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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. Paul Novak´s last blog. Powered by frugal

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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. However, being skilled at teaching a course on entrepreneurship, for example, can be very different from being an entrepreneur yourself. How could they not know? Now, the hard part.

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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. 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. Get branding.

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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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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. Response cached until Wed 19 @ 8:15 GMT (Refreshes in 23.81 Relevance and content are important when it comes to submission of posts.

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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. I will let you know how it goes.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

I’m not talking about the manuals that promote get-rich-quick schemes or dodgy products peddled by snake-oil salespersons. 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. The problem? Dunning-Kruger effect.

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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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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. Sad, really. Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog. I think we’ve all arrived at a very special place.

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JULY 25, 2010

Heck, as long as it’s not about how to rob banks, kill people, and doesn’t promote cruelty toward animals and whatever (and isn’t totally stupid lol though even if it is, it will fizzle) I’m all for it. But plenty of people may really appreciate that writer’s efforts! It’s about spreading ideas, I think.

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JULY 11, 2010

It takes time, energy, skills, money, creativity and consistency to make it work. I was spending more time writing, uploading, formatting, sending, replying to comments and promoting than I was with *my own kids*. I think we emphasize blogging for the sake of being an expert far too much. Powered by frugal

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

As a virtual assistant, I tend to market and promote my services to my niche customer. 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)? The customer base that basically I feel safe and confident in.

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JUNE 9, 2010

You tell yourself you should be moving faster, working on releasing your own product sooner, spending more time on Twitter promoting your work – just like he did. He’s honed his skills, improved his business and had more than his fair share of bumps along the way. Think back to that overnight success you envied.

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MAY 23, 2010

Speaking of links, if you have an ugly website with horrible copy that doesn’t reflect your skills, please don’t tell us. That said, don’t apply for internet jobs when you just came online, have no skills, no experience, but can definitely learn everything as you go along. Because we won’t. Request, that is.

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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. Because men over 25 get promoted. Women over 25?

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DECEMBER 6, 2009

I see one of two things, a blogger, who is paid to write content that promotes the services or products of another individual or business (ie. A chance to show off all of my skills and convey the sense that “hey, I can do this for you too.&# Limited time offer discounts, periodical sales, and fliers four times a year.

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