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Links: 2008-05-16
May 16th, 2008 |Small Business Administration Free Online Courses Language Is a Virus: Cures for writer’s block, poetry generator, character name generator, and many more cool tools for writers. 11 Irresistible Reasons to Write Everyday SOBCon08 recaps: Long list of entries related to SOBCon, event […]
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77+ PR and Blogging Wars Articles and Resources
May 14th, 2008 |Lots of PR talk hitting the scene as of late as PR peeps and bloggers argue about PR spamming, blacklists, and doing PR pitches right. Just the messenger trying to collect them all in one spot. I do both sides of the PR biz… receiving-end and PR’ing end. Advice, Arguments, Debates, and Articles […]
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Follow Your Company and Brand Online
May 12th, 2008 |If your PR and marketing folks aren’t tracking your company, brand, and competition online, they need to get up to speed to better do their jobs. If you play all of the roles, tracking your company and brand isn’t as time consuming as it sounds. Remember alert services, blogs, and social network sites. Many of these […]
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Stop the Graying of Sites Trend
May 7th, 2008 |The messages many sites send when they use gray text on a white background is, “We don’t want you to read our content,” “Our content isn’t worth your time,” and “We want you to struggle reading our content because we think black is boring.” #333333, #666666, #999999, and #cccccc (various shades of gray) are almost black, […]
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Links: 2008-05-02
May 2nd, 2008 |10 Clever Ways to Wow Your Clients Are You Approaching Freelancing All Wrong? The Only 12 1/2 Writing Rules You’ll Ever Need poster. Should get this for my office. Actually have wall space. [Link: Deb Ng] Four Ways to Target Online Buyers […]
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Links: 2008-04-25
April 25th, 2008 |Liz Strauss on creating a successful blog with community. Long transcript (we deafies thank you), but great conversation. You can download the PDF for reading a bit at a time. Fail frequently. Edison didn’t fail 1000 times, he found 1000 steps to creating the light bulb. Also, think […]
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When Web Content and Software Collide
April 24th, 2008 |In 2000, I earned a certificate in Internet Technologies in hopes of becoming a Web designer. Working on the blog today reminded me why I changed my mind and went into writing instead. Based on advice (you know who you are — I don’t want to put your name in here again and have people thinking […]
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Sometimes the Answer Is Simple
April 17th, 2008 |I admit it. For a long time, figuring out rates and providing quotes was a weak area for me. It took time, practice, and hard lessons to arrive at the point where I can confidently and calmly provide a quote. Before, I’d be figuratively biting my nails as I submitted my quotes and second guessing […]
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Blogging Features: Comments and Social Network Links
April 16th, 2008 |Recently, I lamented about the many blogging features available. I interacted with the blogosphere more than I usually do to see what works and what doesn’t. What took me so long to discover CommentLuv, I don’t know. But I did. Since I use WordPress, it was a breeze to install. The plugin doesn’t even need you […]
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When Personal Appointments Take over Your Week
April 14th, 2008 |Frustration builds while reviewing this week’s calendar. Every day this week has something not routine and not work-related scheduled (and most of last week, too). I can only reschedule one appointment, but it’s not enough to lighten the load. So what does a lone freelancer do? To prevent myself from going crazy and sacrificing sleep (if […]
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