Buffer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The original Buffer Marketing team started posting to the blog as far back as 2013, a very different time for content on the Internet.     If you’re looking for simple guidance on writing your first blog post, scroll down to the penultimate header, ‘How to write a blog post in 6 steps,’ for a simple guide.

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Enchanting Marketing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Telling stories to help sell is not new Legendary copywriter Joe Sugarman already suggested that readers should feel compelled to read your ad as if they’re sliding down a slippery slide. Further reading: How to tell stories in 150 words (or less) and How to write a narrative blog post Type of story #5. Would that be possible?

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Make a Living Writing

MARCH 28, 2025

I’m not talking about the prolific Craigslist ads and content-mill stuff that pays $5 to $10 per blog post. Pays: $300 per assignment Guidelines: 1,000 to 3,000 words Tip: Pitch a guest post idea from the list of accepted topics, and increase your chances of acceptance with an original image or artwork 2.

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Enchanting Marketing

JANUARY 28, 2025

They slow down your reader without adding meaning. Examples: Very, actual, in my opinion, really, just Chewy sentence: In my opinion, this blog post is fun. More nutritional: This blog post is fun. For instance: What is a good blog post? You’ve seen me doing this in this post, right? Oodles of leisure time?

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Express Writers

JANUARY 28, 2025

While blog posts are valuable for nurturing existing customers and reaching new ones to bring in more traffic, effective promotion is necessary for content to be noticed. If youre unsure how to promote a new blog post, these tried and tested strategies effectively generate more traffic for brands.

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iWriter

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Have you ever wondered how to breathe new life into your old blog posts? Whether it’s turning a blog post into a video or creating an infographic from key points, the possibilities are endless. Assess Your Existing Content Start by reviewing your blog posts to identify which ones have performed well.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 19, 2025

Photo by MIGUEL GASCOJ on Unsplash Todays post is by author Janee Butterfield. I ran Amazon ads, posted across social media, and told every friend and family member about my debut. Engaging readers beyond the pages At first, I thought marketing meant constantly running ads or posting daily on social media.

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Nick Ursborne

DECEMBER 18, 2024

[NOTE: In my last po st I worked with GPT4o to help me convert some presentation materials into a post. In this post I worked with Gemini 1.5 This post is specifically for copywriters and content creators who are already familiar with the basics of LLMs (Large Language Models) and are ready to take their AI skills to the next level.

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Nick Ursborne

JANUARY 20, 2025

Back when I started working as a trainee copywriter at an ad agency in 1979, I was just four years out of school. And when I went to my interview at the ad agency, it was pretty random. But back then, when you were hiring for an ad agency creative department, you wanted different. Instead, I worked in a quarry. I travelled.

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Bramework

JANUARY 3, 2025

Creating a high-quality, SEO-optimized blog post is essential for businesses, freelancers, and agencies looking to establish a strong online presence. Content Enhancement Features include: Adding brand voice. First Draft PRO generates your blog post in approximately 3 minutes. Call-to-action elements. Instagram captions.

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Backlinko

DECEMBER 27, 2024

For example, Semrushs Ecommerce Booster app generates ad descriptions based on keywords, text length, readability, tone of voice, and format settings. Marketing Generative AI tools let you quickly brainstorm marketing campaign ideas as well as draft blog posts and articles. From the list of asset types, select Ad Creatives.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Photo by Anna Shvets Todays post, the fifth in a series, is by writer and creativity coach Anne Carley ( @amcarley.bsky.social ), author of FLOAT Becoming Unstuck for Writers , now in its second edition. For example, this piece began as a post about scope creep. Most of us accept the basic reality: We draft and then we rewrite.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 1, 2025

Todays post is by author Teri Case. It took a series of public posts by Friedman and interviews with worldwide outlets such as BBC and The Guardian before the fraudulent titles were removed. To add insult to injury, Amazon wouldnt take the shoddy books down because Jane Friedman was not a registered US trademark. She was not alone.

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Backlinko

JANUARY 6, 2025

Both Mid Day Squares and TBH Skincare started with iPhones and posted daily while staying true to their story. ” Jake Karls The TBH Skincare team has found authentic stories outperform traditional ads across every channel. Generic ads. A consistent 10x return on ad spend (ROAS). maximum ad spend per customer.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Photo by Onin Today’s post is by book coach Nicole Pope. Books convey important messages, he added, but in many cases, what readers retain are “a few anecdotes, a few stories.” Casualty numbers after an earthquake, for example, may feel abstract to readers far away.

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Contently

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Maryland creates the digital ad tax Maryland’s digital ad tax, passed in 2021 , represents a novel approach to regulating social media giants by imposing a tiered tax on their ad revenue. The post Social Media Laws: What Are They and How Do They Impact Brands? appeared first on Contently.

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Grammarly

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This includes reviews, social media posts, blog posts, and testimonials. UGC has also been shown to increase conversion and ad click-through rates , making it a powerful tool for driving marketing effectiveness. The post Shifting Narratives: 7 Trends in Marketing Communication appeared first on Grammarly Blog.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 7, 2025

Photo by Leslie Duarte Castro Todays post is by freelance book designer Andrea Reider. If there are more than 30 chapters, publishers often choose to begin chapters left or right in order to avoid having too many blank pages in the book and adding unnecessarily to the page count and printing cost.

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Backlinko

DECEMBER 5, 2024

For example, the search results for pet shop near me include the following elements: A paid search ad marked as Sponsored Organic results within the local pack Regular organic results under the local pack Local search marketing is especially important for location-based businesses. They rank for 43 paid keywords, spending around $6.9K

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash Todays post is by writer and editor Lisa Cooper Ellison. But early on, refrain from adding backstory moments to your memoir. If you enjoyed this post, join us for the online class Memoir Backstory with Lisa Cooper Ellison. Join us on March 5 for her online class, Memoir Backstory.

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Grammarly

JULY 19, 2024

To use LinkedIn to your advantage, regularly posting relevant content will help you stay top of mind as a leader or expert in your field. Read on for everything you need to know to write professional , engaging LinkedIn posts. In this guide, we’ll focus on the standard LinkedIn post.

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Kristi Hines

JANUARY 1, 2024

podcast > transcript > quote images > blog posts), and you can monetize it on more platforms. The post How to Make Money Online: 70+ Monetization Programs for 2024 appeared first on Kristi Hines. Repurpose that content into multiple formats (ex. Transform the content with AI, and you can sell it on ChatGPT.

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Make a Living Writing

MARCH 14, 2025

Ever wonder what the difference is between writing an article and writing a blog post? There’s a lot of confusion out there in the freelance-writing world about blog posts and articles. A few years ago, I got a lot of response to my call for freelance writers to stop writing blog posts. So let’s discuss.

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Contently

AUGUST 16, 2024

Microsoft also uses targeted ads to amplify its content’s reach and ensure it extends to the right B2B decision-makers within specific industries or job titles. And while Google doesn’t directly sell products on LinkedIn, it uses targeted ads to promote informative content and webinars that strategically reach relevant B2B audiences.

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ContentWriters

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Even more compelling, 46% of weekly podcast listeners have purchased a product or service after hearing a podcast ad, demonstrating the direct impact of well-crafted scripts on conversion rates. Digital video ad spending was almost $176.63 An earlier version of this post was published in May, 2019 by Melanie G.

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Backlinko

MARCH 25, 2025

Here’s how: Visit online communities where your potential readers hang out: Facebook Groups: Check member count and weekly post volume Quora: Analyze question frequency and follower counts Reddit: Look for subreddits with at least 10,000 members For example, when I searched gardening on Reddit , I found this active subreddit with 7.8

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 25, 2025

Todays post is by David Griffin Brown and Michelle Barker , co-authors of Story Skeleton: The Classics and Immersion and Emotion: The Two Pillars of Storytelling. Weve come across many authors who believe that plot points amount to paint-by-numbers storytellingor that only genre writers need to worry about structure.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 30, 2025

Photo by Giulia May on Unsplash Todays post is by author Lara Lillibridge. As the same theme comes up, are you expanding, narrowing on the theme so it is adding something new to the project? Have you amassed a heap ofassorted essays, flash pieces, chapters, ideas, and you think you have enough to turn it into a book? Consider arc.

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Contently

OCTOBER 29, 2024

UGC often works so well because it doesn’t feel like an ad; it feels like a true-to-life testimonial that allows a viewer to envision how a product might actually function in their own life. Again, UGC works well when it is a genuine, organic discussion of a product or service, rather than a paid-for ad placement.

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ContentWriters

JANUARY 30, 2025

You can also find authoritative sources using a general search engine by adding specific keywords to your search terms. An earlier version of this post was published in June, 2019 by Chris B. The post What Are Authoritative Sources & How to Find Them appeared first on ContentWriters Blog.

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Ashleyn Writes

JANUARY 10, 2025

For this post, I’m including screenshots from exactly what we send our CopyBank.Club subscribers, so you can get a taste of that. Feed AI a long-form piece of your content (like a blog post or script), and itll generate questions that push you to think deeper about your expertise. Time is my most valuable asset.

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Buffer

JULY 18, 2024

  Yoast SEO Optimize your blog posts for search engines Limitations:  Some data limitations, which you can unlock via a premium account Enter the main keyword for your blog post, and Yoast SEO will suggest how to tweak it to optimize for search engines. Alternatives:  Moz Link Explorer 7. 

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Contently

AUGUST 30, 2024

But with endless ads and marketing noise, it’s hard to get your story heard, especially if you’re using the same marketing tactics and jargon as your competitors. So, if you run ads listing the six reasons consumers should choose your product, the consumer won’t believe you. That’s not a great percentage.

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Freelance Magic

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Brands and businesses are always on the lookout for talented writers who can create blog posts, long-form articles, white papers, ebooks, and other valuable content to attract and engage their target audience. Content marketing writing often pays better than standard blog post rates, with the potential to earn £300-£1,000+ per project.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 8, 2025

Photo by Quentin Guiot Todays post, the first in a series, is by writer and creativity coach Anne Carley ( @amcarley.bsky.social ) who believes #becomingunstuck is an ongoing process. When we spoke during that period, I could hear the added tension in her voice. On a short deadline. The struggle was real.

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Grammarly

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In this post, we introduce nine essential characteristics of good business writing and explore how you can apply them to your writing process. Suggest adding next steps, a strong call to action, or additional resources to avoid follow-up questions. Coherence: Are messages structured in a logical, easy-to-follow way?

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Nick Ursborne

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The more people use these lists of prompts, the more they are adding another layer of “sameness” to their copy and content. Plus… when you add genuine emotion to any copy, you’re adding something unique… through voice, story or emotional touchpoints. Your adding something different to that copy.

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