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Can You Finish Your Projects?

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But for every amazing venture you hear about me starting, I’d estimate that at least a dozen others get a stuttering start followed by a lot of frustration that boils up until I throw the project aside and declare I’ll never start another venture again. But those projects never saw the light of day. Can You Finish Your Projects?

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Always Read the Acknowledgments Page

Jane Friedman

Amongst its treasures was a signed, hard cover copy of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona , and soon, I was its proud owner. Later, for the sake of this article and my own sanity, I checked the library’s copy. Most acknowledgment pages list early readers and supporters of the project, and show which authors are helping each other.

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How to Set Your Copywriting Fees and Earn What You’re Worth

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Another discussion was with an associate who said he saw freelance projects on Elance with bids of $50 for sales letters and $5 for blog posts. Charge hourly for long or uncertain projects. The uncertainty can take many forms: l You don’t know how long it’ll take you to complete a project. Working for $5?

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Project Managment Planning Time | Men With Pens

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And it’s sweet because now I get to discuss my ultimate, favorite topic: T, for Time-based, which has a great deal to do with project management. And project management is what I do best. So, let’s start with what a project is. In other words, a project is fully time-based. They aren’t projects.

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Authoritative Website Copy | Men With Pens

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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. We’ve had some pretty great clients, and they were amazing, wonderful, inspiring people – but their copy gave their target market the impression that they were… well, kind of a dick.

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How to Organize Writing Projects | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

These are all extremely lengthy projects. In an online world, such projects are not exactly commonplace. Usually copy comes in nice bite-sized chunks: a webpage, a blog post, an article, a press release. Using the materials as a guide, write down everything that might need to go in this project. Little ebooks.

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Do You Refuse to Work for New Clients?

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Maybe he wants a new website, or some copy, or marketing advice. If you take on a project knowing that your work and his money will be a complete waste, it’s (in my humble opinion) wrong not to tell this person the state of affairs.… first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved.