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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

For example, unemployment rate may have increased, but it’s increased at a substantially decreased RATE than in the months past. Keep in mind, all three of us work in the very competitive software development services industry. Make your own news. I’m not suggesting you ignore the news. In all, MAKE IT a great day!

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

To illustrate just how incredibly bad copy can go when meaning is ignored, here are some astonishing examples from the world of advertising: Coors decided to use its slogan, “Turn it loose,” in Spanish advertisements. Frank Perdue revolutionized the chicken industry. These are all extreme examples. Are all those examples true?

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Your business needs continual maintenance and attention, because it needs to be able to withstand the competition and keep abreast of industry trends. For example, you could redesign your website so it appeals to more clients and lessens your advertising costs. For example, set start dates and create tasks to complete.

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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. You have to be visible.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

For example, all of these books I chose for my marketing class have exercises in them or suggestions on how to apply their advice to your own business, which means – and this is killer – I can give myself assignments. In my case, for example, I want to have a whole marketing campaign planned out by the end of my course.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

What’s more, your clients are rarely in the information industry. Blogs aren’t right for every industry. For example, if you offer waste removal services, your blog may do little more than improve your site’s SEO. Blogs build brand and trust. Much of this is true. But a blog is free information.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 20, 2010

They give both good and bad examples of things that they’ve done or observations they’ve made. Empathy and understanding will win far more permanent followers than “I am Godlike&# …BUT in the Internet marketing industry, the “I am GODLIKE&# gets tons more temporary followers. Gets most frustrating, that.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 1, 2010

I’ll use my own example here. It also keeps me sharp and disciplined having to turn out copy, be up on the news of my industry, and providing good advice and ideas. I often receive referrals from people and they say, “… you might want to look at this guy… but I don’t know. I contacted Brian Clark.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

And right now, just for example, we’re about a month away from MAYBE being able to ride again after a very, VERY long winter. Here’s one of my favorite examples: [link] Another reason I like my archives is that they actually serve as a useful record. Is that narcissistic? It is a good exercise to perform.very seldom!

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

Check out these fast examples: You’ll make mistakes. I nearly fell asleep 30 minutes ago despite someone downstairs using a loud industrial drill – literally – the radiators are being replaced! Ok, sensitive subject Done venting now, tee hee! Reply Ian July 19, 2010 at 9:22 am I often have sleep problems.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

To give you an example – I’m a petrol head (I love cars) and I read several car related blogs. Reply Moe ( @promptwriter ) December 21, 2009 at 4:09 am Many people who aren’t in the publishing industry have a skewed view of the worth of writing based on format. Marian Schembari´s last blog. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

For example, let’s say I want to learn how to be a better copywriter. Another example: Most clients of Men with Pens don’t know me personally. For example, a while ago I happened on someone who had a WordPress installation business. I have a need, and I sit down at Google. I land on a site that looks credible.

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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. Hint: the current industry rate is anything you want it to be. And my jaw dropped.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

For example, my niche interests are humor, tech, writing (clearly!) & For example, we have menwithpens.ca, but we also have capturingfantasy.com They’re “related&# , in that it’s about writing, but one is about business and one is about creative fiction. Example: I have a social work degree. Write Heather.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

Having a website can get your URL listed in certain business directories within your industry and drive customers to your business. For example, we recently did a website for a dentist in the Houston area. In my industry, I hear excuses like it cost too much. I would like to add one more if I may. I will do it later.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

“Hope is Fading Fast” Obama T-shirt Reply Dean Rieck ( @DeanRieck ) November 25, 2009 at 9:50 am I used to work in the publishing industry and would put in 48-hour days. I thought I was being industrious and efficient, but I was simply burning myself out. Kenji – love James’ example in his comment.

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Men With Pens

JULY 25, 2010

The economy is a perfect example. A true leadership thought is one that teaches by example and creates the Tom Sawyer effect…&# Hey! If your idea does become part of the popular or industry lexicon, you’ll be known as someone who influences many. You have to start somewhere and that’s o.k. Let me try that!&#

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Men With Pens

APRIL 29, 2010

Getting a reputation as a snarky, demanding writer probably won’t boost your industry rep or your bottom line. As an example, 8 of my own posts are in that same queue right now. Writing posts and creating relevant content is part of a symbiotic relationship between authors and site owners. Chris Mower´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

It’s up to us to stop allowing others to make decisions for our industry, our careers, and our lives, both as a group and as individuals. 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. That they do have control.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 13, 2010

Once I needed a sound effect for a news promo about the steel industry. For example, I’ve written columns for top direct marketing publications for many years. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

And look at you – the perfect example of what you can get done when you trim in the right places. He couldn’t understand why I would give away 10+ years of experience in my industry freely… I need to get started on more product development and ‘finding the right class’ to enroll and invest my energy.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Why *You* Should Work for FREE Reply Gillian - Google SEO November 18, 2009 at 7:35 am I agree that fear of failure holds people back so it’s lucky then that we work in an industry (writers) where a lot of famous writers were failures before they became successful. It’s interesting that you choose an actor as an example.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

A Story of Strength, A Cause For Hope Reply Darren December 14, 2009 at 6:47 am Most of my friends who have a degree ended up working in the same industry they studied for but those who had a communication degree didn’t always end up working in a communications related field. Laura Cococcia´s last blog. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

The only upside in my example is that I was the client, so I haven’t lost business, just a good supplier. I know a few people who actually decided to start whole businesses because they were that furious with others in that industry. That’s common in my industry. I won’t do the same next time. But it can.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Tip #2: When writing for others, be sure to retain copyright. For example, if you have a video, you can use the whole video or clips, you now also have access to just audio, you can transcribe what you have and that can be used for articles, blog posts, social media content and posts, and as a manual to go along with your course.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

Kelly – He IS a youngun, and I wouldn’t actually necessarily expect anyone to know him because he’s not the face of any particular industry. – and I don’t even remember it being repeated– and it would serve as a great example for an article on writing/copywriting/making words stick in readers’ minds.

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Men With Pens

MAY 19, 2010

For example, you might complain about being too busy… but when a buddy calls, you drop everything and cut out for some playtime. For example, decide which hours you’ll work each day – firm ones, not flexible ones. Especially when you are in the SEO industry. Write down boundaries that would help you get more work done.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

Yes, there’s a predominantly male bias in many industries, but being a man alone doesn’t guarantee success. (I I like to think I’m a good example of that!) Mellaman – I think your point shows that James is a perfect example of the overnight success. Gwen – Yeah, that line was a beauty, eh?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Take this blog, for example. With the autograph example, the piece of paper they just put their name on became a commodity the moment they did, but they don’t expect to get a cut of any profit should it be sold. That being said, I think in cases such as Men With Pens, it really helps to be seen as an authority in the industry.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

To use myself as an example, supporting a family is not high on my list of successes. For example: Success to me right now is definitely focused on being able to work ONE job and pay my bills comfortably. In my industry (computer science) for example, many – if not most – bloggers are not trying to make money from blogging.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

For example, you’ve mentioned that you want to be paid for what you do, for the hours that go into your work and exposing yourself so much to your fans. Many people take advantage of that openness on another level, which is to say we’ve all had trouble with copyright law and keeping our work our own. It’s funny. Same thing.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 23, 2010

Because we’re sure you’re a really awesome person with an interesting take on your industry and lots of good reasons your business is way better than the competition’s. The perfect example of how words influence our actions. We say to our clients knowing very well that they have trouble writing this down.

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