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The Crucial Secret to Great Marketing | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

What they don’t tell you is that in order to do any of these things you should do, you need to master something else first – something more intangible, something more than a skill. We’re not confident enough. We’re not confident in our writing, in our own products, and in our own value. Get branding.

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Business Competition is Good | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Competition makes you confident. Being able to say that you’re better for whatever reason gives you confidence in your business and in your product. And it’s going to translate into a confidence that affects your sales, your demeanor, and ultimately the success of your business. Excitement instead of indifference?

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How to Improve Your Writing | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Most writers aren’t brimming over with confidence, either. Has your style become more confident? Perhaps you have all of three readers right now – but this means it’s a great time to practice and hone your skills before you have thousands of fans hanging on your every word. We stare at blank screens. We chew pencils.

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Are you resting on your thought leader laurels? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

We like authority and people who have conviction, who stand up and speak their mind with confidence. To have any sort of vision of the future, people must form an opinion of where we currently stand, and where we are headed. 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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Did You Reach Your NaNoWriMo Goal?

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Love the six core skills idea. Rose – Those six core skills really come into play in the FIRST draft. Come on, Ro-Ro!) @ James: Yes, the six skills need to come into play in the first draft, but the truth is that if you spend your whole time focusing on Writing With These Qualities in Mind, your novel will come out stilted.

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The benefits of reading aloud | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Gotta love family;) Blogging, I pretty much hang loose and worry more about getting the content out there in an easily readable form. I often write late atnight, alone and even though the ideas are flowing, my typing skills diminish. Melinda – I thought of you when I wrote this post. And I’m still working on the audio.

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Do Clients Need to Like You to Buy? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

The guy writes with confidence and authority. But trust comes in many forms, both short- and long term. However, being skilled at teaching a course on entrepreneurship, for example, can be very different from being an entrepreneur yourself. You should go check out his website. So our guy listens attentively. Our guy isn’t alone.

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