Men With Pens

JUNE 2, 2010

If reaching people is what you want, you’ll find plenty of advice on guest posting right here at Men with Pens, including great tips on accepting guest posts to your blog – like this post on submission guidelines from Ann Smarty. The next step is to create a solid guest post policy of guidelines.

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MAY 16, 2010

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. If in doubt, a polite email to the site owner may be in order. It’s perfectly acceptable to email your contact and ask about the status of your post.

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Men With Pens

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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MARCH 3, 2010

A client emails you in a panic and the tone is so urgent that you feel the need like it’s your own. Here’s a tip: make a 48-hour waiting period the standard policy in your business for all incoming requests. Then sit back and enjoy today’s post on how to turn down clients and still be successful. Ah, the rush job.

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

You have many options: landline, cellular phone, texting, fax line (yeah, many people still fax), email, website contact form, Twitter direct message, LinkedIn message, Skype, and lots more. Yes, you have to manage your time and you can’t email all day, but don’t get so efficient that you become unreachable and aloof.

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MARCH 21, 2010

It must be effective… Reply Paul March 29, 2010 at 8:39 am Great tips. As someone who struggles with copy writing I’ll be coming back to your web site for more insightful tips!! Correcting Banding in Gradients Reply Jay ( @writingtoolbox ) March 30, 2010 at 8:32 am Great tips! Paul´s last blog. Reply Go ahead.

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Men With Pens

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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Men With Pens

JANUARY 14, 2010

Alright, well, I know he emailed me to let me know I had a broken link in a post. And I know he was interested in what that link led to, which made me think well of him, so I emailed him back. In less than 5 emails, in fact. In this post, I share some of Neil’s writing tips that can help scribes of all levels.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 1, 2010

You could try cold-calling (or cold-emailing), knocking on doors or praying to the freelancing fairies for some work, but there are some better techniques you can use that will be sure to get you clients in a hurry. Just send an email, comment on someone else’s blog, make a cold call, ask someone to recommend you.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 25, 2010

Check your email. Look at your email. Read that long chain email someone forwarded to you. Forward that chain email to all your friends. Write a detailed apology to the friend you sent that chain email to who asked you not to send stuff like that anymore. Send an email to your client. Check your voice mail.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 18, 2010

Between them, they’ve founded a role-playing gaming company, written for gaming publications like Wizards of the Coast and Dragon Magazine, written nine books, and host three incredibly popular websites, RolePlaying Tips , Campaign Mastery and Dungeon Mastering. Leave a Comment! Click here to cancel reply.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Written by Agent X - 25 Comments When I get an email from pro copywriter Dean Rieck , I’m always happy. In fact, he provides copywriting tips for smart copywriters at Pro Copy Tips. You’re Just Ignorant. He’s a nice guy. 25 Responses to “Why Good Copywriting Goes Bad: You’re Not Stupid. Buy a book?

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APRIL 13, 2010

I’ve happily signed up for all kinds of email lists. I recently had a discussion via email with someone regarding the CAN-Spam Act (US) and Anti-Spam Act (Australia). In the US it’s legal to sign someone up to your email list without asking their permission. They could have asked. I have a crazy-busy RSS feed.

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Men With Pens

MAY 9, 2010

Sometimes we’d forget to ask a question and have to send a new email to confirm a detail – that wastes time. Do you simply direct them to the link on your site or do you email the questionnaire to them? Thanks for the great tip! Reply Lisa Zahran ( @copy_and_coffee ) May 10, 2010 at 11:14 pm Super tip and great reminder.

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Men With Pens

MAY 19, 2010

No matter how good you are at multi-tasking, you’re going to get a lot more done in a single hour of uninterrupted work than you would if you answered an email every five minutes and picked up the phone halfway through your 60-minute time frame. Have any tips that have worked to keep burnout at bay? Go on a wild rampage. How about you?

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Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

Like, say, emailing us to ask if this is the right email to email us at, when the email you should use to apply is written on the job ad. When the job ad says email us with information and samples, don’t tweet us and say, “Just click here.&# Someone wrote an email to “Mr. Bangamon.&#

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Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

That means possibly posting something to your blog, sending out a press release, tweeting a public notice or emailing clients. Twitter,Facebook, your project manager, your to-do list app, Google Analytics, your bookkeeping software, or your email accounts? And even if they did, they may not know where to look for it. So… yeah.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 22, 2009

I’m counting on the Men with Pens’ team to give me great advice, practical tips, and the occasional kick I’ll need. think this is quite useful for all experienced,newbies,office going people.Good tips on writing. Ulrich ( @maryeulrich ) December 23, 2009 at 8:30 am Rock the holidays. Mark Dykeman´s last blog.

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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. Of course, there are the phone calls and urgent emails from clients I have to field. I don’t know how anyone got anything done without a computer and email.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

by the score so you get an additional boost on your road to web writing superstardom • Common Sense Tips – dozens of them! We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I Oh my lord, this is IT!&# Leave a Comment!

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

CondoFinder – I think you should read our comment policy. Billing, answering emails, and little tasks are usually not a problem unless you have one of those “oh god please let me die&# type of sicknesses where you just don’t care what gets done. Nice tips DesignFellow´s last blog. Thanks dude.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 16, 2010

Checking email, reading blogs, watching videos on Hulu. I am going to send a couple “I love you&# emails. I’d just focus on the real work instead of spending time doing non-important things like checking emails/twitter every 10 mins. Thanks for the best productivity tip ever! Thanks for the reminder.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

DO NOT look at a single work email after that. Your quick email check becomes a written response, some analysis, and finally that little voice says, “What the heck. These tips really hit home that we need to not only stand up for ourselves and establish firm times for clients but also to make sure that WE adhere to those times!

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Men With Pens

JULY 4, 2010

Theres some great experimenting to be done with the tips you’ve shared, so I know that I’ll never be bored while I still have different styles to try out. I believe your tips will help me continue this personal writing project I have which I had left unfinished for three years in a row. Million thanks! Enjoy the cognac!

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

Customer Service Tips (2) Reply Jeff April 7, 2010 at 6:52 am I have learnt a lot more in my year out in the real world than I ever did at university! We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I Lucy Thorpe´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

I outsource sometimes and use the help of freelancers (although I freelanced previously too), so these tips will be a lot useful for me! Reply Sharon Hurley Hall ( @shurleyhall ) July 8, 2010 at 2:09 pm I don’t know which one of these is my favorite tip. Nabeel | Create Your First Website July 8, 2010 at 3:00 am Great Advice.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

gardening blogs, “green waste, not just for the tip&# , “your garden trash is landfill treasure&# , “how to harness the power of septic tanks for your garden&#. Everybody shares at least one tip, laughs or cries over one unusual story worth repeating, and hears at least one question or problem from a customer in a week.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 4, 2010

Kathleen – That’s awesome to hear, and I hope I’ve been able to provide you with some tips to make it a great relationship. We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I Who’d ‘a thunk!

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

I love that I get emails and comments telling me that a blog post came at just the right time. It’s not a “I must do this&# thing, it’s more like “woo, I get to play with my novel while my brain is still fresh and uncluttered with emails and to-do list stuff&#. Email Marketing Basics Reply Go ahead.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Thanks for these tips. Get RSS right here Get email updates here Recent Posts What to Do When You Feel Like You Can’t Catch Up How to Take the Next Step in Your Freelance Career What To Do When Clients Haggle Which Type of Entrepreneur Are You? You make some great points, though. Laura Spencer´s last blog. Reply Go ahead.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

The Pros and Cons Written by Agent X - 30 Comments Here’s a great slam-dunk post for you from my respected friend and international copywriting authority, Dean Rieck of Direct Creative and Pro Copy Tips. Enjoy – it’s a good one! Good question. But there IS one right answer for you. Which one have you chosen and why? Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

Quick tip for Gmail users Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) April 16, 2010 at 6:15 am @Carl – That’s so accurate, LOL Oh god. Reply poch April 16, 2010 at 9:43 am Great tips and I agree. I loved the tips given here and I sure will practice them. Thanks for the article. Carl Thoren´s last blog. Any feedback?

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Men With Pens

APRIL 18, 2010

So my new strategy is to post one large piece of content a week, plus one smaller post (a link, a quick tip, a profile). We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I And less than stellar isn’t good enough for me.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 30, 2010

Sure, it’s great to hit the snooze button and give yourself an extra hour of R&R once in awhile, but before you know it, you’re getting up at noon and puttering around before you answer your customer emails. Eric – I sincerely tip my hat to you and pat your back for staying at home with the kids AND working. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

50 Time Saving Tips – Guest Post By Gordie Rogers Reply Heather ( @TylinaVespart ) January 22, 2010 at 10:09 am @Josh Have to agree with you there; if people care enough to come and read, then they deserve to see the person that attracted them to the blog in the first place. Josh Hanagarne´s last blog. Josh Hanagarne´s last blog.

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JUNE 20, 2010

I know you’ve seen this writing tip before. But if you’re like most writers (and you probably are), you’ve read the ‘read aloud’ tip already. Reading Aloud Without Saying a Word Here’s another great tip for reading aloud: Don’t do it. Don’t roll your eyes that way. Reply Mary E.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2010

Annie Reply Solomon April 23, 2010 at 7:10 am Thanks for the great tip to have Confidence in oneself. 5 Tips for Becoming a Small Business “Blacksmith” Reply Nathan Hangen ( @nhangen ) April 23, 2010 at 12:17 pm First of all, thanks James for the chance to crash the party! It backfired. thank you, and James! Good for you guys.

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