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Proofread Your Way To Error-Free Blog Posts
Writing There’s nothing worse than hitting the ‘publish’ button on a blog post and realizing that you’ve made a glaring error. It’s much the same when you write a tweet or a status update, where your only option is to delete it and start again. With most blogs, you can go back and edit, but posts are propagated so quickly now that your error could be circulating in cyberspace before you have time to correct it. The ...
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Writing Have you ever noticed how music affects you? I listen to a pretty wide range of music, mostly older melodic heavy metal, but I also love classical music, good piano music, and I enjoy a good symphonic piece. However, I do not listen to rap music or country music. Rap music is degrading, not only to women, but to humans in general. You can’t be positive when garbage is being pumped into your mind. I don’t listen to country because ...
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Blogging, Productivity, Writing It seems to me that when we talk about blogs we almost always want to talk about lists. People Like lists, they are fun and easy to make up and they are digestible in little reading chunks. So, having a hard time thinking about what would be a good topic for today’s post I figured I’d riff off the cuff and give you a list of “37 Ways to Find Inspiration for Blog Posts”. 37. Pick out an object on your desk and think of 4 ...
Continue readingAre you Plugged In?
Writing Are you plugged in? I don’t mean social media here, I mean plugged into some kind of training or motivational speakers to get and keep you hyped up? Building a web presence can be a lonely undertaking. You can and will lose steam if you don’t stay pumped up about your business and keep plugging in to some great motivational speakers and business training. You can be plugged into social media and communicating with other like minded ...
Continue readingUsing PLR in a Pinch
Writing In some circles the reference to PLR articles (Private Label Rights) is very taboo; using them is frowned upon even worse. There’s good reason for this; most of them suck, are written poorly and distributed to thousands of users. But there are a few places that have been around for several years and deliver quality work. If you’re running short on time or cash and can’t afford to hire a writer in a pinch; PLR can be very useful ...
Continue reading5 Steps to Write a Link Bait Post
Writing The term “link bait” or “Digg bait” is sometimes used in a negative light, meant to indicate a type of post that is meant to pander to a lower element than most blog posts. But while this can be true and often times is, it is also not always the case. What the term “link bait” actually means is that the post is the type of work others will want to link to. The types of content people want to link to is as ...
Continue readingReevaluating Yourself
Writing I recently attended a teleconference about treating your business like a hobby. The presenter asked some tough questions that made me stop and think about some things. Some times you have to reevaluate yourself and your business ventures. Do you have things that hold you back? It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about blogging, building a business or life in general, we all have things that hold us back or get in our way. To be ...
Continue readingDo You Have a Business Plan for Your Blog or Website?
Writing All businesses need a business plan. If you plan to run your blog as a money making business, you too need a plan. The following is questions you need to ask yourself and some tips to get you started forming your own plan. A poor business plan is often the downfall of many new business ventures. Traditional business plans are essential in getting loans from banks and venture capitalists. your blog or website may not need to go to that extreme ...
Continue readingPublic Speaking Tips to Improve Your Blog
Writing Make your blog posts dynamic, thought provoking, and unforgettable. When it comes right down to it, there isn’t a lot of difference between speaking and writing. One uses the voice, the other uses written words. It boils down to basic communication. Whether you speak in public or not, the same strategies can be applied to the written word in your blog. One key point to blogging (and public speaking) is to maximize the audience’s ...
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Writing We all get them. It doesn’t matter how well written an article is, how much you’ve researched and gotten the facts down, there’s always someone out there just looking for a someone to attack. I get my fair share. I’m almost sure I will get nasty comments on this post. Why? I’ve come to several conclusions. 1. They’re just looking for a back link and traffic any way they can get it; even at the expense of a ...
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