On The Job

AUGUST 10, 2009

Weber, author of “Sticks and Stones,” (Wiley, $24.95), says that too many people are lazy about their online reputations, or think that what they post doesn’t really matter or won’t be seen by people other than friends or family. The Web has been very good at policing itself,” Weber says. “It Weber advises you to: Lead separate lives.

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blogs.sitepoint.com

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Become a better web developer. How to Set Policies You probably have your guidelines for most of these areas in your head already, or at least an idea of how you want these items to be structured. This is particularly true for part-time and/or new businesses. When will you answer calls and return calls? Under what terms?

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 25, 2010

Unique Content Unique content does not mean taking chunks of material from several websites and placing it on your web pages. Google deranks sites with poor programming on web pages that returns errors in results. Ensure that your SEO techniques follow webmaster guidelines.

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Andrea Kalli

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Challenges were issues within registered guidelines and by established PR representatives. Take the strategy that most authors and public figures adopt — only respond to criticism that is worthwhile. Articles were published after days, sometimes weeks, of study and analysis. Respond directly.

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Small Business CEO

OCTOBER 14, 2013

You’ve probably heard of Web 2.0, Today, meeting people does not only mean asking for their numbers. It becomes a necessity to ask for their Facebook pages and viewing their Twitter accounts. If it is a professional correspondence, you may have to find them on LinkedIn to check their professional life. Take for example Linux.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

Here are some ways I have found can help: The web is a wonderful tool for sharing. The web also has anonymity and sometimes people receive information better from people they dont know. Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too!

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Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Three in four small business owners report that they are interested in using it in their business. Yet, 46% say they have a beginner’s level of understanding of what it can do for them, according to a poll of 480 businesses across the U.S. by Constant Contact. Rob Marsh is a direct response copywriter and founder of the Copywriter Club.

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Virtual Moxie

MARCH 24, 2009

Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

If you’ve never read Tim Ferriss’ subversive manifesto, The 4-Hour Workweek you can be forgiven for assuming it’s a guide for the lazy. Titles can be misleading. When I read it in 2015, I was working both a full-time government job and launching a side business that would eventually eat up 80 hours of my week. What sort of life will you create?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 14, 2010

A - True B - False Answers to the Business Etiquette Quiz 1 -- B - FALSE -- Introduce the person of the greatest authority or importance first.  .  Do you make eye contact with: A - Just the person to whom you’re speaking at the moment? B - Each of the four, moving your eye contact from one to another?

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

Use email, instant messaging and your mobile phone to submit your notes or you can clip content from the web with the browser toolbar. With Tomboy you can highlight text, check spelling and auto link web and email addresses. Scrybe This is a web-based organizer that caters to your busy lifestyle.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

I really know it is a cold call when they refer to 'him' as a 'her' :) Since my boss's contact information is on our company website, I asked our web person to put my extension under his name instead. My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

One of those old friends is Rebecca Laffar-Smith, who tossed me a guest post that I think carries a pretty cool message worth thinking about. Have you ever considered how your time could more effectively benefit your client by not writing for their blog? Why Would Your Client Pay You to Write Free Information? Blogs build brand and trust.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 4, 2010

The freelancer who thinks you’re awesome because you sent him some work? Joe’s a great guy. You like what he does – that’s why you thought of him as a good referral for your rush customer in the first place. He seems like someone you might even enjoy working with more often. So why aren’t you? Launch a new website.

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

You should become an authority in your field, deliver outstanding service with every project, and stay up-to-date in your chosen specialty. Many of my fellow immortals would keep you in the dark, struggling to find the secret. For example, I write all sorts of things for my clients, but I’m a direct marketing specialist.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Effective Small Business Planning Strategy Planning your small business is the best way to avoid costly mistakes. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Outsourcing Options For Small Business Focus on your business, timeshare professionals. You ask a question, I answer! Build your own network!

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

If you want your blog to get a whole lot more readers, you should think about taking a class in how to write better articles and be noticed on the web. Written by Taylor - 22 Comments Don’t fret, good people. I’m not here to tell you that you should consider going back to school for a second degree. That’s right. It’s about to get really fun.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

George Berkeley There’s a lot of knowledge available for free on the web. Listening to Experts is Expensive When new business owners believe faulty information they find on the web, it costs them a great deal. The guy writes with confidence and authority. But why would they doubt you? You should go check out his website.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

I still have trouble shifting back and forth, where, during the day, I need to be an authority, and at night, I can just be some dude on a blog saying stuff. Putting confidence into your copy almost to the point of arrogance is pretty powerful stuff, and it works out great for a lot of people. Then come back.” It demonstrates self-confidence.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

James squinted into the bright sun as he strapped on his helmet, sitting deep on the black rental motorbike between his legs. He’d be glad to get out of the airport parking lot. Denver International was a far cry from the woods of back home. At least she got to lead him around the city like a queen. It was quiet.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Written by Taylor - 39 Comments This discussion we’ve been having about whether bloggers should get paid for their work is fascinating, and I think it’s pretty great that the whole MwP community here has been so level-headed and thoughtful about it. There are lots of other people out there getting seriously up in arms about it, though.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 1, 2010

I was doubly pleased when he thanked me by offering a guest post – one of the really good ones. Getting your first clients as a new freelancer is a daunting challenge. Without a reputation, referrals or testimonials to convince people to hire you, you have to be creative and work extra hard on getting your name out there. Counter-intuitive but true.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 20, 2010

The people who have started their own movements and revolutions. The people whose fans would knife you if you said an ill word against their favorite blogger. Realize something with me: We are not looking for perfection. If anything, perfection kind of pisses us off. The high and mighty are not our favorite people. Which one did you choose?

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Established authors, those brand names that won’t go away even though you read their stuff and think, “Hey, I can do better than that…&# These fortunate folks need only to be good at these things. And they have plenty of good with their existing authors. And that’s the problem with NaNoWriMo. Read that again. Any two will do.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

The Pros and Cons Written by Agent X - 30 Comments Here’s a great slam-dunk post for you from my respected friend and international copywriting authority, Dean Rieck of Direct Creative and Pro Copy Tips. Enjoy – it’s a good one! I know plenty of people who prefer having a writing job working for one company.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

Write down everything you can think of that belongs to you – license information, domain names, web hosting services, the whole nine yards. Consider what you’d like for your website, your blog or your online business if you were to pass on. Do you want to leave it to your children and have them continue operations or close up shop?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 20, 2009

There are times when you can power through sickness and get your work done. But then there are those other times… The times when your head has been aching vaguely for three days and every bone in your body feels like you have early-onset arthritis. The times when you’ve forgone the boxes of Kleenex for 70 rolls of toilet paper.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Web: I make a habit of reading a lot of blogs, and I also like to keep an eye on their authors. I had been a little bit of a loner before, even if I had my own company and all. For instance, my first trip outside of the country was when I was over 33. So, as you can see, I have a LOT of friends, from all over the planet.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

That realization reminded me of a conversation I had one day , in which an artist I admire told me he believed fans grow and change right along with their favourite singers and authors. That’s part of the problem with blogging – you write, you post, people read your work for a couple of days, and then it gets buried in the archives.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

Our ability to produce creative quality on just five hours sleep is a badge of honour that’s applauded and lauded! Hurray for us! Kind of stupid, don’t you think? To be honest, I’ve only recently come to regard sleep as a priority. The problem is that we freelancers all know healthy sleep habits are good for us. Test the theory.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

I was having a hard time explaining that my blog lives or dies based on who I am, not on the information I provide. I really can’t screw up too badly. But they wanted those results, those numbers. Many of the people who approached me for help were writing – or planning on writing – blogs that were high-stakes and information-based.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2010

I wrote web copy and ebooks and taglines and fiction and all kinds of writerly stuff. Not just any problem – a wicked, vicious bastard of a problem that plagued my waking moments and kept me from sleeping at night. I couldn’t write. Well, that’s not entirely true. I could write. Not blog posts, though. I suppose in some ways, it was.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 16, 2010

For the last time, he headed off into the sunset. What a character. Man, they’d trashed and torched their share of sites, and done some hits they could be darned proud of. Now James stood in the doorway, the mud spit up by the old bike’s back tire forming grey-brown clumps on his white t-shirt. Intrigued, James answered the call.

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Men With Pens

MAY 16, 2010

This can make it tough to break in as a guest author. However, there are some relatively easy steps any guest author can take. However, there are some relatively easy steps any guest author can take. Look for a writer’s guidelines page. But, when a guidelines page is there make sure that you follow it to the letter.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 21, 2010

There’s a lot more to writing web copy than that – and you’ll learn it from cars. And that’s what your web copy needs to do for your client. Don’t neglect the basics of what goes under the hood of your web copy, of course. You’ll find those articles right here on Men with Pens, actually. It’s good advice.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Most have one thing in common: the authors don’t have the expertise or – perhaps worse – the qualifications to write on the subject. All because many authors write from their personal experience alone, which does not make them qualified to provide advice or help to others. Ahh, science fiction, how do I love thee?

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

There’s certainly no reason to assume that a business isn’t good just because it doesn’t have a website (unless the person is advertising some sort of web-related service, in which case it’s a warning flag). I’ve been doing fine for the past 10 years. I don’t need that. Never have, never will. Been doing fine without it.” But it could.

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