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Content Writing Without Going Brain Dead

I dabbled with content writing part-time for months before quitting my job to do it full-time. I wanted to be sure I could make a living with it and was thrilled to find that I enjoyed it. However, I quickly

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Need New Ideas? Look for New Angles

It happens to the best of us. No matter how much experience we have or how deep our expertise, we all must occasionally face the fear that we have finally written about everything possible about our niches. When clients come

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Say “Omm”: OmmWriter and other Apps to Help You Focus

Ever sit down at the computer to begin an assignment, only to find yourself distracted by all the other things on the screen? Just one quick Facebook check, a few attempts at beating that solitaire record, a couple quick emails–two

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Creative Writing Techniques: Not Just for Short Stories

You know that feeling you get when you’re reading a fantastic novel? You are riveted by the plot, enthralled by the descriptions, eager to turn the page. This feeling, however, is rarer when reading nonfiction articles. But it doesn’t have

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Medieval Tips for Modern Letter Writing

If you need to craft a particularly effective email, say to get your girlfriend to forgive your latest mistake, the best person to help you isn’t Dr. Phil; instead, it’s a medieval monk. Medieval monks devised a superior form of

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Marketing Yourself As a Ghost Blogger

Let me relate something that happened recently. When opening up my inbox, I discovered a message from a ghostwriter for hire. He was polite in touting his writing wares to supply posts for one of my blogs. As a “Jack

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How to Avoid Writer’s Spread

When you write, your brain buzzes with activity. Neurons fire, thoughts fly around and collide, inspiration pops up, memories reawaken. Writing is strenuous mental work. No wonder it’s so easy for professional writers to forget that while your brain is

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Keeping Yourself Limber as a Freelance Writer

Have you ever felt like the writing you churn out is all really just the same? When all you do every day is write, it can be easy to get stuck in ruts of how you phrase things, how you

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Tips for Business Communication

6 Tips for Business Communication This video comes from Steven R. Van Hook PhD and outlines six important tips for effective business writing. In this video, Van Hook provides his tips along with specific examples for use and phrasing to

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Why to Focus on Developing Writing Skills in One Industry

Writing work is available in every industry from technical manuals to food blogging and developing marketing materials. Not many writers can do all of that, and those who try are generally not as good as someone who specializes in that

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The Juggling Act: When Content Writing Creates a Customer Experience

To be a good content writer, you’ve got to learn to juggle. For me, it’s literal. I do some of my best brainstorming when my hands are busy, so I’ve taken up the hobby of juggling. Badly. When I get

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The New Template For Content Writing

What Happened? As more individuals in search of information and companies needing effective copy became familiar with our blog and content system, something became clear. Readers began to recognize that the words they were being fed, the style and the

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