Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Photo by Laura Crowe on Unsplash. Today’s post is by author Eva Langston ( @eva_langston ). Don’t be fooled by the title. I’ve actually sent hundreds of queries for four different novels over the past decade. Without going into detail, I queried a novel and eventually got an agent, parted ways with that agent, queried some more, collected rejections, wrote three more novels, queried more, revised a lot, had some babies, and then got back to querying.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 13, 2022

With the economy up in the air due to inflation kicking into high gear, war, interest rates rising, and other factors that we can’t control we decided it would be great to see how other marketers are reacting. And we didn’t want to know how marketers were reacting just in the U.S., we wanted to know on a global scale what businesses of all sizes in all major industries (and for both B2B and B2C) are doing.

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Grammarly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

When you need to support a claim, it can be tempting to support it with a statement from an authority figure. But if done improperly, this could be a logical fallacy—the appeal to authority fallacy. . While experts are often the best people to reference for credible information, it’s possible to use an expert’s statement in a way that isn’t logically sound.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2022

B2B buyers don’t want to talk to sales until they’re ready – or ever, in some cases, even for expensive services. Yet they have more people to convince before they buy. And that means they need more of the right content at their fingertips. Here’s how to figure out what “the right content” means.

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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.

Marketing

Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Photo by cottonbro studio. Today’s post is by Allison K Williams ( @GuerillaMemoir ). Join her on Dec. 14 for the online class Second Draft: Your Path to a Powerful, Publishable Story. Writers often dread writing a synopsis. After carefully composing scenes, fleshing out characters and establishing relationships, now we’re supposed to summarize the whole thing in under two pages?

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 11, 2022

When sending out automated emails to your list, how personalized are they? I’m not talking about things like $firstname, or order by $date for free shipping – but actual personalization based on their behavioral triggers. Let’s dig a little bit into the numbers behind this. According to the latest Blueshift Report , trigger-based marketing emails outperform batch and blast emails by 497%.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Have things changed since the brand created its content marketing strategy? Probably. Then you probably need to consider a content pivot.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 13, 2022

“ Positive Affirmation ” by the justified sinner is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Today’s post is by author Beth Kephart. Say he wants a blurb, he wants it bad. He’ll give you less than a week to read a rushed PDF, and the thing is, you hardly know him. Decades before, maybe, and as a favor to his editor, you wrote a boosting paragraph after his first book launched, but you’re pretty sure that doesn’t mean you’re friends.

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Credible Content

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Responding to multiple copywriting revision requests. Whenever I’m negotiating a new project, I want to put my client at ease by telling them that I offer unlimited revisions. With that, I quickly add that no client in their right mind would want to unnecessarily delay their projects by repeatedly getting their copy revised. Yes, I actually use the phrase “no client in their right mind”.

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Ahrefs

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Enterprises usually have the highest demands for data. They also need high limits and easy access through APIs so they can get quick insights and report on progress. Let’s look at your options.

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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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Grammarly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Don’t you love when you get time to hack on a problem using a technology you’ve been wanting to try? I recently learned how Chris Schuhmacher , a full-stack software engineer at Checkr , used his company’s hack week to solve a customer problem and tinker with the brand-new Grammarly Text Editor SDK , and I knew I needed to share this story with you. .

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ProWritingAid

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Freelance writing can be a bit of a roller coaster ride. There are times when the work and the deadlines are almost unmanageable. Then there are those slow times, when other work can be done – updating a website, writing more posts for a personal blog, revising social media profiles, bookkeeping, etc. Use these apps to make the most of your time.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The end of the year is a time to reflect on the year behind and anticipate the year ahead. Use these statistics and related resources to make a case for the budget and other resources you need, document a winning content strategy, and decide how big a role video will play in your 2023 plans.

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Contently

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Content that builds connections with customers is important. And content that generates emotion and helps them overcome a challenge is key to converting them into buyers. As your prospects move through the buyer’s journey, good storytelling helps ensure your brand is top of mind, especially when it’s time to make a purchasing decision. The content you produce can look different in B2B versus B2C.

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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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Grammarly

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The English language loves to recycle its words. A bat is both a flying mammal and a smooth wooden club used to hit baseballs. Park can mean “a grassy expanse” or “a way to position a car.” And rock is both a mineral and a music genre. All of these words are homonyms, words with the same spelling or pronunciation but with different meanings. While homonyms occasionally cause confusion, they can also make writing more rhythmic or playful.

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David Meerman Scott

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Fifty years ago this week, the historic Apollo 17 mission sent humans to the moon for the last time (so far). It’s super cool that also this week, the Orion spacecraft of the Artemis I mission successfully returned to Earth after traveling to the Moon. Both missions, 50 years apart, were triumphs for NASA.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Chances are you’ve been using the same editorial calendar format for years. Here’s some advice on how to make improvements that will help in creation, process, reporting, and more. (And if you don’t have a calendar, start here.

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Ahrefs

DECEMBER 15, 2022

No one had any marketing experience either. Being the only person who had read a couple of marketing books, I was put in charge of the marketing strategy.

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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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Grammarly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The irregular verb to be is the most complicated of all the English verbs—and it just so happens to be the most used, too. The to be verbs are am , are , is , was , and were , along with the bare infinitive be , the present participle being , and the past participle been. . In this guide, we explain all you need to know about grammar for the verb to be.

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CopyBlogger

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Getting into the habit of achieving your writing goals is similar to any other type of practice. If you’re pragmatic, Continue Reading. The post 4 Steps to Achieve Your Big Writing Goals (By Focusing on Small Ones) appeared first on Copyblogger.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 16, 2022

No one knows how ChatGPT and generative AI might change marketing, but Robert Rose says the technology isn’t ready to write humans out of the equation yet. Instead of worrying about AI taking your job, focus on how it might change it (and you) for the better.

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Ahrefs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Depending on their goals, resources, target audience, and so on, different companies do content marketing differently. In this post, we’ll share seven inspiring B2B content marketing examples, why they’ve done well, and how you can replicate their success.

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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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Contently

DECEMBER 16, 2022

How-to advice is one of the most dominant strategies used in marketing. While most marketers have good intentions when writing how-tos, they don’t always hit the mark on creating useful content. Granted, the writers and content topics aren’t the only culprits; SERPs deserve some blame. Constant search index changes make it tough to keep content optimized and leave a lot to speculation… leading us back to content like how-to advice.

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Freelance Union

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Just Because Ye Eats Free at Mar-a-Lago, Doesn’t Mean he can Also Eat Free Off the Plates of Freelancers. The infamous Kanye West is about to find out that freelancers are not to be messed with. As covered in Business Insider , on December 7, 2022, New York-based creative director, Katelyn Mooney filed a complaint against Kanye West’s Yeezy brand, claiming she is owed $95,000.

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Grammarly

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Constructive and direct feedback can help managers and coworkers motivate each other while celebrating growth and acknowledging challenges, and our approach to sharing feedback is critical to how our coworkers receive it. . Giving feedback doesn’t come naturally to everyone, but don’t worry; we’ve put together a complete guide to writing constructive feedback.

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Ahrefs

DECEMBER 15, 2022

But growing an online business can be challenging. There’s a decent learning curve, and the way people interact with the digital world is constantly changing.

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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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AWAI

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A guide to starting a freelance writing career in just three hours.

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Contently

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Marketing budgets increased in 2022 after dropping to a historic COVID-19-related low in 2021. But content marketers can’t celebrate yet. That extra budget increases the expectation that marketers prove content delivers business results. Content marketers must step up their marketing data analytics approach to show how content delivers business results.

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Grammarly

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Consumers have grown weary of inflation, and they’re twice as pessimistic about the economy than at any time since 2020. Despite this, people are still spending. . A recent report from Forrester said consumers saved significantly in the past two years and were eager to get out and spend. However, it still found that 64% of US adults were concerned about the economy.

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CopyBlogger

DECEMBER 13, 2022

True confession: I built my online business in the most backward way possible. And I’m here to share my sordid. Continue Reading. The post True Meaning of Minimum Viable Product: How Doing Less Leads to More appeared first on Copyblogger.

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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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