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How to Find Your Flow

Enchanting Marketing

Henrietta reads her blog post once more. She changes a word here and there. Corrects a typo. And then strengthens her final two sentences. It’s done. And it feels good. Oh, she thinks, if only writing could always be this way. The feeling of being fully present and at ease in her skin. The quietness. The focus. The flow. How come her inner critic falls asleep when she’s so focused?

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How To Get Unstuck With Generative AI in Your Content and Marketing

Content Marketing Institute

Generative AI isn’t serving marketers well. All the options make it easy to apply, but all the options make it more difficult to decide what to do. To help, use this categorization chart that looks at capabilities and efficiencies.

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Combining Self-Portrait Photography with AI-Generated Image Backdrops

Kristi Hines

In a recent collection of images I created for social media, I experimented with combining self-portrait photography and AI-generated images created with ChatGPT/DALL-E3 as backdrops. Example 1: Waiting (Self-Portrait + AI-Generated Image Backdrop) Self-portrait photography combined with AI-generated image background, April 2024 The black and white image displays a monochromatic, classic library setting with a woman standing in the center.

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New Release Spotlight: Kristy Cambron

Rachelle Gardner

Happy release day to author Kristy Cambron! In her latest release, The British Booksellers, You’ve Got Mail meets Downton Abbey for rival booksellers who get a second-chance romance they never expected. In this historical novel of the Forgotten Blitz, a found family of booksellers must set aside their differences and fight to save their community and each other during England’s single most devastating event of WWII.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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What Is an Epistolary Novel? Definition and Examples

Grammarly

An epistolary novel entails a type of writing that tells stories through letters and other documentation, putting the reader into the head of one or more characters. This technique allows for a creative approach to developing plot, allows the author to adopt multiple perspectives, and sets the stage for innovative characterization. Work smarter with Grammarly The AI writing partner for anyone with work to do Get Grammarly What is an epistolary novel?

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Help Pass Freelance Isn’t Free in California State!

Freelance Union

This past February, California State Senator Scott Wiener introduced Senate Bill 988 (SB 988) or as we like to call it, the Freelance isn’t Free Act. As in other parts of the country, where we have been successful in implementing similar laws, it aims to ensure fundamental protections for freelance workers, enforced by the State Labor Commissioner and the Attorney General.

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How to Do a Content Audit to Maximize Your SEO

Express Writers

You regularly visit the doctor for checkups, even if you aren’t sick. You go to the doctor to PREVENT you from getting sick. By keeping up with these visits, the doctor can give you a status report on your health and catch any issues while they’re still minor and easy to solve. Without those checkups, you might not receive medical care until an issue has begun wreaking complete havoc on your system and causing irreparable damage to your body.

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Improve Your Understanding: How to Paraphrase Articles

Grammarly

Most sources for academic writing are articles: news articles, journal articles, magazine and blog articles, and more. To use information from articles in your own writing, it’s helpful to know how to paraphrase an article effectively. Paraphrasing, or rewriting information in your own words, is an essential tool in a writer’s toolbox. It comes in handy when you want to demonstrate understanding, transform dense text into plain language, adjust the tone, or build on another person’s work.

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The Ultimate Guide to Filing a Personal Tax Extension

Freelance Union

Updated for tax year 2023. This article is posted with permission from our partner TaxAct. File your freelance taxes with confidence using TaxAct’s easy-to-use tax software. Freelancers Union members get 25% off the cost of federal and state tax filing:  [link] The April 15 tax deadline is quickly approaching. If you haven’t filed your taxes yet and are starting to feel the pressure, you’re not alone.

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A Guide to Paraphrasing Poetry, With Examples

Grammarly

Paraphrasing poetry is a common creative and academic exercise that helps you gain a greater understanding of the art form. Paraphrasing, or rewriting, a poem is often necessary for essays, research papers, exams, or other academic writing to analyze or demonstrate an understanding of the original work. Poetry is deceptively complex for typically consisting of such short texts.

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Do You Chase Numbers or Help Organic Traffic?

Blogging From Paradise

However unpleasant, most of us need to reach certain points in our blogging career based on making stark realities quite evident.

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Is WhatsApp Safe to Use for Work?

Freelance Union

This article is posted with permission from our partner MacPaw. MacPaw makes Mac + iOS apps that have been installed on over 30 million devices worldwide. Freelancers Union members receive 30 days of free unlimited access to CleanMyMacX and Setapp:  [link] How often do clients find you on freelance platforms and ask you to continue talking on WhatsApp?

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8 Smart Tips on How to Advertise Your Blog Effectively

Content Hacker

Ever wondered why some blogs become the talk of the town while others barely get noticed? The secret often lies in how they’re advertised. If you’ve poured your heart into creating content but it feels like shouting into the void, you’re not alone. Learning how to advertise your blog is crucial, not just for attracting eyes but also for keeping them glued.

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The Ultimate Guide to Repurposing Content

Contently

Crafting stellar content is akin to laying down a killer solo track. But why settle for a one-hit wonder when you can create an entire album of chart-topping hits — all based on a single song? Our guide to repurposing content can help you squeeze more juice out of the content you’ve already invested in, but with far less effort than it takes to whip up something fresh.

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Data Modeling for Direct Mail: Boosting Multi-Channel Reach and Response

Speaker: Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners

This new, thought-provoking webinar will explore how even incremental efforts and investments in your data can have a tremendous impact on your direct mail and multi-channel marketing campaign results! Industry expert Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners, will share real-life case studies and best practices from client direct mail and digital campaigns where data modeling strategies pinpointed audience members, increasing their propensity to respond – and buy.

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When The Experience Is Way Better Than The Hype

David Meerman Scott

Yes, all the hype about a total eclipse of the sun is accurate. It’s been a bit more than 24 hours and I’m still processing my experience, but here are some thoughts.