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This week on Copyblogger, we’ve been talking with writer, designer, and entrepreneur Paul Jarvis about mindful growth for our business projects and organizations. Paul’s new book, Company of One, explores how we can be more intentional when thinking about the size of our businesses. On Monday, Stefanie Flaxman reminded us ...

It’s time for our first book club selection of the new year! Over in Copyblogger’s Killers and Poets Facebook Group, we get together and discuss useful books. It’s informal and a lot of fun, as we share insights and our favorite quotes or passages. This month, given our conversations this ...

There is a tendency in nature for apex species to get larger and larger. But there is a counterbalance where nature has a tendency of making larger species extinct quickly. This is also true in business: the bigger the business, the more fragile it becomes. When it comes to scale, ...

Processes are a part of any type of job — whether it involves data, gardening, or construction. Yet, the fun processes involved in creative work are often the aspects that cause it to be regarded as trivial. “Real work” isn’t fun, right? But consider this: Lackluster content is the result ...

At this point in January, I like to think that the new year has just had its second cup of coffee. The holidays and those foggy first few days of the year are behind us. And our goals and intentions are starting to come into focus. But the desire to ...

Brian Clark wrote the words in that quote a few years ago, in a reply to a comment on this blog. Ouch. It’s not always very comfortable to face, but there’s no way around it. To succeed with content in 2019, you have to go beyond the ordinary. You have ...

If you’re like me, after taking some time off from writing, you’re refreshed and champing at the bit to translate all of those great ideas you had into compelling content. Unfortunately, your email inbox is apocalyptic. You’ve got clients, comments, and coworkers clogging up your notifications, and that new diet-slash-resolution ...

What does your dream creative career look like? Take a moment to think about it. Now, how many steps are there between where you currently are and where you want to be? A few? Too many to count? Regardless of the answer to that question, you have the power each ...

Once you know what you’d like more of in your life, you have to make decisions that will allow more of that greatness to show up. And that exciting process is also going to present new challenges, which is why Sonia recently asked: “What are the ‘nice-to-have’ problems you’d like ...

Did you know that Copyblogger certifies terrific content marketers? Well, we do, and we’ve been thinking aboutmore ways we can highlight and honor them. Earlier this month, Copyblogger held a contest for our community of Certified Content Marketers. It was a bit of a secret to the general audience, since ...