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Say No to Rush Work | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Here’s a tip: make a 48-hour waiting period the standard policy in your business for all incoming requests. The bonus of a 48-hour policy is that your schedule is smoothly planned out in a way that lets you pay attention to all your clients so that each person gets the best of you. No more dropping work to put out fires.

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Is blogging worth it? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Marketing has increased, my time spent creating has increased, my stress levels have decreased significantly. I started a thread on LinkedIn last week asking, What is the best answer to the question How do you measure ROI from social media? Blogging is great for keywords, marketing, attracting readers.

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Don't Be an Introvert Writer | Men With Pens

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People who spend excessive amounts of time alone tend to suffer from anxiety, stress, and even memory loss. Don’t underestimate the effect of socialization on your psyche, and the subsequent effect of your attitude and mental state on your writing. I do think that conversations via social media count.

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Your three-step blast-away to avoid freelancer burnout | Men With Pens

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Limit your social media activity and try not to be omnipresent all the time. Being overly busy creates a false sense of energy, but it really just adds extra stress. Cut out anything that isn’t critical to your business survival for two full weeks – blog commenting, RSS reading, social media, IM chats and emailing friends.

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The Procrastinator's Guide to Writing | Men With Pens

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You’ve been ignoring your social media accounts. You’re really stressed and deserve some down time. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. Your friends will love it.

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Can You Learn How to Be an Overnight Success? | Men with Pens

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It’s not a bad idea to keep an eye on what the success stories are up to today, but if you’re really looking to learn something useful (and reduce your stress levels), then you need to go back in time. It might just be that the person you think is making it is just very good at playing the social media game, but not at making any money.

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Six Ways to Get More Juice from Your Freelancer | Men With Pens

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I let go of lots of stress and very little money – we didn’t even work together enough for it to bring in much money to my business. Use social media. Great points all! Reply Sharon Hurley Hall ( @shurleyhall ) July 8, 2010 at 2:09 pm I don’t know which one of these is my favorite tip. Powered by frugal

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