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Authoritative Website Copy | Men With Pens

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That’s a crappy example, but you get the point. It demonstrates self-confidence. I like your before/after examples that light up the point. If I ever have to use an example of stupidity in my copy, that stupidity has to be on my part. Whereas, when you firmly promote your knowledge, you exude confidence.

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Imperfection is a good thing | Men With Pens

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They give both good and bad examples of things that they’ve done or observations they’ve made. My Crazy Simple 7 Step Plan To Promote A New Post Reply Marlene ( @mo_flow ) April 21, 2010 at 12:16 pm This post is well timed for me. Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 21, 2010 at 1:45 am Ha ha, loved the unicorn scenario.

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Are You Interfering With Your Readers' Lives?

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Self-help manuals and do-it-yourself user guides. I’m not talking about the manuals that promote get-rich-quick schemes or dodgy products peddled by snake-oil salespersons. No, the self-help info-products I’m talking about are in fact more dangerous. But a good self-help book knows its own limits. The problem?

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How NOT to Get the Freelance Job - and What to Do | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

DON’T have low self-esteem. Which brings me to my next point, I’m trying to promote recognition of analism as a disease. The two that really tweak my lug nuts are: following directions and showing some self-esteem. I mean, come’on! We analists don’t mean to sound judgmental or condescending.

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Free Blog Posts | Men With Pens

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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. It’s free. And from it, we get nothing. What do you have? They don’t get paid for the time it takes.

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