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 4, 2010

Whatever you decide to do, you benefit from each other’s skill sets, experience, knowledge, marketing efforts and much more. You have social media friends, people you’ve met on blogs, your chat buddies or people you see regularly on forums. Here’s how you get them: Visit blogs and start commenting regularly.

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Men With Pens

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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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

And you can become visible by getting involved in your professional community, attending trade association meetings, entering industry contests and award shows, writing articles, giving speeches, publishing an informative blog , generating news about your business, and staying in touch with former clients. That’s bunk.

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Men With Pens

JULY 18, 2010

While training for competition, I learned many valuable lessons (beyond the kind that made sure you didn’t canter off to your death). It takes skills to jump small – and to jump well. Rebecca´s last blog. We can only learn from our mistakes, and move ahead. Heather Villa´s last blog. But I digress.

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Men With Pens

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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Men With Pens

APRIL 20, 2010

This is what a lot of blogs out there sound like. If you’ve been thinking about starting a blog but you’re afraid it won’t succeed because you’re not smart or funny or interesting enough, then repeat after me: “I do not have to be perfect. My favorite blogs are the ones that can laugh at themselves. It is totally useless.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

People – quite a lot of them – had begun to read my blog and decided that I could help them build their blogs in the same way. I was having a hard time explaining that my blog lives or dies based on who I am, not on the information I provide. Most blogs find a niche and zero in on their audience.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Go read my blog for a few hours and get psyched up. King Sidharth´s last blog. I still have trouble shifting back and forth, where, during the day, I need to be an authority, and at night, I can just be some dude on a blog saying stuff. Kev Jaques´s last blog. Heather Villa´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

It’s not all that bad once you learn how, but it’s not a job for wall flowers. You have to be disciplined with money, a skill many writers don’t have. Michael Martine´s last blog. Sally B´s last blog. You’re on your own. No one will hand work to you. There’s no paycheck.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

Later they learned that in Africa illiteracy is high, so companies put pictures on the product labels to show what’s inside. Recover from mistakes and learn from them. What separates good writers from great writers is that great writers learn from mistakes and become greater. Regards, Kelly Kelly´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Especially if you’ve learned something along the way. But if your goal was to use the month to create something upon which you can build, both in terms of learning curve and raw material, then perhaps it’s better to stop right where you are. Kenji Crosland´s last blog. Lost Wanderer´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

Maquis June 28, 2010 at 1:16 am I’ll admit that I’ve definitely learned the hard way that sleep deprivation can be physically painful. Þórey Ómars´s last blog. The good part of waking up then is that I’ll often write whole blog posts or emails in my head, and they’re generally quite good.

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Men With Pens

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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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

Unlike the person who seems mentally permalinked to 1994, I’m constantly learning new things at a tremendous pace, mostly just because I love it. Michael Martine´s last blog. Too many want to turn this critical aspect of their business over to others, without learning even the slightest part of it.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 1, 2010

Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog. Sally B´s last blog. Regards, Kelly Kelly´s last blog. Nils Pettersson´s last blog. Rebecca Laffar-Smith´s last blog. Best Small Business´s last blog. Getting there…that’s a character-building journey indeed. Thank’s.

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Men With Pens

MAY 16, 2010

As an editor at a blog, a writer for three blogs, and an owner of two blogs–I have been on the receiving end of a lot of guest posts over the years. It’s easy to fall into the trap of emailing off four, five, or more guest posts quickly and then expecting to see your work on the blog of your choice the very next day.

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Men With Pens

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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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2010

What they don’t tell you is that in order to do any of these things you should do, you need to master something else first – something more intangible, something more than a skill. The Secret Marketing Skill that Packs a Punch That’s the secret – confidence. Where do you learn to get comfortable with all this?

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Men With Pens

MARCH 2, 2010

You see, new freelancers don’t really know the value of their skills, or feel they can’t charge more because they don’t have experience, or they can’t figure out what the current industry rate for what they do might be. Many people underestimate the value of good skills and great service. Enjoying the series.

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Men With Pens

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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Men With Pens

MARCH 21, 2010

There’s a lot more to writing web copy than that – and you’ll learn it from cars. Want to learn how to write better copy? Matt Burgess´s last blog. Jodi Kaplan´s last blog. Josh Hanagarne´s last blog. Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog. It’s good advice. Thanks a million!

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

We want to learn more about the people we’re going to hire services from. Small businesses need a website, even if they’re never going to use their website for blogging or selling or anything of the kind. Stacey Cornelius´s last blog. Wojciech Kulicki´s last blog. They’re all small business owners.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

You put hours of effort and study into learning a certain subject inside and out. You probably can’t remember when you last put the knowledge you learned in university to work in your everyday business affairs. You’ve probably forgotten half of what you learned, too. I didn’t pay attention to what I’d learned.

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Men With Pens

MAY 2, 2010

Not your blog; the part of your website that’s devoted to convincing your readers to buy your services. Everyday I take time to study copywriting skills. Since this is the million dollar skill. Chat with you later… Josh Josh Garcia´s last blog. Chris Mower´s last blog. Meier´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

From “How to SEO Your Blog Posts&# to “101 Copywriting Tips for the Beginner&# to psychology type e-books packaged as “user guides&# , we find self-help manuals aplenty out there. Many people out there have learned their lessons the hard way, assuming that because it’s for sale, it must be accurate information.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 13, 2010

And you’ll learn why right here in this valuable interview with a pro copywriter. Dean: I start out with a little housecleaning, meaning I answer emails, approve blog comments, and check my calendar for meetings or tasks for the day. Clients call them because they’re skilled and experienced. But he’s a tease.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 20, 2010

That means they’ll grasp your razor-sharp message perfectly, learn from it quickly and understand it clearly. You’ll learn more, understand it better and remember it longer. Annemieke´s last blog. For writing/blogging newbies, it’s a pretty confrontational exercise. Heather Villa´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

MAY 30, 2010

Þórey Ómars´s last blog. George Passwater´s last blog. As for listening to parents, mine learned this weekend that a wise parent can actually prevent theft. Hmmm… makes me wonder what’s making you tick Reply John Hoff - WP Blog Host ( @WpBlogHost ) May 31, 2010 at 12:55 pm Great story, James.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 4, 2010

If you decide you need a website or blog with the perfect look to attract new customers and killer copy that hooks them, draws them in and gets them saying yes, contact us at Men with Pens today. Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog. John Soares´s last blog. Has a nice ring to it Nathan Hangen´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

We have learned nothing since then. No one is going to go through all the skills and tools you need to set up the business. The skills you never knew you had that absolve you of the need for prior web writing experience. • Roschelle ( @roschelle ) November 23, 2009 at 4:05 am You guys crack me up Roschelle´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

We listened, asked questions, and learned more every time we did. 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. Michael Martine´s last blog. Adsense is over.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

I know whenever I’m looking to hire somebody for contract work or to share in projects I’m taking on I always check their website to learn more about them. Chris Mower´s last blog. I have a Web site, a blog, a few social media profiles and clearly recognize the value of all these tools. Thanks again for sharing.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

Not only because I coded every single line of it, but because this app is the tangible result of more than 3 years of testing, learning and writing about personal productivity. Third: I am obsessed with learning new things. Learned how to create a project and what the folder structure means. Program received “BAD_EXC” message.

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Men With Pens

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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Men With Pens

JANUARY 19, 2010

Evidently, everything I needed to know, I learned from Inigo Montoya. Michael Martine´s last blog. Beth Charette´s last blog. Martin Gaik´s last blog. How to Write an Effective Business Blog Reply Kelly January 20, 2010 at 6:52 am Tei, Sorry, another heathen who hasn’t seen PB.

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