Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Emails bombard you. You were supposed to deliver this project at 5pm and you’re almost finished but… A new email comes in. Your business needs continual maintenance and attention, because it needs to be able to withstand the competition and keep abreast of industry trends. You’re running against deadlines.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 28, 2010

He or she needs to already have a good idea of the kind of lifestyle you have, including the fact that you don’t work 9 to 5 hours, the type of industry struggles you face, and the typical financial concerns of freelancers, like the feast or famine roller coaster. You shouldn’t have to explain how freelancers work.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 1, 2010

You could try cold-calling (or cold-emailing), knocking on doors or praying to the freelancing fairies for some work, but there are some better techniques you can use that will be sure to get you clients in a hurry. Just send an email, comment on someone else’s blog, make a cold call, ask someone to recommend you.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

Written by Agent X - 25 Comments When I get an email from pro copywriter Dean Rieck , I’m always happy. Frank Perdue revolutionized the chicken industry. We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

We planned a trip and traveled to the Sturgis Rally in 2006, and when it came time to repeat the trip in 2009 I couldn’t remember where all the gas stops were that we made along the way. Here’s one of my favorite examples: [link] Another reason I like my archives is that they actually serve as a useful record. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

What’s more, your clients are rarely in the information industry. Blogs aren’t right for every industry. In industries for which blogging is not a good fit, finding worthwhile blogs to submit guest posts to could also be tricky. Blogs build brand and trust. Much of this is true. But a blog is free information.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

If it’s related to your business and it’s tax deductible, why not do a course and further your knowledge in your industry? We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I cool concept… Reply Go ahead.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

Things I didn’t get done that day, emails I meant to send, bills I haven’t paid, posts I haven’t written, product launch process – they all keep me awake in the wee small hours. Ok, sensitive subject Done venting now, tee hee! Reply Ian July 19, 2010 at 9:22 am I often have sleep problems. Reply Go ahead.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 20, 2010

Empathy and understanding will win far more permanent followers than “I am Godlike&# …BUT in the Internet marketing industry, the “I am GODLIKE&# gets tons more temporary followers. Reply Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach ( @barbaraling ) April 21, 2010 at 8:16 am Loved the unicorn comparison! Gets most frustrating, that.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 7, 2010

Their low prices lead the industry, but their policies toward the public most likely defies any basic rules of customer service no less customer satisfaction. Competitor airlines mostly sit back and watch the torrents of criticism before changing their own policies so as to hopefully retain their loyal customers. That was it.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Reply Moe ( @promptwriter ) December 21, 2009 at 4:09 am Many people who aren’t in the publishing industry have a skewed view of the worth of writing based on format. We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I

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Men With Pens

APRIL 29, 2010

No emails from the site editor. Getting a reputation as a snarky, demanding writer probably won’t boost your industry rep or your bottom line. Firing off a biting email demanding answers and an apology probably won’t win you repeat business. Write the email and then trash it. And then nothing happens.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 2, 2010

You see, new freelancers don’t really know the value of their skills, or feel they can’t charge more because they don’t have experience, or they can’t figure out what the current industry rate for what they do might be. Hint: the current industry rate is anything you want it to be. Reply Go ahead.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

One friend refers you to someone who only has an email address, a generic address like annepottertherapist@mail.com. Would you search online for Anne Potter before writing her an email? Compounding the problem was the president giving me an @comcast.net email address. In my industry, I hear excuses like it cost too much.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

It didn’t work at all as described and I emailed him to ask “did you actually use this or are you just selling it for the affiliate income?&# The people who need that handholding or want to learn from me specifically see it as great value @James – One of the markets I work in is auto industry. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

DO NOT look at a single work email after that. Your quick email check becomes a written response, some analysis, and finally that little voice says, “What the heck. I thought I was being industrious and efficient, but I was simply burning myself out. Stick To Your Business Hours. I might as well just do it.&#

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Email the owners and offer to guest post or to do an interview. Or maybe he knows someone who would…&# and then I’d email you and ask about options and you’d say, “Hey, I know someone&# and I’d be all happy and go over there and then three people are thrilled and I have a new roof and… YEAH!

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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

His emails are usually brief, casual, and mention something like, “Have a nice weekend,” or “Hope everything’s good with you.” So it was weird to get an email that was so stilted and formal that it sounded like it was written by the Queen of England’s chamberlain to someone she was too polite to outright call a waste of space.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 13, 2010

Dean: I start out with a little housecleaning, meaning I answer emails, approve blog comments, and check my calendar for meetings or tasks for the day. Of course, there are the phone calls and urgent emails from clients I have to field. I don’t know how anyone got anything done without a computer and email.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

Should said person who may have or may not have purchased something in the past present a receipt via email to Mr. James Pen Man (who of course does not exist either), said person would receive a beautiful, lovely free copy of the ebook that doesn’t exist. Oh my lord, this is IT!&# They might even need some private time alone.

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Men With Pens

JULY 25, 2010

If your idea does become part of the popular or industry lexicon, you’ll be known as someone who influences many. There's nothing quite like waking up to the smell of money in my email in the morning. Check that you have the ambition to make a small piece of the world a better place. This thought leader stuff.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

link] After writing 300+ blog posts, I decided to solve my “blogged out&# feeling by (DUH) starting a daily email instead – I figured the shorter post style would be just right for my busy life. Heather p.s. Yes, I know you asked me if I was *sure* I wanted to start a daily email. Thanks for raising the tough questions.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

It’s up to us to stop allowing others to make decisions for our industry, our careers, and our lives, both as a group and as individuals. It can be just a “regular&# email or it can be a PDF (I tried to one like that and couldn’t keep on schedule and canned it—I’m considering private feed aggregation instead).

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

A Story of Strength, A Cause For Hope Reply Darren December 14, 2009 at 6:47 am Most of my friends who have a degree ended up working in the same industry they studied for but those who had a communication degree didn’t always end up working in a communications related field. Laura Cococcia´s last blog. Wish I knew.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Why *You* Should Work for FREE Reply Gillian - Google SEO November 18, 2009 at 7:35 am I agree that fear of failure holds people back so it’s lucky then that we work in an industry (writers) where a lot of famous writers were failures before they became successful. It’s in our comment policies. We said he *sounds* angry.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 19, 2010

Kelly – He IS a youngun, and I wouldn’t actually necessarily expect anyone to know him because he’s not the face of any particular industry. We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

MAY 19, 2010

No matter how good you are at multi-tasking, you’re going to get a lot more done in a single hour of uninterrupted work than you would if you answered an email every five minutes and picked up the phone halfway through your 60-minute time frame. I deleted well over fifty feeds and email newsletters and ended up with just six.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

Yes, there’s a predominantly male bias in many industries, but being a man alone doesn’t guarantee success. (I While gender bias is a lovely topic I’m happy to discuss via email, it would certainly be a better idea to focus on Amy’s post and HER ideas, don’t you think? I liked it too. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

When their readers don’t actually know what they do, because they never visit the site, they simply open Google Reader or their email for the RSS feed. Reply Angela December 7, 2009 at 7:33 am It’s like the newspaper industry, they don’t make money from the content. Best Regards John Bardos´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 5, 2010

In my industry (computer science) for example, many – if not most – bloggers are not trying to make money from blogging. We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I They have a high paying day job with great benefits.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 23, 2010

Because we’re sure you’re a really awesome person with an interesting take on your industry and lots of good reasons your business is way better than the competition’s. So for those of us that don’t do telephones, does the same thing work with emails? Anything else I should have picked up from this post?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Whle far from being famous, I got to meet most of my idols of the Niche industry I write in (Role Playing Games designers), I got to interview a few, got invited for beers and was encouraged to write material for the games I’ve been playing for 25 years. Kind of like “offshoring&# in the tech industry. And I like me.

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