Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

If you have quality content and the marketing prowess to promote it, then by all means charge. The Onion throws down the gauntlet to real historians Reply Bzero ( @bzero ) December 15, 2009 at 7:56 pm I wouldn’t pay to read most blogs, but I have put money in online tip jars (up to $30) for blogs I really enjoy that I read often.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 29, 2010

No emails from the site editor. Firing off a biting email demanding answers and an apology probably won’t win you repeat business. Write the email and then trash it. Get a Firm Commitment By this point, that nasty email is starting to feel like a missed opportunity. And then nothing happens. But God knows you want to.

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Men With Pens

MAY 16, 2010

It’s easy to fall into the trap of emailing off four, five, or more guest posts quickly and then expecting to see your work on the blog of your choice the very next day. If in doubt, a polite email to the site owner may be in order. It’s perfectly acceptable to email your contact and ask about the status of your post.

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 12, 2010

Best ways to communicate with your Fans Link: Send an update to Fans – compose Facebook email, include links, etc. Promotional Elements: 1) Add pictures and galleries. This is a must for a site promoting physical product. Best fitting tips, etc. - set up an FAQ page for questions you get asked most often.

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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?&# How To Promote Your Business On A Budget Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) January 11, 2010 at 7:06 am @Michael – I’m tossed up about that. How could they not know?

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

Quick tip for Gmail users Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) April 16, 2010 at 6:15 am @Carl – That’s so accurate, LOL Oh god. Reply poch April 16, 2010 at 9:43 am Great tips and I agree. I’ve experienced myself how the closer I get to that 10,000 hours, the better my writing gets. Thanks for the article. Any feedback?

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

I’m not talking about the manuals that promote get-rich-quick schemes or dodgy products peddled by snake-oil salespersons. From “How to SEO Your Blog Posts&# to “101 Copywriting Tips for the Beginner&# to psychology type e-books packaged as “user guides&# , we find self-help manuals aplenty out there.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 4, 2010

The Marketing Consultant A marketing consultant’s job is to 1) figure out where you should market and promote, 2) how you should market your business and to whom, and 3) develop a marketing campaign for you to help reach new customers, existing clients and spread the word about your business. Who’d ‘a thunk! Reply Go ahead.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2010

They say that you need to find affiliates to promote your work so that you don’t have to work as hard, which is also true. Annie Reply Solomon April 23, 2010 at 7:10 am Thanks for the great tip to have Confidence in oneself. They say that good marketing depends on catchy headlines, great copy, and solid branding , and it does.

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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. I was spending more time writing, uploading, formatting, sending, replying to comments and promoting than I was with *my own kids*.

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Men With Pens

JULY 25, 2010

I just saw Crises of Capital Animated by David Harvey.Hat tip to Marcus Barber,whose blog pointed this out to me.The comment that somebody posted,gave a different view point,for which I felt enriched, though I do agree with the comment. There's nothing quite like waking up to the smell of money in my email in the morning.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Email the owners and offer to guest post or to do an interview. As a virtual assistant, I tend to market and promote my services to my niche customer. Then find 3 or 4 blogs for each of those niches. Stay branded as whoever you are! If you’re Dick the Cupcake Maker, then be that guy. Start leaving comments. Maybe you did.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 18, 2010

So my new strategy is to post one large piece of content a week, plus one smaller post (a link, a quick tip, a profile). I use my blog to promote my shop and to draw people into my crazy artistic life. And less than stellar isn’t good enough for me. No more lazy blogger-ness for me! Michelle Cummings´s last blog.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

I was also able to promote a task to a project in Assess. I also added a Help and FAQ section. Promoting An iPhone App If you’re an independent developer, you gotta take into account the promotion part. I won’t cover the details of promoting my app in this post, it will take too long. Loads of bugs.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Today’s Make Money Tip – Think Evergreen Niches and Things that NEVER go out of style Reply Mary E. The Ultimate Productivity Tip Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) December 14, 2009 at 1:19 pm @ Akemi – The post is posted here: [link] Copyblogger picked it up and republished it after asking permission. Wish I knew.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Tip #1: Avoid phrasing or content that will become quickly out of date. Tip #2: When writing for others, be sure to retain copyright. Here's a tip: you talk to, email several people a day. Blog posts and articles can turn into: ebooks, presentations, calendar/tip-of-the-day. 1) Send an email response.

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Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

Like, say, emailing us to ask if this is the right email to email us at, when the email you should use to apply is written on the job ad. When the job ad says email us with information and samples, don’t tweet us and say, “Just click here.&# Someone wrote an email to “Mr. Bangamon.&#

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

He’s also currently working as a promoter and a waiter to pay the bills. 101 Crazy Simple Black Friday 2009 Tips, Goodies and Resources That Will Save You BIG Bucks Reply Mary E. That’s why I promote my site Imageisus.com the bigger it gets, the more I succeed. Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

You get actionable value, great tips and practical advice, and plenty of good stuff that helps you succeed. I think the tipping point is where a blogger is blogging away and not selling – the just keep putting free content out there yet never ask for the sale. Now, that’s great. And yes, it’s also marketing.

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