Men With Pens

MAY 19, 2011

A friend of mine once told me, “If who we are today is who we will be tomorrow, then our lives are already wasted.&#. Every day, as writers and as people, we can choose to grow and evolve or we can choose to remain the same. And evolution goes both ways: it can improve you or it can drag you backwards. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, evolution is “the gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form.&# What does that mean?

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ProBlogger

MAY 17, 2011

This guest post is by Jon Morrow of Copyblogger. After all, that’s the dream, right? Forget the mansions and limousines and other trappings of Hollywood-style wealth. Sure, it would be nice, but for the most part, we bloggers are simpler souls with much kinder dreams. We want to quit our jobs, spend more time with our families, and finally have time to write.

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Men With Pens

MAY 12, 2011

I’m going to tell you how not to write like an idiot in pubic. If you read that first sentence twice, you’ve witnessed caught-with-your-pants down copyediting. Naturally, I meant public – but the absence of that all-important l probably had you second-guessing my ability to give you sage advice about copyediting. And that’s even before you start reading the full article.

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Men With Pens

MAY 31, 2011

Too often, we writers fob reviews off as easy content. After all, someone else has done the creative work – it’s simply our job to judge it. And being loud, opinionated writers, we’re quite fond of judging. But writing a good review – a review that engages interest and causes action – is more than just giving a product rating and pointing your readers to the Amazon link.

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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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ProBlogger

MAY 31, 2011

“ Beyond writing good quality content, how can I format my posts so that they communicate more effectively?&#. I was asked the above question by a reader earlier today on Twitter and shot them back a series of DMs with the following suggestions that I thought might interest others (I’ve expanded them here). Image by Kailash Gyawali. Of course, as the question implies, the most powerful communication strategy for bloggers is quality of writing—but beyond that, here are a few things I&

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ProBlogger

MAY 18, 2011

This guest post is by Natalie Sisson of The Suitcase Entrepreneur. When you first start blogging it can be difficult to find your real voice. It can also be unnerving to put yourself out there and say what you really think. Like many blogger,s you probably try to be appropriate, politically correct, and inoffensive in your blog posts. Well, let me tell you that if you want to be just like everyone else, that’s a guaranteed approach to get you there.

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ProBlogger

MAY 7, 2011

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.&# – Oscar Wilde. Is your blog the best in the world? Often when we want to blog, we can struggle with what we see in the blogging universe. These blogs are doing better than our blog. Why is that? This blog has more followers on Twitter, has better and longer comments, has more views, has more Likes… Just calm down.

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ProBlogger

MAY 6, 2011

This guest post is by Mr. Self Development of Mr. Self Development.com. Success is not the result of luck, chance, or coincidence. Success comes when an individual decides to follow the principles of success. The principles of success will produce success every time. So today I want to talk about five success principles that will result in successful blogging. 1.

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ProBlogger

MAY 2, 2011

This guest post is by Goddess Leonie of GoddessGuidebook.com. In blogging years, I’m approaching my mid-life. Instead of having a crisis though, there’s life (and new tricks) in this ole goddess dog yet! In the last three months I’ve increased my subscribers by a whopping 50%. All with three simple changes. Because simple is fun and good, and really, it’s the best way to do things.

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ProBlogger

MAY 3, 2011

If you’re reading this blog post anywhere other than ProBlogger.com, you’re reading an illegal rip of the original. Content scraping—by automated programs that pull entire posts from your blog for republishing elsewhere—and autoblogging—where sites regurgitate whole articles from your RSS feed on their pages—are the most common content ripping practices.

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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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ProBlogger

MAY 30, 2011

This is the story of a blogger. He started his blog, taught himself about copywriting, and figured out who the one person he was writing for really was. He worked his tail off creating content. But his blog was a ghost town. There were no visitors, no comments … nothing. In a mad rush to find traffic, he created a Twitter account and followed every blogger he could think of.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2011

This guest post is by Onibalusi Bamidele of YoungPrePro.com. Like you, I really love to get traffic to my blog, and I’ll do anything just to make sure my traffic increases. Recently, I made several changes to my blog that doubled my traffic almost overnight. The tips I’m about to give you won’t cost you thousands of dollars—in fact, implementing these tips won’t cost you a cent.

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ProBlogger

MAY 21, 2011

This guest post is by Jeff Goins of Goins, Writer. Your blog needs a voice. Like Pavarotti, it can resonate with power that is full of sophistication.?? Or, like Dave Grohl, it can scream and shout with disenfranchised angst.? It can even sing sweetly like your grandmother or quietly hum in the background like the Andy Griffith Show theme song. But make no mistake.

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ProBlogger

MAY 28, 2011

This guest post is by Bill Post of 123Print.com Business Card Design. In real estate, first impressions are everything. Even though the color of the front door would be easy and affordable to repaint, it’s one of the first things a potential buyer notices. If your door is red and the buyer doesn’t like it, most likely she isn’t going to bother looking at the interior.

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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!

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ProBlogger

MAY 8, 2011

This post is by Mike Essex of Impact Media. Regardless of the niche a blog operates in, it is possible to convince brands to provide free products for you to review. If it’s a well known niche, such as trainers, then the brands will already have products available for review, as that’s the same way they gain exposure in the media, so the issue becomes more about standing out from the crowd.

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ProBlogger

MAY 1, 2011

This guest post is by Mathew Carpenter of Sofa Moolah. I’m an avid blog reader. My Google Reader is packed with hundreds of different blogs, each one covering a subject that I may or may not be directly involved in. There’s the work and marketing category, the finance blogs, and then the blogs that deal with subjects I really don’t know anything about, nor do I have any interaction with in my work or personal life.

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ProBlogger

MAY 16, 2011

This guest post is by Martyn Chamberlin of twohourblogger.com. You know what it’s like to blunder into an article that seizes your attention? I do mean seize. Not something that charms your gaze for thirty seconds, then falls apart. I mean something you are absolutely compelled to read. Don’t misunderstand me to mean flicking through the bullets and skimming some juice.

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ProBlogger

MAY 13, 2011

This guest post is by Joe of Web Programming 360. When I first started my blog, about two months ago, I had a hard time getting five visitors a day. I got so tired of doing so much work to end up being a nobody on the side of the highway. One lucky day, I decided to convert all of the popular blogs traffic to my little blog. Why and how? Well, readers of the popular blogs are high converters and very targeted to my blog.

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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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ProBlogger

MAY 24, 2011

Today I thought I’d share a behind-the-scenes photo of what’s going on at ProBlogger HQ—one that illustrates why I love blogging as an occupation. The picture was taken at my local cafe and in it you can see my pride and joy. No, not the Macbook Air—my eldest son, “X,&# who is home from kinder sick today. We spent the morning in our local cafe (where I normally work most mornings)—him coloring (he’s doing a whale in that picture) and me blogging.

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ProBlogger

MAY 12, 2011

This guest post is by Eric Enge of Stone Temple Consulting. Not getting all the search traffic you would like to get to your blog? One way to improve your results is to tap into long tail search terms to use in your posts. This is not always that easy to do, so today I will explore some ideas of ways to tap into that data. One reason why this is such an attractive thing to do is that the long tail actually has more traffic in it than the major “head&# terms which are the first thing we all

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ProBlogger

MAY 22, 2011

This guest post is by Steff of steffmetal.com. Right now, your blog is still new and shiny and everything is awesome, but one day, you’ll be hit with an unsettling dread at the thought of writing another post; the sudden realization that you just don’t care about deleting all the spam comments; the sense that you have nothing left to say to the Internet.

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ProBlogger

MAY 23, 2011

This guest post is by Gail Brenner, Ph.D. of A Flourishing Life. It started innocently enough. Heartfelt comments, sharing a personal story, and a genuine interest in the topics I write about. But as the postings got longer, rambling, more personal, and more frequent—up to four a day in addition to emails—something had to give. I was dealing with a commenter gone rogue.

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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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ProBlogger

MAY 25, 2011

Warren Wooden is the owner and CEO of PLR Internet Marketing. When I think of the amount of time that I’ve invested into my blog and its resources I’m absolutely staggered by the thought of losing any part of it. So I’ve taken certain steps to protect myself, as well as my blog. Everyone’s blog is at a different level, but regardless of which one you look at, we all have one thing in common: we’ve poured our hearts and souls into them.

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ProBlogger

MAY 11, 2011

This guest post is by Erika Gimbel of Fimepointwriter. If you’re an ace at writing blog copy, you can write an excellent press release. Both have many of the same elements: strong headlines, top-down format (most important stuff up front), etc. You already know that press releases are a powerful way to promote your blog , and they’re an effective way to get your message out without duplicating content.

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ProBlogger

MAY 24, 2011

This guest post is by Jennifer Brown Banks of Penandprosper. A recent Google search in preparation for this piece revealed over 40 million entries for the term “business blog.“ That makes for a whole lot of niche competition. A compelling reason to seek strategies to stand out to stay in the game. Or as I like to put it, to break from the blahs! Contrary to popular opinion, your business blog doesn’t have to be bland to be taken seriously.

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ProBlogger

MAY 4, 2011

This guest post is by Chris The Traffic Blogger. A desperate reader of mine recently asked how she could make the most amount of money her first month blogging. In order to help her I decided to share with her my “secret” method. Before I had even begun to explain the same guide I’m about to share with you, she worried that her lack of experience blogging and time to work on the project would limit her success.

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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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ProBlogger

MAY 29, 2011

This guest post is by Henri Junttila of WakeUpCloud.com. Creating your own products can take you from earning a few dollars a month to a few thousand. It can be scary, but as you learn to take action, and learn from the feedback you receive, you get better and better. There are many mistakes I see beginning product creators make. The good news is that these mistakes are very easy to avoid if you keep them in mind.

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ProBlogger

MAY 27, 2011

This guest post is by Stephen Guise of Deep Existence. Over the course of human history, nearly everything has already been written about extensively. Despite this, more people are writing than ever before. It’s because there will always be more to say. It is very challenging to write completely original content. Quite often, the best we can do is present known content in a new way or combine it with another idea.

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ProBlogger

MAY 18, 2011

This guest post is by Chris Kahler of BloggerITUS.com. Unless you believe in your abilities to have prophetic visions, you likely can’t predict the future. As a blogger (or hopeful blogger), you need to realize that attempting to see what your future business has in store is a waste of time and effort. Rather than trying to predict the future of your business, you should be pacing the future of your business.

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ProBlogger

MAY 26, 2011

This guest post is by Ali Hale of DailyWritingTips.com. Blogging can feel like a long, hard road—especially when you’re starting out. You haven’t hit 100 subscribers, let alone 1,000, and it feels like you’re writing into a vacuum. And even when you’re a little way down that blogging road, it can still be tough. You might be spending two or three hours a day on blogging—writing content, answering comments, building up friendships on Twitter and Facebook.

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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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