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. But mostly he just writes stuff for clients and provides copywriting tips at Pro Copy Tips. The key is to respond promptly.

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JUNE 6, 2010

Maybe it’s a form of burnout? 5 Things That Make a Case Study a Good Story Reply Edward June 7, 2010 at 9:15 am Thanks for a tip. Midwest Tornado Delivers Critical Small Business Tip Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) June 7, 2010 at 2:14 pm @Joshua – I’ve been in the news, literally. Some Waiters Recieve Tips.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 13, 2010

Just this: If you are trying to give yourself a shortcut by not asking for your clients’ permission before you sign them up for your sales list, newsletter, or any other form of unsolicited information, you’re shooting yourself in the foot. So what does all of this have to do with being an entrepreneur, a copywriter, or a freelancer?

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

You’d lose a crucial part of your life (and your income, if your writing forms all or part of your paid work). Writing is a form of communication, and there’s a person on the receiving end. If your writing ever starts to feel like a daily grind, it’s time to STOP. When you sit down to write, do you feel excited?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Today’s Make Money Tip – Take advantage of 75% HUGE discounts for killer affiliate/blog/Wordpress tools Reply Deb Ng ( @debng ) December 9, 2009 at 10:16 am @james – They call them “blawgs&# not law blogs, which should be enough of an idicator of why they didn’t work out. Wordsmithing is an art form.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 16, 2010

Now James stood in the doorway, the mud spit up by the old bike’s back tire forming grey-brown clumps on his white t-shirt. Ow, sonofa…&# The Tipping Point. The Tipping Point. There, on the seat next to him, was a copy of The Tipping Point. That’s my bag!” But Harry was gone. Books don’t normally jump out at me.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Then for my actual 1st draft, I’ll take into account Larry (and/or James’) tips. If, in theory, you had all six in solid form before you wrote your novel, you wouldn’t need three or four or more drafts, as King suggests. “I’m not getting to this and putting it off.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 29, 2010

Want to learn more great tips on all things guest posty? Reply Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 30, 2010 at 9:33 am I haven’t written a guest post yet… good tips though. A few tips for guest posters: 1. It’s beyond bad form to shop a piece once you have a firm commitment to publish.

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 12, 2010

If you have events, use the Events app If you do videos , use the Video app Adding an opt-in form for an e-newsletter or blog subscription (or whatever): Use the Static HTML app Techniques to use images throughout to create that visual punch: Images, images, images. Best fitting tips, etc. - Think banner ads. 6) Provide value content.

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Men With Pens

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 15, 2010

This isn’t just because specialization increases your chances of making a living from your writing – it’s also because it’s easier to improve when you focus on mastering one form. Quick tip for Gmail users Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) April 16, 2010 at 6:15 am @Carl – That’s so accurate, LOL Oh god.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2010

But trust comes in many forms, both short- and long term. What tips the balance in favour of one or the other? I may buy from someone or some company I don’t like–or don’t even trust in certain arenas–if I trust that what I’m buying will satisfy a particular need.

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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!

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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! – to help you avoid the pitfalls we narrowly avoided when we were young and new. • Lots of ways to get you off your ass and into your new career as a web writer.

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Men With Pens

JULY 25, 2010

I just saw Crises of Capital Animated by David Harvey.Hat tip to Marcus Barber,whose blog pointed this out to me.The comment that somebody posted,gave a different view point,for which I felt enriched, though I do agree with the comment. Then you must own an idea, brand it, publish it in book form, and hold sway in front of many audiences.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 18, 2010

It’s also something that newer blogs are more likely to have than older ones, simply because they were forming their blog at about the same time this trend came out. 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). No more lazy blogger-ness for me!

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

The Zen Master’s Unexpected Lesson- 10 Tips For Empathy Reply Roohi Moolla July 13, 2010 at 2:27 am James, – great post on the realities of blogging. Reply Robert July 15, 2010 at 3:04 am For a business where blogging is not your sole form of income, I think one blog per week is enough. So…it’s all good!

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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

Email is one of the most common forms of communication between freelancers and clients, and all too often, the clients have no idea how they come off. I’m Giving You 50% Of My Wages Reply Melinda | SuperWAHM ( @Superwahm1 ) April 28, 2010 at 7:02 am Any form of writing is very two dimensional and easily misinterpreted.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 14, 2010

A top tip for finding a really good consultant is via referrals from people in similar sized businesses. (If If you’re a small company you don’t want to go to the biggest accounting firm in the world, stick with someone who has lots of clients that are of similar size to you.) Web design firm´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

Today’s Make Money Tip – Customize a FREE WordPress Theme to look PREMIUM Reply Henri Junttila ( @henrijunttila ) January 4, 2010 at 4:32 am I agree with Mr. Martine that you’re exaggerating the death of adsense and all that. Then, text information can be in the form of web pages/blog posts, PDF ebooks, forum posts, wikis, etc.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Today’s Make Money Tip – Think Evergreen Niches and Things that NEVER go out of style Reply Mary E. The Ultimate Productivity Tip Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) December 14, 2009 at 1:19 pm @ Akemi – The post is posted here: [link] Copyblogger picked it up and republished it after asking permission. So far so good I suppose.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Tip #1: Avoid phrasing or content that will become quickly out of date. Tip #2: When writing for others, be sure to retain copyright. Here's a tip: you talk to, email several people a day. Blog posts and articles can turn into: ebooks, presentations, calendar/tip-of-the-day. Thanks to Clare Kumar of Streamlife.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

Sometimes I even had the feeling that the source code on the editor was forming a twisted and evil smiley. I also added a Help and FAQ section. Ok, Bianca is having a “BAD_EXC”, time to start debugging. Oh, and the infamous “Message sent to deallocated instance ”. You kidding me? Enough with whining, let’s start this. Loads of bugs.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

You get actionable value, great tips and practical advice, and plenty of good stuff that helps you succeed. It was free because it was idle; it wasn’t supposed to be the sort of business expertise that many companies would shell out good money for in the form of a consultant. Now, that’s great. Reverse order by date?

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