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If you’re a writer, you might have heard this most of your life: People don’t make a living writing. You should find something practical to do with your life. Smart, capable writers grimly pass around war stories on Facebook. Penny-a-word assignments, clients who don’t pay, disdain for our craft, and ...

People in your life mean well. They really do. They want to protect you. They want you to have a “safe” career (aka, one they understand). So, after you start your content marketing business, you’ll hear a lot of concerns when you mention your new venture. I’ve been there. In ...

Today is Labor Day in the U.S., a time to celebrate the potency and dignity of work — and the… Continue Reading The post Happy Labor Day! appeared first on Copyblogger. Source link

Hey, notice something a little different? Copyblogger has a brand-new design, courtesy of our wonderful colleague, Rafal Tomal. Not only are we sporting a clean, new minimalist look, we’ve also added some nifty behind-the-scenes coding so we can make the site more dynamic and user-friendly. As you might imagine, we’ve ...

We’ve been talking about this for a few weeks now, and we’ve just published our Content Confidence Checklist, a small but mighty resource that will let you craft content with more confidence … even if you aren’t a “great” writer. (Yet.) Now you may have a bunch of free or ...

If there were such a thing as the Ten Commandments of Marketing, “You are not your audience” would likely make the top five. And for good reason: Generally, it’s solid advice. “You are not your audience” reminds us to question assumptions and never stop learning about the people we aim ...

Traditionally, proofreading is a separate task from editing. And I still treat the two as different activities. However, the creative benefits of a consistent proofreading process surpass the classic definition of proofreading. Modern content marketers can take advantage of proofreading to avoid the all-too-common extremes of caring too little or ...

We all have checklists on the mind lately, gearing up for the release of the small but mighty Content Confidence Checklist (look for it in the next week or so). It’s got us thinking about processes and lists to improve our creative output. On Monday, Stefanie Flaxman gave us the ...

Good old Google. They do like to keep life interesting for web publishers. You may have heard rumblings about a recent update that wreaked havoc on a lot of “your money or your life” sites — the ones that talk about health, fitness, finances, or happiness. That update appeared to ...

There is something both tragicomic and cathartic about trying to assume the dispositions of incredibly successful and prolific authors when you’re staring at a blank page. But what better way to procrastinate than to live vicariously through the habits and productivity secrets of renowned writers of yore. A brief tour ...