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Blog Action Day 2008

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Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Blog Action Day 2008 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 1:00 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging As a participant in Blog Action Day 2008, I asked everyone I know for information on programs (actual or planned) which combat poverty.

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Why Good Copywriting Goes Bad: Ignorance | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Written by Agent X - 25 Comments When I get an email from pro copywriter Dean Rieck , I’m always happy. Foreign language copywriters or professional translators skilled at intercultural communications adapt your key messages to targets whose cultural values and references can differ significantly. You’re Just Ignorant.

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Full-time Freelance Writing Jobs | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Dress in comfortable clothes (I recommend Hawaiian shirts). You have to be disciplined with money, a skill many writers don’t have. I’ve also done the freelancing thing–learning to market myself, developing my money management skills and learned to juggle. You can enjoy a quiet, stress-free work environment.

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Why You Don't Need to Mimic Someone Else's Fame | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

However, he isn’t stodgy, and his social skills are better than mine. Writing is a skill that I will be working on much more over the next several years to lifetime. 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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What's Under the Hood of Your Web Copy? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

If you write web copy that speaks of being good in sales but sounds like it comes from a casual, laid-back stay-at-home mom, your client won’t be pleased if she’s actually a businesswoman who wears upscale clothes to impress clients at high-profile meetings every day at her downtown office. Ragnar´s last blog. Reply Go ahead.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

However, if they go to develop skills like writing and critical thinking, to learn more about the world and to connect with future leaders, then university is invaluable. I have used those skills almost every day of my working life. And now I coach public speaking skills. I did an Arts degree (Modern Languages).

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Creative Mind Cleaning | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Possibly behind that couch in the corner, the one buried under boxes and old clothes. But then again, I know that my copywriting skills never seem to flag, and I credit that to the fact that I never have more than a few days go by without some sort of copy to write. That story you thought of in 1999 is still in there, somewhere.

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