Income Diary

AUGUST 29, 2023

How To Become an A.I. Prompt Engineer, Create Irresistible Content, and Get More Customers. My good f r iend and copyw r iting buddy, Clive Cable r ecently explained he was t r ansitioning to being a P r ompt Enginee r. I had not hea r d the te r m befo r e. What is a P r ompt Enginee r? I asked Clive. He explained it was something to do with AI and it was the “futu r e” I have known Clive for some time and respect his opinion, but he was the last pe r son I expected to be emb r acin

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 31, 2023

Photo by karina zhukovskaya Note from Jane: In the earliest days of my career, I served as managing editor of Writer’s Digest magazine, and one of the nicest parts of my job was calling up winners of our writing contests, including the National Self-Published Book Awards. John Sundman was one of the winners I called—and one of the first self-publishing authors I came to know and consider a friend.

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Content Marketing Institute

AUGUST 31, 2023

Technological disruption is par for the course in content marketing. But generative AI hits differently and closer to home. These versatile tools can speed up tedious production tasks and spare writers the frustration of staring at a blank page. But you can’t just plug them in and sit back while they do all the work. The value of AI tools depends on the effort you put into them.

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iWriter

AUGUST 13, 2023

Did you know there is a specific type of content that 94% of editors are planning to consistently publish this year? There is, and it’s called guest posts. Guest posting or guest blogging is a powerful and popular strategy that writers and website owners use to increase both their domain and brand authority in one go. It can increase traffic, boost your rankings, and establish you as an expert (in some cases even a thought leader) in your niche.

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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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AWAI

AUGUST 19, 2023

If you’re not making the money as you want as a writer, you should try this. It’s worked for hundreds of AWAI members… and it can work for you, too.

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Enchanting Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2023

Gosh, Helena thinks. She’s reading her draft post. And she doesn’t like the tone of her writing at all. Why is it so hard to engage her readers? Sigh. Helena is an expert in climate change, and she’d like to write in a conversational tone … As if she’s explaining climate change to a friend while sipping an ice tea at the town plaza.

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Freelance Magic

AUGUST 29, 2023

As a freelancer, we’re the boss and the employee, the admin and the HR department, the accounting team, and the marketing team. We’re the Jack/Jill of all departments and the master of some. Eventually, it can get tiring to wear so many hats and manage an array of responsibilities manually. Thankfully, we don’t need to. We’ve been blessed with the innovation of technology that can help us automate some parts of our business and spare us time to do our actual work.

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Blogging Wizard

AUGUST 1, 2023

Landing page optimization (LPO) is an important part of digital marketing. Better converting landing pages lower your customer acquisition costs, improve user experience, and convert more website visitors to leads.

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Kristi Hines

AUGUST 2, 2023

ChatGPT and its expansive capabilities have opened up new opportunities for entrepreneurs to generate income online. Using ChatGPT plugins , anyone can leverage AI to create products, offer services, automate workflows, and tap into new revenue streams. This comprehensive guide will walk you through 147 ways to monetize ChatGPT plugins, allowing you to turn your creativity and the AI assistant into a money-making machine.

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The Idea Logical Company

AUGUST 2, 2023

The case has been made here repeatedly over years that the business and operating model of book publishing as it has been throughout my 50+-year career is irretrievably broken. And it is increasingly obvious that this is the case across all “content” businesses — newspapers, magazines, movies, TV, and radio — and for very much the same reasons.

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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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Enchanting Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2023

Do you ever try to explain abstract ideas? Can be tricky, right? Abstract concepts are difficult to grasp because we can’t visualize or touch abstract ideas. So, what to do? In this blog post, I’ll show you how to use metaphors to explain abstract ideas. Metaphors are the spices that add taste, color, and fragrance to your writing. Metaphors: Make abstract ideas concrete so they’re easier to understand Add fun and personality so your writing stands out Evoke an emotion so your ideas become more

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Ahrefs

AUGUST 30, 2023

We looked at 1,002,165 domains to find the most common technical SEO issues. Keep reading to see what we found. These are the issues flagged the most across the 1 million+ domains.

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Quick Sprout

AUGUST 11, 2023

You’ve spent countless hours designing and updating your website. But you’re not getting paid for all of your hard work. … How to Add AdSense to Your Website Read More » The post How to Add AdSense to Your Website appeared first on.

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Blogging Wizard

AUGUST 18, 2023

Have you ever wondered why WordPress powers almost half of all websites on the web? What about free WordPress themes and WordPress plugins and why WordPress is a popular option.

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Speaker: Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, Author, Speaker

Yes - press releases are still relevant in the world of public relations! 🎯 Ever wondered how to write a compelling press release, or what are current best practices for pitching your news to earn media coverage? In this exclusive webinar with Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, we’ll cover tips and advice to help you get the most out of each piece of news you pitch!

Writing

Jane Friedman

AUGUST 29, 2023

Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash Today’s post is excerpted from Writing That Gets Noticed: Find Your Voice, Become a Better Storyteller, Get Published by Estelle Erasmus. Writing an opinion piece (or op-ed) about a topic in the news or in the zeitgeist is one way to get the attention of editors, even if you are not an experienced writer. Almost all news outlets have op-ed sections, where writers not affiliated with the publication’s editorial board can contribute.

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Grammarly

AUGUST 31, 2023

By late 2019 it was clear we had outgrown our existing monitoring and observability system. It was time to shop around for a new solution that could match Grammarly’s rapid pace of growth with faster performance and a heightened developer experience. Most of the time, upgrading a product costs more—this time, however, we actually cut our costs by an order of magnitude by upgrading.

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Buffer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The world of social media and content marketing is a fast-moving space. Any individuals or teams working in those worlds know how essential it is to have the right tools in place to make everyday work flow more smoothly. At Buffer, not only are we writing and publishing blog and social media posts every day, we’re also a fully remote and distributed company.

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Ahrefs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Here’s a basic example of what the code can look like: <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "[link] "@type": "Movie", "name": "Barbie", "dateCreated": "2023-07-21", "image": "[link] "director": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Greta Gerwig", "birthDate": "1983-08-04" } } </script> You can see that, … Read more ›

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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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Quick Sprout

AUGUST 17, 2023

Want to jump straight to the answer? The best WordPress calendar plugin for most people is The Events Calendar. Do … Compare The Best WordPress Calendar Plugins Read More » The post Compare The Best WordPress Calendar Plugins appeared first on.

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Blogging Wizard

AUGUST 10, 2023

Repurposing content is the solution to most of your content problems. Do you find it difficult for you to come up with new content ideas every day? Reuse existing posts.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 30, 2023

Photo by cottonbro studio Today’s post is by book coach Robin Henry. Writers are frequently advised to read more to improve their writing. The problem is, no one seems to tell them how to use reading to elevate their writing practice. Reading alone is not enough—osmosis is not a viable strategy for learning. You’ll find books on this topic, such as Francine Prose’s Reading Like a Writer and How to Read Like a Writer by Erin Pushman, but they tend to take a generalist approach.

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Grammarly

AUGUST 31, 2023

We’re at the end of August, and most school districts, colleges, and universities have already begun a new academic year. For higher education in particular, the start of the 2023–24 school year feels different. In the midst of myriad challenges for the sector, including declining enrollment, admissions policy overhauls, and declining public perception, institutions enter the academic year grappling with what one of the most rapid technological advancements in decades means for learning: generat

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Speaker: Corey Daugherty, Head of Business Development at Flowcode & Georgette Malitsis, Senior Customer Success Manager, Enterprise at Flowcode

Let's explore the transformative power of QR codes in bridging offline and online marketing worlds. 📲 This new webinar featuring Corey Daugherty and Georgette Malitsis of Flowcode will dive into how innovative QR technology not only enhances traditional marketing strategies, but also drives meaningful customer engagement and analytics. Register today to gain practical knowledge on using QR codes to increase conversion rates, optimize customer journeys, and ultimately unlock a new realm o

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The Hoth

AUGUST 29, 2023

In the early days of SEO, buying backlinks was so common that it was considered good business – even though it clearly went against Google’s Webmaster Guidelines (now known as Google Search Essentials). There were plenty of directories that offered paid reviews and services that sold backlink packages in the early 2000s, and nearly every website used them.

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Ahrefs

AUGUST 28, 2023

To answer this question, we’ve put our Content Explorer to work. These seven examples came from filtering over 6.2B live pages in English by organic traffic and referring domains.

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Quick Sprout

AUGUST 7, 2023

To help you choose the right branding partner, we reviewed 39 of the best branding agencies. We then narrowed that … Top 11 Best Branding Agencies: Recommendations You Can Trust Read More » The post Top 11 Best Branding Agencies: Recommendations You Can Trust appeared first on.

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Blogging Wizard

AUGUST 17, 2023

Coming up with a good value proposition is hard enough as it is. Coming up with a unique value proposition is even harder. Even so, your target customer is looking.

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Speaker: Neal Boornazian, President and Nancy Harhut, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer - HBT Marketing

Direct mail has consistently remained a powerful tool in the marketer's arsenal, but in an age of digital dominance, its effectiveness hinges on the strategic integration of behavioral science. 💡 When you incorporate powerful behavioral science principles into your direct mail marketing strategies, you can prompt the hardwired decision-making shortcuts your audience relies on — and that automatically unlocks new avenues for engagement, conversion, and brand loyalty.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 28, 2023

How can you stop self-censoring your writing and share the deepest aspects of yourself with your readers? How can you break poetry out of the restraints that many try to put upon it? Stephanie Wytovich talks about these things and more. In the intro, 5 trends that are shifting the future of publishing with Monica Leonelle & Russell Nohelty; Direct Sales Strategies We Love from 36 Authors from BookBub; JFPennBooks Reading Order ; AI Training Permission from Hugh Howey ; Eleven Labs for AI voi

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Grammarly

AUGUST 30, 2023

Having a strong skill set is essential for success in your personal and professional lives. But what exactly is a skill set, and why is it important? In this article, we’ll define the term skill set , explore why it’s crucial to have one, and explain how to develop and improve your own. Give your writing extra polish Grammarly helps you communicate confidently Write with Grammarly What is a skill set?

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Uni Square Concepts

AUGUST 26, 2023

Writing a compelling essay is somewhat of an art. If you are unable to hook your readers’ interest in your essay, they will not read it and your efforts can go wasted. Writing a compelling essay can take some effort.

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Ahrefs

AUGUST 28, 2023

We go through seven reasons why. If Billy wants to drive more traffic to his site, he doesn’t search for “Ahrefs” and buy our toolset right away. That’s because he doesn’t even know what SEO is.

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Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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