Loosely Speaking

DECEMBER 9, 2008

When you’re a freelancer, even if you’re between gigs and just sitting around twiddling your thumbs waiting for the next assignment to come through, it’s best to keep updating your skills and keeping up to date with the latest innovations and improvements in your line of work. Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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JANUARY 13, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Can Virtual Assistants provide social networking support? For instance, can I represent you, by posting links to your newest blog posts and responding to all your Twitter DM’s, forwarding to you just the ones I think you’ll want to review?

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Loosely Speaking

APRIL 18, 2009

She certainly has “mad skills&# compared to the other kiddos. She hit all 3 times at bat. I’d put her at #2 just behind her friend Jose who is quite the slugger (and whose grandpa played for the Cubs). Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

I wrote a couple of blog posts. I’ve been out of this game for a bit, but I know I’ve got both the tools and the skills to get even better at it this time around. I’ve left my post at Lifehack and am forging ahead on my own path, taking on assignments (albeit on a limited basis) and building up my own projects as I go.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Related Posts: The Tower The Front Nine: Now in Print Non-Friction A Wise Man and His Tools Empire Avenue State of Mind 6 comments   Get Livefyre FAQ Sign in + Follow Post comment Link Sort: Newest | Oldest ExtremelyAvg 5pts I have been sucked into games like the one you described and lost weeks and months. Just make sure that you do it.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 28, 2010

Generalists tend not to be as skilled as specialists who do one thing, and one thing only. Especially you point “choosing to work with an expert who has never worked on the internet, has never worked with online businesses or who has never been exposed to the freelancing lifestyle is a big mistake&# Web design firm´s last blog.

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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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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. Heather Villa´s last blog.

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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. Your blog is one of my favorite classes! TravelinOma´s last blog. I have the blog. I blog swap.

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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

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 7, 2010

You have to be disciplined with money, a skill many writers don’t have. About the Author: Dean Rieck is one of America’s top freelance copywriters and publisher of Pro Copy Tips , a blog that provides copywriting tips for smart copywriters. Michael Martine´s last blog. Sally B´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Chris´s last blog. A good definition of Project Management is “The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project.&# (from the PMO and Project Management Dictionary ). PM Hut´s last blog.

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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

MARCH 18, 2010

You can find out how they did it, and you can ask them how to get your own skills to the point that they can support you in the gamer lifestyle. Professor Beej´s last blog. That’s an hour in which you can pick the brains of two guys who actually live this lifestyle already – gaming and writing to earn an income.

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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. Let’s talk.

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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

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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JULY 18, 2010

It takes skills to jump small – and to jump well. Rebecca´s last blog. Heather Villa´s last blog. Giulietta Giulietta Nardone´s last blog. RhondaL´s last blog. But any fool can jump big – all it takes is reckless guts and the strength to hang on. I really liked all 4 comparisons and lessons.

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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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MARCH 25, 2010

Foreign language copywriters or professional translators skilled at intercultural communications adapt your key messages to targets whose cultural values and references can differ significantly. More coffee… Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog. Regards, Kelly Kelly´s last blog. Ryan Cowles´s last blog.

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JUNE 27, 2010

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. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog. Heather Villa´s last blog. And I do exactly that!

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Kenji Crosland´s last blog. Lost Wanderer´s last blog. Love the six core skills idea. Nicole Brunet´s last blog. Rose – Those six core skills really come into play in the FIRST draft. I tried the latter before. It hurt my brain. This was my first NaNo and I really enjoyed it.

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Men With Pens

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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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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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. Ivan Cosic´s last blog. Get branding.

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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

MARCH 9, 2010

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. Sarah Camp´s last blog. They’re all small business owners. Most people would. Can you think of other reasons?

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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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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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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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MARCH 21, 2010

Matt Burgess´s last blog. Jodi Kaplan´s last blog. Josh Hanagarne´s last blog. Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog. Ragnar´s last blog. Praise in order – Writing takes skill, time and practice too! If you submit a guest post to a blog, write for their audience.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Inspired by Liz Strauss of Successful and Outstanding Blog , we’ll model this conversation after Liz’s successful “open mic&# approach. What outstanding new skills have you acquired during your years as an entrepreneur? Ask questions, share your own wisdom, and let’s make this a conversation for the ages!

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Men With Pens

JUNE 13, 2010

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. You need writing skills and savvy about how people respond to words in the real world. They can sell stuff.

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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. In fact, I sometimes think that this is what blogging is all about. John Hewitt´s last blog. Those we can spot a mile away.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I even heard from a blogger the other day that he would never guest post on a blog unrelated to his own because it wouldn’t get him any traffic and that it was a waste of effort. Then find 3 or 4 blogs for each of those niches. Connect with the blog owners and other readers. Melinda | WAHM Biz Builder´s last blog.

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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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