The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Around 2011, 2010, around that time, I was building out Twitter and becoming a Twitter influencer, and I started writing more inspirational content that I felt would help people. From 2011, that's more than a decade ago, so you put out your first poetry book. So 2011, I was thinking about the poetry book, but I had almost no direction.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 28, 2013

Write engaging blog posts that resonate with your readers. How do you write blog posts that engage readers and encourage them to leave comments or share your articles on social media? Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 26, 2012

I know this because I took the Damn Fine Words writing course, taught by A-list blogger and professional copywriter, James Chartrand. When I read the blog posts I wrote pre-Damn Fine Words, I’m surprised. When she isn't writing for clients, she's busy creating structured blog post outlines for her website, Clearly Green Media.

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ProBlogger

MAY 21, 2013

This is a guest contribution by Charles Cuninghame, website copywriter and owner of Text-Centric. I’m sure we can all agree that proofreading is the least fun part of blogging. In a widely reported study in 2011, British entrepreneur Charles Duncombe found a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half! A red pen.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2012

Here’s what you need to do: Write a blog post about why writing is important to you and your business. Write one blog post article of at least 450 words on why writing is important to you and how better writing skills would change your business or your life. Link to www.damnfinewords.com once in your post.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 9, 2013

Here’s how to enter the contest: Write a blog post about why writing is important to you and your success. Write one blog post or article of at least 450 words on why writing is important to you and how better writing skills would change your business. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 8, 2012

Here’s what you need to do: Write a blog post about why writing is important to you. Write one blog post article of at least 450 words on why writing is important to you and how better writing skills would change your business or your life. Link to www.damnfinewords.com once in your post.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 1, 2013

Blog posts, newsletters, website copy, emails… you have to write a lot to achieve your business goals. You know how to write a blog post – but you don’t have the first clue about how to write a compelling blog post (and in less than a painful 5 hours). Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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Men With Pens

MAY 14, 2012

It’s been even longer since you’ve actually ENJOYED writing a post. Writing a blog post shouldn’t take days. And there are fun, easy writing techniques that can help you feel inspired, motivated and even electrified to blog. One good blog post? Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2012

Write engaging blog posts that compel comments. It showed in their blog posts that didn’t get comments. It first launched in September of 2011 to resounding success. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! All the pros tell you to write – and write lots, too. Write ebooks. Write follow-ups.

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Ebook writing isn’t your “thing” Okay, you’re a fair hand with the keyboard, and you do alright when it comes to an article or a blog post, but an ebook? Some people will tell you to slap together some blog posts and call that an ebook. (It’s It’s just a bunch of blog posts.)

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

After all, the advice made sense: Have a blogging schedule, and stick to it. Write blog posts and publish them according to this rigid schedule and provide readers with a steady stream of constant blog posts. Think about it: When you first sign up to receive new blog posts, you’re excited. Dependable.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 20, 2012

Here’s what you need to do: Write a blog post about why writing is important to you and to your business. Write one blog post article of at least 450 words on why writing is important to you and how better writing skills would change your business. Post your article to your blog.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

They tell you to write engaging blog posts that generate comments and build credibility. You’ll learn: How to generate blog posts that get results faster and easier than before. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved.

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Buffer

JULY 27, 2017

We started the Buffer Social blog in January 2011 and since then it has been a key component in the success of the company. We have published more than 1,000 posts—and we’re honored to receive more than 1.5 Before thinking of blog post ideas, it’s helpful to understand what your readers want from you.

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Men With Pens

MAY 8, 2012

There’s a secret content-creation technique that’s extremely valuable for capturing your ideas so you can turn them into focused blog posts, full ebooks and compelling web copy – and all you need are three sentences. And when they learn it, they’re suddenly churning out a year’s worth of blog posts in no time at all.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 13, 2012

You have a business that needs all sorts of content: blog posts, articles, web copy, sales pages… You need to write , with effortless ease and all the writing confidence in the world. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! Can’t do any of that when you’re stuck thinking, “I can’t write.”

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Sure, you may do okay with blog posts and newsletters, but an ebook? Post by James Chartrand James Chartrand is an entrepreneur, a pro copywriter and the founder and CEO of Men with Pens and Damn Fine Words , the game-changing writing course for business owners. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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Men With Pens

JUNE 3, 2012

That’s probably as far removed from the subjects of entrepreneurship, copywriting, or freelancing as I could get. My blog posts, articles, and writing projects have all benefited from my fiction writing experience – that means I’m better at communicating with people and clients who bring me income. How to “chunk” tasks.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 29, 2012

I’m churning out blog posts like there’s no tomorrow. Post by James Chartrand James Chartrand is an entrepreneur, a pro copywriter and the founder and CEO of Men with Pens and Damn Fine Words , the game-changing writing course for business owners. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! It’s good to write again.

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Men With Pens

JULY 8, 2012

After writing for a couple weeks, they grow frustrated by the slow results and turn to other blogs for advice. Maybe they learn about copywriting or buy a custom design template, but it doesn’t help. But really, there’s just one reason most blogs suck: because they write blog posts instead of changing the world.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Blogs that look great attract the attention of the reader, it’s as easy as that. Your content might be amazing but if your blog has a terrible aesthetic you are missing out on a slice of magic to make people enjoy their stay. From there, I click on an image and copy the URL to add into the blog post. Screen grabs.

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Content Hacker

DECEMBER 15, 2022

That includes in the field of copywriting. AI is taking over marketing as a whole, and it’s especially coming after copywriting jobs – big time. The Copywriting AI Tool Here to Stay. Interesting, isn’t it, how hard AI copywriting tools have to work to become… safe? . It’s not a trend.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 15, 2012

In February of 2011, Google released the Panda update that took rankings away from websites with low-quality content and sites with more advertising than content. always linking to your homepage (as a blog, you should have lots of links built to your blog posts too). Google’s Panda update. For example….

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 31, 2011

This is a guest post by Gregory Ciotti of Sparring Mind. As 2011 comes to a close, now is a better time than ever to evaluate your blog, its performance, and most importantly, what you can do to improve your blog in 2012! Unless your blog as 1000+ posts, you don’t need a search bar, categories—none of that stuff.

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Neil Patel

AUGUST 18, 2021

For example, if you offer coaching services to freelance writers you might cover topics like: attracting new clients nurturing prospects generating and capturing leads retaining existing clients setting and raising rates weeding out difficult or “problem” clients branding content creation and copywriting case studies.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 8, 2012

This guest post is by Neil Patel of KISSmetrics. About six thousand new blog posts are published. Blogs have given enormous power to people. According to the 2011 Technorati State of the Blog report , 90 percent of bloggers use some kind of multimedia on their site. It happens every minute. That’s a lot.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 26, 2011

Think of the half-written blog posts you won’t finish. Post by James Chartrand James Chartrand is the pen name of a thirty-something copywriter, problogger and online entrepreneur from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! And some have emotional attachments. How about you?

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 23, 2011

That blog post might earn you a new book to read in peace. Post by James Chartrand Owner of Men with Pens and of Damn Fine Words (the internet's most game-changing writing course ever), James Chartrand is the pen name of a copywriter, problogger and online entrepreneur from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 20, 2011

Web copy, blog post, ebook chapter… You’ll feel like you’ve discovered a hidden secret. Post by James Chartrand Owner of Men with Pens and of Damn Fine Words (the internet's most game-changing writing course ever), James Chartrand is the pen name of a copywriter, problogger and online entrepreneur from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2012

Learn how to write better content for your business – web copy, blog posts, newsletters, sales pages, emails, that sort of essential business stuff - with Damn Fine Words. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! What university lets you show up in pajamas, munching on a snack and holding a mug of Irish coffee?

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 14, 2011

It showed in their blog posts that didn’t get comments. Post by James Chartrand Owner of Men with Pens and of Damn Fine Words (the internet's most game-changing writing course ever), James Chartrand is the pen name of a copywriter, problogger and online entrepreneur from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They knew the grammar.

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Smart Blogger

JUNE 17, 2024

” I Came, I Saw, I Conquered… Content Marketing So, what makes the Rule of Three so powerful, especially in content marketing , copywriting , or other forms of persuasive writing ? Steve Jobs skillfully used this technique during the iPad 2 launch in March 2011. Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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Men With Pens

MAY 5, 2011

You might be great at turning out 500-word blog posts or short articles. You’ve probably written blog posts that flowed from start to finish without needing to consciously think about them much. I can often turn out a blog post in one draft plus a quick polish – and perhaps it’s the same for you.

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