Men With Pens

JUNE 15, 2012

For many people, writing is an art, a creative talent akin to music or sculpture or painting. Pick a page of web copy and add some rich adjectives, metaphors or play up the mood of the scene. How to Paint Magical Words with Storytelling Impact first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved.

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Content Hacker

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Let’s take a peek at exactly what to look for to find the perfect content writer for your exact needs, based on what I’ve learned from hiring and managing hundreds of content writers since 2011. Heck, I’ve used them since 2011 with the advice of a mentor who used them even before that. Get all nine in this free guide.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 5, 2012

The guy couldn’t even type—but he could produce a “gush” of copy.). Read more about his creative process in Ogilvy’s letter to Mr. Ray Calt. 7 Tips Pros Use To Get Words on the Page first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. .” (How great an ad man was he?

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2012

And to be fair, there is still a lot of crap out there, passing itself off as legitimate copy. You can write a 100,000-word novel and keep the reader’s attention, if the copy is clean. His eBook, You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One) , is an Amazon Best Seller in books about writing and creativity. Clarity wins.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 18, 2011

Second Example: 5 Big Mistakes Creative People Make With Money (ebook). I’ve chosen 5 Big Mistakes Creative People Make With Money by Mark McGuinness as the second example. A one-page introduction that sets us up for what’s to come – “[a] story about two creative people and their relationship with money (and other things)&#.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 13, 2012

Your writing becomes effortless, ideas flow from a fountain of creativity and words come easily, on demand. You’d finally write that ebook, smash out compelling web copy and completely revolutionize your business results. How to build a font of creativity so you always know what to write. ” You need to produce.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

You can support the show at www.patreon.com/thecreativepenn Damon Freeman is the founder and creative director of Damonza.com, creating custom book cover design and interior formatting for authors. So in 2011, I started the website, Damonza.com. So we don't want to copy anyone or anything like that. Damon: Thank you, Joanna.

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Men With Pens

MAY 7, 2012

Scott is going to use his copy to expand his magic empire, booking clients and promoting his work… and that’s what I think Damn Fine Words is all about. Your posts showed talent, creativity, drive and determination, and you have our heartfelt applause for having put your words out there. Scott is the winner for me.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 5, 2012

In the first month of my creative writing Masters, both my tutors told me that I wrote too much from the head. We tend to get caught up trying to get things perfect … but this results in copy that’s either bland or trying too hard. first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. If you want to stay in touch, sign up for my free Author Blueprint here , subscribe to The Creative Penn podcast on your favorite app, or follow me on social media. If you find it for sale elsewhere, then it is a secondhand copy.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 20, 2023

And so those books have sold more than a million copies worldwide, have done very well for me as an indie writer, where they didn't find the audience that I had hoped they would have found back as a traditional published work. So yeah, I've been doing both for a number of years now. Joanna: Did you have to for the course?

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 28, 2012

“Teaching” comes in any package you’re creative enough to invent. Set up a table or booth to autograph and sell copies. How to Land More Clients and Boost Your Income by Teaching first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. Here are some perks and tips to get you started. Have a book?

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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

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

I started my career imagining I would write the Great Canadian Novel and instead ended up writing marketing copy for the Great Canadian Bagel (figuratively speaking, at least. But it’s also a fun, exciting process of creativity and discovery. Copyright 2006 – 2011, All Rights Reserved. My novels were buried too.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

This guest post is by Jo Gifford of Cherry Sorbet Creative. In 2011 visual social media platforms like Pinterest and insta.gram exploded in use, signalling a trend towards lifecasting in a more visual way, which applies to the blogosphere too; readers want your pages to look interesting. Creative Commons search.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. Sign up for my new Kickstarter: www.JFPenn.com/bloodvintage Lessons learned from 13 years as a full-time author entrepreneur Thirteen years ago, in Sept 2011, I left my day job to become a full-time author-entrepreneur. Let me run. (2)

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ProBlogger

APRIL 19, 2017

Behind The Book Campaign: How to Sell 30,000 Copies in Six Weeks. Here are a few of my favourites: How Creatives Should Negotiate via Tim Ferris. In 2011 he expanded the scope of Bushwalking Blog to cover all things hiking, from how-tos and trip reports to news, outdoors photography, safety, and gear reviews. Neil Fahey.

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ProBlogger

MAY 11, 2011

If you’re an ace at writing blog copy, you can write an excellent press release. 31, 2011) – [First sentence starts here.]”. You can be creative with your first sentence, but make sure you get the who, what, where, why and how in the first paragraph. This guest post is by Erika Gimbel of Fimepointwriter. Lead : The main news.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 7, 2011

Simply find the HTML you’re after, copy and paste it into your blog’s HTML editor, and replace the text with your own. A shortcut for finding, resizing and using Flickr Creative Commons images. Copy and paste the HTML into your post article and you’re done. The site also offers a 2011 Blog Conference and Event Calendar.

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Fat Joe

JULY 21, 2023

It can include creating blog posts, web copy, press releases , and other content assets. Here’s why: Expand Production Capacity Back in 2011, the average blog post was around 300-500 words. You can tap into the experience and creativity of writing pros as and when you need them. You’re not copying your competitors.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 10, 2012

We started our youth work blog in September 2011 and have posted six days a week ever since, so we’ve had to come up with over 200 posts related to youth work so far. Change of scenery: Changing your location can have a big impact on your creativity. Needless to say, it’s been tricky coming up with this many ideas.

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Income Diary

APRIL 2, 2024

After stepping aside as Google CEO in August 2001 in favour of Eric Schmidt, he re-assumed the role in April 2011. This is the largest single funding round since Groupon in 2011, when it raised $950 million in its fifth funding round. Page is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc. billion valuation.

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ProBlogger

JULY 23, 2019

In 2011, I blogged every single day. I started paying attention to what I was learning on ProBlogger and Copy Blogger and following other writers and bloggers online. By the end of 2011, I’d grown an email list of about 10,000 people and realized that I could monetize this. That’s what I did. I like that a lot.

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Content Hacker

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I’ve been in content since 2011. The AI-generated copy is full of fluff. ChatGPT is a recipe game changer because it writes the exact recipe I need, and I copy and paste that into my Notes for seamless stove-side cooking and reading! I believe it kills creativity when you’re producing true thought leadership.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

How can you reframe the direct author business model to take advantage of creative possibilities for different kinds of products and long-term marketing? So I started my first creative business in 2004. So I did my first—it wasn't even a Kickstarter, it was an Indiegogo campaign—in 2011. Russell: Sure. Russell: Sure.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

After many years of people saying, “AI can never be creative, AI could never write fiction (i.e. How can we use the tools to achieve our creative purpose in an ethical manner, and understand that we need to curate, edit, and take responsibility for any usage? Because yes, we’ve heard this all before. It is more nuanced than that.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 3, 2025

I often cite my first arriving in India in 2011 as the reason I wanted to write. Luke: I was an English teacher in a high school for several years, under the illusions that it would be a creative thing to do because I've always been very creative. For the first couple of years, it actually was quite creative.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I switched to indie publishing in 2011. I know that some authors consider retiring books, but for me, the way I see it, they're a potential source of income even if they're only selling a copy a year. I mean, update the cover, or re-edit the book, do a small re-release, make a fuss, do some promotion, see if you can move copies.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Rachael Herron, author of Fast Draft Your Memoir, in an interview on memoir on The Creative Penn Podcast, Feb 2018. I sent the ebook and audiobook out yesterday and a few people also have printed copies. I started a fresh Scrivener project and copied and pasted elements from all the old projects into it. Memoir is not therapy.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Some writers excel at writing persuasive copy that can be used in emails and on your websites; some create masterful stories that dig into personalities; and others craft prescriptive, how-to content. I, for one, can’t design myself out of a box, so I’m always grateful for CMI Creative Director Joseph Kalinowski.). Click To Tweet.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 5, 2023

How can we use AI tools in our creative and business processes while still keeping our humanity at the core of our books? She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. What is the AI-Assisted Artisan Author? She has sold almost a million books across 169 countries and 5 languages.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

This means 23 copies of product A and 12 copies of product B. Is it really that hard to sell 2 copies of your high end product on a daily basis? You’ll copy/paste one in the Eye-On-The-Prize autoresponders and copy/paste the second in your Income Steps autoresponders. So be creative, and get cracking.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 21, 2024

How can we use AI tools to enhance and improve our creative process? How can we double down on being human by writing what we are passionate about, while still using generative AI to help fulfil our creative vision? So I basically worked in software development and network management until 2011. Then I got into writing.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 9, 2023

Because look, to be honest, this is the creative process, right? She put it away in a drawer for 30 years, and then eventually in 1977 when she was 84, she took it back out, reread it, and then she self-published it by paying for a print run of 3000 copies to Aberdeen University Press. Merryn: Well, she had given away a lot of copies.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 27, 2013

If you have to require a plugin to show off a product—or to satisfy a web designer’s lust to show off his or her creativity—don’t require it on a landing page. It presents long-winded introductory copy. Of course you have to explain what you do, but at a certain point your introductory copy begins to have a negative effect.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 21, 2013

I was impressed with her self-published memoir and her creative approach to blogging. In 2011, she sold the rights to three publishers and sold the movie options. In this interview, I talk with her about her creative process and the books journey to publication. It’s creative play. Torre is a natural writer.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 7, 2024

She also writes nonfiction for authors as Joanna Penn and is the host of The Creative Penn Podcast. I wrote the first book, Stone of Fire in 2009, and then published in 2011. I did leave my job in 2011, so I've been a full-time creator author, entrepreneur since then. I started to read the early copy just yesterday.

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