20 Sep 2012
Writing Note: Since this is going to be a detailed post, I have split this into two parts. If you are a budding writer and you have interest in writing, you will succeed in becoming a good writer. However, it is not possible to become great writers like Shakespeare and Wordsworth in one day. You need to really work hard to write good content that grabs the attention of the readers. There is no shortcut to successful writing. A good article requires a ...
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18 Sep 2012
Blogging, Writing You tell me: are list posts cool, or kinda lazy?
List posts are one of those post formats that almost every blogger has written for one reason or another.
Some bloggers draw huge audiences with nothing but lists. Others write painfully dull list posts that lose 99% of their audience beyond the first couple of points.
The question is, what's the difference between dull lists and list posts that sparkle? And the answer ...
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13 Jan 2011
Blogging The Internet has changed the game in terms of personal publishing. Now anyone, with only a few minutes a free account, can reach an audience of millions on the Web. Individuals with a little bit of free time can compete reasonably well with huge corporations with thousands of employees. Unfortunately, very few bloggers have had any kind of mass media law training to prepare them for the responsibilities that come with reaching out to such a ...
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09 Sep 2010
Blogging, Writing At some level, blogging is really just a stage show. We, as bloggers, are up on a virtual stage giving a performance that goes on for as long as we run our sites. Whether it is a stand-up comedy routine or a serious academic lecture, we’re talking to the world and hope that our audience, no matter how large or small, will listen. On that front magicians are masters of the stage show. Using nothing but a few tricks, which can range from ...
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26 Aug 2010
Blogging On the surface, writing a blog and maintaining it may not seem like that hard of a job. You set up an account, pick a theme, write some posts and hit “publish”. Pretty much anyone can do it so long as they know how to use a computer and understand the basics of the Internet. However, there is a difference between just blogging and blogging well. If you want to do the latter, you’re going to have to learn a few additional skills ...
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01 Jul 2010
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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04 Jun 2010
Blogging In T. Harv Ekers book Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, he gives 17 tips comparing the difference between how a millionaire thinks and how poor people think. We’ll take a look at some of these and apply them to building your blog or website so it can grow to the level you desire. These tips are also good for freelance writers or anyone who wants to create success. Success is often a result of how you think. This concept has been covered in ...
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