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I walked out of my full time job for the last time on August 15th, 2011. That means, as off later this month, I’ll have been freelancing full time for 6 months. When I put in my notice at the magazine where I’d worked for the last 3 years as an associate editor, I didn’t have a single gig lined up—just a sparse handful of prospects and some experience from freelancing part time over the previous year.
Diary of A Mad Freelancer
Imagine being able to show prospective clients exactly what you do, and what makes you an expert, in a non-threatening way that doesn't put any pressure on you OR the client. From there, you can begin the process of building trust by providing valuable information and nurturing those relationships. That way, when they're ready to have their problem solved, you'll be the one they turn to. What if you don't know how to write blog posts? Blog writing is a skill like any other.
Content Mastery Guide
Novel Writing Tips & Fundamentals – Storyfix.com
It’s good to find an edge. Something extracted from the vast wealth of storytelling tips, techniques, principles and strategies already on your radar. Something that is rarely talked about.
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Everyone is talking about Pinterest , the social “pinning” site used to share, well, anything. It’s a little early to say, but judging by the buzz (and the amount of people posting about Pinterest on their blogs), it has a good chance of becoming the top social site for 2012 and perhaps the next big thing. Pinterest is different from your Facebook, Twitter or Google plus because it’s not about posting a sentence or paragraph in hopes of starting a conversation. Instead, folks post images of things that interest them and that’s what gets the conversation started. At this point, most of the people I follow on Pinterest are talking about food, fashion and home, but the sky is the limit.
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Social Media Examiner: Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle
Does your business have a blog? They refuse to tell consumers the answers to the questions they most want answered. And it is because of this approach we so often hear the phrase, “Yeah, our company tried blogging, but it didn’t work for us.”Third Tribe Marketing
Traditional brick-and-mortar business owners spend thousands of dollars a year on trade associations, their local Chamber of Commerce, and networking groups. (And don't even ask what it costs to belong to a country club.) They spend this money and time because it's how they grow their businesses.
The free version is simple: it’s 27 chapters that you can download for free, without having to give an email address or do anything else. It’s uncopyrighted, and you can share it with as many people as you like. The book is now available in the Kindle Store . The $8.99 price for this version includes the full book, including bonus chapters, but does not include the videos, audio interviews and other bonus files included in the premium version .
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I believe I’m as happy as it is possible to be. I’m not crying out in ecstatic pleasure, or streaming tears of joy, but I am very happy. It’s not a peak of happiness, but a plateau of happiness that can go on for as long as I live. And I don’t believe having any of those would contribute to greater happiness than I already have. Here’s what I do have that contribute to my happiness: The first six are seen as the goals of society by many people.
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The ANNUAL TOP 10 BLOGS FOR WRITERS has now moved to Write to Done. In the past four years Michael Stelzner, author of “Writing White Papers” and Founder of Social Media Examiner hosted this important competition. Now he has handed on the baton to Leo Babauta and Mary Jaksch here at Write to Done.
Nominate Your Favorite Writing Blog: 5th Annual Top 10 Blogs for Writers Contest | Write to Done
Victoria's Advice Column
Hi Ms. Mixon, I’m 15 years old and I’ve loved to write ever since I can remember, but for the last two months or so, I’ve been stuck staring at a blank page. Whatever I try to begin seems stale and tacky, and my narrative voice has become awkward and grating.In the past few weeks we’ve been talking about risk, specifically the universe of hazard that the artist and entrepreneur willingly and consciously inhabit. We’ve talked about operating on two tracks—the commercial track and the pure-soul track—and about betting on yourself. Today I want to take the discussion deeper into the realm of nuts and bolts. There's a reason why the company always picks up the check When you and I sell our novel or cookbook to Simon & Schuster (or our screenplay to Warner Bros. or our album to Interscope or our videogame to Electronic Arts), we willingly and consciously take ourselves out of the sphere of risk.
Steven Pressfield Online
An Authentic Life
By KT, on October 17th, 2010 Authentic posts are made daily, whenever possible, although I have come to learn that balance is a healthy and necessary part of living authentically. {Besides, an occasional day off keeps the laundry and dust-bunnies at bay.February and March have been The Time of the Half-Finished Novel. I’m getting increasingly frustrated with books that can’t hold my attention. I can’t stand when people recommend books and preface it by saying, “Give it 100 pages, you’ll get into it.” Isn’t the point of a story to simply be into it? Why does it need to be such an effort? Why are so many authors incapable of starting off strong?