The Marq

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In turn, we conjure up the image of a defeated person whose goals or dreams are shattered. This must be part of the conditioning we go through as children, seeing adults give up after a few attempts at something new. Mind you, I never promote going out with the intent to fail. So, if failure is a necessity, why not embrace it.

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The Marq

JANUARY 21, 2010

Technology Review I was listening to Ken Robinson’s talk at TED 2006 about promoting creativity when my wife, overhearing Ken’s speech, asked me what I was listening to. The event is sold out, but you can sign up to view it in a simulcast in Palm Springs, California in what’s named TEDActive 2010. TheMarq.com.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 13, 2010

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Policies, recessions and unemployment aside, people lost faith in him and the moment that happens, whether you are a businessperson or a politician, you are in trouble. On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online.

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The Marq

JUNE 7, 2010

I was exposed to this book a couple of months back when I signed up to receive a free pre-release copy in exchange for writing an honest, unbiased review on this blog. After signing up for the review, I received two pre-release copies: one to read and one to give away. You can purchase a copy on Amazon.com. TheMarq.com.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

I’ve spent the last couple months finishing up existing work commitments so I can begin a new project. Reply Eliza ( @MakeWayForBiz ) December 11, 2009 at 11:31 pm @Hal – glad SMART sums it up for you @Mary – you don’t necessarily have to focus on 1 project at a time. Website Promotion Blog´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

MAY 11, 2010

Allow me to tell you: We’ve overhauled, revamped and created a truly extraordinary resource for fiction writers everywhere, and we’ve packaged it up into a very entertaining and useful book called How to Create Believable Characters. I agree with you that 2010 is looking pretty up for everyone! Thanks James!) Life is good.

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The Marq

MARCH 23, 2010

We came up with the following annual goals: Learn new technology (.NET Shortly after leaving our group and joining another in our company, he was promoted to lead a geographically dispersed team of five, not only as the lead developer, but also as the team’s project manager. TheMarq.com. All rights reserved.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. They understand that cash is king and should not be wasted on old style advertising and marketing – there are better and almost cost-free ways to promote your small business. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

Remember what Woody Allen once said: “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” You should become an authority in your field, deliver outstanding service with every project, and stay up-to-date in your chosen specialty. Marketing and promotions is an important part of any business. You can’t tell one from the other.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Instead of building themselves up, they started tearing their clients down. No telling them that they’re wusses, or cowards, or anything of the kind, even if it’s supposed to fire them up. Go read my blog for a few hours and get psyched up. I like your before/after examples that light up the point. Yes, even in jest.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 14, 2010

Upon waking up, he can’t remember what he wrote and promptly enlists George, Elaine, and Kramer to decipher his text. Jordan Cooper ( @NotAProBlog ) January 15, 2010 at 1:17 am As a stand-up comic, I could attest to this wholeheartedly. If I had one theme in my writing, I would like to think it’s writing to bring people up.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

You don’t have to give up on blogging. You can spruce up the conversion rate of their existing site content and sales copy. For most businesses I’d argue they should see if the owner or someone on staff has it in them to keep up with a blog. Ok, so a client just rocked up in my inbox.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 1, 2010

Well, if you have a relationship with a big name person or business, why not offer them some free work in exchange for a link or promotion? Run a contest This is a great way to drum up interest in your services. Just make sure you pay up in the end. It does help to build up your audience a little before you try it though.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

Admitting that your sleep patterns are all screwed up and that you can’t hack it? Arianna Huffington of Huffington Post once passed out from exhaustion – she broke her cheekbone and ended up with five stitches. Are you up for it? If you’re like many freelancers, you’re probably not sleeping well at all.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 20, 2010

We like people who can acknowledge their imperfections, people who admit they screw it up not just sometimes, but often, and the people who can say, “Yeah, I’m really scared too, but I’m going to do it anyway.” Human beings who get knocked down and have to get up and try again. If anything, perfection kind of pisses us off.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

There are lots of other people out there getting seriously up in arms about it, though. How Relationships Work When you’re a tiny little kid and you don’t have any friends yet, the grown-ups around you explain what is and is not friendly behavior. If it is not valuable, don’t give up your day job. Bengt´s last blog.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 10, 2010

After my first child was born, I couldn’t manage to keep my relationship with his mother going on and had to split up. After that, I courageously entered a hasty marriage, only to end it up in a few years, with the same bitter taste in my mouth. We grow up by identifying each stage of our failures and moving on.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 1, 2010

Give your manager reasonable estimates of what your team can achieve and keep him or her informed of major issues or delays which come up. You might, for instance, ask your team members not to interrupt you for one hour each morning and afternoon to give yourself a chance to catch-up on your workload. Set boundaries. Don’t work alone.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 4, 2010

The simple act of saying ”thank you“ closes an interaction in a completely healthy way, no room left for any potential harmful follow up. Hopefully this comment won’t show up as spam because it has a link in it.) But fact is, every time you’re not saying ”thank you“ you leave room for a toxic thought or approach.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

How To Promote Your Business On A Budget Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) January 11, 2010 at 7:06 am @Michael – I’m tossed up about that. In the past I have also seen people rise and fall, because they didn’t heed the saying “be nice to people on the way up because you might need them on the way back down&#.

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Brilliantly Better

AUGUST 25, 2010

Comments Policy A blog is about interaction more than it is about broadcasting. From this level up, I think you could update your comment policy. If the business opportunity looks interesting, I follow up. I’m saying that if you do your job constantly, at some point you will create some opponents. Don’t get nervous.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 4, 2010

The Marketing Consultant A marketing consultant’s job is to 1) figure out where you should market and promote, 2) how you should market your business and to whom, and 3) develop a marketing campaign for you to help reach new customers, existing clients and spread the word about your business. The sky’s the limit. Reply Go ahead.

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Men With Pens

JULY 25, 2010

All sorts of people are cropping up with posts of deep, meaningful wisdom or challenging views on their blogs, profound personal philosophies delivered with grave sincerity of a Hindu guru scattered across the internet. We like authority and people who have conviction, who stand up and speak their mind with confidence. I like that one.

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Men With Pens

MAY 16, 2010

Hours) Reply Issa ( @AjevaCom ) May 18, 2010 at 3:41 am I believe doing guest blogs is a great way to showcase your writing skills, specially when you’re promoting yourself as a freelance writer. We get so caught up in our focus and sure of ourselves, the little things trip us up and we end up landing on our faces.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Marc and I realized, though, that this ebook was just one case amongst several where people (often innocently and unwittingly) end up damaging someone else’s life – by trying to help. I’m not talking about the manuals that promote get-rich-quick schemes or dodgy products peddled by snake-oil salespersons. The problem?

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2010

They say that you need to find affiliates to promote your work so that you don’t have to work as hard, which is also true. So we do that half-punch thing …where it feels like it should be right but ends up pretty darn bad. We’re not confident enough. It’s not something given, but something cultivated. Absolutely.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

People like to be cheerleaders with inspirational rah-rah-stick-with-it-good-things-will-come-chin-up encouragement. This doesn’t mean you should give up on blogging. Once that’s up and running a blog gives an extra insight into the website, but shouldn’t be at the expense of quality on the main site.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 18, 2010

If you’ve been around for a few years and you enjoy even moderate popularity, it’s almost a guarantee that newbies show up, all wide-eyed and open-mouthed, to gape at your brilliance. The problem with that logic is that some new up-and-comer is going to steal your show. Even if it’s nowhere near as brilliant as it was two years ago.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 29, 2010

There are dozens of reasons why writers wind up in this content limbo. Heh reminds me of the first time I hit up James… “I wanan write for you.&# “But WHY!? Be patient, don’t be an ass, and follow up kindly. Some people appreciate follow up, as long as you’ve waited and don’t pester them.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

And I’ve been soaking up advice from sites like Copyblogger and Men with Pens as well as material from some other excellent writers in the blogosphere. No one assigns you experience points or notes when you’ve leveled up. How to Improve Faster Want to speed up? We stare at blank screens. We chew pencils.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

Even if he never made one sale through his website, he still needed to have one up there. So the CEO toys with his pen, glances up from the contract and says, “What’s your website again?” He could put up a darned snazzy website that reflects just how successful he is. It’s the way professionals operate.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Just come up with 3 or 4 niches that you actually give a damn about. One of the best benefits of spreading into other niches is how you’ll come up with out-of-the-box ideas on how to one-up the value you offer to your existing customers in your main niche. Take @Pat (up there in the comments) for an example.

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Men With Pens

JULY 21, 2010

Insightful contemplation on my part also pulled bravery up to be examined – I’m glad to report I pass the test with flying colors. Every single time you start your piece, you’re at ground level, gazing up at the words yet to be written. There’s a journey ahead, a challenge, and you’re up for it.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

And then you graduated, spent some time in the real world and ended up working in a field that was wildly different from the one you’d studied. That’s what you should be playing up. Of course my on-the-job experience was invaluable too, but the things I picked up at University are embedded in a different way.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

This is a harsh truth, and the sooner we all own up to it, the better. STEAMY) and he mentioned that his parents were wishing he’d leave LA and take up elsewhere. He’s also currently working as a promoter and a waiter to pay the bills. Much safer to plod along not looking up, not daring to live fully.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Even though the articles were on specific topics, I could take one or up to three sentences from one article and morph it into another article on a different topic. Tip #2: When writing for others, be sure to retain copyright. The script is then broken up into parts and as relevant, each is posted to the appropriate blog.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

We work tirelessly to put up good content that people can use to improve their income, and we don’t get paid a penny for it. That’s our goal with each and every post we put up on this site. There’s a new free post that goes up every day.” It’s a bit of a joke. Why the hell not? Now, that’s great.

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