Enchanting Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2023

Do you ever wonder how others edit their writing ? The writing has become sensory , almost like a movie. How to revise your writing. Kent Haruf used a similar ritual to write fiction. He blindfolded himself so he could fully immerse himself in the fictitious town he was writing about. Want to know more?

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Enchanting Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

What’s the foundation of good writing? Such sentences sneak into my own writing, too. And I keep learning from the masters … “All you have to do is write one true sentence.” When Hemingway faced writer’s block, he told himself: All you have to do is write one true sentence. There’s no excess.

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Blogging Wizard

APRIL 4, 2023

Itching to start writing your next blog post but not sure what to blog about? In this post, you’ll find 14 excellent blog post ideas that. We’ve got you covered.

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Enchanting Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

But could it be that a dash of wordiness sneaks into your writing? To keep your writing focused, determine its purpose: Write for one reader and know what you want them to do. And this blog post you’re reading right now? How does that translate to writing? Writing isn’t quite like that.

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Enchanting Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2023

She’s reading her draft post. And she doesn’t like the tone of her writing at all. 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. Gosh, Helena thinks.

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Write Freelance

JUNE 13, 2023

There was a time when all writers needed was a pen and paper to write their thoughts. But in the modern day, content writers who write for digital media need an arsenal of tools under their wing. After all, being a freelance content writer isn’t just about writing sentences that seem interesting to read.

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Elna Cain

JANUARY 13, 2023

Have you been hearing a lot about AI and AI writing tools? The age of an AI writing tool is here, and as freelance writers, we need to EMBRACE this new way of writing. I know many writers are thinking this is the end of freelance writing, but it’s not. The AI Writing Tool I Use. How I Use An AI Writing Tool.

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Enchanting Marketing

MAY 9, 2023

It’s one of the most asked questions in my inbox … Why is writing so hard? What are the routines that make writing easier? Writing IS hard. Yet, there are ways to make writing more joyful. The big misunderstanding about writing When writing feels easy to read, it can seem like it was also easy to write.

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Nick Ursborne

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This means we are already way past the conversation where some writers argue with me about whether AI writing is “good enough”. The question now is how we can be part of the future of writing online. This is where we get to contribute in a world where AI does 85% of the writing. We’re 85% past that point. It’s already happening.

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Nick Ursborne

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

They definitely don’t write with emotional intelligence. Fortunately, we have a solution for that… Emotionally Intelligent writing. Here are five ways in which emotionally intelligent writing raises the bar way above what AI alone can achieve. #1 1 – Emotionally Intelligent writing makes people feel heard and understood.

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Elna Cain

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Maybe you’re interested in this writing niche and want to see what it’s all about. As a SaaS writer, I learned how important content writing is for a marketing strategy, not only with my own business but also with B2B SaaS companies. What is SaaS and SaaS Writing? This is similar to what I do with my audience.

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Content Marketing Institute

JULY 10, 2024

But how do you write great meta descriptions, excerpts, and episode descriptions within their character-limiting requirements? Brief content reigns on Google, YouTube, and other social media platforms. Read on.

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Enchanting Marketing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In the world of online writing, we often talk about followers, audiences, and email lists. Leave a piece of yourself in your writing When I think of the best hotel check-in experiences, they were all personal, and they were all a little different. Being yourself in your writing may seem difficult at first. I feel welcome.

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Grammarly

AUGUST 22, 2024

Sending a post-interview thank you email may be the one thing that sets you apart. Surprisingly, according to a study by Robert Half , many job candidates don’t bother to send a post-interview thank you note.) Not only will writing one show you’re serious about the job, but it can have a huge impact on the employer’s impression of you.

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Elna Cain

DECEMBER 11, 2023

December typically means something other than landing new writing jobs since many companies slow down the hiring process during this time. But landing writing work is happening to me now and it’s a new thing. Using LinkedIn was one of the methods I used to land a freelance writing gig back when I first started.

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Nick Ursborne

APRIL 6, 2024

You have a lot of choices when using AI to write content. Then you have dozens, if not hundreds of new AI-writing platforms, most of which are using these models as the engines that drives them. And that means most AI writing lacks the human touch. But there IS a problem. There’s no human in the loop.

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Enchanting Marketing

DECEMBER 19, 2023

I’ve thought a lot about writing this year. And about the value of writing. Writing has felt as an act of defiance. And, sometime in June, my inner critic tried to tell me writing was a waste of my energy. Quit writing! Because writing makes me feel alive, and it allows me to be my best self.

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Enchanting Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

And beautiful writing? I used to think that beautiful writing was just about a poetic writing style. Beautiful writing is vivid, concise, and rhythmic. But the more I think about it, the more I realize there’s more to beautiful writing than style. Beautiful writing is alive. Each word is chosen with care.

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Nick Ursborne

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

It’s easy for writers and copywriters to roll their eyes when they hear about AI writing tools. At their current level of performance, these tools often produce generic, slightly robotic text that can’t entirely replicate that unique human touch in writing. It’s the same with AI writing tools.

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Enchanting Marketing

MARCH 12, 2024

Atkins’ advice is applicable to most writing. In a blog post, you explain how to achieve a particular goal or solve a problem. How to craft high-protein explanations Writing high-protein explanations requires more than just cutting excess. Next, write simply without shying away from complexity. Shall I show you?

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Nick Ursborne

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

So… if you want to add value to your work as a writer – beyond what AI tools like ChatGPT can achieve – use more sensory language in your writing. Rely on it too much and your writing will sound the same as the work of tens of thousands of other writers using the same tools. Our senses trigger our emotions. You absolutely should.

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Agency Content Writer

JANUARY 24, 2023

As I look back over the last 12+ years of my writing business, I see ebbs and flows. As I reviewed the year, I realized I grew my writing business by 40% in one year! Which writing project do I love the most? Instead, I created a boutique writing agency. There were big projects and small ones. Here’s what I did.

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Nick Ursborne

OCTOBER 13, 2023

They taught you how to write more objectively. And for goodness sake, keep yourself out of everything you write. Write within the same format as everyone else. Write within the same format as everyone else. The writing gets even more formal and structured. It’s time to write like a human again. University?

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Nick Ursborne

MARCH 3, 2024

As professional copywriters we can write better than any AI, and we naturally infuse our work with emotion… because we know it works. To survive in a market where freelancers and in-house writing teams are already using AI, I need to give myself the same advantages by using the same tools. It’s a totally legitimate question.

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Nick Ursborne

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

I then copy the text, paste it into GPT-4, and write this prompt: “Conduct a sentiment analysis on this information.” I have found this to be a wonderful way to “listen’ to my audience, before I start writing. Details here… The post Improve the authenticity of your writing by leaning into both AI and Emotional Intelligence.

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Elna Cain

AUGUST 26, 2024

When a freelance writing client gives me a 3,000-word article, it usually takes me ten days to write it. And by the time I get time to write the article, ten days or so have passed. This year, I wanted to work on my writing process , streamline processes, and reduce those ten days to less than three days. What gives?

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Elna Cain

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Your freelance writing business is failing and if you don’t act quickly, you might never recover. Fortunately you haven’t hit a dead-end yet , which means you can do these things I’ll share in this post to grow your business and book more writing jobs. Write on Medium (develop your writing voice).

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Elna Cain

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Over on my Youtube channel, I posted a couple of videos on different websites that pay you to write. The websites I showed were paying two hundred dollars to three hundred dollars and upwards of five hundred dollars to guest post. These are special websites that allow writers to post an article and get paid for it.

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Nick Ursborne

MAY 20, 2024

Writing prompts shouldn’t feel like you’re acting as a “prompt engineer”. Writing prompts is not engineering. They complain about the quality of writing, and jump onto social media to declare with absolute certainty that AI will never be able to write as well as humans. Honestly, I don’t much like that term.

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Enchanting Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

If you want to write better sales copy, then learn the principles of persuasion and study how the best copywriters write their copy. Read good writing, too. You’ll absorb the styles, techniques , and rhythm of good writing. Even when you don’t realize it, your writing will become better. Write with rhythm.

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Nick Ursborne

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But perhaps the easiest way to communicate emotion is to write from a perspective of personal experience. What if you’re writing about this experience, but have never actually had to change a bicycle tire, far from home, on your own? The post Use personal, emotional experiences to separate your writing from anything created by AI.

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Nick Ursborne

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

There is something flat and unsatisfying about writing in a formulaic way. Academic writing. Business writing. Marketing writing. As a copywriter, the least satisfying type of writing for me is when I follow some kind of template or framework. But… I don’t get much pleasure from writing like that.

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Enchanting Marketing

JULY 25, 2023

Uhm, yeah … The most common writing advice is to write daily. But … Daily writing is not possible for everyone. At best, I write daily-ish. But I am always ( well, almost always ) keen to return to writing. A Hemingway bridge keeps momentum going, reduces procrastination, and even helps me write faster.

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Elna Cain

APRIL 27, 2024

One of the hardest things new freelance writers face is the uphill battle of trying to find a dang writing job. It can be challenging if you don’t know where to look or all you see from freelance platforms like Upwork are low-paying writing jobs. The Freelance Framework features freelance writing jobs.

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Enchanting Marketing

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Writing can be tough, right? I used to think of writing as a struggle. How to get in the right headspace I realized how much my approach to writing has changed when I read Anna Fleming’s book Time on Rock. But I found some of the similarities between rock climbing and writing uncanny. Was my writing good enough?

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Nick Ursborne

JANUARY 15, 2024

As you can see, Emma still has plenty of writing and rewriting to do. Step 1: AI-Driven Research and Ideation Step 2: Generating a Basic Framework Step 3: Infusing Emotional Intelligence Step 4: Personalization and Storytelling Step 5: Emotional Fine-Tuning You can use this same process on your own writing projects.

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Enchanting Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2024

And I like that writing allows me to connect with that part of me. When I started writing seriously in my early 40s , I had a love-hate relationship with writing. I hated writing first drafts. I often wondered why writing seemed so hard. I feel that aliveness when I write, too. What was wrong with me?

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