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Blockbuster Blogs: How Breakthrough Ideas Are Born

Animalz

Author Gretchen Rubin mentioned this idea many times on her blog, two years before it ended up in her 2009 book ( The Happiness Project ) and went mainstream. This change enabled people to earn a living from creative work by having “ 1,000 True Fans ” who buy everything the creator releases. ” What to look for?

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What We Learned From Refreshing a Decade’s Worth of Blog Content

Contently

We started writing blog content in 2011—back when Facebook fan pages and Klout scores were the marketing trends of the moment. On Contently, we created two different story brief templates and workflows for these projects. Working with our Creative Marketplace team, I staffed both of these roles with experienced professionals.

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How to Kickstart Your Book Project

Men With Pens

No longer do creative types need traditional gatekeepers, especially with the help of some pretty neat sites. The site allows creative types to fund their projects, be they books, CDs, movies, works of art, or new toys. The results of my first Kickstarter project were amazing. Like Kickstarter. It worked in spades.

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Why a WordPress Site Blog is an Author’s Best Friend

Melanie Saxton

Popular for a Reason After working in other content management systems (CMS) — Drupal, Joomla, and Wix — I’m grateful for the creative options that WordPress offers. It brings me projects from the U.S., Your WordPress site blog is a powerful marketing tool that feeds search engines and draws traffic to your website.

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Art Book Editor

Melanie Saxton

Be inspired by The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival and seek a professional art book editor to assist with your book-writing project! The work of new and emerging artists is exciting, too, including Conroe artists Patti Gary and Leslee McFerren.

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First-Ever Photo Hub: Giving Access to State-of-the-Art Equipment and Studio Space for Freelancers

Freelance Union

Addressing this access and equity challenge, the Photo Hub emerges as a beacon of affordability and convenience, offering an extensive suite of photography equipment at the fingertips of creatives. "We're Photography is a competitive and expensive industry and creatives entering the space face many hurdles including money and access.

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10 Key Tips to Help You Build a Rockstar Copywriting Portfolio

Express Writers

I was once an online writer applying for jobs in 2011. This also gives you the advantage of being as creative as you want with your sample and writing for a company that you love. Your personal projects may not necessarily be examples of your smartest or best work. They look for your best pieces before considering you.