Men With Pens

JULY 29, 2012

As an author and writing coach, I’m a big fan of good writing. But writing isn’t rocket science … and there are a few simple writing tricks you can use to write blog posts that are much more powerful and engaging. Writing Trick #3: Use Contractions. We use contractions all the time when we speak.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

As Michael Stelzner said at Blogworld, “You’re not a blogger, you’re a publisher!”. Do you know of someone that has really stood out in 2011? You guys may also enjoy her post about making money online through blogging and writing. He runs a popular blog, but I wouldn’t called him a blogger.

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Men With Pens

JULY 21, 2011

You’re nobody in the blogosphere until you’ve been shown a little love by the influential sites that serious bloggers read, Tweet and flock to. Advance your blogging swagger : Use your writing experience of guest posting at top sites to negotiate a higher blogging rate when applying for paid work. He ain’t wrong. I kid you not.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Why Succeeding As a Blogger Is Simple but Hard. Becoming a successful blogger is a lot like becoming a successful weight-loss story. Successful blogging involves writing quality posts on a regular basis and promoting them through methods like guest posting, commenting, social media etc. It really is that simple. Maybe years.

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Smart Blogger

JUNE 17, 2024

If you’re a seasoned blogger who’s been around the block a time or two, who’s already figured out which ideas work and which don’t, it’s easy to chalk up these costs as the price of doing business. Those who don’t plan on using their blog for writing (photographers, podcasters, etc.). How Do You Get Started?

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 26, 2012

He slumps over his keyboard day after day wondering why the writing gods are always punishing him. You don’t have to be intoxicated, angst-ridden, or even brilliant to write well. I know this because I took the Damn Fine Words writing course, taught by A-list blogger and professional copywriter, James Chartrand.

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 27, 2011

One of the biggest barriers facing a new writer – a blogger, a novelist, a copywriter – is the self-knowledge of just how far away you are from their ideal. I was afraid to show my work to my peers, even though they had offered to look at my work and help me figure out how to make my writing better.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 16, 2011

When I set up my copywriting business, one of the first things I did was hire a writing coach. Hello, haven’t I proven time and again that I can write well? But since I’m in the writing business, having thousands of Facebook fans or a website with all the bells and whistles won’t attract clients.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 18, 2011

Upcoming posts will focus on better writing skills, in honor of Damn Fine Words ‘s launch. It’s the only online writing course that teaches you how to improve your writing skills AND get business results. You know that writers need to read to improve their writing skills. Don’t miss it! Great structure.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 19, 2017

I curated Bloggers To Watch column here on Problogger for four years and it is phenomenal how much has changed since I wrote my last post in 2012. In that time, popular bloggers have pivoted multiple times. So fascinating that I asked to compile another list of bloggers that haven appeared on my radar. It is a fascinating time.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

As a blogger, I was crazy enough to pitch to ProBlogger (and yes, fail) when my own analytics were damn flat. And as a career hopeful, I was uncommon enough to choose writing as a profession, despite my mom and dad being CPAs. He had a lot to teach in that post, and it may help you if you write fiction or screenplays.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 23, 2012

How do full-time bloggers take maternity leave? By Summer 2011, I had two very happy things going on in my life: I was pregnant with my first child, and my fashion and career advice blog ( Corporette ) was doing so well that I had quit my job as a lawyer to focus on it. Oh, and those meatier posts that I kept for myself to write?

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Post by Kari Wolfe Kari is a full-time content manager, editor and in-house blogger at Men With Pens. In her spare time, she writes fiction and is working on her first novel. The Art of Procrastination and How to Use it to Your Advantage first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Or maybe you love coming up with ideas – you have notebooks full of them – but sitting down to write the actual post doesn’t seem like much fun at all. If you’d rather gnaw off your arm than write a post on Grammar 101, then tackle another idea instead. Or take just one aspect of the idea and write about that.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 3, 2012

Usually you spend years in your industry, soaking up its knowledge for a decade before you write your own “how to” manual. You don’t start freelancing by writing a book. And I didn’t write just any old nonfiction “How to Run a Business” book – I wrote a fiction thriller novel.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 3, 2018

Leaving Her Job to Create a Multi Six Figure Online Business – A Writing Blogger Tells Her Story. We’re continuing our series of blogger stories, and handing the podcast over to you so you can tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs. The Creative Penn Blogger Joanna Penn. Facebook Group.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 7, 2011

This is a guest post by the creators of the new site Bloggers’ Domain: 369 (and counting) blog tips, tools and resources. One of the most exciting things about being a blogger is finding new ways to improve your blogging experience. Lanyrd collates numerous resources covering it, including write-ups, videos, slide decks and photos.

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Content Powered

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Back in 2011, when Google released Panda and changed content marketing forever, blog posts ranged from 300 words to maybe 1,000 from a particularly ambitious marketer. I, personally, aim for around 2,000 for everything I write, though I often end up at 2,300 or more. So how long should it take to write one of these blog posts?

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Men With Pens

MARCH 27, 2012

How can you write a guest post that stands out like a shining star from the hundreds of hum-drum hopefuls? He has carte blanche publication rights on major sites, earns serious money for his writing talents, built an entire course around guest blogging and is renowned for his brilliant posts – the kind that go viral in a heartbeat.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 14, 2011

They tell you to write. You should write sales letters. How to write engaging posts. How to write snappy headlines. These were entrepreneurs and business owners who wanted – no, who needed – to write more effective, compelling content so they could get results. They tell you to produce lots of it. You should blog.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

This is an issue that bloggers in California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Connecticut are currently facing. As of June 30, 2011, California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Connecticut have been affected by the nexus tax. To learn more, visit PMA’s contribution page.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 26, 2012

This guest post is by Bea Kylene Jumarang of Writing Off the Rails. Tim Harford’s three rules—blogger’s edition. On the other hand, if you’re a big blogger, you’ll take a little bit more care. Type of task: post writing, editing, formatting, research, etc. How much time does it take me to write n words?

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2012

You know that writing content – no, writing great content – is crucial to your business success (no matter what business you have). All the pros tell you to write – and write lots, too. Write compelling website copy to land clients and sales. Write informative articles that show your expertise.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 2, 2018

3 Travel Bloggers Share Their Tips and Stories. I started this series towards the end of last year with episode 221: From 0 to 500,000 Page Views a Month – A DIY Blogger Shares Her Story. Today I’ve got three blogger stories for you. Links and Resources for 3 Travel Bloggers Share their Stories and Tips.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 19, 2012

I recently secured the position of Resident Blogger at PLUS Hostels , a large hostel and camp site chain based in Europe. I approached PLUS about becoming their Resident Blogger. I remembered they’d said they would be considering bloggers in April, and would get back to me then. This guest post is by Jane of Runaway Jane.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 1, 2010

I dissed another blogger. There are a couple bloggers out there who, because of outrageous, totally misplaced egos, really piss me off. . My site isn’t remotely funny, I write about effective storytelling standards and processes, and how to get it published. In fact, that prayer is up on my site as I write this.

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Men With Pens

JULY 8, 2012

Most bloggers start because they’re looking for a get rich quick scheme, some illusory easy path to fame and fortune. After writing for a couple weeks, they grow frustrated by the slow results and turn to other blogs for advice. Truth is, it’s much easier to write for the Google-bots than it is for human eyes.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 6, 2013

There are two types of bloggers: those with realistic expectations and those with a pipe dream. But a lot of bloggers are totally lost on the recipe. Just because you know how to write good articles and promote them to people doesn’t mean you can make money. Let’s take a little walk, shall we? offers internet arm*.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

No one needs to know you’re being paid $5 for the work or that you’re writing it for a content mill. Write them for free. Post by Samar Owais Samar Owais is a freelance blogger who loves to talk shop over at her blog The Writing Base. Instead, tweet about what you do have and make it sound interesting. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

JULY 1, 2012

One solution that many probloggers tout as the answer is to write an ebook. While the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported a 125% increase in digital magazine readership from 2010 to 2011 for consumer magazines, AdAge reported in March 2012 that the jump still only accounts for 1% of total paid and verified circulation. Translation?

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 28, 2011

Pick one of your favorite bloggers. If not, go click the links and read a few posts – all these guys have writing worth a solid browse-through. Your goal is to match the four people with their writing style: Extract #1: Interesting & Interested. If you weren’t familiar with the bloggers in question, maybe not.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 3, 2011

You don’t get to be on big-name sites like Men with Pens, Copyblogger, Problogger and Daily Writing Tips by fluffing deadlines like some flaky moonlighter. And you know you need to write every single day to hit this deadline. It’s almost impossible to write. Write a quick outline if you don’t already have one.

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Fat Joe

AUGUST 23, 2023

From blogger outreach to technical audits, a lot of activities go into improving a website’s visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs). Outreach Reach out to bloggers and websites in your niche. If you have great content to link to, you’ll start to get more responses and backlinks from blogger outreach.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 15, 2012

So you might be asking what more can be written about link building for bloggers? Bloggers have an advantage that static and retail websites don’t. 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.

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Men With Pens

MAY 14, 2012

You don’t know what to write, you don’t feel confident about what you DO write, and frankly, you’d rather not be blogging at all. It’s been even longer since you’ve actually ENJOYED writing a post. Writing a blog post shouldn’t take days. Write yourself a text message or an email.

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ProBlogger

MAY 3, 2015

Many bloggers write drafts and then ‘edit’ their writing – but ‘revising’ is a little different and is definitely a good exercise. In the video Beth talks about ‘fixing your writing’ by learning to ‘revise’ your work. These points regularly can be found: The Change.

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Of course, you can teach writing courses, as I do. Even though I had no journalism experience, I interviewed with a local magazine editor who was impressed by the fact that I taught writing courses to college students. My teaching status was verification of my ability to learn and master new writing styles. Leave a Comment!

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