Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

A good definition of Project Management is “The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project.&# (from the PMO and Project Management Dictionary ). You might want to consider coming up with this type of policy.

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

Some claim that absolutely anyone can become a successful freelance copywriter, even those without writing skills or special expertise. At the very least, you must be an above-average writer with some selling skills and a firm grasp of your specialty. They want your fees, skills, service, knowledge, etc. That’s bunk.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

We talked about Extreme Skills Makeover (Work Edition), concerning the different opportunities available to people who want to continue their education: [link] Taylor’s take is quite interesting, though: formally set up your own curriculum, choose your own resources, and set your success criteria according to your goals.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 23, 2010

J/K I believe that truly good fiction writing requires more than just writing skill. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 11, 2011

Decide on your guidelines and stick to them so you have part of your procedures for life balance. Learning new skills by watching videos and interactive Power Point presentations is a widely accepted medium for explaining terminology and techniques - just look at the popularity of YouTube! Thanks to Sue West of Space4U Organizing.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 17, 2010

Even a skilled thief can only front it for so long before their incompetence shows through. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. The Hustling Secrets No One Talks About Reply Valerie Alexander January 19, 2010 at 11:44 am Copycats definitely exist but I pay them no mind. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

But it requires little skill and no finesse, so it’s easy and fun to write. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

If you’ve got someone on staff with grammar beyond the fifth grade and you ever talk to each other or to your clients, you probably have plenty of material and the skills for a blog. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. I don’t think I’d say that to a client, though.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 1, 2010

@Rebecca/Barbara – I’m always wary about “charge what you’re worth&# statements, because yes, they are correct – however people tend to confuse skill-worth and self-worth, and that’s where things get dangerous. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. And they are.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

You have to be disciplined with money, a skill many writers don’t have. I’ve also done the freelancing thing–learning to market myself, developing my money management skills and learned to juggle. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. There’s no paycheck.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 20, 2010

In my old music school there were plenty of teachers who were incredible players and missed no opportunity to show their skills to their students. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. It’s a great post Reply Annabel April 21, 2010 at 7:20 am Yes. Some people are indeed impressed by this.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

Foreign language copywriters or professional translators skilled at intercultural communications adapt your key messages to targets whose cultural values and references can differ significantly. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Made progress tonight on the design spec… Want to write for us?

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Men With Pens

JULY 18, 2010

It takes skills to jump small – and to jump well. You have to always push yourself (and it) for more, and your goal is to eventually ‘outgrow’ your horse and need a new one that fits your skill level. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

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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Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

However, he isn’t stodgy, and his social skills are better than mine. Writing is a skill that I will be working on much more over the next several years to lifetime. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Mike’s audience is anyone who experiences pain and wants to perform better.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

How An Index Card Can Change Your Life Reply Paul Novak ( @writing4mylife ) June 30, 2010 at 10:56 pm One of my gigs involves writing copy about lights which led me to learning some info I’ll never use;) Disruptions in the sleep cycle directly affect the skills a writer uses most. Thinking of guest posting on Men with Pens?

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Men With Pens

MAY 16, 2010

Look for a writer’s guidelines page. But, when a guidelines page is there make sure that you follow it to the letter. If the blog is missing a writer’s guideline page, that doesn’t necessarily mean that a blog doesn’t accept guest posts–but, it could. What guidelines do you have?

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

However, being skilled at teaching a course on entrepreneurship, for example, can be very different from being an entrepreneur yourself. However, the daily tasks of running a business may demand a different set of skills than lecturing in a class-room full of doting freshmen. So, I appreciated your comment, James. Now, the hard part.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 2, 2010

You see, new freelancers don’t really know the value of their skills, or feel they can’t charge more because they don’t have experience, or they can’t figure out what the current industry rate for what they do might be. Many people underestimate the value of good skills and great service.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2010

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. The Secret Marketing Skill that Packs a Punch That’s the secret – confidence. Get branding. Find affiliates. All of that, yes.

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Men With Pens

MAY 2, 2010

Everyday I take time to study copywriting skills. Since this is the million dollar skill. The website lets freelancers use their work to market themselves, which in my opinion is great and innovative since now skill can rule over a marketing drive. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 21, 2010

Praise in order – Writing takes skill, time and practice too! Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 13, 2010

Clients call them because they’re skilled and experienced. You need writing skills and savvy about how people respond to words in the real world. I love the idea of curiosity, skill and persistence. Clients call them because they’re skilled and experienced. The REAL copywriters are good writers. They can sell stuff.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

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. Focusing on that genre and reading other people’s amazing writing developed my skills and made it easier to write in other styles as well.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

No one is going to go through all the skills and tools you need to set up the business. The skills you never knew you had that absolve you of the need for prior web writing experience. • Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. (Ignore that pretty picture on the right.) Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

APRIL 4, 2010

She seems like she really knows her stuff, and she has the right skills/experience to help me get where I want to go. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. OConnor ( @ocopy ) April 6, 2010 at 8:34 pm Yes, your info has helped a lot, thank you! I will let you know how it goes. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

MAY 30, 2010

There’s a hockey school near here – I wonder if those guys get bored and want to skip class to go read textbooks Reply Randy Cantrell ( @randycantrell ) May 31, 2010 at 3:39 pm James, my son has killer social skills, and always has. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

In fact, they seriously lack in professional qualifications, the kind required to be dispassionate and unbiased – essential skills if you truly want to help a person. People with low competency level cannot objectively estimate their low competency level as they lack metacognitive skills for it. Dunning-Kruger effect.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

However, if they go to develop skills like writing and critical thinking, to learn more about the world and to connect with future leaders, then university is invaluable. I have used those skills almost every day of my working life. And now I coach public speaking skills. I did an Arts degree (Modern Languages).

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

What REALLY maddens me are my 20-something fellow karate dojo colleagues – they’re looking for jobs but tell them to put up a personal resume website to highlight their skills, and they react like a deer in the headlights. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Sad, really.

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Men With Pens

JULY 25, 2010

Lessons Learned from Dr K on Interpersonal Skills and the Art of Persuasion Reply Azstrel ( @Azstrel ) August 6, 2010 at 9:21 pm Freakin’ Fantastic, Mate! Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. At the end of a fight, in Street Fighter, when Ryu won, he would freeze in a respectful stance.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

It does take skillfulness to create a domain that someone hasn’t chosen. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 20, 2010

&# @Thorey – I have to say that considering your first language isn’t English, and considering that it took me a long time to realize that fact, reading aloud has brought you some extreme skills. I often write late atnight, alone and even though the ideas are flowing, my typing skills diminish. Bits and pieces; getting there!) @Ed

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 12, 2010

But then again, I know that my copywriting skills never seem to flag, and I credit that to the fact that I never have more than a few days go by without some sort of copy to write. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. It’s slow going! So clearly it works! James – Suck it up, Jamie-boy.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

It takes time, energy, skills, money, creativity and consistency to make it work. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Sure, tile estimating for commercial construction might be a fairly small niche, but Pat, are you going to tell me you have NO other related skills/knowledge (or unrelated ones)? Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Take @Pat (up there in the comments) for an example. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

My blogging provides an advertisement for my skills as a writer, blogger, and social media “definitely not an expert, but I play one on the Internet” expert. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. All of my earnings currently are paid blogging (mostly as a ghostwriter) for other blogs.

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