Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

A project is not about checking your emails each day. Not to mention overhead like cleaning up emails, invoicing, etc. @PM And particularly challenging in a ‘Dilbert Cube’ environment. In other words, a project is fully time-based. It is not about updating your bookkeeping or worrying about your finances.

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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. I deleted well over fifty feeds and email newsletters and ended up with just six.

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Men With Pens

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. Direct Email Marketing Tips Reply Michael Martine ( @remarkablogger ) March 4, 2010 at 3:55 am James, very smart stuff regarding a 48-hour waiting period vs. a “rush fee.&# Ah, the rush job. You drop everything. Stop the presses!

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

Written by Agent X - 25 Comments When I get an email from pro copywriter Dean Rieck , I’m always happy. There are some helpful tips later in the article, but the non sequiturs that lead into them have no bearing whatsoever, especially if you work in an agency environment or as part of a larger company. You’re Just Ignorant.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

Full-time “Employed&# Writing – The Pros: You get to work in an exciting, fast-paced work environment. So if you’re the social type, you’ll want all the personal contact you get from a corporate office environment. Add the mental toll to a stressful work environment and you have a recipe for going postal.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

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. How do you deal with copyright infringements and people stealing your work? I think it’s good to change, to reconnect and adapt to whatever environment you fall into.

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Men With Pens

JULY 4, 2010

Place yourself in an environment. You might find that various environments bring different writing voices to your work, and you’ll find one most comfortable for you. Sarah – Even if you’re not a copywriter, these exercises can help with simple things like client communication, emails, etc. Or in a legal boardroom.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 17, 2010

Yes, it is important to scan the external environment for market value. 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? Let me add my two cent’s worth.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 15, 2009

So my name is Taylor, and if I had chosen to pursue a salaried job instead of a freelance career, I could have avoided the embarrassing situation many women find themselves in today – discounted because of their name, before their education and skills are even checked. Equality of opportunity, but not a guarantee of outcome. Leave a Comment!

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Money and you It’s not all about the money, but still… The Ultimate Guide to Motivating Yourself When Everything Falls Apart Training yourself for happiness Being Successful Exclusive 25% Discount On Mariner Software Products For DragosRoua.com Readers Still think productivity means getting things done? Well, I dont.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 29, 2010

What’s interesting is that I noticed an increased ability to juggle with different programming environments and languages, switching easily from Objective C (yes, I finally become a friend of Xcode) and Lua (using a somehow exotic SDK for cross-platform game development). Being busy, so to speak. Thanks again Dragos and stay well!

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Men With Pens

MAY 30, 2010

Now, I’m experiencing this same line of thinking in a cubicle environment… benefits to me? 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?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Pictures, sound, words, visuals, environments. Sonya – I do have to admit that most people who email me their resume and quote an English degree tend to have some of the worst writing in the world… Not sure why that is, actually. If you’d like to be the first, please email me at steve@ionleap.com and ask me.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

Games and virtual environments (difficult to create as a learning tool). It can be just a “regular&# email or it can be a PDF (I tried to one like that and couldn’t keep on schedule and canned it—I’m considering private feed aggregation instead). You have the written word in pixels or print. Has it worked?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

When their readers don’t actually know what they do, because they never visit the site, they simply open Google Reader or their email for the RSS feed. Limited time offer discounts, periodical sales, and fliers four times a year. I wouldn’t be spending money on a new design or paying to develop an email list.

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