Men With Pens

JANUARY 17, 2010

A better quality of music, one that never skips or sounds fuzzy, for example. I’d say the biggest lessons I’ve learned, both on the job and now in my post journo career as a writer/illustrator/etc…, is to accentuate what you do best and what makes you unique. What about a player that’s easy and fun to use?

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

For example, I write all sorts of things for my clients, but I’m a direct marketing specialist. Learn how to set up, start and succeed at freelance writing with these three resources – and yes, weve personally read each one! If it’s not direct marketing, I don’t write it. Want the how-to steps for freelancing success?

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Men With Pens

JUNE 23, 2010

Want an example? Like her, my appetite for reading fiction is much greater than for non-fiction and often the learning, insights and inspiration are just as great! There’s a lot of money in those billion-dollar companies, and I get to keep learning. Some folks can learn to write fiction, even be pretty decent.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 13, 2010

These are all examples of someone choosing not to ask permission to get me interested in their stuff. Reply Melinda | SuperWAHM ( @Superwahm1 ) April 14, 2010 at 7:55 am @ Lucy, even when they put your details up and link to you they’re still breaching copyright and stealing your work. They could have asked. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

APRIL 1, 2010

April 2, 2010 at 7:01 pm The only thing I’d caution readers on (and I learned this the hard way) is that you need to make sure you take advantage of paid work whenever it’s available; marketing is great, but don’t spend all hours marketing and not making immediate revenue. I’ll use my own example here.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

For example, instead of that “Contingency Fee&# box, why not have a “Recent Accident Victim? At many sites readers may browse around and look over their options or want to learn about the subject matter. For example, “We’re ready to help. Help direct visitors where you want them to go. Click here,&# box.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

We should revisit our knowledge, then and now, and see how much we’ve learned. So, did your youngest daughter learn to type with 10 fingers? I’ve definitely learned a lot about writing and blogging since those first few posts; some posts really make me cringe as they were unformed compared with what I write now.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

Check out these fast examples: You’ll make mistakes. 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. Sleep is *extremely* important – I learned that the hard way indeed! Lesson learned.

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Men With Pens

JULY 4, 2010

By doing these writing exercises, you’ll discover your true voice and then learn how to develop flexibility. For example, mine might be bold, cocky, friendly, straightforward and witty. I’m learning to think of these different “personas&# less as unique identities and more like facets of the “whole me.&#

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

Copywriters can advance to Creative Director positions, for example. It’s not all that bad once you learn how, but it’s not a job for wall flowers. I’ve also done the freelancing thing–learning to market myself, developing my money management skills and learned to juggle. You’re on your own.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

For example, if you offer waste removal services, your blog may do little more than improve your site’s SEO. If we don’t learn how to use it and make it grow, there are plenty of people out there who would love us to part with it for their benefit. Blogs aren’t right for every industry. Powered by frugal

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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. Too many want to turn this critical aspect of their business over to others, without learning even the slightest part of it. What are the learning lessons?

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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. Learn something from the process. I’d build a new business, for example.)

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

I give them time and attention because I do learn things that I can make valuable for my situation, but I wouldn’t pay (for instance) for advice on being a professional blogger when I have no ambitions in that direction. Experts tell us we learn in spirals, NOT in straight lines. I think we’ve all arrived at a very special place.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

Your PayPal accounts, for example. While going through the FAQ’s a question was posted by one of the user of the same service. Hell, when I was their age we were juggling blue carbon paper and learning to type on manual typewriters. And even if they did, they may not know where to look for it. That was very sad.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 18, 2010

For example, threaded comments wasn’t the norm a year ago. Naturally, you’ll wind up saying the same thing a few different ways, but push yourself to find new examples and anecdotes. Complacency is a terrible thing. Don’t let it get you. Now it’s almost everywhere – and many readers are thoroughly enjoying it.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Take psychology-style self-help books as an example, arguably the single most destructive e-book on the internet today. Many people out there have learned their lessons the hard way, assuming that because it’s for sale, it must be accurate information. Contact Marc to learn more. This happens in real life, too.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 29, 2010

Want to learn more great tips on all things guest posty? As an example, 8 of my own posts are in that same queue right now. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. He blogs at Write Short Live Long.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2010

Where do you learn to get comfortable with all this? Confidence and the lack thereof play major rolls in business… one specific example is when determining a project bid or what to charge per hour. Learn how to spin right? So how do you get the confidence to market well? Great post, seriously.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

Let’s face it, you’re always going to be learning, just by being engaged with words. I still remember how much I struggled with the first story I wrote that year and how long I spent writing it – but if I’d just given up, I’d have missed out on a lot of learning. How to Improve Faster Want to speed up?

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

For example, hiring a creative consultant can bring fresh ideas and the alternative perspective you need to get your business from good to great. I know many people look down on them, but the truth is that they usually haven’t put in the time to make it work right or learned how to make the system work for them.

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Men With Pens

MAY 30, 2010

Let’s use my teen as an example and see what we can come up with. As for listening to parents, mine learned this weekend that a wise parent can actually prevent theft. Randy – I actually nodded at your son’s example. So what does a compelling, clear benefit look like ? That’s just a false benefit.

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Men With Pens

JULY 25, 2010

To avoid the hypocrisy, whatever a person’s talk is, they should also be walking it or learning to walk it. Most of us teach what we needed or still need to learn ourselves. The economy is a perfect example. A true leadership thought is one that teaches by example and creates the Tom Sawyer effect…&# Hey!

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Men With Pens

APRIL 4, 2010

For example, if you’re still sketchy on bookkeeping and try to do your own taxes (there’s a ton of you out there), sit down with an accountant for a while to see how you can save more money and pay less in taxes. There’s a hell of a lot to learn about setting up an online biz. Not Seeing What You Need On this List?

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Men With Pens

MARCH 2, 2010

These past customers might come back to you after having learned your true value to them. Avoid rubbing salt in the wound; these customers just learned a hard lesson. My guitar coach, for example, was discussing his private rates last week. They’ll have a new perspective and appreciate you a lot more. And my jaw dropped.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 20, 2010

Take me, for example. 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. Once I learned that I was better at conversational writing I relaxed and found my voice. Or are you? Read it aloud.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Shutting down the site Reply Learn Creative Visualization ( @learnLCV ) November 25, 2009 at 11:47 am Good reminder, I am not exercising at all. Learn Creative Visualization´s last blog. I did learn the hard way what ‘too many clients’ feels like. Kenji – love James’ example in his comment.

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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. For example, we recently did a website for a dentist in the Houston area. Reply David Wilcoxson March 11, 2010 at 11:53 am Another reason to have a website is that it can answer a lot of FAQ’s, so that you don’t have to, which saves you time.

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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. Rather than feel uncomfortable, as in your example, in responding “(uh, well, oh.) I quickly learned that I was, to paraphrase your client, doing OK, I guess.

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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. All these things can be a little helpful, I suppose, but ultimately you learn to write by writing. For example, I’ve written columns for top direct marketing publications for many years. Lessons Learned from Dad Reply L.A.

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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

JANUARY 3, 2010

We listened, asked questions, and learned more every time we did. If you were, say for example, to add WishList Member to Men with Pens and offer a paid level of content, you would be, essentially, creating a product. For example, if you sell a book for $10, you might sell a workbook for $40. I learned something new today.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

We’re the early adopters of blogging, shaping it and changing it as we learn about its potential. They might be surprised to learn that a large percentage weren’t even blog readers to begin with. And look at you – the perfect example of what you can get done when you trim in the right places. Nabeel – Heh, thanks.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 12, 2010

He’s an amazing example of where you can get with sheer bloodyminded persistence. Your Questions: Amy, how do you learn? Thomas Pynchon actually published a set of short stories specifically, he says, so that other writers can learn that it didn’t just happen magically. Amy´s last blog. Good luck to you.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

It’s not a bad idea to keep an eye on what the success stories are up to today, but if you’re really looking to learn something useful (and reduce your stress levels), then you need to go back in time. See what you can learn from them to make your business better. 37 Responses to “Can You Learn How to Be an Overnight Success?&#

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

That’s why I’m learning not to look at the end product (at the goal) but focus on the steps to get there, picturing the actions I’ll take to reach the success and that way I’m already successful because I’m acting and living out my dreams. Yesterday I learned it’s not going to happen any time soon.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

It all worked out well in the end (thanks to him), and I learned an important lesson about taking cultural differences and perceptions into consideration while composing an e-mail. The only upside in my example is that I was the client, so I haven’t lost business, just a good supplier. I won’t do the same next time.

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