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Ezine Articles
As I said in my previous post, I have been experimenting with different ways to build my blog traffic. One of those ways that is instantly showing results is submitting articles I have already written to Ezine Articles. If you look at the top right of my sidebar you will see that they gave me [...]
7 Tips for Beginners on Building Blog Traffic
I have been blogging for a living for a little over a year. In that time I have learned a lot about what it takes to build blog traffic. This is one of the main challenges that a new blogger faces. What is the point of having a blog if no one is reading it? [...]
Perfection Does Not Exist
I often refer to post that Maki at Dosh Dosh makes and that is because he is one of my favorite bloggers. With this post, Why You Shouldn’t Be a Perfectionist he has very possibly moved up to the top of my favorite bloggers list! Why? Because he must have read my mind. So many [...]
The Changing Face of Freelancing
Lori at Words on the Page has posted a very good, albeit frank, post about the changing face of freelancing. In this article
Lori talks about how much harder it is this day and time for freelancers to find work online. There is so much competition for the jobs that appear on job boards and so [...]
Creative Writing Tips for Beginners
When I first decided to write full-time four years ago the first thing I did was to study. Not study for one of the many online degrees specializing in writing, but studying at becoming a better writer. My plan was to be a full-time fiction writer for the rest of my life. But as we [...]
Blogging Successfully for Paid to Post Services
I wrote this post last week about how well I was doing working for paid to post services. Since then I have received several comments and a couple of emails asking for advice on how to get started working for paid to post services and how to become successful at it.
After thinking it over I [...]
Ten Timeless Persuasive Writing Techniques
Brian Clark at Copyblogger never fails to deliver excellent advice. But he has outdone himself with this post, Ten Timeless Persuasive Writing Techniques. I think this is one of the best posts Brian has ever written and one that every single writer needs to read.
Thank you Brian Clark for continuing to come up with fresh, [...]
Tips for Writing Great Poetry
I am not claiming to be a great poet, but I have won a couple of poetry contests and have had dozens of poems published. So I think I am qualified to offer beginning poets some tips that will help their poetry sing.
It is easy to write a simple rhyming poem, just about anyone can [...]
100 Tools for Freelancers
This article from Bootstrappers is called “100 Tools Freelancers Can’t Live Without,” and though it is a superb list I just couldn’t bring myself to title this blog post that way. I don’t think there is anything we can’t live without except sustenance and shelter. (Ok, so I take things to literally!)
Make sure to check [...]
Being Honest About Fear
I was reading Successful Blog today where Liz Strauss has this hilarious post about blogger fear. She did something similar to what a bunch of us did a few weeks ago, using reverse psychology to make her point. Great post, Liz. There are also some links to other post from the B5Media channel on fear [...]
